Unrestricted Free Agent Elliot Yeo [UFA 2024]

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Band 1 compo for a guy that turns 32 next year?!
lol are you nuts

Dont think it works that way? Just matters the money they offer. If a club goes to 3 year 3x million dollars then i think that triggers Band 1.

I imagine we simply up our offer too the point the only way these teams are getting us to back off is to activate Band 1 also

 

[Lia]

Would be the perfect player for Adelaide if he was 5 years younger. They need explosive midfielders, they don't need players in their 30's.

 

[Barrybran]

Would be the perfect player for Adelaide if he was 5 years younger. They need explosive midfielders, they don't need players in their 30's.

Yeah, some of the names being thrown around for Adelaide don't make sense.

 

[Dockeroo]

Dont think it works that way? Just matters the money they offer. If a club goes to 3 year 3x million dollars then i think that triggers Band 1.

I imagine we simply up our offer too the point the only way these teams are getting us to back off is to activate Band 1 also

The players age is a massive factor in the calculation. Even if they are one year older than the normal FA age (which is 26, 8 years after being drafted as an 18 yo) it reduces chances of band 1 a lot. The players in contention for band 1 compo this year were drafted in 2016. Yeo was drafted 5 years earlier in 2011.
31 year old players don’t trigger band 1 compo.
In fact that calculation is so sensitive for age, they actually factor in the month of a players birthday. Eg Ben McKay was born in December meaning he was 25 when the AFL decided on the compo for him last Oct. He turned 26 a couple of months later. Had he been 26 at the time of the trade week it would have been counted against him.

You guys would be doing well to get an end of second round pick for a player Yeos age. Doesnt matter what money he’s offered.

Isaac Smith moving to Geelong a few years ago would be a good example of a similar compensation. And I think he was younger than Yeo.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Clubs trying to activate band 1 compo it seems to get him to come as a free agent. If Eagles can get pick 4 for him, its probably worth us letting him leave. 1 mill per year is just a bit too much

This is going to be a serious issue moreso for restricted free agents I think

Where clubs target a player and don’t want that club to match and force a trade so will frontload to trigger band 1 so both clubs win

For unrestricted free agents like yeo tho I don’t see the point as they can get him for free no matching

 

[croweater 41]

Surely this is incorrect, who in their right mind would offer $2.7/3 years for a guy who has not played more than 12 games in a season since 2019

Supporting Adelaide is a joy.

Each and every day you get a new surprise.

Midfield of Danger Yeo and Laird is salivating. What do you think RtB would accept for BCrouch? Clarko probably keen to get rid of Greenwood too.

I mean no ill to Yeo and hope he keeps doing well for himself and the Eagles but from an Adelaide pov its a no thanks.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Not sure focus on Adealide. Essendon is the most likely of the 3 clubs interested for sure. Adelaide just the ones who frontloaded a deal

 

[Elixuh]

Adelaide seems desperate. Instead of giving a 31 year old walking injury a 3 year 900k/pa deal, why not just offer McCluggage or Weitering 1.7m/pa. Better value.

 

[walterhobbs]

Not sure focus on Adealide. Essendon is the most likely of the 3 clubs interested for sure. Adelaide just the ones who frontloaded a deal

yer we must have a massive amount of salary space to use.

 

[walterhobbs]

Adelaide seems desperate. Instead of giving a 31 year old walking injury a 3 year 900k/pa deal, why not just offer McCluggage or Weitering 1.7m/pa. Better value.

Im sure we are throwing an offer out to everyone who will listen haha

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Adelaide seems desperate. Instead of giving a 31 year old walking injury a 3 year 900k/pa deal, why not just offer McCluggage or Weitering 1.7m/pa. Better value.

Why be so obsessed with keeping your picks also? Nows a good year to trade 1st rounder and get a younger guy in with Welsh waiting as a f/son pickup.

Id be after Lukosius with that 4 year 5 mill deal. I cant see Gold Coast matching that

 

[bzparkes]

Dont think it works that way? Just matters the money they offer. If a club goes to 3 year 3x million dollars then i think that triggers Band 1.

