Changes for Geelong round 19

[magic.merkin]

agreed

[wolftone57]

says on the AFL website that he is being tested to play this week but wouldn't be suprised if he wasnt fit enough yet. Was being optimistic

AFL website is crap at this stuff. Try this one;

SwansTV - HCF injury update - Rd 19, 2015 - sydneyswans.com.au

Buddy, Rohan, Pykie all will miss.

That begs the question other than Adam who comes in and who out?

Out; Buddy, BJ (needs a full game in the Twos after sub)

In: Goodes, Any of Robbo, Jones or Hewett. All were very good on the weekend. I'd like to see Hewett debut but maybe not until later in the season I would think.

[707]

OUT: Buddy, BJ
IN: Goodes, Robinson BOG at weekend

[mcsquirta]

In 219 games Buddy has never played in Geelong. How spooky is that?

[Swans500]

On a slightly unrelated topic...A friend in Perth informs me that some pundit at a Perth radio station insists that Franklin is leaving the Swans at end of season...for GWS....Because of salary cap stuff...AFL denies it to this particular reporter...

[Bloody Hell]

Gameplans look so much better when your opposition is inferior.

To be fair, they weren,t looking to play on at all the week before. It was obviously a direction that had come down from on high

[ScottH]

On a slightly unrelated topic...A friend in Perth informs me that some pundit at a Perth radio station insists that Franklin is leaving the Swans at end of season...for GWS....Because of salary cap stuff...AFL denies it to this particular reporter...

Seriously???

[desredandwhite]

On a slightly unrelated topic...A friend in Perth informs me that some pundit at a Perth radio station insists that Franklin is leaving the Swans at end of season...for GWS....Because of salary cap stuff...AFL denies it to this particular reporter...

lol. Because of the contract, we'd have to pay out most of his salary under the cap in a lump sum anyway, so offloading him would be WORSE for the salary cap.

Do people not even bother trying to go for accuracy in the rumours they make up any more?

[liz]

lol. Because of the contract, we'd have to pay out most of his salary under the cap in a lump sum anyway, so offloading him would be WORSE for the salary cap.

Do people not even bother trying to go for accuracy in the rumours they make up any more?

If he retired we would. If he moved to another club and they took on his whole contract, we wouldn't have to pay anything. Alternatively we could agree to pay a portion of his cap for the length of his contract with the other club.

Regardless, Buddy ain't going anywhere. There can be little serious question about whether he's worth the money we're paying him, either in terms of his onfield impact or his crowd pleasing and pulling capacity. I doubt the salary cap issues are anything like as bad as outsiders seem to want to paste, but if the cap were a little tight, there'd be half a dozen or so pretty well paid players that the club would be willing to offload before the notion of Buddy even entered the conversation.

[Plugger46]

To be fair, they weren,t looking to play on at all the week before. It was obviously a direction that had come down from on high

Probably but the Eagles shut us down at every opportunity and pinned us in our defensive 50.

Personnel changed and the Crows did a fairly handy impersonation of witches hats. Much easier to go up the middle when there's minimal pressure.

[Mug Punter]

On a slightly unrelated topic...A friend in Perth informs me that some pundit at a Perth radio station insists that Franklin is leaving the Swans at end of season...for GWS....Because of salary cap stuff...AFL denies it to this particular reporter...

What complete and utter rubbish, would be a bad move for both clubs.

With the new TV deal the salary cap should explode in the years Buddy's contract is at its highest. We have taken a calculated punt on the new TV deal and I think it will pay off

I doubt he will even be the highest paid player in the club by the end of his contract and he certainly will just be on a stadard A List Player contract even at $1.8M per year.

Blokes like Dangerfield and Fyfe will be in similar deals.

[AnnieH]

On a slightly unrelated topic...A friend in Perth informs me that some pundit at a Perth radio station insists that Franklin is leaving the Swans at end of season...for GWS....Because of salary cap stuff...AFL denies it to this particular reporter...

So not going to happen.
Nice rumour though.

[Big Al]

On a slightly unrelated topic...A friend in Perth informs me that some pundit at a Perth radio station insists that Franklin is leaving the Swans at end of season...for GWS....Because of salary cap stuff...AFL denies it to this particular reporter...

Buddy will go where Jesinta tells him to go to and after the bikini shots I saw in the paper this week, that's fair enough.

[Ludwig]

Buddy will go where Jesinta tells him to go to and after the bikini shots I saw in the paper this week, that's fair enough.

If you're in the right colours it's hard to resist.

[wolftone57]

Selwood plays his 200, Lukie plays his 100 and we share a banner with the Cats at their suggestion. I think that was a really good suggestion. I don't rate the Cats. Think they are a bottom 8 side. They will get worse next year when a few of their experienced players retire.

We would do well to blood a newbie this week with Buddy out.

We have the choice of either Hewett or Davis. Of course we could play Robbo, Towers or Jones. BJ can't sub again and in this team I can't see him as anything but sub. I definitely wouldn't play Mitchell sub, nor Lloydy and Goodsie will be needed forward.