through to the end of 2037 with its value totalling over $20 million.<\/a><\/p>\nCould the Hawks offer Harley that sort of money? And how do contracts like that disrupt list builds as a whole?<\/p>\n
Voss “disappointed” in farewell loss | 11:30<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I\u2019m really honest I actually don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t have anything to do with the financial stuff. It doesn\u2019t seem right for us. At some point that\u2019s going to happen isn\u2019t it? Whether it\u2019s in this CBA or the next one, but the money in the game continues to go up,\u201d Mitchell said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe average salary continues to be higher and higher and higher and as they should be. Everyone wants to play the game and the spectacle of what we\u2019re putting on at the moment is pretty good. I think the players deserve what they\u2019re getting, it\u2019s just how you attribute that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith our midfield as an example, being pretty workman-like and making sure that we\u2019re consistent across the board. If you\u2019re putting $2 million into one player, that makes it a little bit more difficult of course.\u201d<\/p>\n
EAGLES EYE FLAG HERO<\/p>\n
The Eagles are keeping a keen eye on Brisbane Lions defender Brandon Starcevich as he weighs up his footy future, according to Triple M\u2019s Ryan Daniels.<\/p>\n
Daniels believe the Eagles could look to lure Daniels to the club to help provide the support they so desperately crave for some of their young stars.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are big offers on the table from Brisbane for him to stay, of course they love him. Essendon are into him as well, there are a couple of other clubs over in Victoria that are saying, \u2018What\u2019s going on here? Why hasn\u2019t he signed?\u2019,\u201d Daniels began on Triple M.<\/p>\n
\u201cWest Coast, there is some interest. They are targeting big-bodied veteran players to put around your Harley\u2019s, your Clay Hall\u2019s, your Elijah Hewett\u2019s, they know they need experience because there\u2019s a big patch in their list that\u2019s missing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrandon Starcevich would absolutely tick all of those boxes. He\u2019s tough, he\u2019s strong and he\u2019s a bloody good person too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Starcevich\u2019s problems with concussions have been laid bare in recent times, but Daniels moved to clarify that the star Lion is \u201chealthy\u201d and has actually only had one concussion, not the three as is sometimes reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019d be some apprehension from West Coast but I know for a fact, Brisbane, who have all the medical records, they\u2019re saying he\u2019s five years. If they\u2019re saying that, I think that\u2019s pretty good confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Curnow: ‘I am not leaving this club!’ | 03:05<\/p>\n
FATHER-SON BLUE WEIGHS UP FUTURE<\/p>\n
One of Carlton\u2019s favourite sons Jack Silvagni is also weighing up his footballing future.<\/p>\n
The Blues have had a four-year deal on the table for Silvagni for seven weeks at about $600,000 a year according to the Herald Sun\u2019s Jon Ralph.<\/p>\n
But Collingwood are offering the same length deal at \u201cbetter money\u201d, although Ralph concedes \u201cit\u2019s not amazing\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarlton\u2019s view is that we\u2019re not increasing our offer,\u201d Ralph said on Fox Footy post-match.<\/p>\n
Ralph believes one of the major appeals of Collingwood to Silvagni would be the chance to reunite with Dan Houston, who is a close friend.<\/p>\n
But AFL great Jason Dunstall said Carlton should try as hard as possible to retain the versatile Blue.<\/p>\n
\u201cI personally think Carlton needs to keep Jack Silvagni. I think he\u2019s been a revelation down back. What he\u2019s given them is stability, a bit of calmness, he\u2019s very cool and considered with the ball,\u201d Dunstall said.<\/p>\n
Silvagni has played 13 games this year and thrived in defence under Michael Voss, but is currently sidelined with a groin problem.<\/p>\n
Docherty farewell ends in loss | 02:16<\/p>\n
RUCK MERRY-GO-ROUND TWIST<\/p>\n
Adelaide Crows ruck Reilly O\u2019Brien has signed a three-year deal to remain at West Lakes.<\/p>\n
Seven\u2019s Mitch Cleary was the first to report the extension on Friday morning in what has wider repercussions for the rest of the competition.<\/p>\n
Adelaide are seen as contenders to sign Essendon\u2019s Sam Draper, but O\u2019Brien\u2019s recommittal makes the likelihood of that murkier. <\/p>\n
Brisbane are reportedly in the market for Draper to boost their own ruck stocks which is currently headed by Oscar McInerney and Darcy Fort, while St Kilda are offering big money to Carlton free agent Tom De Koning. <\/p>\n
Rowan Marshall could look for other opportunities as well if the Saints land De Koning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell has provided some insight on whether the Hawks really are \u201cobsessed\u201d with Harley Reid.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[9126,638,64,63,689,55,639,20781,3237,3239,1129,20779,10128,19999,19994,20785,20784,20783,20787,20778,7492,6179,12149,681,20780,3257,12937,677,3233,12922,20000,13664,20782,14389,12918,11244,12936,1124,85,1122,1117,2535,20786,660,16710],"class_list":["post-19936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-adelaide-crows","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-brandon-starcevich","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-carlton-blues","tag-charlie-curnow","tag-contract-situation","tag-dan-houston","tag-dream-farewell","tag-farewell-ends","tag-father-son-blue","tag-favourite-sons","tag-flag-hero","tag-groin-problem","tag-hawthorn-coach","tag-hawthorn-hawks","tag-jack-silvagni","tag-jason-dunstall","tag-jon-ralph","tag-list-guys","tag-michael-voss","tag-mitch-cleary","tag-oceania","tag-oscar-mcinerney","tag-player-movement-news","tag-player-spoke","tag-reilly-obrien","tag-ruck-merry-go-round-twist","tag-ruck-stocks","tag-ryan-daniels","tag-sam-draper","tag-sam-mitchell","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-tom-de-koning","tag-trade-rumours","tag-veteran-players","tag-victoria","tag-west-lakes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19936","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=19936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}