News Franklin re-signs for one more year!

[Tippett2Goal]

Genuinely thought he may pull up stumps after this year, especially if we win.

But he did kick 50+ goals for the year and still commands the #1 defender even if his speed is going/gone.

 

[SM]

I think that over 9 years and $10m you could have brought in all sorts of players.

That's not the question I asked though is it? You called out a specific season.

 

[HairyO]

True, but none of them would have been Buddy.

But 2 or 3 of them could have. As I said, making money is one thing, but that is what Essendon are doing. Winning flags is what matters. And that is what he chose Sydney for.

 

[revo333]

People talk about AFL premierships like they are NBA rings and that's all the matters in wether a player has been great or not.

Making 3 grand finals is a success and Buddy has been worth the money.

 

[Kram]

People talk about AFL premierships like they are NBA rings and that's all the matters in wether a player has been great or not.

Making 3 grand finals is a success and Buddy has been worth the money.

Exactly it's helped give them a shot at winning them, just because the team as a collective couldn't quite get the job done (but may still do on Sat) doesn't make the decision a 'mistake'.

 

[Syd]

Currently 8th on the Leading Goal Scorers list for 2022 converting roughly 2/3's of his opportunities.
Happy to see him go around again next year, also could become the first player to kick 500 goals at 2 different clubs if I am not mistaken as well.

Name	Team	Games	Goals	Behinds	%
Tom Hawkins	Geelong	24	64	39	62.1
Charlie Curnow	Carlton	22	64	42	60.4
Jeremy Cameron	Geelong	23	63	36	63.6
Tom Lynch	Richmond	19	63	27	70
Bayley Fritsch	Melbourne	24	55	22	71.4
Charlie Cameron	Brisbane	25	54	21	72
Peter Wright	Essendon	22	53	26	67.1
Lance Franklin	Sydney	22	52	27	65.8
Max King	St Kilda	22	52	41	55.9
Aaron Naughton	Western Bulldogs	22	51	34	60
Tyson Stengle	Geelong	24	49	26	65.3
Isaac Heeney	Sydney	24	48	28	63.2
Taylor Walker	Adelaide	18	47	23	67.1
Harry McKay	Carlton	19	45	31	59.2
Todd Marshall	Port Adelaide	21	45	15	75
Mabior Chol	Gold Coast	22	44	27	62
Shai Bolton	Richmond	23	43	41	51.2
Kysaiah Pickett	Melbourne	23	41	18	69.5
Brody Mihocek	Collingwood	23	41	25	62.1
Jack Ginnivan	Collingwood	23	40	19	67.8
Luke Breust	Hawthorn	21	40	19	67.8
Jack Riewoldt	Richmond	21	40	30	57.1
Joe Daniher	Brisbane	19	39	24	61.9
Nick Larkey	North Melbourne	20	38	18	67.9
Joshua Kennedy	West Coast	15	37	13	74
Zac Bailey	Brisbane	24	37	18	67.3
Toby Greene	GWS	15	37	19	66.1
Mitchell Lewis	Hawthorn	15	37	15	71.2
Cody Weightman	Western Bulldogs	21	36	10	78.3
Rory Lobb	Fremantle	21	36	24	60

 

[Altum Volantes]

Michael Jordan style press release in GF week…

Bit wanky…

 

[Xtreme]

People talk about AFL premierships like they are NBA rings and that's all the matters in wether a player has been great or not.

Making 3 grand finals is a success and Buddy has been worth the money.

He himself gave the reason "to help Sydney win premierships" as the reason why he defected from Hawthorn.

On that basis his move was a failure.

 

[RUNVS]

He himself gave the reason "to help Sydney win premierships" as the reason why he defected from Hawthorn.

On that basis his move was a failure.

This has been mentioned a lot but I will say it again. Buddy did not leave Hawthorn because he thought Sydney had a better chance of winning flags. He left because he wanted to get out of the fishbowl that is Melbourne, he wanted to go to Sydney, which meant the two clubs he could go to were Sydney and GWS and if those two clubs he thought Sydney had a better chance of winning flags.

 

[revo333]

He himself gave the reason "to help Sydney win premierships" as the reason why he defected from Hawthorn.

On that basis his move was a failure.

