Recommitted Sam Walsh [Signed until 2026]

[Chism]

Great news and a few sighs from the trolls I expect who were ready to celebrate if we lost Sam!

Typical BF really.

 

[MITSUHIRATO]

Has anyone checked in on Marcel?!?

He could really do with a friend right now.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

All valid points.

If I was a betting man I’d be putting my money on Carlton having him re-contracted by April.

Give this man a payrise!

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Was never going to leave. He is a Blue Bagger for life.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

The Blues are corrupt, cerra loves the Blue and therefore Cerra is corrupt.

Not sure why you are bagging Cerra?

 

[Red Bull]

It’s in our DNA …

 

[La Dispute]

Hearing Geelong are already are in talks with his management to facilitate a move in 3 contracts time.

 

[Chism]

Hearing Geelong are already are in talks with his management to facilitate a move in 3 contracts time.

Should be right in their correct age bracket as well by then recruitment wise.

 

[Ash24]

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Feels good to be a destination and retention club man

 

[Chism]

That can’t be true i heard we have him on 1.3million a season………



On ya Sammy.

 

[The 747]

Good signing for Carlton - and one they had to make. Cripps, Walsh, McKay all locked away. Is Wietering locked as well?

 

[JustaBattler]

Good signing for Carlton - and one they had to make. Cripps, Walsh, McKay all locked away. Is Wietering locked as well?

Yep.

 

[Ash24]

Good signing for Carlton - and one they had to make. Cripps, Walsh, McKay all locked away. Is Wietering locked as well?

Locked away until 2025

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Seemed expected tbh, 4 years x 800k ish.

 

[The Nostradamus]

To free agency

Thanks - makes sense for all parties

 

[HavUEvaSeenTheRain]

Seemed expected tbh, 4 years x 800k ish.

I think so.
Sort of puts to bed the theory that our best players will expect overs because of Williams, which is nice.

 

[Former Decathlete]

Seems about right contract wise.
Good get Blues.
Good morale booster and marketing tool for membership selling season.
$$.

 

[Sonny Hayes]

Was never going to leave on this next contract if at all.

If at the end of this next deal they are still not playing finals and showing no signs of improvement that is when I could see him considering it, but that’s a long way down the line.

But a 21 year old gun mid earning 800k a year with a young star key back, young star key forward is a good place to be.

 

[MITSUHIRATO]

Was never going to leave on this next contract if at all.

If at the end of this next deal they are still not playing finals and showing no signs of improvement that is when I could see him considering it, but that’s a long way down the line.

But a 21 year old gun mid earning 800k a year with a young star key back, young star key forward is a good place to be.

I think odds are that he'll be our captain by 2026.

If so, that could be factored in as a deterrent to him leaving (although not unheard of for a captain to walk).

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

I think odds are that he'll be our captain by 2026.

If so, that could be factored in as a deterrent to him leaving (although not unheard of for a captain to walk).

Leigh Colbert and Ryan Griffen spring to mind

 

[juss]

Good get, the next contract he signs will likely be the big pay day, either at the Blues or elsewhere. He'll likely be worth it too.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Good get, the next contract he signs will likely be the big pay day, either at the Blues or elsewhere. He'll likely be worth it too.

I honestly believe he will be a life long BlueBagger, even if he could get more money or success elsewhere.

He has already re-signed for probable unders.

 

[juss]

I honestly believe he will be a life long BlueBagger, even if he could get more money or success elsewhere.

He has already re-signed for probable unders.

He could be, what I'm saying is he'll still get a big pay day even with staying. He's not likely to accept 800k a year a again for a long term deal if he wins a few AAs, a Brownlow, etc.

The Blues will need to pay more to keep him which is fine. There's taking unders, and then there's low balling players.

Dusty took unders to stay at Richmond compared with what he could have got from North, but it doesn't mean we didn't have to pay up a good offer to respect his standing in the game.

Whereever he plays, it's his 25-30 year old contract that is probably his big pay day. His manager will make sure he knows this, and he'd be illadvised to throw away money given AFL players have about 15 years to capitalise.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

He could be, what I'm saying is he'll still get a big pay day even with staying. He's not likely to accept 800k a year a again for a long term deal if he wins a few AAs, a Brownlow, etc.

The Blues will need to pay more to keep him which is fine. There's taking unders, and then there's low balling players.

Dusty took unders to stay at Richmond compared with what he could have got from North, but it doesn't mean we didn't have to pay up a good offer to respect his standing in the game.

Whereever he plays, it's his 25-30 year old contract that is probably his big pay day. His manager will make sure he knows this, and he'd be illadvised to throw away money given AFL players have about 15 years to capitalise.

We got 'business opportunities' for investments and other such rich benefactor coterie members and sponsors.

Despite being pretty poor on field for 20 years, we rarely lose required players to rival clubs for more money, Eddie Betts being the last one (I was happy for Waite to leave, undisciplined, selfish plonker at our club, credit to him he wasn't like that at North)