Speculaton on 2021 Free Agents

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Foxfooty have listed the most prized free agents at the end of 2021 and made the following observations about two Saints players:

"9. Jack Billings

After seemingly living in the Pick 3/Bontempelli shadow for a few years, Billings has become a gun AFL midfielder and one of St Kilda’s most important players. The midfielder attracted ample interest from rival clubs during 2019 before re-signing for a further two seasons. But with Brad Crouch joining an on-ball brigade that already includes Dan Hannebery, Jack Steele, Seb Ross and Zak Jones, on-ball opportunities for Billings could be more scarce in 2021, especially if Jade Gresham is unleashed in the guts more often. What’s also interesting to note is the Saints have several key players without a deal beyond 2021, including Hunter Clark, Nick Coffield and Tim Membrey. In October, club great Nick Riewoldt said rival clubs would view Billings as “gettable”, while Jonathan Brown argued Billings had the potential to net the Saints a first-round pick if he was traded. As St Kilda aims to improve on its outstanding 2020 campaign, Billings looms as one of the club’s biggest subplots next season."

"14. Seb Ross

The midfielder is one of several key Saints without a contract beyond 2021. He’s part of a midfield now that includes Brad Crouch, Bradley Hill, Zak Jones, Dan Hannebery, Jack Steele and Jack Billings, while Jade Gresham is waiting in the wings for more on-ball time. Ross was one of the league’s top ball-winners in 2017 and 2018 but his impact has diminished somewhat over the past few seasons. He was sensationally linked to the Bombers before the Saints labelled the link “rubbish” and confirmed he’d see out his contract with the club. Whether he stays at the Saints from 22 onwards remains up in the air."

Presumably at some stage in the new season the club will sit down with the 2 players and/or their managers to discuss their futures, and it remains to be seen if there are other clubs that will offer either of them a better deal than St Kilda, and if so, whether or not the club will seek to match any such offers and retain their services.

Is their a link to the list?

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-tr ... be08a93b4f

That is one hell of a shopping list. I’d be more than happy to add a bunch of those players. Quite a few would be upgrades to what we already have going.