Dustin Martin | PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
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Dustin Martin

A Buddy type deal doing the rounds, 13 mill over 10 years, going to be a fun 8 weeks not. Might have to ban myself from reading or listening to anything Dusty related.
 
caesar said:
A Buddy type deal doing the rounds, 13 mill over 10 years, going to be a fun 8 weeks not. Might have to ban myself from reading or listening to anything Dusty related.

Lol I'm not sure the don't argue wants to argue til its 36
 
caesar said:
A Buddy type deal doing the rounds, 13 mill over 10 years, going to be a fun 8 weeks not. Might have to ban myself from reading or listening to anything Dusty related.

In reality there is no real difference b/w 6yr 1.1mil and 10yr 13mil. Match that and make Swans cough up. Hannebery plus a top 5 draft pick.
 
Ghost of 29 said:
In reality there is no real difference b/w 6yr 1.1mil and 10yr 13mil. Match that and make Swans cough up. Hannebery plus a top 5 draft pick.

The reality is he still gets paid when he is 36 and probably retired, then the blah blah blah about affecting their TPP payments and list , well the AFL will change the rules to allow them...ala essendrugs
 
caesar said:
A Buddy type deal doing the rounds, 13 mill over 10 years, going to be a fun 8 weeks not. Might have to ban myself from reading or listening to anything Dusty related.
So they expect him to play until he's 36? *smile* rumour.

Watson's rumour is just that too. Who is his source - Mark Maclure? The morning timeslot on SEN with Watson, Flog Lyon and Gillions brother is in serious ratings freefall. I smell a rat. All about driving controversy, publicity and hopefully ratings. I'm calling *smile*.

FWIIW I spoke yesterday to my very senior RFC contact who tells me the money being bandied around is not what is being offered. North's offer wasn't even as large as the RFC offer. Don't believe anything of what you hear.
 
The Mole said:
So they expect him to play until he's 36? *smile* rumour.

Watson's rumour is just that too. Who is his source - Mark Maclure? The morning timeslot on SEN with Watson, Flog Lyon and Gillions brother is in serious ratings freefall. I smell a rat. All about driving controversy, publicity and hopefully ratings. I'm calling *smile*.

From what i understand Watson and Carr are friends (to some sort of degree).
 
jb03 said:
From what i understand Watson and Carr are friends (to some sort of degree).
So lets take it to the next step. Of course Carr would tell Watson that. Helps pump up the price. *smile* rumour.
 
The Mole said:
So they expect him to play until he's 36? *smile* rumour.

Watson's rumour is just that too. Who is his source - Mark Maclure? The morning timeslot on SEN with Watson, Flog Lyon and Gillions brother is in serious ratings freefall. I smell a rat. All about driving controversy, publicity and hopefully ratings. I'm calling *smile*.

FWIIW I spoke yesterday to my very senior RFC contact who tells me the money being bandied around is not what is being offered. North's offer wasn't even as large as the RFC offer. Don't believe anything of what you hear.

Yep with all these people "in the know" saying this and that its hard to know what to believe. I have been hearing that the $1m per year that was quoted yesterday as being North's offer to Dusty is waaay under what it actually is. Hopefully thats *smile* too.
 
toby64 said:
Yep with all these people "in the know" saying this and that its hard to know what to believe. I have been hearing that the $1m per year that was quoted yesterday as being North's offer to Dusty is waaay under what it actually is. Hopefully thats *smile* too.
The other way around. Norths was close to the $1m we have offered but not quite there. Fairly confident talking to my guy that this is indeed the case.
 
The Mole said:
So they expect him to play until he's 36? *smile* rumour.
Didn't stop the Buddy deal which looked ridiculous at the time but pretty much a masterstroke now. No one heard Sydney coming last time.
 
Even if Franklin retires with 2 yrs to go on his contract, the remaining years salaries will still count against their cap.
 
toby64 said:
Yep with all these people "in the know" saying this and that its hard to know what to believe.

It pretty easy to know what not to believe. Pretty much everything, except when Dusty announces he's re-signed.

SkillzThatKillz said:
Even if Franklin retires with 2 yrs to go on his contract, the remaining years salaries will still count against their cap.

you can bet The AFL will have worked out a contingency. special marketing provisional list, extra veterans allowance, special Bondi vacuousness concession, or something
 
The Mole said:
So they expect him to play until he's 36? *smile* rumour.

Watson's rumour is just that too. Who is his source - Mark Maclure? The morning timeslot on SEN with Watson, Flog Lyon and Gillions brother is in serious ratings freefall. I smell a rat. All about driving controversy, publicity and hopefully ratings. I'm calling *smile*.

FWIIW I spoke yesterday to my very senior RFC contact who tells me the money being bandied around is not what is being offered. North's offer wasn't even as large as the RFC offer. Don't believe anything of what you hear.

Wasn't it just last week when everyone was apparently saying Dusty was staying? Like you Mole I call *smile*.
 
The circus is really starting to crank up.
Threatening to derail an enjoyable year.
 
zgod said:
The circus is really starting to crank up.
Threatening to derail an enjoyable year.

Sucky part is that it just takes one man, one pen and some paper, to get the 'vibe of it all' back on track...
 
the circus used to be Grand Final finish to Draft time. With free agency, restricted free agency and players out of contract, its not become a year round circus. The last bastion into NRL type trading will b when players commit to other clubs mid season. That probably happens now behind closed doors unofficially anyway.