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BRENDON Goddard has shed new light on his departure from St Kilda, saying he originally “begged” the club to keep him with a “deal that was fair”.
The Saints were under enormous salary cap pressure in 2012 when Goddard accepted a four-year deal to cross to Essendon as one of footy’s first free agents.
If we back ended him then several other players would've possibly wanted the same. Would that have been an issue? Or simply was the club fed up with his attitude?suss wrote:We could've back ended the contract and kept him. We're miles under the cap now for example.
It didn't suit us to keep him and have him help us win more games. We wanted to drift to the bottom of the ladder and the and we wanted the compo for losing him to FA.
We knuckled this one unfortunately and now have to watch him play out his career with a bunch of drug cheats.
Did we really push him out? He wanted 3 million over 4 years. He had 2 pretty ordinary years. he didn't deserve what he wanted. If anyone was nearly pushed out it was Dal. BJ left because he basically wanted too.And to be honest we win maybe 2 or 3 more games over a 2 year period. Still finish close to the bottom in both years. Not glad he is gone but it was a very good decision.mad saint guy wrote:A footy club should never push its champions out the door in their prime. Terrible decision making and management by those in charge at the time.
SainterK wrote:Pelchen wanted him gone.
Then Pelchen pulls up stumps.
Stupidness, poorly handled.
People hate BJ cause they can't stomach watching the lost grand finals, erased from minds, else they'd never have been ok with his leaving.
And all this time I thought I disliked him because he did bugger all in his last two years and just chased the money to Essendon.SainterK wrote:
People hate BJ cause they can't stomach watching the lost grand finals, erased from minds, else they'd never have been ok with his leaving.
Glad I could clear it up for you...kosifantutti wrote:And all this time I thought I disliked him because he did bugger all in his last two years and just chased the money to Essendon.SainterK wrote:
People hate BJ cause they can't stomach watching the lost grand finals, erased from minds, else they'd never have been ok with his leaving.
Old Mate wrote:If rumours are correct we low balled him essentially pushing him out the door and he would've taken less to stay as long as we gave him four years. The Bombers contract offer was crazy money for him though.
Yes, was about the length of contract, more than the cash.Old Mate wrote:If rumours are correct we low balled him essentially pushing him out the door and he would've taken less to stay as long as we gave him four years. The Bombers contract offer was crazy money for him though.
Pelchen had a stinker that year trading out BJ, bringing in Hickey and Lee (both can't stay on the park) which involved giving up a decent draft position and extending the contracts of the guys you mentioned. The draft from that year at this point looks poor as well with White inconsistent and only given a one year contract last year (says a lot really) and Wright and Murdoch injury prone.SainterK wrote:You forget MSG, that Pelchen gave guys like Polo, Peake and Clarke extra years...all of them playing until end of 2012.
He had an obsession with 2 years for guys not going anywhere.
I'm not an accountant, but the books looked off to me.
I'd have made it work personally.
Who knows mate, lots of rumours around trades. I don't reckon his team mates and even coaching team would know the full story. There's always two sides.SainterK wrote:Yes, was about the length of contract, more than the cash.Old Mate wrote:If rumours are correct we low balled him essentially pushing him out the door and he would've taken less to stay as long as we gave him four years. The Bombers contract offer was crazy money for him though.
A journo told me Pelchen refused to sit down with the BJ camp and even talk about 3 years and a fourth with terms.
We can still chat about it...plugger66 wrote:To those who think BJ should have stayed I will ask you just one question. How does it help us now? By the way I want Lockett and Stewart to stay too. And I don't want Brian Wilson or Rene Kink. What does this all have in common. Its in the past and it cant be changed.