No GWS for buddy

[plugger66]

I guess Cameron, Patton and Boyd will have to do.

Well if that is all they have then they are stuffed. Without suggested they cant play which obviously they can they still wont be a good side until the midfield comes good. You can have the best attack or defence in the AFL but if you have a poor midfield you wont win games.

[plugger66]

.....I've heard that Tom Mitchell didn't originally want to go to Sydney under the father-son rule, but the offer they gave him was too good to refuse, $500,000 in his first season, then $50,000 per year for the next 2.

So if that's true, then that frees up $450,000 for next year & the one after.

Well that clearly isnt true because you cant do that.

[meher baba]

I think that the Swans have got to seriously the risk of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. The AFL hierarchy presumably wanted Buddy to go to GWS. The other AFL clubs are going to be apoplectic at first Tippett and now Buddy going to the Swans.

Perhaps this will inspire a majority of the clubs to want to take a serious look at the salary cap loading. The difference between Sydney and Melbourne rental prices are not as great as they once were. If any city demands a salary cap loading, it's Perth.

This is all quite a mess.

Im with you on this. it will not make the AFL or the clubs happy but i also think it is risky for the Swans to lose these players that they will have to lose to get Buddy.

Yes, you are right: I don't think they are lacking power up forward. I'm also not certain, if I were in charge of a footy club, that Buddy would be first choice of expensive A list player. He's worked well in the context of the Hawks set up, but he's an inconsistent player who can go missing for long periods. He's no Adam Goodes, that's for sure. But he's a marquee player who will get the membership numbers up, so I can understand why they did it.

But, as I said, the wrath of the rest of the AFL world that will now descend upon them might eventually lead to a rule change. It doesn't always pay in the long run to be too clever by half.

[CURLY]

.....I've heard that Tom Mitchell didn't originally want to go to Sydney under the father-son rule, but the offer they gave him was too good to refuse, $500,000 in his first season, then $50,000 per year for the next 2.

So if that's true, then that frees up $450,000 for next year & the one after.

Well that clearly isnt true because you cant do that.

Cant see why you couldnt.

[plugger66]

.....I've heard that Tom Mitchell didn't originally want to go to Sydney under the father-son rule, but the offer they gave him was too good to refuse, $500,000 in his first season, then $50,000 per year for the next 2.

So if that's true, then that frees up $450,000 for next year & the one after.

Well that clearly isnt true because you cant do that.

Cant see why you couldnt.

Because you cant. Explain to me how you can when the first 2 years of any AFL player drafted has a set salary?

[maverick]

.....I've heard that Tom Mitchell didn't originally want to go to Sydney under the father-son rule, but the offer they gave him was too good to refuse, $500,000 in his first season, then $50,000 per year for the next 2.

So if that's true, then that frees up $450,000 for next year & the one after.


Well that clearly isnt true because you cant do that.

Cant see why you couldnt.

Because you cant. Explain to me how you can when the first 2 years of any AFL player drafted has a set salary?

I thought that was a minimum

[plugger66]

Cant see why you couldnt.

Because you cant. Explain to me how you can when the first 2 years of any AFL player drafted has a set salary?

I thought that was a minimum

No its a set figure. Some clubs sign them for longer so they can pay a huge amount in the third year. marc Murphy was an example of this. The first 2 years are a set amount depending on where you are drafted.

[duckduckduckgoose]

Also, if i'm not mistaken- isn't Mitchell 2 years in? (injured last year?)
Also, what's so amazing about 600k over 3 years anyway?
Sounds like a load of baloney

[fingers]

Shane Crawford tweet

"Hawthorns offer to big bud was bigger then both GWS and Sydney what more could they do? #hewants2liveinsydney #freedom #istillovehim"

[Kickit]

Shane Crawford tweet

"Hawthorns offer to big bud was bigger then both GWS and Sydney what more could they do? #hewants2liveinsydney #freedom #istillovehim"

Mardi Gras????

[fingers]

LOL and now talk of a 9 year deal!!!!!

[SENsei]

Nine year deal??

[fingers]

That's what is all over the news - Robbo, opposition clubs, SEN - ridiculous if true