Saints to throw $1.4M/y at Coniglio

[Crossy66]

Well if Cogs has done his ACL today then it throws things up into the air.

GWS may choose to no longer match a UFA offer - Hawthorn will be happy

Cogs may however now look more favoyarably ona guranteed long-term off on huge money - might give the Saints a sniff. But also means effectively no Cogs for us for 2020 if it happened.

Sounds like a good fit!

[Devilhead]

If he has done his knee then no thanks

[Greg T]

Before throwing the farm at him, have we confirmed that he has a pre-existing medical and/or mental condition?

Yep he’s ripe,done his knee today,

[Enrico_Misso]

Before throwing the farm at him, have we confirmed that he has a pre-existing medical and/or mental condition?

Yep he’s ripe,done his knee today,

Fantastic!
Hit him with a knockout bid.

[DJ Higgins]

If he has done his knee then no thanks

Broken player so he will now come to us. Surely we have learnt now, surely

[saynta]

INJURIES
Richmond: Nil
Greater Western Sydney: Coniglio (knee)

[ace]

I think the theory is to assemble the group of players and when the team is premiership material they will take a pay cut
to keep the squad together and win a flag.

It would be nice to pickup 2x750k players instead if/when this Cogilio deal falls over

Luke Ball would not take the pay cut !

[saintsRrising]

We are yet to get the players.

Marshall now looks to be a our first genuine new star since we drafted Jack Steven. And he is a rookie pick.

We have to get BETTER at picking players.

But we also will need to think outside the box to get players.

Currently we are copying doing it badly.

ie Our Irish players and our ex-basketballers and trying to re-build players who have had chronic soft tissue problems.

At least recovery from an ACL injuris pretty much a known science these days..(At least we hope so, thinking of Max). But yes is still a risk as some players can keep having them.

[B.M]

Wouldn’t pay 1.4 for him. I’d pay 2 good players 750k

Maybe Jack Martin, maybe Zac Jones

I like the look of Caldwell and Cerra to, would offer them overs and a long term deal to shake them out from their clubs although with B Hill coming back to Melb, perhaps Freo could match an offer to Cerra, and if Cogs leavers the same with Caldwell.

B.Hill would be a long shot, but you put a good offer to him

Either way we need two classy running mids and if Steven leaves, we need three

[Crossy66]

Wouldn’t pay 1.4 for him. I’d pay 2 good players 750k

Maybe Jack Martin, maybe Zac Jones

I like the look of Caldwell and Cerra to, would offer them overs and a long term deal to shake them out from their clubs although with B Hill coming back to Melb, perhaps Freo could match an offer to Cerra, and if Cogs leavers the same with Caldwell.

B.Hill would be a long shot, but you put a good offer to him

Either way we need two classy running mids and if Steven leaves, we need three

would we like RL if it netted us one or two of these Freo players?

[Joffa Burns]

Wouldn’t pay 1.4 for him. I’d pay 2 good players 750k

Maybe Jack Martin, maybe Zac Jones

I like the look of Caldwell and Cerra to, would offer them overs and a long term deal to shake them out from their clubs although with B Hill coming back to Melb, perhaps Freo could match an offer to Cerra, and if Cogs leavers the same with Caldwell.

B.Hill would be a long shot, but you put a good offer to him

Either way we need two classy running mids and if Steven leaves, we need three

North reportedly paid $800k for Polec.

Agree with your theory but not sure what you’d need to pay to get talent to the club, $750 might not do it.

We offered three years to Kent a Melbourne fringe player.

Offer the Hill brothers $1M each?

Apparently we sit a top Brad Hills wish list at the moment

[B.M]

600-800 will get you an A Grader. North payed overs a bit for Polec, like we did for Dan, because of the massive room both teams have spare in their TPP.

Put that in perspective, I am pretty certain Carlisle and Steven are on around 600-650 and are only behind Hannebury as our highest paid players.

Tigers have two on 800-1M

[BarryGrogan]

Which A-graders could we possibly get for $800k??

[takeaway]

Wouldn’t pay 1.4 for him. I’d pay 2 good players 750k

Maybe Jack Martin, maybe Zac Jones

I like the look of Caldwell and Cerra to, would offer them overs and a long term deal to shake them out from their clubs although with B Hill coming back to Melb, perhaps Freo could match an offer to Cerra, and if Cogs leavers the same with Caldwell.

B.Hill would be a long shot, but you put a good offer to him

Either way we need two classy running mids and if Steven leaves, we need three

North reportedly paid $800k for Polec.

Agree with your theory but not sure what you’d need to pay to get talent to the club, $750 might not do it.

We offered three years to Kent a Melbourne fringe player.

Offer the Hill brothers $1M each?

