Re: McClean to the Scum -good to see that Ratten really is as stupid as we thought and is giving up their top draft pick for another midfielder not a backman or forward. Nice one Rats
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In reality, I recon that there haven't been too many "top" recruits on the market over the last 5 years ... (remember that last year's "top" trade was warnock, and Rhyce Shaw, Corrie, and Ray were largely discarded by their clubs). No-one really wanted to touch Cousins (in fact a top recruit) and Dawson was the whipping boy at Hawthorn.Filthy wrote:How come we rarely (Prismall) ever pick up a top recruit? Why won't top players come here?
If I walked through the Hall of Fame I'd be saying "where do I sign up?"
450K is the figure being thrown up. No Dew next year either and they only paid 94% of the cap this year. They have the room.bomberdonnie wrote:The real question is...
How the f*** can Hawthorn fit him into their cap?
They have a team brimming with talent that pretty much all of would fit nicely into most other clubs individually yet they can afford to pay Burgoyne $750k (assuming this is the price tag).
We could never get this calibre of player to our team because we were honest and couldnt even keep the players we had under the cap and no one wants us now because we could easily go either way on the ladder.
I am thinking that Carlton aren't the only ones using dodgy tactics to lure players to their stinkfist of a club. But of course the AFL doesn't have an issue with paying players extra money for external jobs that they spend 5 hours a year doing!
Yeah i dont understand it either... obviously the Hawks will have to offload a top player just to get Burgoyne (Lewis and Ladson have been tossed up) they will obviously delist some players as well which would make some room i guess.bomberdonnie wrote:The real question is...
How the f*** can Hawthorn fit him into their cap?
They have a team brimming with talent that pretty much all of would fit nicely into most other clubs individually yet they can afford to pay Burgoyne $750k (assuming this is the price tag).
We could never get this calibre of player to our team because we were honest and couldnt even keep the players we had under the cap and no one wants us now because we could easily go either way on the ladder.
I am thinking that Carlton aren't the only ones using dodgy tactics to lure players to their stinkfist of a club. But of course the AFL doesn't have an issue with paying players extra money for external jobs that they spend 5 hours a year doing!