Last season and this, we have been topping up with the acquisitions of mature players. No doubt the theme of the club is to try get success in the not too distant future. Regardless of the debate on correct list management - if this is going to be the stratagem (win the flag before we lose Deledio, Foley etc.) then we should be going hell for leather to get a 'star', in the class of Franklin, Mummy etc. I dont care who it is as long as its quality - NicNat, Frawley, Cameron etc. More so now in the era of free agency.
Frawley's just what need, but jeez I hope we're planning to make a big play for Jeremy Cameron the following year. I'd even arrange Martin's "tour of facilities" and drive him up there myself this time, if that's what it took.
As for lower profile fa's next year, reckon Ibbotson's worth a crack. Massively underrated.
Your dreaming with Cameron. Remember they have a billion $ salary cap.
Not forever they don't (unless the AFL move the goalposts yet again -which is always on the cards) Nearly every club in Victoria -and probably both in SA seeing as he's from the border- will be after him and will be positioning themselves to get him. We'd be derelict in our duty not to be among them. May not become the next Carey, but he'll come as close to it as anyone will.
For the next 45 years expansions clubs will have rubber salary caps for the good of the expansion of the sport.
If Judd gets his extra 600k outside of the salary cap the northern clubs will be allowed to continue extracting the urine without anyone battering an eyelid.
The integrity of the sport at elite level will always be allowed to be bollocks. unfortunately.
Acuse me of wearing my tin hat if you so wish buts fairly obvious.
