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Andy Otten thrived playing 4th banana to Walker, Jenkins & Lynch, we're not even willing to play a proper second tall let alone a 3rd so he'd be about as useful to us as Jacko pinching the odd goal or 2 every 2nd week.i wouldnt be against offering andy otten a contract as a FA. would do a hell of a lot more than trnegove up forward and can go back if needed etc
Daily reminder that we have no first round pick.
In a round about way our 2017 1st round pick is SPP, so I've made my peace with it.
Paywall which I seem never able to get around. Was this info from Mitch Cleary?http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...y/news-story/435fc96084bc2c87bccc393510640066
Rucci believes Trengove and Pittard are staying and Motlop is coming our way.
Paywall which I seem never able to get around. Was this info from Mitch Cleary?
Well blow me down, that worked. Thanks.Google this... port-adelaide-primed-by-salary-cap-bonus-to-gain-rather-than-lose-in-afl-free-agency
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...y/news-story/435fc96084bc2c87bccc393510640066
Rucci believes Trengove and Pittard are staying...
So we're keeping the not-a-forward/not-a-ruckman and the guy we've dropped twice this year when we have a chance to let them walk for set compensation?
Why wouldn't you want to stay here and get paid to play with your mates with more consequence-free job security than a permanent government role.
We need a psychiatrist that's what we need.
Your larger point has merit but if we do sign up Rockliff or Motlop (or some other free agent) we wouldn't receive any compensation for the loss of Pittard/Trengove. Clubs who go one-in one-out in free agency don't get a compensation pick.
You can always get around a paywall with Google if you have the heading of the article.Well blow me down, that worked. Thanks.
A couple of exerpts:
The AFL’s review of the 18 clubs’ wage bills - and potential to work to the new collective bargaining agreement signed in late June - highlights Port Adelaide can make big plays in the free agency market because it has minimal salary cap pressure.
The Power’s salary cap profile for future seasons is - contrary to popular opinion - in the bottom six of AFL payments, according to the league’s official summary.
Westhoff passed up free agency at the end of last month by using the 15-game trigger in his current contract to score a one-year extension to his deal at Alberton. Pittard and Trengove, 26, will negotiate new deals before the season ends.
Well blow me down, that worked. Thanks.
A couple of exerpts:
The AFL’s review of the 18 clubs’ wage bills - and potential to work to the new collective bargaining agreement signed in late June - highlights Port Adelaide can make big plays in the free agency market because it has minimal salary cap pressure.
The Power’s salary cap profile for future seasons is - contrary to popular opinion - in the bottom six of AFL payments, according to the league’s official summary.
Westhoff passed up free agency at the end of last month by using the 15-game trigger in his current contract to score a one-year extension to his deal at Alberton. Pittard and Trengove, 26, will negotiate new deals before the season ends.
Wait
Official summary released by the league says we are in the bottom 6 of afl payments yet for like 3 years media and every turdbucket has been sprouting but poortz celery cap explosion herp derp.
Confidential figures obtained by The Weekend Australian showthat 24 per cent of Port Adelaide’s primary list of 38 players — as at the start of 2017 and not including seven rookie-listed players — will earn football salaries of almost 60 per cent of the projected cap. And that’s after two seasons of not reaching the finals.
Robbie Gray, who has won Port’s past three best and fairest awards, is their million-dollar man. His earning capacity will just shade that of captain Travis Boak.
Below them is a group of seven players: Charlie Dixon, Trengove, Matthew Lobbe, Chad Wingard, Hamish Hartlett, Paddy Ryder and Ollie Wines, who will earn more than $700,000 this year.
I assume this has already been discussed, however I stumbled over this old article in The Australian.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...d/news-story/def269fdfbd01860d4463f022eca2a75
Surely Lobbe and Trengove are not earning $700K!