My guess is we've lowballed Marchbank, and McAsey is the back up option if he doesn't take it.

Possible.
Marchbank needs to prove he can stay on the ground first before asking for too much.
I doubt he'd even get a contract at another club as it stands.

The other reason could be OMac, he may never return.

Cornes said he would keep Harry over Walsh.
Doesn't like Sam much does he.

Cornes said he would keep Harry over Walsh.
Doesn't like Sam much does he.

OMac saw a new Dr and is apparently doing well. If no recurrance the club is keen for him to keep playing.
I don't see Marchbank & McAsey as similar players. I am told there will be some new signings announced very soon
We need more KP depth and McAsey is a talent we could get cheap.

Possible.
Marchbank needs to prove he can stay on the ground first before asking for too much.
I doubt he'd even get a contract at another club as it stands.

The other reason could be OMac, he may never return.

Probably not a cash consideration so much as it'd be a delisting/re-rookie on a one year deal scenario, similar to LOB/Kennedy.

Throw in Durdin, Akuei. Plowman/Kemp both contracted for another year. Then you've got all the starters locked in. We've probably got one too many as it is, McAsey would probably be two.

I'm open to the idea of picking him up - especially as you say if McDonald is no good. But it probably requires someone taking a punt on Marchbank (or possibly Plowman) beyond what would make sense; deciding we've seen enough of both Durdin and McDonald or going too tall on the list profile.

West Coast coach Adam Simpson does not agree with the reported salary numbers regarding several Eagles players.

The Herald Sun’s ‘rich list’ has seven Eagles on fairly significant money - Jeremy McGovern ($1-$1.1m), Andrew Gaff and Tim Kelly (both $800-$900k), Jack Darling ($775-$875k), Elliot Yeo and Luke Shuey (both $750-$850k) and Nic Naitanui ($600-$700k).

From that article, the back page story of The West Australian suggests: Is it time for West Coast to farewell Luke Shuey, Nic Naitanui and Andrew Gaff in wake of salary squeeze?

It indicates that that the septet mentioned above are holding almost half of the Eagles’ entire player salary, prompting Karl Langdon to ask Simpson the following.

Langdon asked on Sportsday WA: “How do you respond to the back page of our West?

“This is a snippet that they’ve taken out of the Herald Sun’s annual AFL rich list which has revealed, it says, as just seven Eagles players eating up $6 million of the club’s $13 million salary cap.”

Simpson is adamant the numbers aren’t accurate, suggesting a lot of guesswork goes into such reports.

“Well, it’s just not true,” he responded.

“It’s a guess. I suppose they’d ring managers to try and predict what other players might be on.

“I know for a fact that there’s hundreds of thousands of dollars difference in that article than what’s reality.

“So then what do you do? You write an article off another article when it’s just not facts.

“I don’t know how to respond other than tell everyone it’s not true. It’s hard to actually give it any oxygen, albeit everyone takes it as gospel.

“There’s no public record that states what everyone is on, it’s purely speculation. To assume what they have, it’s just not right.”

Really important to remind ourselves the media beat up salaries are just guesswork, and Simpson tells us there's hundreds of thousands of dollars over inflated



https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/08/16/its-just-not-true-eagles-coach-questions-accuracy-of-salary-report/

The Herald Sun in the same report guesses that the following Carlton players are on...

C. Curnow $600-700K
A. Saad $600-$700K
M.McGovern $650-$750K
H.McKay $700-$800K
Z.Williams $750-$850K
J.Weitering $750-$850K
P.Cripps $875-$975K

In other words HS is guessing Carlton's top 7 paid players are earning between $4.95M - $5.625M of our $13M Cap.

Therefore the HS's crude figures suggest the other 38 players may be earning as little as $7.375 or av $194 K each.

Yeah right.

Cornes said he would keep Harry over Walsh.
Doesn't like Sam much does he.

He's miles better than Akuei.

how bad is our recruiting if we chase Mcasey from (ADL), we have durdin waiting from rookie draft . What does our team need the most ? speed ,pace ,run ,our ball movement is to slow and if we add another kpd i think it is a waste of selection. Fly from collingwood said how strong and quick swans players are, thats what need AUSTIN.

So is my Nanna

Be ironic if McStay leaves.