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We give inflated contracts to shit players and mid-tier depth which leaves no room to retain developing players who turn out to be really good.
Also we haven't realized that no-one from outside SA wants to live in Adelaide and haven't adjusted for this fact accordingly
Also we haven't realized that no-one from outside SA wants to live in Adelaide and haven't adjusted for this fact accordingly
Honestly, if Melbourne want to pay Jake $850k and we're at fair value of $650-700 then good luck to him. I love him, but you don't pay overs for defenders.
This isn't a situation of a bloke just wanting to leave. He's being given a godfather offer. A bloke who's already done his knee once would be stupid not to consider it.
People wringing their hands about losing players should consider we are likely to retain one of the most exciting forwards in the comp, despite his brother playing for a good club in his home state who'd love to have him, and the other WA club throwing big buckets of money at him coz they don't have a forward.
Shit happens, make the most of the opportunity, but let's just get some perspective and stop all the doom and gloom.