Yes, to help Sydney.

 

[mfcrox]

Bloke thinks he is MJ. Compare the pair. Haha:

 

[Anja_Nees]

Even if the Swans fall short on Saturday lol at anyone that thinks that it wasn't worth the Swans taking the opportunity on getting him up there.

I'm a bit nervous about him playing on next year as if his form slips I hate greats going out struggling but I'm sure he will prove me wrong.

It’d be a shame if he was dropped into the reserves etc but I think as long as he can rest the odd game and kick say 30+ from 17-18 games he justifies selection in the side. That would still be a dip from this year.

If they win it this year I think it’d be the perfect way to wrap it up, but even if he’s agreed to a pay cut it’s still probably hard to say no to $600k.

 

[Maddo11]

It’d be a shame if he was dropped into the reserves etc but I think as long as he can rest the odd game and kick say 30+ from 17-18 games he justifies selection in the side. That would still be a dip from this year.

If they win it this year I think it’d be the perfect way to wrap it up, but even if he’s agreed to a pay cut it’s still probably hard to say no to $600k.

Yeah, considering he's pocketed 10milli over the last decade, it would be hard to say no to one more year at a reduced rate to do something you love doing in a successful environment.

If we were bottom 4 this year and looked no hope for next year would he really want to go slug it out in a struggling team again? Maybe not

 

[Osho]

He's enough of a headache for oppo to keep going on. He looks lean and fully motivated. Lot of names below him on the goals list this year. His agility is still there enough to fit the game style.

The only question I would have is if he is delaying development of other players unnecessarily. Seems not, just yet, given the 1 year offer.

 

[yamborghinidream]

And in the year when it was $1.5m ? That is 3 players. Or 2 elite players.

like Tom Mitchell perhaps?

 

[Anja_Nees]

Yeah, considering he's pocketed 10milli over the last decade, it would be hard to say no to one more year at a reduced rate to do something you love doing in a successful environment.

If we were bottom 4 this year and looked no hope for next year would he really want to go slug it out in a struggling team again? Maybe not

Possibly not.

Then again if you were in a rebuild and a contender made a one off $800k offer for 2023 you get the impression he’d just do it.

 

[SM]

Bloke thinks he is MJ. Compare the pair. Haha:
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Yes mate, do believe that's the reference.

 

[ourgameplandoesntwork]

Why would Sydney re-sign him?

 

[MF]

Why would Sydney re-sign him?

So that he can play football for them next season.

Is this a real question?

 

[NewMelbournian]

He is not the same player he was at his peak but he is still good enough to play a key role in a grand final team.

I also think him continuing another year is good for Logan McDonald. I think back on players like Jonathan Brown who had long apprenticeships at the start of their career playing next to star forwards in premiership contending teams and you could see the luxury of time did wonders for their development. Nobody has patience in today's social media generation but Brown wasn't his team's leading goal kicker until his 6th season! While other key forwards were battered and bruised by becoming the focal point too early.

 

[RUNVS]

He is not the same player he was at his peak but he is still good enough to play a key role in a grand final team.

I also think him continuing another year is good for Logan McDonald. I think back on players like Jonathan Brown who had long apprenticeships at the start of their career playing next to star forwards in premiership contending teams and you could see the luxury of time did wonders for their development. Nobody has patience in today's social media generation but Brown wasn't his team's leading goal kicker until his 6th season! While other key forwards were battered and bruised by becoming the focal point too early.

Very good call. Buddy going around another year gives McDonald another year to develop without the pressure of being the main focus and getting the number 1 defender.

 

[Micksy]

 

[TheArchitect]

If he kicks 3 or 4 in a winning Grand Final, does that put him down as best key forward of all time?

 

[RUNVS]

If he kicks 3 or 4 in a winning Grand Final, does that put him down as best key forward of all time?

He is already in the conversation for that to be honest.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

the unknown,and you'll never know because his development may have already been hampered,let alone anutha season wasted waiting for Buddy to move on
its a premiership business this AFL,FACT is u guys have won SFA with Franklin,the records show you've won zilch,nada,zero,absolutely nuthing,its gonna be an interesting watch saturday, pressures still on Sydney & Franklin more than ever imo.

Someone's looking down the barrel of a very long off-season...