2018 trading, drafting and list management: players and personnel

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Already on his way to the Lions according to AFL.com.au reporter Cal Twomey.

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Andrew Ireland on SEN:

Andrew Ireland explains reasoning behind Sydney Swans’ quiet trade period

[stellation]

Already on his way to the Lions according to AFL.com.au reporter Cal Twomey.

A gift to the alliteration fans amongst us.

[Go Swannies]

A gift to the alliteration fans amongst us.

Nominative determinism?

[Markwebbos]

Nominative determinism?

Explains Craig Bird

[Auntie.Gerald]

Interesting

Andrew said we wanted very much two of the available players to us

Langdon and Vandenberg

So that alludes to a reasonable amount of cap space still available ....... $1mill total you would guess ?

550? and 450k ?

Either to use this year or pre pay contracts and have a reasonable war chest next year

Other comments
Super young team
Beat every team in the top 8 ?
War chest being built

[barry]

Lyons wasnt lying about lying low on his move to Lions.

[stevoswan]

Andrew Ireland on SEN:

Andrew Ireland explains reasoning behind Sydney Swans’ quiet trade period

....and to all the Harley doubters, have a listen to Andrew talking about why they got him to the club in the first place......in the extended feed at the bottom.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

"By the end of 2016, Tippett and Franklin combined commanded one-fifth of the cap, with the squeeze being felt as early as 2014." Could that possibly be correct?

A loose one-fifth but not far from the mark.

So if that's one fifth of the whole cap (38 plus rookies), what percentage of the wage bill would BF represent during any given game (22 players)?
Given its a back ended contract 20%, 25%?

Just a thought: if he gets injured during a game, the Swans only lose 1 guy, but from another point of view they lose a huge chunk of the $$$ value of that weeks team.
I'm getting a head spin, I keep hearing my grandfather muttering about eggs and baskets.

[stellation]

Lyons wasnt lying about lying low on his move to Lions.

It's a shame subeditors are a dying breed.

[waswan]

12.4M Salary Cap
He get as high as 1.8M
15%

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at which time a new tv deal gets negotiated and we get more money to spend

[707]

12.4M Salary Cap
He get as high as 1.8M
15%

- - - Updated - - -

at which time a new tv deal gets negotiated and we get more money to spend

Salary Cap is $13.5mill or thereabouts, don't think Buddy gets more than $1.3mill in any season, which is what a number of other clubs players are on. Buddy's last year is just $500k.

Good to hear Andrew Ireland say we're building a War Chest, means we are now well under the cap.

[waswan]

rumoured to be around 1.8M now and cap goes 12.4M to 13.5M 2017 to 2022

[mcs]

12.4M Salary Cap
He get as high as 1.8M
15%

- - - Updated - - -

at which time a new tv deal gets negotiated and we get more money to spend

I feel its unlikely the next tv deal will have many more total $$$ in it compared to the current one. I feel like a natural ceiling may not be far off unless there is a substantial change in the broadcasting approach. What i mean by that is some form of far more complex deal aka the english premier league where games are split into multiple packages based on their overall desirability. I think we sort of do that now to some degree but not nearly as sophisticated as the approach there, which could eek out some more dollars at the margin.

[707]

rumoured to be around 1.8M now and cap goes 12.4M to 13.5M 2017 to 2022

No rumour about it, the exact terms of each year over 9 years were made public at the time. As a DFA we cannot vary those terms, they must stay exactly as lodged back in 2013.

There is no $1.8mill in any of the 9 years, maybe someone can dregde up the exact figures.