The rise.... and RISE of Marc Pittonet

[LordLucifer]

Problem is though Paulie, we all know De Koning is going to command big money in this upcoming contract renewal.

[PaulP]

Problem is though Paulie, we all know De Koning is going to command big money in this upcoming contract renewal.

I guess so, but it's up to him and the club to come up with something that is acceptable to both. If not, then I guess he walks. Bearing in mind the usual caveats about believing the media, the last reports I read (about 7 days ago) states that club and player are "moving closer" to finalising a 2 year deal.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Geelong won a flag with a C grade ruckman who in a previous life was a CHF at Stkilda plus an all-rounder athlete in Blicavs.
Their opponents last year had a journeyman ruckman who filled in for Grundy and exceeded expectation plus a rookie from the USA with eye problems who also doubled as a KP forward.
You don't over pay for ruckman contract wise or waste early picks on them either.
I'f TDK wants two years to establish himself for better offers elsewhere then I'd be testing the trade market and he can use another club for his personal ambitions and we can look for a cheaper alternative that can emulate what Cameron and Stanley have provided...

[LP]

[member=57]ElwoodBlues1[/member] But the Handbaggers also had as backups Ceglar, Neale, Hawkins and Ratugolea rucking at various times in various zones, all of them stitch up our SoJ who is our backup for Pitto and TDK.

[Lods]

The two years for DeKoning is perfect for both player and club.
We'll know his real worth by then.
Silvagni should never ruck again, we have other jobs for him.

[kruddler]

The two years for DeKoning is perfect for both player and club.
We'll know his real worth by then.
Silvagni should never ruck again, we have other jobs for him.

Has that been made official yet?

[PaulP]

Has that been made official yet?

It's just media talk at the moment. No official word.

[Lods]

Not official, but ideal.

[ElwoodBlues1]

[member=57]ElwoodBlues1[/member] But the Handbaggers also had as backups Ceglar, Neale, Hawkins and Ratugolea rucking at various times in various zones, all of them stitch up our SoJ who is our backup for Pitto and TDK.

We now have Mirkov  and Okeefe as backup plus the bloke from Motorhead if desperate.........Neale is a untried kid similar to our young lot, Ratugolea is an athelete with zero know how in the ruck and most other positions if we are being honest and I agree Hawkins is very good value down forward and someone Harry should aspire to be in terms of how he can be a threat to score from ruck contests.
Their real established backup is Ceglar who has been playing a few games this season but is probably close to being done as a senior player....Jack was tried in the Shaun Grigg role and did a fair job for a while but I think we have all seen you need two specialist rucks or your relief ruck to be a Blicavs uber soldier to compete in the modern game.
Im happy to keep TDK but not on anything over 500k a year....otherwise Id trade him out and get a Darcy Cameron type to replace him..

[LordLucifer]

I'll just leave this here for you to think about ......

2016 Draft
#47 Harrison Macreadie => #48 Darcy Cameron