I imagine we simply up our offer too the point the only way these teams are getting us to back off is to activate Band 1 also

Age is a factor when it comes to compo, you get less the older a player is.

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

That offer is negligent at best. I don’t believe it.

 

[THE_GUN]

After this report from Ralphy

Im expecting his next report will be Dusty to get a 5 year deal on 1.2 mil

 

[Crowstar]

The club is in disarray on every level.
We continue to be a laughing stock.

 

[Coach_Required]

Dont think it works that way? Just matters the money they offer. If a club goes to 3 year 3x million dollars then i think that triggers Band 1.

I imagine we simply up our offer too the point the only way these teams are getting us to back off is to activate Band 1 also

Hate to burst your bubble but that is exactly how it works, AFL secret herbs and spices is contract length, contract amount and age of the player.



You're not getting band 1 comp for Yeo. Fantasy stuff.

Secondly WTF is Adelaide thinking if true? His body won't even last half a season.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Hate to burst your bubble but that is exactly how it works, AFL secret herbs and spices is contract length, contract amount and age of the player.

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You're not getting band 1 comp for Yeo. Fantasy stuff.

Secondly WTF is Adelaide thinking if true? His body won't even last half a season.

Not sure it’s worth us letting him go then. Pick 20 odd for Yeo isn’t enough of a needle mover for us to make the change

 

[Coach_Required]

Not sure it’s worth us letting him go then. Pick 20 odd for Yeo isn’t enough of a needle mover for us to make the change

Top 5%, it would have to be $1.3 mill each year not just the 1st year. I mean 5 years ago top 5% would have been anyone above 900k a year, you'd think these days it's now over a mill a year.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Top 5%, it would have to be $1.3 mill each year not just the 1st year. I mean 5 years ago top 5% would have been anyone on 900k a year, you'd think these days it's now over a mill a year.

It’s almost like I think Adelaide would be that stupid to be fair

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

The club is in disarray on every level.
We continue to be a laughing stock.

Because of a rumour?

 

[Crowstar]

Because of a rumour?

If only....nah our selection policy is infuriating, the leadership group is made up of the worst players on the list, the coaching structure is shocking, the desperation of our list manager is embarrassing....I could go on.

 

[Taylor]

Dont think it works that way? Just matters the money they offer. If a club goes to 3 year 3x million dollars then i think that triggers Band 1.

I imagine we simply up our offer too the point the only way these teams are getting us to back off is to activate Band 1 also

They miss out on significant points off the compensation calculation for players age above 30, significant.

Yeo would need to be in the top five percent of earners with 12% of his value knocked off the top.

But the real kick in the teeth will be that if the Free Agency period opened just four days earlier his age for that calculation would be 30 and not 31 - resulting in a boost to his points.

As it stands he will turn 31 before that contract is lodged, meaning no extra points for age meaning most everyone else in that over 25 bracket has a 2-12% advantage over him and for him to finish in the top 5% on the rankings would require such a huge amount of money paid to him as an average per year.

 

[EagleMan87]

Im sure we are throwing an offer out to everyone who will listen haha

Starting to remind me of mid 2010s North Melbourne.

 

[Altum Volantes]

If Yeoy can get a deal like that…well…good luck to him…

That would not be a good investment for WCE.

 

[stallon]

The players age is a massive factor in the calculation. Even if they are one year older than the normal FA age (which is 26, 8 years after being drafted as an 18 yo) it reduces chances of band 1 a lot. The players in contention for band 1 compo this year were drafted in 2016. Yeo was drafted 5 years earlier in 2011.
31 year old players don’t trigger band 1 compo.
In fact that calculation is so sensitive for age, they actually factor in the month of a players birthday. Eg Ben McKay was born in December meaning he was 25 when the AFL decided on the compo for him last Oct. He turned 26 a couple of months later. Had he been 26 at the time of the trade week it would have been counted against him.

You guys would be doing well to get an end of second round pick for a player Yeos age. Doesnt matter what money he’s offered.

Isaac Smith moving to Geelong a few years ago would be a good example of a similar compensation. And I think he was younger than Yeo.

yup exactly, compo will be garbage. Not worth letting him go for a pick likely in the late 30s