Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer.<\/a><\/p>\nSAINTS TABLE HISTORIC NAS OFFER… BUT STAR STILL UNDECIDED<\/p>\n
St Kilda thinks a two-year, $1.4 million-a-season offer to Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, which is the most the Saints has ever offered one of their players in club history, is their \u201cbest chance\u201d of retaining the out-of-contract star. <\/p>\n
Veteran journalist Caroline Wilson on Channel 7 reported the Saints\u2019 lucrative bid to lock away the 22-year old until at least the end of 2027 amid interest from both clubs in his home state of South Australia.<\/p>\n
However Wangaeen-Milera reportedly remains undecided on his future in what Wilson suggested was of \u201cgreat concern\u201d to St Kilda with just five weeks remaining in the home and away season as the silky left-footer\u2019s manager prepares to meet with him in Melbourne this week. <\/p>\n
“I find it Bland” – Mike’s observations | 01:05<\/p>\n
\u201cSt Kilda has offered Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera more than they have offered any other player at that football club in its history. They seem to think a two-year deal is the best chance of keeping him. They\u2019ve offered him $1.4 million a year over two years,\u201d Wilson revealed on Agenda Setters.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe complication is his manager, Ben Williams, is telling St Kilda that Nasiah has genuinely not made up his mind. Whereas about three weeks ago the view was he had made up his mind and it was pretty much a fait accompli he would sign on for two years. <\/p>\n
\u201cBen Williams comes to Melbourne on Wednesday, there\u2019s a manager\u2019s conference of some sort. He\u2019s told the club he will be meeting with his player on that day and maybe more will be revealed by Thursday. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is just fascinating to me and a great concern to St Kilda that they still don\u2019t know … it would be a PR disaster (if Wanganeen-Milera left). Particularly at a footy club that has been taking pot shots at other clubs and their advantages.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey lost a player last year they didn\u2019t think they\u2019d lose in Battle. If they lost another one and an even more important one, at a time they\u2019re complaining about father-sons and academies and all the advantages they don\u2019t have, it would terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott: “The games too long, full stop” | 05:32<\/p>\n
If Wangaan-Milera was to pursue a move to SA, pulling off a trade could be challenging given Adelaide\u2019s first pick in the 2025 draft is currently No. 16, while Port doesn\u2019t have a first rounder at all.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Wilson noted St Kilda\u2019s lucrative $1.7 million-a-season bid for Carlton free agent Tom De Koning has \u201ccomplicated matters\u201d with Wanganeen-Milera, according to St Kilda.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey wonder whether the manager is maybe trading in on the De Koning offer to get a better a better deal for his player,\u201d she reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy understanding a few weeks ago was money wasn\u2019t really the issue, because everyone is prepared to pay top dollar for Nasiah.\u201d<\/p>\n
SAINTS YOUNG GUN\u2019S \u2018LEVEL OF DISHARMONY\u2019 <\/p>\n
St Kilda young gun Darcy Wilson is reportedly \u201cfrustrated\u201d after somewhat falling out of favour at Moorabbin this year, reports AFL journalist Damian Barrett.<\/p>\n
The second-year player, who was drafted with the No. 18 pick in 2023 and is contracted until the end of 2026, has been dropped to the VFL on two occasions this season and twice been subbed out of games.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile a suggestion from St Kilda coach Ross Lyon that Wilson requested to play VFL reportedly yielded a \u201cmixed\u201d response from the 19-year old. <\/p>\n
May debate – “You needed to stop?” | 03:31<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a level of disharmony in certain aspects of his arrangements at St Kilda,\u201d Barrett said of Wilson on Nine\u2019s Footy Classified.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s contracted for 2026 \u2014 he\u2019s that first batch of draftees who were required to sign three-year deals \u2014 but there\u2019s no movement beyond that particular period.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe narrative that Ross Lyon made public about Darcy coming to him, wanting to play VFL \u2013 fair to say that was mixed received by Darcy Wilson and others around him. <\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he didn\u2019t necessarily ask word to word to play in the VFL, there\u2019s a frustration attached there.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt happens to a second-year player, and Ross is entitled to make whatever decision he feels he needs to make at selection. But Darcy Wilson is frustrated.\u201d <\/p>\n
LATEST ON \u2018RUCK MERRY-GO-ROUND\u2019<\/p>\n
Essendon\u2019s offer to Sam Draper includes a trigger for a fifth year that would match the length of Brisbane\u2019s deal, while Adelaide has ramped up its bid to retain Reilly O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s according to AFL journalist Callum Twomey, who provided the latest on the \u201cruck merry-go-round\u201d as \u201ca lot hinges on what Draper does\u201d amid interest from both the Lions and Crows in the Bombers free agent.<\/p>\n
“Don’t tell me!” Gaz’s ‘dissent’ blow up | 01:46<\/p>\n
\u201cMy understanding is Brisbane has a five-year offer for him as well as a free agent. Also can say tonight the Bombers have a four-year deal that does have a trigger for a fifth season,\u201d Twomey revealed on Nine\u2019s Footy Classified.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if he gets out there on the park more than he has over the past couple of years, my understanding is it does have a trigger for a fifth year to match that longer-term offer at the Brisbane Lions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the Crows have added a third year to their offer to O\u2019Brien in hopes of keeping the 29-year old, who\u2019s played an important role in the club\u2019s surge up the ladder.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Crows ruckman has been really good this year. He\u2019s been waiting to see what happens with Sam Draper as well,\u201d Twomey said. <\/p>\n
\u201cAdelaide has upped its offer from two years to three years to keep him at their football club. That\u2019s a sign that they\u2019re clearly keen to keep their veteran ruck.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Kilda has made its best play to Nasiah-Wagnaeen Milera … but there\u2019s doubts grow around his future…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,11292,64,63,689,55,639,13654,651,3237,13661,12928,12923,13665,13657,13662,1119,667,1127,10145,13658,13659,2105,6278,13660,647,13127,13668,13667,677,12922,13663,701,13664,13655,13666,11244,12936,13656,1124,85,1122,8018,1117,11236,13125,13669,660,9020],"class_list":["post-11826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-alex-pearce","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-ben-williams","tag-brisbane","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-callum-twomey","tag-caroline-wilson","tag-chris-scott","tag-club-history","tag-damian-barrett","tag-fait-accompli","tag-football-club","tag-footy-club","tag-fox-footy","tag-garry-lyon","tag-geelong","tag-geelong-cats","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-greg-swann","tag-historic-push","tag-melbourne","tag-mike-sheahan","tag-million-a-season-bid","tag-million-a-season-offer","tag-oceania","tag-player-movement-news","tag-pot-shots","tag-queensland","tag-reilly-obrien","tag-ruck-merry-go-round","tag-saints-young","tag-sam-draper","tag-sam-mitchell","tag-second-year-player","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-steven-may","tag-tom-de-koning","tag-trade-news","tag-veteran-journalist","tag-veteran-ruck","tag-victoria","tag-young-gun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}