Luke Hodge
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I think with the Lockie Neal one, when it comes to family side of things, and Chris Fagan's
probably got two thoughts there.
One is Lockie with his age, and he understands the list that's coming through.
So he might think it could be the best for Lockie to either move closer to his family or a contract that's obviously might not be able to say no to at his age.
But Faggs is also sitting here thinking, we've got so many young guys that might be able to come through, even though Lockie Neal is leading their, I'd say personally that he's leading their best and fairest by a long way at this stage.
But what's going to happen the next five or six years are these young guys can develop and turn into the next Lockie Neal.
The Zach Bailey one's a little bit different because I think he's had the most impact over the last three grand finals.
In big games, he stands up.
His speed, his burst from a stoppage.
He will add so much to that football club if he stays there just by he knows what to do on that turn of speed that we've seen him do it over the last three years.
And if Lockie does go, there's a void for him to go into that midfield as well.
The question is the money side of things.
And will the rest of the players be happy that he's on the touted 1.5, 1.6 over a seven-year contract?
That's the biggest question for the football club.
I feel that the Lions can understand why this has taken Zach Bailey a long time to make a decision because...
Let's be honest, it could be $3 million difference between the Adelaide and the Brisbane Lions deal, and you sit back and go, where's loyalty?
When you're finished football, that's a lot of money in football, but outside of football, what are you thinking of his future?
So I think the club can definitely understand why it's been such a hard decision for Zach.
Considering their list and where they've tried to move their list to get younger, it did... I was scratching my head when I did hear that, the fact that they got Pendlebury, they got Sidebottom.