I'll put my hand up and say I rather not have him at Tigerland. Just don't rate him, never have and certainly don't at $900k a year
And it is that $900k a season that I'd see as the biggest stumbling block getting him
Even allowing for the Pies supposedly "generous" offer of paying $100-$150k of that $900k I don't believe we could fit him under our cap (not that anyone has a cluecwhat next year's cap is at the moment
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Getting him isn't just about the salary in 2021 but right through to 2025.
We have a number of our up and comers going out of contract (Bolton, Balta, Baker etc) next season and beyond and we don't want to end up where we can't keep them because of cap pressures or not be able to reward them how they deserve to be.
What about Prestia, Grimes, Lambert etc? They will all come out of contract durong that period and they deserve to be the priorities
Yes, Cotchin and Reiwoldt are closer to the end of their careers so in time there will be room there but we also have Lynch on a contract that by all reports has been back ended.
Our Club has built something very special, everyone has bought into it and will continue to do so because they all value it. Think that is far more important than that getting Treloar