Crows\u2019 tactical mishap exposed<\/a><\/p>\nPower stun Crows in Showdown 60 | 03:27<\/p>\n
Speaking to Fox Footy\u2019s Kath Loughnan post-game, a raw Butters admitted his future had been playing on his mind in the days leading up to what was expected to be his final Showdown. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt definitely did (play on my mind). Whatever happens, happens at the end of the year,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut what a crowd, and yeah, they are so special to play in these games.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love the footy club, love my teammates, and that win makes it extra special.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another HOWLER for the ARC | 01:37<\/p>\n
Collingwood and Richmond are among the clubs courting Butters, with the latter tabling an eight-year deal worth $18 million. <\/p>\n
The brilliant midfielder confirmed in a midweek press conference that he wouldn\u2019t publicise his free agency decision if he\u2019d made it early. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve heard that (the concept of announcing offseason moves early) brought up a bit, and I\u2019ve probably thought about it myself, but I just don\u2019t think it\u2019s the right way to go about it,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe league\u2019s probably not quite ready for it – I feel like if you look at the NRL, and the chaos it causes with contracts and player movement, I\u2019d probably tend to stick away from it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like how I\u2019ve handled it and the club\u2019s handled it has been pretty good, so I\u2019ve been more than satisfied with where that\u2019s been.\u201d<\/p>\n
Butters\u2019 centre-bounce attendances sit at 81 per cent for the year, but sat at an average of 67.8 per cent between Rounds 11-15. <\/p>\n
With the dynamic ball-winner spending some more time forward, it suggests that Josh Carr and his staff are getting a look at life post-Butters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Port Adelaide superstar Zak Butters has issued a defiant response to a shock report that emerged on Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-765213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765213","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=765213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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