Brendon Goddard

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Goddard is a restricted free agent and this is the description from the AFL website:

A player has served eight or more seasons of AFL football at one club, is one of the top 25 per cent highest-paid players at his club, and is now out of contract for the first time since reaching eight seasons of service. (restricted free agent)
  • The player is eligible to field offers from all rival AFL clubs.
  • If he wishes to change clubs, the player must decide on the best offer of his choice from one rival club.
  • His club has the right to match the presented offer.
  • If the club matches the offer, he may choose to remain with his original club, seek a trade or enter the Draft.
  • If the club does not or can not match the offer, the player can move to the new club of his choice.
  • His original club will receive a compensation pick for the loss of the player, on an AFL-determined formula to apply where clubs lose more free agents than they gain in any single transfer period.
 
gaskin said:
  • The player is eligible to field offers from all rival AFL clubs.
  • If he wishes to change clubs, the player must decide on the best offer of his choice from one rival club.
  • His club has the right to match the presented offer.
  • If the club matches the offer, he may choose to remain with his original club, seek a trade or enter the Draft.
  • If the club does not or can not match the offer, the player can move to the new club of his choice.
  • His original club will receive a compensation pick for the loss of the player, on an AFL-determined formula to apply where clubs lose more free agents than they gain in any single transfer period.
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Note the can. Even if his side can't match the offer, it sounds like he won't be forced to move. But he can if he wants to. Interesting.

Potentially messy though.
 
Proud Bogan said:
Great reply.

This is where FA does my head in a bit.

A player wants to leave, but his club matches the offer from a rival.

Is he then compelled to enter the draft and be at its mercy??

I think that I need to do some research on this, but it bodes for a lot of ill-will and bad intent in the right, (wrong) scenario.
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Your talking about a restricted FA, the restriction is that the club gets to match the offer in order to either a) retain the player or b) force an attempt at trading the player to get compensation.

The true FA is the unrestricted type that can just say 'bye bye' with no compensation given to their former club although the AFL probably stuffed that up too and will award the club compo.
 

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when the rules say "match the offer" do they define what "offer" means? Is it just $ and years? To some players an offer may be more attractive on less $/yrs because it is in their home state etc
 
strobe00 said:
Note the can. Even if his side can't match the offer, it sounds like he won't be forced to move. But he can if he wants to. Interesting.

Potentially messy though.
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It would be a bit awkward wouldn't it? Player goes and fields offers from other clubs, presents them to his current club with a demand to match it, they refuse to but player accepts inferior offer. Hard to see it happening.
 
Wonder if we'll offer Lynch from the Eagles 2 years. If nothing else falls our way he would be superior to Bradley as the 2nd tall forward. Can also pinch hit in the ruck when required and has been coached by Sumich for several years and is probably rated highly.
 
rgauci said:
Wonder if we'll offer Lynch from the Eagles 2 years. If nothing else falls our way he would be superior to Bradley as the 2nd tall forward. Can also pinch hit in the ruck when required and has been coached by Sumich for several years and is probably rated highly.
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good one, mah fugga.
 
rgauci said:
Wonder if we'll offer Lynch from the Eagles 2 years. If nothing else falls our way he would be superior to Bradley as the 2nd tall forward. Can also pinch hit in the ruck when required and has been coached by Sumich for several years and is probably rated highly.
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I don't know if I could stand that...
 
JunglistPosse said:
I wouldn't be surprised if this happened.
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Seems like shuffling deckchairs to me. Lynch is a better forward, but a crappier ruck (not by a lot though most probably). Doesn't seem like enough value in the move for it to be worthwhile. I also find it hard to believe that Lynch would leave West Coast.

If we can't pinch the players we want as free agents, then I'd hope the club would save the cap space and pick up a player we want next year, or the year after, rather than pick up someone that is a marginal improvement on the bloke we've got.
 
rgauci said:
Wonder if we'll offer Lynch from the Eagles 2 years. If nothing else falls our way he would be superior to Bradley as the 2nd tall forward. Can also pinch hit in the ruck when required and has been coached by Sumich for several years and is probably rated highly.
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Wouldn't be surprised. I had a bit of goss from an impeccable sauce ;) at the start of the season that suma was the brains of the outfit at WC and one best 22 player in particular who credited Suma for his good form would have tried to follow him across , but it happened too quickly .

Real shock to the system for me as I thought Suma was a dill. :eek:
 
If Goddard is not interested it doesn't surprise me. Really, non-WA players shouldn't be banked on as part of a safe strategy to secure talent.

When you think about it, how many people would willingly move thousands of kilometres for their career/lifestyle? Very few, unless it satisfies the following criteria:

1. The money
2. The career advancement can only be pursued where you are going
3. Want a change of the city/situation their in.

For someone like Goddard, he probably has no problem with Melbourne, is at the top of his chosen career, and only has to pick money. A few thousand dollars here or there makes little difference when you consider transfer/setup costs.

I still hope we're a chance of getting him, but any Vic-born, Vic-established players are highly unlikely to come to Freo.
 

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Franklin would be too good to be true.

Lynch wouldn't be the worst option if he was relatively cheap. He isn't that good, but he'll probably be of more use in the next few years than anyone we pick in the draft.

I think WC have been playing too tall up forward, and would look to be consolidating with a Kennedy-Darling duo next year (plus one of Cox/Naitanui). So Lynch would be wise to consider looking elsewhere.
 
Shit, Lynch is going to be 30 by the time next year begins. Didn't realise he was that old. That changes things in my mind. Basically would be playing for 2 years while we hope someone like Shaw (or Hogan, hopefully) develop. But at 30 I don't think we want to be picking him up, even for that purpose.
 
Ripper said:
Wouldn't be surprised. I had a bit of goss from an impeccable sauce ;) at the start of the season that suma was the brains of the outfit at WC and one best 22 player in particular who credited Suma for his good form would have tried to follow him across , but it happened too quickly .

Real shock to the system for me as I thought Suma was a dill. :eek:
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Kennedy & LeCras :cool:
 
Lynch is a one man sitcom only he wouldn't be as funny with our laundry on his back.

After all this time he's still only 50/50 to catch the ball before it hits him in the face. I've said before he's 1 of only 2 guys I have ever seen lose a one on none contest. He's a poor homeless man's Keplar just with a longer kick.

I agree with the Bogan, a hacksaw on my left nut sounds much more preferable.
 
Cant cop having Lynch in my team.. its Brendan Fewster all over again.. i thought i left that nightmare a decade ago
 

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