Apparently we sit a top Brad Hills wish list at the moment

You heard that as well Joffa? Brad Hill would be a good get.

[Saintmatt]

Which A-graders could we possibly get for $800k??

Not many. $800K is the new $1M after they all got a 20% pay rise last year. The money is not the issue anyway - it's the club and the stink attached to it.

The thing that annoys me more than anything is that both Norf and Carltoon have both shown plenty since they showed their coaches the door. That alone creates not only improved culture and goodwill around a place - but it also demonstrates in the most emphatic way that there are signs of life and more importantly - gives potential recruits and their their eventual new Senior Coach a reason to want to be a part of their organisations. They could quite rightly be considered in the running for an A Grader should they come up for bidding. This past 6 weeks has put those two clubs miles ahead of St K.

Meanwhile - we're still sitting around with our fingers up our bum playing an over-coached game style that doesn't allow our team to even score 70 goddamn points per week. We're not showing anything to our potential recruits and Senior Coach.

And whilst I get that an unnecessary payout to Richo had we punted him earlier is unpalatable (or the AFL flat out said 'no!')... this is the real damage that is being done. Talk about having a double-edged sword as a result of being in so much debt.

Simply, the Finnis extension has caused this.

[seano1]

He won’t come to saints with coach changes happening. He’ll want to go to hawks were the players might not get payed a fortune bu are happy

[Saintmatt]

He won’t come to saints with coach changes happening. He’ll want to go to hawks were the players might not get payed a fortune bu are happy

And get their injuries perfectly rehabed.

[tedtheodorelogan2018]

All good. Nigs out for the year. He will be right for us Rd 1 next year! Beauty!

[saintsRrising]

Cogs : Cartiledge tear. Out for 3 months.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/gws-gi ... cae3c73bfc

[Bruce G McAbee]

I think the only chance we have of getting him is if we get Lenny Hayes back at the club first.

[sunsaint]

Which A-graders could we possibly get for $800k??

Not many. $800K is the new $1M after they all got a 20% pay rise last year. The money is not the issue anyway - it's the club and the stink attached to it.

The thing that annoys me more than anything is that both Norf and Carltoon have both shown plenty since they showed their coaches the door. That alone creates not only improved culture and goodwill around a place - but it also demonstrates in the most emphatic way that there are signs of life and more importantly - gives potential recruits and their their eventual new Senior Coach a reason to want to be a part of their organisations. They could quite rightly be considered in the running for an A Grader should they come up for bidding. This past 6 weeks has put those two clubs miles ahead of St K.

Meanwhile - we're still sitting around with our fingers up our bum playing an over-coached game style that doesn't allow our team to even score 70 goddamn points per week. We're not showing anything to our potential recruits and Senior Coach.

And whilst I get that an unnecessary payout to Richo had we punted him earlier is unpalatable (or the AFL flat out said 'no!')... this is the real damage that is being done. Talk about having a double-edged sword as a result of being in so much debt.

Simply, the Finnis extension has caused this.

I might be wrong but I think what BG was really asking
how many A graders has stkilda been able to attract for substantially more money???

[BarryGrogan]

Which A-graders could we possibly get for $800k??

Not many. $800K is the new $1M after they all got a 20% pay rise last year. The money is not the issue anyway - it's the club and the stink attached to it.

The thing that annoys me more than anything is that both Norf and Carltoon have both shown plenty since they showed their coaches the door. That alone creates not only improved culture and goodwill around a place - but it also demonstrates in the most emphatic way that there are signs of life and more importantly - gives potential recruits and their their eventual new Senior Coach a reason to want to be a part of their organisations. They could quite rightly be considered in the running for an A Grader should they come up for bidding. This past 6 weeks has put those two clubs miles ahead of St K.

Meanwhile - we're still sitting around with our fingers up our bum playing an over-coached game style that doesn't allow our team to even score 70 goddamn points per week. We're not showing anything to our potential recruits and Senior Coach.

And whilst I get that an unnecessary payout to Richo had we punted him earlier is unpalatable (or the AFL flat out said 'no!')... this is the real damage that is being done. Talk about having a double-edged sword as a result of being in so much debt.

Simply, the Finnis extension has caused this.

I might be wrong but I think what BG was really asking
how many A graders has stkilda been able to attract for substantially more money???

I was pondering who the A-graders are that would possibly agree to cone to the Saints for only $800k.


I think people arw delusional sometimes. It is so, SO much harder for us to attract decent players than it is for the 'big clubs'.

[jays]

prob done acl so we 100% got him now

[B.M]

There is a difference between A Grade and elite, which is the upper echelon of the league in a certain position

Million dollar platers!

Most teams have Multiple A Graders who are generally on 600 to 800