I’m so happy that Freo has found a way to make Fyfe and Walters one-club players, and grateful to the players for sticking around.
If this were a computer game you would have traded Fyfe and Walters two years ago for picks and to free up salary cap space for younger players. But in real life how you treat admirable servants of the club is important. Players like Brayshaw, Serong, Darcy and Amiss will have plenty of suitors over the coming years, and while having a few extra dollars in the bank to offer them would be helpful, I reckon being able to show them what it means to be a one-club player is more important.