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ST KILDA doesn't expect it will have to pay suspended player Jake Carlisle his full salary this season.
In a Twitter Q&A on Wednesday afternoon, Saints CEO Matt Finnis told fans he believed the club would only have to pay part of Carlisle's 2016 salary – after he was suspended for a year along with 33 other past and present Essendon players.
He also indicated the club would stand strong behind the 24-year-old and that a program would be developed to ensure he was well positioned to complete the 2017 pre-season.
"It's less about the Saints being compensated and more about the affected players being looked after for their losses," Finnis tweeted.
"We're still working through the details, but clearly we won't be liable for Jake's full salary in 2016.
"We are still dealing with the AFL, but Jake will definitely have a program that will have him ready for pre-season '17."
Meanwhile, Port Adelaide chairman David Koch says his club was 'hoodwinked' by Essendon and is insisting financial compensation from the Bombers.
The Power will lose Angus Monfries and Patrick Ryder this year as part of the suspensions and Koch said the club would consider its legal options.
"Angus Monfries was recruited before all of this happened," Koch told Chanel Seven.
"So ... we have a view that we were hoodwinked by this and we didn't know the system that was in place in Essendon.
"[With] Paddy Ryder, we went in with our eyes open, but certainly it's been suggested that we would seek compensation from Essendon.
"That is on the board agenda at the Port Adelaide Football Club."
