Swans chat The Buddy poll

[ShockOfHair]

What do we think?

[aardvark]

Well everyone's been saying we need someone to replace Goodes. Ablett wasn't available so who's next? I'm still in the can't decide group.

[Auntie.Gerald]

there will always be a club that will want to match our offer.....if buddy wants to leave

therefore unless he ends up with no motivation or no knees we are in a box seat like when we brought plugger to the bloods !

[paper_rival]

I'm not someone who will not buy membership/refuse to support the swans or anything but uughhh, i don't like his attitude. It doesn't seem to fit with the whole swans culture thing. Also, do we really need the extra salary cap/cost of living allowance scrutiny?

[mcs]

I have no issue with recruiting Franklin. His attitude does not worry me - we will sort that out, as we have with numerous other players.

But 9 years (assuming this is correct and not just a fabricated melbourne media beat up) seems like a ridiculous contract to me.

[Jewels]

But 9 years (assuming this is correct and not just a fabricated melbourne media beat up) seems like a ridiculous contract to me.

9 years is correct, Andrew Ireland confirmed it on AFL 360 last night.

[GongSwan]

9 years is too long. One would think there has to be a get out clause if this is fact

[Plugger46]

I suspect it'll be heavily front-ended. Allowing for the salary cap increase over that period, by years 6-9 I doubt he'll be taking much of the cap. Given the changing nature of the game, by that time it may not be such a huge contract.

[Triple B]

9 years is too long. One would think there has to be a get out clause if this is fact

The AFL will be all over any 'get out' clause, hence the investigation beforehand...

[Swansinger]

Franklin will not play for nine years - nobody , including the club , can believe that.The length of the contract must surely be to accommodate Franklin's financial wishes . The AFL will put on a show of acting tough - or fair , whatever you prefer - as they vet the deal , but they will not block the move.

Franklin is a bogan , but nobody will care , if he is instrumental in bringing success to the club. We cheered a bloke who once broke a Swan's player's jaw. We cheered a thug who captained us to a premiership . So chances are , we won't have too much of a problem cheering one who is a bogan - even if the memory of his hit on Mighty Mal is fresh in the memory.

[aardvark]

9 years is too long. One would think there has to be a get out clause if this is fact

Some Wag on Facebook said we originally offered him 7 years but we were worried about him being poached by the Coogee Bay lawn bowls club so increased it to 9.

[Mug Punter]

Everyone is saying that Buddy cannot play for 9 years but he may well play for 7 which is what I reckon the AFL will water the deal down to.

[RogueSwan]

Where is the compulsory ROK is hot option? HE won't be around forever

[R-1]

I'm fully on board with spreading some of the 10 million lifetime pay over post-retirement years. By then the cap will be a lot larger than it is now. I think that betting on an increased cap is a genius move.

[ShockOfHair]

Where is the compulsory ROK is hot option? HE won't be around forever

He won't even be around for nine years!

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I'm fully on board with spreading some of the 10 million lifetime pay over post-retirement years. By then the cap will be a lot larger than it is now. I think that betting on an increased cap is a genius move.

Yeah, Ireland on SEN was saying that's exactly what happened with Lynch.
http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/video/2013-10-02/swanstv-andrew-ireland-speaks-on-sen