Im at peace now.
He can call himself 2 time 2 time bud from now on. While some of his mates show him the 3 fingers
He can call himself 2 time 2 time bud from now on. While some of his mates show him the 3 fingers
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It's time. Delete this ******* thread.
Campaignering?Just as a matter of interest, what word do the asterisks substitute for?
It's got 7 letters ...
Just as a matter of interest, what word do the asterisks substitute for?
It's got 7 letters ...
******* oath*******
I kinda felt sad for him when reading that. Then I came to my senses. He made his bed, now he got to lie in it. He played good game yesterday, too bad his team mates mailed the game in.Franklin put in a huge effort - we played dirty against him with Spangher, Gibson and lake all clipping him across the head well after a mark had been taken.
He is a champ, but he's now a lonely champ. His really mates are partying their arses off and enjoyed the morning after party.
He sat in the Sydney team bus for half an hour on his own after the match.
The reality is that Hawthorn offer wasn't that much different to Sydney' in terms of Money. The difference was the duration. Hawthorn offered him $4.5 over 4 years which is in fact BETTER than what he is currently on.
He proboably has now realised that his move to Sydney had a countereffect of putting him more in the Limelight rather than him quietly getting on with things in Melbourne. Also, maybee from this point on he may lose some interest in playing football based on a contract where there is no room to move.
Negligible difference, there is no proof the third party deals would be greater than that of Buddyboot, Buddyball, buddyshirt, buddy jeans etc.The reality of it is, regardless of what was on the table from both clubs, the 'third party' deals formed the bulk of the total package. Whichever club he went to he would have ended up an extremely wealthy man for the rest of his days.
Long term it will be a blessing.This whole Lance Franklin deal has a real Lebron James feel to it. Watch Hawthorn fans embrace him again one day.
Negligible difference, there is no proof the third party deals would be greater than that of Buddyboot, Buddyball, buddyshirt, buddy jeans etc.
Don't forget this GUY absolutely Still Loves Hawthorn, just now he is in a tough position with how the year unfolded. 100% if Hawthorn wasnt playing Sydney he would of been in the Hawthorn rooms after the game... Shouldn't hate the bloke now that the season is over.
In business not all promises are kept, so he may not be that much better of financially at Sydney than the media portrays it to be. The Cola fiasco should not be directed at him being greedy but rather Sydneys ability to manipulate the system causeing an unfair advantage. Don't hate the player, hate the game.Somehow don't think the various trinkets that Buddy puts his name to would have exceeded the 'set-you-up-for-life' package that both clubs put in front of Buddy. Of which, only a portion was directly via the clubs.
Oh, but his love can be bought. So can his sense of decency. So can his honesty.
Fact is he bullshitted the club for a year. He didn't even have the decency to insist we get a fair trade.
I hate how he screwed the club over. And I always will.
It was sly and deceitful.
Oh, but his love can be bought. So can his sense of decency. So can his honesty.
Fact is he bullshitted the club for a year. He didn't even have the decency to insist we get a fair trade. I hate how he screwed the club over. And I always will. It was sly and deceitful.
I can understand channelling and venting. But at the end of the day, a bit of commonsense needs to be used. To slam a player for looking after his own financial interests, knowing full well you'd do it too and that conversely no club would hesitate to terminate a player's livelihood if they thought it was in their own interests, is naive and a little pathetic. Buddy Franklin has every right to exploit his own abilities for what he can get out of them in the limited time he has to do it. He owes the club for the the time and effort they put into him? Bullshit. They would have done it for anyone they didn't keep, too. It's their job. Those happy days where a player like Dan Minogue or Ron Barassi can be hated for all eternity by the faithful should be gone, because what started as payment for playing and is now as complicated as enterprise bargaining and free agency, based upon fairness and parity for the player, is what we all bought into decades ago...
From 2005-13, I enjoyed the contributions of Buddy Franklin to the HFC. This year, I respected the man's abilities and enjoyed his highlights, hoping he wouldn't unleash them on us at an inconvenient time. But at the end of the day, he plays footy for a living - he hasn't sold out the country to the British, he's switched companies and kept a deal to better his lot secret until finalised...many of you who bash Buddy have done this and called it advancement in your career...pretty pathetic if this becomes a personal vendetta for people he'll never meet...