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Yes that's very nice but the question is should be give him a 3 year contract? Or leave him and just let our kids get more game time in 2010, here is the article http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/86183/default.aspx
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If the Swans have a made a 3-year 'huge' offer then let them have him.
We should not be entering into a bidding war for Bradshaw. In my opinion, let it run it's course (have a feeling he may still end up at Brisbane) and if he is still available on PSD day then we take him on a 2-year deal.
You're all forgetting that Bradshaw no longer has a choice. He's in the PSD. He can only set the terms of his contract, and clubs take turns to accept/reject them. Our turn comes after Sydney's.
If we shovel a ton of cash at him to price him out of Sydney's reach, we'll snooker ourselves out of a possible big fish next year. Also, we can well use the enormous room in 2010's salary cap to front-load several contracts and take future pressure off our cap for when The Schoolies and The Jihad enter the competition.
I'd like Bradshaw as a stop-gap for two years, but if this is a bidding war then we're out of it.
FFS, how many times does it have to be spelt out?Bradshaw has enough runs on the board and earnt enough respect to choose what club he wants to go to.
If he opts for carlton then sydney wont take him, nor would any other club i would imagine.
True, but that makes it even less likely he'll end up at Carlton. The ND effectively gives Bradshaw even less control of where he goes.He doesn't have to in the PSD AlecDuncan. National Draft would open the market up a lot more.
FFS, how many times does it have to be spelt out?
That's not how the pre-season draft works.
He can't decide which club he goes to - each club takes turns to decide whether they want to meet his terms and if they do, he goes there. In practice, Sydney has first option.
The order is: Melbourne, Richmond, Fremantle, North Melbourne, Sydney, West Coast, Port Adelaide, Hawthorn, Essendon, Carlton.
FFS, how many times does it have to be spelt out?
That's not how the pre-season draft works.
He can't decide which club he goes to - each club takes turns to decide whether they want to meet his terms and if they do, he goes there. In practice, Sydney has first option.
The order is: Melbourne, Richmond, Fremantle, North Melbourne, Sydney, West Coast, Port Adelaide, Hawthorn, Essendon, Carlton.
Don't mistake the AFL's interest in seeing trades be completed for it deciding the PSD is "free agency". It isn't. The AFL has made the rules clear, everyone knows what they are and Sydney won't be giving us a free pass.Techincally your right but in recent years the Pre season draft has become somewhat of a 'free agency' and I'm sure if the player agreed to terms with a particular club and publicly stated his desire to join that club you'll find other interested clubs will generally accept this.
If Sydney want him, I'm sure they wouldn't.If Bradshaw agreed to terms with Carlton and came out publicly stating his wish to join Carlton and be closer to home, I'm sure Sydney would overlook him in the draft.
He was offered 1 year with a second depending on how many games he played.......and given that they just recruited his replacement and made it quite clear he was out the door, maybe he felt he wouldn't necessarily be given the opportunity to get that extension, despite having played 19 plus games per season most of his career.Then he turned around and knocked back a two-year deal from Brisbane as he wasn't happy with the length of it.
Spot on.Swans dont do business like that.If he wants to be at Carlton and states it Swans will back out and leave him and his family where they want to be.That may be the mechanics of it AD, but I think there may be some truth in what Macbeth says with respect to the subtleties of it. If Bradshaw states his preferred club is us, and he only wants to live in Melbourne, with his standing and reputation in the game I don't see Sydney calling out his name if he doesn't want to go there.
Strenghtening your list is fine, but burning your bridges/reputation with player/other AFL club given Bradshaw's age and relative worth I imagine isn't worth it to a Sydney
There's nothing from stopping him saying I will only continue if i get picked up by Carlton otherwise i am retiring ala Gerig with the Saints.
Spot on.Swans dont do business like that.If he wants to be at Carlton and states it Swans will back out and leave him and his family where they want to be.
IF it comes down to Carlton or Sydney - Bradshaw will pick the blues. Here's why:
This is purely IMHO. Would be interested to see what the rest of you think.
- The cost of living in Sydney is outrageous, with 4 kids, wife and himself - especially the lifestyle they would live, would chew his funds. Bradshaw is obviously looking at earning some coin so he can live comfortably in his declining years.
- Bradshaw would have liked seeing our new facilities, being completed by end of the year, this would have attracted him.
- A younger, more exciting team that is on the way up more so than the Swans who are/will be going through their rebuilding stage.
- He would take the #1 forward spot on our list and guaranteed a game if fit - Sydney, in my opinion, would have White as their #1 forward as they would want to work/build their forward line around him.
EDIT - Not as far to travel to see his family, otherwise, he'll be flying 6 people to visit both sides of the family.
I'm pretty sure there is. Not sure exactly what the rule is but something to do with draft tampering. I don't think a player can come out and state 'i will only play for team x, if you draft me i will retire'.