There is a quiet confidence emanating from the club.
We've said so little about it. Haven't reacted, aren't releasing statements about the situation, not trying to hose down speculation, not giving ultimatums or deadlines. Just a straight no comment every time. Rinse, repeat.
Not necessarily confidence that he'll re-sign, but at least that we have the situation under control.
I don't think it's confidence, and I don't think it's panic. I think we understand the situation and nothing has changed. We have our strategy and that's that
I do not think we will match. I think it's all a bluff. We know he's going, and we know we can't afford to end up with egg on our face or no compo. The situation is what it is.
All this crows will match is absolutely emanating from the club, we are briefing journalists left right and centre
We're not going to match because that this walking into a room with the door locked behind us, there is no way to back out. But by bluffing we send a message:
1. We encourage Danger to take our offer, but letting it be known we'll make it really hard otherwise
2. We force Geelong to offer more than than they want, thus making their cap mgmt more vulnerable.
We still don't have any leverage if we match, and we won't, but it's interesting that we are trying to manage the messaging to influence negotiations ahead of then