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Dustin Martin
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WesternTiger said:
And Cotchin, if I recall correctly.
I would accept a 7 year deal but agree with others that he needs to perform well this September.
Would hate to lose him though, especially because he is every young tiger kids favourite player.
WesternTiger said:
Deledio was 24, the contract took him through to 29. Martin's 26... will he still be giving $1M+ value at 33?
Differnce is with Dustys body type he could easily be a permanent fwd in his last few season and bury 40+ goals.
Smoking Aces said:Can't believe people are willing to part ways for arguably the best player in the comp.
We are almost on the cusp of some serious success and we want to p!ss that away.
If Dusty goes we might as well not stop there.
Trade out Rance, Riewoldt and Cotchin and start the same thing all over again,
Might as well wait another 30 odd years. :
We don't have any choice in it. Not worth wasting emotion on imo. If Dusty wants to play for us enough he'll stay. If not he'll go. Would much prefer him to stay for the right reasons. If he wants to go then c'est la vie. I want players who are 100% committed to the club direction.
Not as simple as people are making this out.
There has not been a premiership won in the history of the AFL and a real salary cap and TPP where a teams best player gets paid market rates.
It just doesn't happen
For us to win a premiership everyone has to take unders and commit to the team.
If Dusty insists on getting paid what the market is ( $1.3m x 7 years ) we can kiss any premiership chances we have good bye.
There has not been a premiership won in the history of the AFL and a real salary cap and TPP where a teams best player gets paid market rates.
It just doesn't happen
For us to win a premiership everyone has to take unders and commit to the team.
If Dusty insists on getting paid what the market is ( $1.3m x 7 years ) we can kiss any premiership chances we have good bye.
Has Dusty ever commented publicly about his contract status? Until someone can produce for me a horse's mouth account of Dusty saying he's going/staying/luvs da ca$h and wants RFC to #make-it-rain, everything is so much speculation.
Talk of loyalty and value are misplaced I reckon. Dusty plays the best way he knows how each week. At the moment his best is very close to the best in the land. He is helping his teammates achieve success the likes of which haven't been seen at Punt Road in decades. That's where his loyalties lie right now. What's his value? Whatever the 2nd or 3rd best player in the league is worth. If GAblett sucks Geelong into paying for a merc who is holding 2 clubs to ransom whatever Dusty gets is going to look like unders.
Talk of loyalty and value are misplaced I reckon. Dusty plays the best way he knows how each week. At the moment his best is very close to the best in the land. He is helping his teammates achieve success the likes of which haven't been seen at Punt Road in decades. That's where his loyalties lie right now. What's his value? Whatever the 2nd or 3rd best player in the league is worth. If GAblett sucks Geelong into paying for a merc who is holding 2 clubs to ransom whatever Dusty gets is going to look like unders.
nikolasmia said:
its a good point. Team buy-in, big picture. Get the big money sure, to a point.
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Bill James
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We should take Ralph at his word now and wait until seasons end which is after the finals.
If Dusty slays it at the business end then pay him the big bucks.
If Dusty slays it at the business end then pay him the big bucks.
CC TIGER said:
I wonder if the club is considering bundling up its 2 first round picks (currently 15-16 or thereabouts) to try and get a top 5 pick and grab the best available tall in this years draft? What a shame Geelong aren't in the bottom 5 this year.
TigerPort said:
aren't we paying some of Deledio's contract as well? And if rumour is true about us offering Dusty a sign-on bonus under this years cap, it would mean we are not paying 100% in 2017 (or perhaps some of our players have contracts that are not tied to the 20% wage increase).
It would have to be a possibility , a lot of the draft experts seem to be going colder an colder on this draft, some seem to not rate anything after the first round, it's going to be a tough call in this off season as I don't think there's any real quality young KPFs on the list at present and the free agents I think are only gap filling C graders, if we don't have cap room , drafting a young key forward may be the only option, however how good is the kid will take with our pick or picks ?Ian4 said:
On the Cats loss it was a double whammy, we could have got them out of the top 4 and possibly a loss in week one of the finals .
tha8ball said:
Not so certain about the durability of Dusty's body type. 1.3mill for 40 goals :-\
achillesjones said:
2010 - 21 games out of 22
2011 - 22 games out of 22
2012 - 20 games out of 22
2013 - 23 games out of 23
2014 - 22 games out of 23
2015 - 23 games out of 23
2016 - 22 games out of 22
2017 - 20 games out of 20
Dusty has missed 3 games in his entire career and no games since 2012.
although to be fair, Deledio had similar durability. he missed a total of 4 games in 9 years (2005-2013) and played 6 consecutive seasons without missing a game (2008-2013).
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