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I don't see Jetts as being overrated at all. He was struck down with injury in 2013 and his delivery was sadly missed. He can swivel, look and then deliver a 50m pass onto a player's chest. That is brilliance and he is also sensational when in full flight. He will be great for us this year.
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I totally agree. Jetts is one of the most exciting players in the AFL. It would be sad to lose him. I also agree that last year's early form was due to the shin splints injury. He seemed in pain and every effort seemed to hurt. So forget 2013 and look to 2014 and Jetts and Gazza being the mean speed machines.
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Quite frankly I don't think we need any recycled players. I think we would be better drafting a couple of young defenders not buying old as we don't need them yet. We need to develop them for the future. The future looks like being tall so we need to go tall and mobile/fast.Comment
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Only players we will be recruiting in the next few years will be cheap ones!
Very important to lock in those you already have rather than chasing new ones and our cap will be at it's max until we have a few retirees.
Remember that the Melbourne squad was paid almost as much as the other squads last year despite being a heap of spuds so some of them are on decent coin and Frawley would be one of them. Frawley therefore won't to be going anywhere for more money, just moving to play in a good side for similar money - money we don't have :-(Comment
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Ed Considine's day out - Round 3, 16th April 1995.
11 Kicks, 13 Handballs, 8 Marks, 1 Goal, 1 Behind, 1 Tackle, 1 Hitout, 3 Brownlow votes (his only votes)
Ed = GodComment
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With the COLA ruling the Swans will have to trade out some players in the coming years to remain within the cap!
As fans we all have this misguided notion that players at Sydney want to stay here so badly that they will work for sub standard wages!
Players will look at Mummy's $650,000 wage figure at another club and the recent treatment of ROK to know that footballers have a short productive life span and have to get the best deal for themselves! Not all former footballers have the talent of a Leo Barry to transition well to another career and there is not the room in the commentary or football systems for all former footballers to remain in the game. Some will know this and will take the best deal to protect there later lives after football!
I'm not a naysayer, but a realist. Why should a good Swans player cop $ 350,000 when they could get $650,000 at another club! It's a huge difference over three years! This will happen more with good Swans players if we are not a top four side and as the fallout to the treatment of ROK gathers momentum!Comment
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Matt80, your misunderstanding how the COLA is applied if you think we will have to trade players to 'remain within the cap'. The removal of the COLA has no impact on our cap situation (unless we have been doing dodgy things), as it is simply reflected in the fact we pay COLA on top of their actual contracted amount as required under the cap. It is not included as part of the Salary Cap per say. Therefore, the removal of the COLA will not force us to trade players to remain within the cap. If we want to trade players, or players can get better deals elsewhere, that is a different story."You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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Thanks for clarifying the COLA. Does that mean that if a club has a COLA allocation of 10% the number works as follows!
Player earning $100,000 a year gets $110,000 ($10,000 extra living in Sydney costs)
Player earning $200,000 a year gets $220,000 ($20,000 extra living in Sydney costs)
Player earning $900,000 a year gets $990,000 ($90,000 extra living in Sydney costs)
I would assume that its possible that a Sydney player on $200,000 a year will be uspset to lose that extra $20,000?Comment
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That's my understanding of how it is supposed to work Matt80. That is waht bugs me most abotu the whole COLA argument - the players might get the extra $$$ on top, but their actual contracted amounts (i.e. before COLA) are still all within the Cap. You'd think, listening to the squeal from Melbourne based clubs (and that goose that runs Collingwood), that we have had the 10%ish extra in our cap to spend.
I'm sure players in Sydney will not be happy losing the extra top up they recieve, and it may affect contract negotiations etc. But it doesn't mean we have to shed players to stay within the cap when COLA is gone, because we are already inside the cap anyway!"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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What treatment of ROK? As far as I've heard he was not in the initial team selection because of match ups, its not like Longmire publically said that he needs to learn his place, or we're not happy with his attitude.
Do you know something the rest of us don't or are you simply assuming?Comment
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