Synbad wrote:
4thchicken wrote:
Effes wrote:
4thchicken wrote:
Lance.
Fev has higher trade value.
Lance offers more to the forward line in terms of player direction/movement which will be beneficial for setantas development going forward and has better on field leadership. Has also had his first real injury free season (esp preseason) for a few years. Should get better next year (and with the consistency will come the higher trade value IF we decide to go that way). Having said that though, I wouldnt be prepared to pay more than 350k/year for lance.
If however the club only wanted to trade one player and Fev was that player, I would probably be prepared to offer a 1 year, 400k incentive loaded contract for lance - incentive being based on skinfolds, fitness levels and B&F finish.
I think mobile forwards are the way forward - Lance is not mobile and doesn't show any onfield leadership. Fancy him asking for 400K after his lack of effort the past 4 years (besides his last year, which is the last year on his contract)
400k is incentive loaded - if he can maintain good skinfolds/fitness and finishes top5 in the B&F then he will have had a good year. Which means 2 consecutive good years - which means higher trade value as opposed to this year. If he doesnt achieve everything in the contract he would end up a fair way below 400k (ie 250-300k).
Wont happen.. the club has drawn a line in the sand and wont be bullied by players that have negotiated huge contracts iun the past only to do nothing....
If the club yeilds on this stance.. we deserve everything we get for the next decade.. (it wont be good).. cos it will mean we have NO leadership on or off the field.
Lance HAS to go.. and take his baggage with him....
Then we can make a decision on Fev next year....
The club needs to reinvent itself...
the line in the sand is movable - as we have seen with Fev's contract earlier in the year. If they were serious about it they should have stuck to their guns (re: 3 year contract). IMHO, for every year we keep Fev, his trade value diminishes as he builds more baggage and gets older- he is less likely to 'mature' and is already at his physical peak (fitness base aside).
My suspicion/hope is that we will sign lance (for around 350k) though it wont happen until very very late in the process.
As an aside, any idea how old hall was when he was traded to sydney? Is Fev already at or past that age?