Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nAnd now Clark has posed whether ex-Giant Cameron and Greene, an unrestricted free agent at season\u2019s end and originally from Victoria, could be \u201creunited\u201d at the Cattery. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Cats are absolutely masters at picking off these veterans over the journey,\u201d Clark said on Fox Footy\u2019s The First Crack.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t be surprised if they make a big play for Toby Greene … his best mate is Jeremy Cameron.<\/p>\n
\u201cContract talks are currently off for now. I understand GWS has a three-year deal on the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019re going to see this man emerge as a plan B (for Geelong).\u201d<\/p>\n
Giants skipper Toby Greene has emerged as a plan B option for Geelong if it misses out on Zak Butters in free agency. (Photo by Matt King\/AFL Photos\/via Getty Images)Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
While Geelong is a keen suitor for Butters, Clark questioned whether the Cats would be better off giving three first-round picks and up to $2 million in salary cap space for the superstar, or securing Greene for nothing and half the contract value.<\/p>\n
But Saints great Leigh Montagna still thinks Butters, 25, should be the priority.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d still be trying to make a play for Zak Butters,\u201d Montagna said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy second option, if I can\u2019t get Butters, then definitely I\u2019d be looking at this.\u201d<\/p>\n
BIG second half hands GWS victory | 01:35<\/p>\n
Clark added that GWS is \u201cunder so much salary cap pressure\u201d and suggested the club had to priorities retraining its budding superstars instead of its veterans like Greene. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe baton needs to be passed from the originals \u2014 Lachie Whitfield, Stephen Coniglio, Josh Kelly, Toby Greene \u2014 these sort of guys, to these emerging (rival) targets,\u201d Clark added.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Tasmania is going to throw the kitchen sink at Tom Green and all the rest, Finn Callaghan and Aaron Cadman. That\u2019s where the money needs to go.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the Cats, this could be yet another shrewd move. And for GWS, it\u2019s potentially part of the evolution of a team which potentially won\u2019t go all the way this year. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think that is a move that will be worth watching while contract talks continues to hold off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked where he thinks Greene will be playing in 2027, Clark said: \u201cI think Butters goes to the Bulldogs and the Cats make a big crack for Greene.<\/p>\n
\u201cJeremy Cameron cried to Toby Greene when he said he\u2019s leaving GWS in 2020. Maybe there will be some tears of joy this time when the phone call goes the other way.\u201d <\/p>\n
CATS\u2019 MATURE AGE MOVES OVER PAST DECADE<\/p>\n
2026 – Toby Greene (age 33) as a delisted free agent? <\/p>\n
2024 – Jack Martin (29) as a delisted free agent<\/p>\n
2021 – Jon Ceglar (30) via trade<\/p>\n
2020 – Shaun Higgins (32) via trade<\/p>\n
2020 – Isaac Smith (31) as an unrestricted free agent<\/p>\n
2020 – Jeremy Cameron (27) via trade<\/p>\n
2019 – Josh Jenkins (30) via trade<\/p>\n
2019 – Jack Steven (29) via trade<\/p>\n
2018 – Luke Dahlhaus (26) as an unrestricted free agent<\/p>\n
2017 – Gary Ablett Jr (33) via trade<\/p>\n
2017 – Stewart Crameri (29) as a rookie draft pick<\/p>\n
2016 – Zach Tuohy (26) via trade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giants skipper Toby Greene has emerged as a \u201cplan B\u201d option for Geelong if it misses out on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[2534,638,319647,319651,283682,12093,64,63,689,55,639,319652,12923,2362,3500,2105,319650,1139,27237,112375,19125,12141,14416,147268,11296,3465,12412,319648,319646,673,677,319649,85,50708,670,19086,660,23510],"class_list":["post-661701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-aaron-cadman","tag-afl","tag-agency-suitor","tag-agency-suitors","tag-agency-targets","tag-another-fine-day","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-baton-needs","tag-chris-scott","tag-contract-talks","tag-finn-callaghan","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-giants-skipper","tag-greater-western-sydney-giants","tag-herald-sun","tag-isaac-smith","tag-jay-clark","tag-jeremy-cameron","tag-josh-kelley","tag-kitchen-sink","tag-lachie-whitfield","tag-leigh-montagna","tag-matt-king","tag-mature-age-recruiting-spree","tag-money-needs","tag-new-south-wales","tag-oceania","tag-shaun-higgins","tag-sports","tag-stephen-coniglio","tag-sydney","tag-toby-greene","tag-victoria","tag-zak-butters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661701","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=661701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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