News NWM stays at Saints (Will Faulkner wrong about being crows bound)

[Rash]

What date did Tony, the Saints board ITK, say he'd sign?

like a week ago tony said hes staying

then some saints rando on their board, said something along the lines of 'you guys need to be patient, nas' manager is trying to milk money from saints ect ect' and tony said 'very well said' this was today

 

[Portwrld]

 

[all seeing eye]

Someone on main board suggesting we cant trade in 2026 1st?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

He would want to be the next Robran to command that sort of coin.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Autocorrect error, been a long day!

Send your phone this gif

 

[Rash]

Its pretty ridiculous what he is aparently worth. Its the vic club tax i guess.

Imagine if butters was at a vic club requesting a trade to port, vic media would crown him a 2.5 million dollar man worth 4 first rounders lol

 

[OneGreatClub]

Club has chosen a model to stay competitive, as opposed to bottoming out, getting priority picks and boosting draft capital.

The difference between finishing 4th and say 14th is around 1300 draft points across the first 4 rounds. That’s a Pick 10 or 11. Across 4 of the last 6 years, that’s a whole lotta talent.

Our lack of draft capital is because we were competitive but not good enough to win a flag. The issue is that Adelaide will never be a destination city, and our model requires us to get free agents to keep the draft capital up.

Also having to pay up for JHF and possibly NAS, the northern academies have gotten there players at much better rates.

The club has had mini rebuilds but over time, the draft capital just lessens and lessens. Tis the Hinkley legacy.

So, if we had chosen the crows model and proper bottomed out, we would have had more draft capital, but might have lost Bergman, maybe Butters, and struggled to get NAS?

This is why the Northern Academies have the best lists, or the teams that were fattened with father-sons or priority picks (before equalisation) or can recruit constant free agents have the best lists.

Still in saying that, I’d rather have the stars, and then try and improve the rest/depth of the list, then have no stars like St Kilda or Norf

Agree

 

[240volt]

He would want to be the next Robran to command that sort of coin.

Absolutely crazy, 2 mill a year for someone who’s spent most of his time on a HBF in a shit side as a designated kicker.
He’s definitely one of the best players and has a high ceiling but that’s a lot of money.

 

[SureBuddy]

Honestly the money is completely irrelevant. If you can fit it in the cap and not lose players because of it, it makes zero difference. We have been well known to have ample cap space due to the salary management and rolling over the cumulative underspend.

 

[Portwrld]

Absolutely crazy, 2 mill a year for someone who’s spent most of his time on a HBF in a shit side as a designated kicker.
He’s definitely one of the best players and has a high ceiling but that’s a lot of money.

If he’s coming for that amount, he’ll probably be a full-time inside mid; no way he’s coming to play mostly at HBF as a designated kicker on that coin.

 

[DaTBird187]

There will be ten $2 million players in the next five years.

 

[all seeing eye]

I totally agree with this, we have had the cattle in the past, absolutely.

My perspective is that we're stale, theres limited scope for improvement, and just picking Hinkley-lite for our 2026 coach, without some significant change is a recipe for disaster.

The club truly believes they arent far off, that it can be turned around by trying harder for longer, by tidying up small bits. Its totally incorrect. We're fundamentally flawed, and continuing on our current trajectory is a recipe for disaster over the next few years with the position of our list.

If our squad isnt given a massive jolt, a huge refresh and a completely new perspective, breaking from the demons of the past, we'll continue our slide.

So are you suggesting we have to full nuclear, blow the list up trade out Butters for draft capital, not pursue Nas because of the cost etc. A full complete stripping of te list therefore bottoming out and then trying to rebuild over 6 years during Tassies entry. How far do you want to go.

 

[240volt]

If he’s coming for that amount, he’ll probably be a full-time inside mid; no way he’s coming to play mostly at HBF as a designated kicker on that coin.

Obviously, you wouldn’t pay that for a Houston upgrade.
It’s a sign of the times and I’m sure others will join him on that sort of money soon.
With higher pay there comes higher expectations especially with supporters.

 

[Watto71]

NWM will be on 2._ a year
Butters if he stays will be on more if his form doesn't drop off next year
Yes Port can cover it and still have room left

 

[all seeing eye]

CBA goes upto 18.447 mil in 2027, 2mil for the best will become the norm. Butters next for us.

 

[Willsy10]

We should really be paying our top dogs well and then all the fringe/depth players can get modest salaries..

Any players that out out contract like Burton, Boak, Finlayson, McEntee, Williams, Anastasopolous, Charleson, etc that we decide to keep can stay for minimum wage. Doubt they’ll get more anywhere else but they can still be serviceable depth players.

A lot of others like Liddy, Mackinlay, Ramm, Lord, Visentini, Berry, Whitlock, Moraes, Barrett should be on minimum wage until the prove themselves.

I actually like the model of of the vast majority of your cap going to your stars. I think in the past the shit players have been paid too much and player salaries have been too even, up to this point your scrubbers could be on 500k but your star players only a couple hundred thousand more but looks like it’s shifted considerably this year and suddenly all the stars are looking at being paid in the $1mill to $2mill.

I don’t follow other sports overseas but I suspect the NBA and EPL would work like this.

 

[edgie]

Losing Butters defeats the purpose of getting Nasiah. I would say this, unless Butters has privately indicated he is leaving already we would not be asking him to leave. It would be like asking peak Lockett to leave - oh sorry.

When Lockett left St Kilda, they made a grand final.

 

[davesnothere]

Losing Butters defeats the purpose of getting Nasiah. I would say this, unless Butters has privately indicated he is leaving already we would not be asking him to leave. It would be like asking peak Lockett to leave - oh sorry.

Every Grand Final won over the last 10 years has been won by a side without Butters in it.

Absolutely want to keep him but we move on if we don’t.

 

[Young Gun #6]

One day closer

 

[RossFC]

Carn the Ponci.

 

[davesnothere]

One day closer

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Ok what do you know about our new weights guy we don’t

 

[Willsy10]

One day closer

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I like that guernsey

 

[RossFC]

The hell is euron

 

[Enviable Tradition]

It has been mentioned several times on the Saints board and the main board that Terry Milera

Terry Milera

Age

37

Ht

183cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

4.8

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

14.8

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

6.0

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.6

3star

works for Port.

Is this true and if so what does he do?

 

[SureBuddy]

It has been mentioned several times on the Saints board and the main board that Terry Milera works for Port.

Is this true and if so what does he do?

Who knows, but we should promote him to President. Anything it takes to get NWM.