As things stand we have 37 contracted players on senior list, 5 on rookie list which is 1 too many but we have to upgrade Joyce as that's him been a rookie 3yr, and we have Alabakis on Cat B.Going to be difficult to delist 3 players in 2020. Hence trading out of the 2020 draft.
Other possible players out of contract in 2020 Newnes and Brown.
If we end up with 4 spots on the senior list it might see us only draft 3 and rookie one for contract reasons.
I assume rookies only get 1 year deals?
So in reality it's 38/4/1. The max limit is 40/4/3.
We have 2 picks in national draft.
Gallagher said on his Saints Q&A last week that we now intend to draft 3 players. So something doesn't add up; based on what Gags said, someone else is getting delisted. I wonder if they're just trying to come to a settlement with Paddy.
Often mutually agreed retirements now involve being put on the rookie list to do a payout over 2 years, this happened with Hawks and Langford, and Swans with Tippett - they actually redrafted them in rookie draft to keep their payout on the books.
The annoying thing is, if we had a true VFL team we could probably have them sign Brown, and then if we have an almost inevitable injury through preseason, effectively just elevate him.
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