Retired #9: Brendon Goddard - Retires a winner - Thanks for everything BJ

[The Bomb]

95% of the time in the midfield but will rest forward along like those other 3 blokes Ryder, Watson and Zaka, could be scary forwardline if we have
Hurley, Daniher, Carmeri with stints from the 4 players above.

 

[Zach Package]

My favourite part is 'I've been exposed to altitude rooms at my previous club'

 

[ZaharakisFTW]

BJ: Yeah nah im not the saviour

 

[Jade]

this has probably been remarked sometime over the past month, but we actually have a very obvious vice captain at the club now

Hurley.

Maybe Zaka.

 

[Phone]

Hurley.

Maybe Zaka.

if there's anyone on here who believes hurley or zaka should be vice captain over goddard, please kindly leave. i mean come on

 

[Eleven 38]

I'd have Winderlich or a potential next captain as Vice-captain before Goddard

I dont think Goddard would want to be Vice-Captain anyway.

 

[Beerfish]

My favourite part is 'I've been exposed to altitude rooms at my previous club'

The club that shall not be named. Love it.

Will never forget watching him kick four or five in a quarter once when he was plonked down forward. With him resting in the forward line, we're probably a two to three goal better side on average straight away.

I don't care if he's the saviour as long as he's the panacea.

 

[Zach Package]

if there's anyone on here who believes hurley or zaka should be vice captain over goddard, please kindly leave. i mean come on

You can lead without being a named leader. Think fletcher.
I wouldn't be unhappyif he was named, but I'd personally like to see zaka and Hurley share vice captaincy.
And would be very much for Myers as a part of the leadership group as well.

 

[abers47]

What a fabulous speaker - confident and well spoken! Don't think I noticed so much when he was at his 'former club'! Lol!

 

[DaSawx]

if there's anyone on here who believes hurley or zaka should be vice captain over goddard, please kindly leave. i mean come on

Yep.

His name is David Myers, and he will break out this year.

Jobe, BJ and Dave waiting for TBC's palm downs.

 

[The Dustbin]

I ****ing love Goddard. His leadership qualities in that video were superb.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

 

[emblurr]

Round 4 Saturday, April 20th, 2013.​

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Essendon vs The club that shall not be named.​

 

[yaco55]

Goddard may not be the best player in the business, but he will raise standards. Something that is soundly needed at EFC.

 

[NC23]

Just think of the influence the most recent big fish have made on their new teams: Ablett (granted he carries a team of kids) and Judd (needs strapping on his shoulders because their permanently sore from carrying Carlton). Goddard to accelerate the improvement of our young with the leadership. Hurry up 2013!

 

[Call Me Cake]

Except we aren't going to rely on Goddard to do everything, have given up zero for him and we already have a Brownlow medalist prior to his arrival.

In the same year as our #1 draft pick, Joe Daniher.

Things just cannot get any better than that.

 

[NC23]

FWIW I'm tipping BJ to don the number 6 (next to his good mate Stants in the locker rooms)

 

[NC23]

Or 10.. because it'll be next to Licka, scrap that ^ I'll go with 10, him and Licka go way back

 

[HurlsMeister18]

Give him number 48.

48 seems like a non saviour's number.

 

[Call Me Cake]

I'd rather he be as close to Stanton and Watson as possible.

 

[NC23]

I'd rather he be as close to Stanton and Watson as possible.

Imagine 4, 5, 6 running through the middle - poetic

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Imagine 4, 5, 6 running through the middle - poetic

Numeric, even.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Highly sequential.

 

[Fin ice Smuggler]

God-Bless the man.

I mean God-dard I always get that one confused.

 

[grugsticles]

I just watched BJ's interview on the Bombers website and the main thing that came across to me was just how greater scope he has.
Obviously he is an experienced player and a known leader, but the way he spoke indicates to me that he didnt jump ship in the hunt for a flag. I would not be surprised if he has long term goals to be a coach and see's the opportunity to move to a different club where he is expected to lead on and off the field and develop younger players as a good stepping stone to to achieving that.

Another note, I've always thought of him as a hard nut but I suspected he was a little simple in the mind (from a few brain fades in footy), but going on the interview where he spoke very clearly, pronounced and obviously knew exactly what he needed to say indicated that he is in fact a very intelligent bloke.