Jetta signs contract extension

[ScottH]

I reckon that Bevan will most likely go to GWS.

Wishful thinking??

[i'm-uninformed2]

A bit of a 'what if' question.

Apparently prior to the draft in which we nabbed Rohan and Jetta we offered Richmond pick 6 and 14 in exchange for pick 3, knowing Dustin Martin would be available given Melbourne's commitment to Scully and Trengrove.

No offence to either Rohan or Jetta, but after watching Martin's game yesterday against Norf, it's easy to see why we were so red hot on nabbing him.

On balance, I reckon we needed the pace of the two we got, but Martin is one mother...... of a player.

[Captain]

Wishful thinking??

haha maybe. It makes sense though - feels hard done by, is a Western Suburbs boy and sought a trade last year. If he gets dropped at some stage this year and is out of the team for a while, he will go.

Would be a good get for GWS.

[Bas]

Don't forget free agency coming in at the end of this year.

So if GWS throws a bag of money at either Goodes, ROK, Bolton and anyone else who qualifies then it can become an issue.

[liz]

Don't forget free agency coming in at the end of this year.

So if GWS throws a bag of money at either Goodes, ROK, Bolton and anyone else who qualifies then it can become an issue.

I think we're pretty safe with Goodes and Jude, and probably so with ROK given he's stuck it out to this point in his career. It is the players in the 25-27 age range that will be at risk. We don't really have too many of those at the moment but our 19-24 year olds will get there sooner rather than later.

[Auntie.Gerald]

My guess is that GWS will target

i) Bevo
ii) Pyke
iii) ROK
iv) a tall back ?........Spangher depending on contract??

I am guessing that ROK will be offered some decent coin to go to GWS which we probably cant match if we want to keep all our important youth..........where as Jude I think we can retain for one more year if he is keen and has the energy in the legs for another season as Kirky looked like he lost the spring in his step in his last year of footy.

I would be surprised if Luke Parker and Rohan are not ready for a midfield rotation 2012..........

[swansrule100]

My guess is that GWS will target

i) Bevo
ii) Pyke
iii) ROK
iv) a tall back ?........Spangher depending on contract??
....

wouldnt be the end of the world to lose any of those

[Auntie.Gerald]

young Tom Mitchell sounds very very exciting also hence me thinking we need to spread our money around the juniors next year

Swans swoop on Barry Mitchell's son

[RogueSwan]

I'd imagine we'd have some cash to splash around too? Goodsey and perhaps ROK would come under the Vetren's list? I do not know the fine print, however, I think that means they are / would be exempt from the salary cap?

From the AFLPA's CBA 2007-2011

13.2 Player is eligible for inclusion on an AFL Club?s Veterans List or to be classified
as a veteran, on the Primary List if:

(a) the Player has been at the AFL Club on the Primary List for at least ten (10) years; and

(b)the Player is 30 years of age or older as at 30 September in the relevant AFL Season,

and

13.3

For Total Player Payment purposes, a proportion (as set out in the following table)
of Football Payments to each Veteran shall be excluded from Total Player
Payments, such proportion to vary depending on the number of Veterans at each
Club:

I s'pose that is why some contracts are back ended, to limit the impact on the salary cap.

[DST]

A bit of a 'what if' question.

Apparently prior to the draft in which we nabbed Rohan and Jetta we offered Richmond pick 6 and 14 in exchange for pick 3, knowing Dustin Martin would be available given Melbourne's commitment to Scully and Trengrove.

No offence to either Rohan or Jetta, but after watching Martin's game yesterday against Norf, it's easy to see why we were so red hot on nabbing him.

On balance, I reckon we needed the pace of the two we got, but Martin is one mother...... of a player.

We had always targeted Martin in that draft at pick 6, we were red hot for him and you can see why immediately when he plays.

Unfortunately his draft testing was so good he went from 6 to 3 (picks 4 and 5 were already heading elswhere with for those clubs).

You can definately see why we offered picks 6 and 14 for 3 and I don't think any of us would be upset if that deal was done.

DST

[swansrob]

Didn't Rohan say in an interview that he signed a three year deal??

[ABloodsMan]

Didn't Rohan say in an interview that he signed a three year deal??

I remember something similar. I thought we signed him on a 3 year contract when we drafted him.

[Nico]

A bit of a 'what if' question.

Apparently prior to the draft in which we nabbed Rohan and Jetta we offered Richmond pick 6 and 14 in exchange for pick 3, knowing Dustin Martin would be available given Melbourne's commitment to Scully and Trengrove.

No offence to either Rohan or Jetta, but after watching Martin's game yesterday against Norf, it's easy to see why we were so red hot on nabbing him.

On balance, I reckon we needed the pace of the two we got, but Martin is one mother...... of a player.

Richmond plays Martin every week so he is developing rapidly. Rohan has been our sub of the month for April. For crying out bloody loud get this bloke in the 21 and leave him there.

[Nico]

We had always targeted Martin in that draft at pick 6, we were red hot for him and you can see why immediately when he plays.

Unfortunately his draft testing was so good he went from 6 to 3 (picks 4 and 5 were already heading elswhere with for those clubs).

You can definately see why we offered picks 6 and 14 for 3 and I don't think any of us would be upset if that deal was done.

DST

Lets hope Mitchell lives up to expectations. If he is the best of his age then hopefully we get the equal of martin.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Richmond plays Martin every week so he is developing rapidly. Rohan has been our sub of the month for April. For crying out bloody loud get this bloke in the 21 and leave him there.

i think Rohan is still best as an impact player for now..............in 6 rounds could be different ?

reason being he is not consistent enough yet in the larger minutes he played lat year and he has real impact when he strolls on in the last qtr