The AFL has "overlooked" the value of the players and their determination to gain a better deal, according to Brendon Gale.

The AFL Players' Association (AFLPA) chief executive will resume talks with the league on player payments for the next two years.

An agreement was supposed to be reached on Friday, but the deadline is now the end of July amid some unrest among the players.

Earlier, Hawthorn captain Richie Vandenberg and St Kilda counterpart Luke Ball warned the AFL not to run the risk of having players boycott next year's pre-season competition.

Gale was careful to steer clear of ongoing speculation about a strike and is confident of a deal being struck in the next few weeks.

But he stressed the players were determined to reach a more lucrative agreement.

"I think probably Andrew (AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou) has overlooked the value that the players bring to the game - on the field, but also off the field," Gale said on Channel Nine's The Footy Show.

"That's something we'd like to see addressed.

"When you see the views and opinions expressed by the players in the last few days, it probably highlights the strength and breadth of the feeling on this matter.

"That's probably something the AFL has ... overlooked as well."

Gale also pointed out talk of a strike had never come from the AFLPA.

He said the AFLPA had a "range of options" before strike action, but did not elaborate what might happen if no agreement was reached in the next month.

While admitting the two parties were "a fair way" short of a resolution, Gale is confident the talks will be successful.

"I'm confident we can resolve this within the next month, which would be good for the industry," he said.

Gale said the players wanted 25 per cent of the AFL's revenue, arguing it had slipped from around that mark in 2001 to 21.9 per cent this year.

Western Bulldogs midfielder Scott West said on The Footy Show he wanted to see players receive more for their off-field commitments, such as community work.

He added strike talk had been "bandied around" his team-mates in the last few days.

"In the 15 years I've been involved at senior AFL level, the players today are as valuable to the AFL as they have ever been," West said.

"The AFL ... is undervaluing the players, and I don't just mean in a playing sense - this is more off-field commitments."

Earlier today, Vandenberg and Ball were confident of the talks succeeding, but said Melbourne-based players had discussed a strike.

"(There is) the old argument that if we're not out there the game doesn't take place, but I'm reasonably confident that won't be seen," said Ball, who is the Saints' AFLPA representative.

"That's (striking) a pretty strong action to take, I guess, and while I wouldn't want to go that far (if) it's what's best for the players as a body, then that's what it might have to come to."

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