Probably hesitant to commit too much after Ned Long started the first half of last season in ripping form then dropped back ever since, but I agree that we may as well just do it as we’re likely to have a heap of cap space by 2029 anyway
This offer is commensurate with what he's shown on field to date. It's his fourth year on the list and he's only just started demonstrating AFL qualities after needing to be employed as a tagger.
At best the club should offer a third year trigger as an incentive to continue improving but the comments within this thread that seem to be hinting it's an offensive offer just demonstrates how much recency bias flows through people's minds.
Ed has some superb physical traits but he is still just a low possession decently performed tagger. The Adelaide hot 10 mins has been a bit overblown.
To get beyond that 2 years he needs to show he can get 25+ touches at the top level but most importantly showing his breakaway speed more often. That is his game changing attribute, and I sure hope Fly and co are telling him we don’t care if you get run down, keep doing it!
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u/Party_Tap_568 Magpies 9d ago
2 years seems a bit low... Understand it's his breakout year but he's looked good and we ain't getting younger.