Roast Bradshaw Chooses Sydney!

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And channel 7.
I don't get it. We are a much more attractive club to play for at the present. Same contract and in Melbourne. He mustn't want to be in a Brisbane vs. Carlton fiasco in the next few years.
 

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now brissy won on fev deal.
I like the way you think, it really shows how your mind works. They won even tho they lost 3 players for him one of wich they did not want to give up. They in fact gained 3 years and 20 goals a year and lost pick 12 a young gun forward and a old top gun forward. :confused::rolleyes:

They lost big time no matter what we let Fev go so loss is judged another way for us. It was always a matter of how much we will lose by.
 

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Who cares.

You can't get them all. Of all the players we've chased over the last few years he's the last one I'd chase hard (well apart from Chris Johnson :eek:)
 

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I'm not going to pretend I'm happy about it all but it was going to be difficult to get him anyway with Sydney having a earlier pick in the PSD than ourselves. You win some and you lose some.
 

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I like the way you think, it really shows how your mind works. They won even tho they lost 3 players for him one of wich they did not want to give up. They in fact gained 3 years and 20 goals a year and lost pick 12 a young gun forward and a old top gun forward. :confused::rolleyes:

They lost big time no matter what we let Fev go so loss is judged another way for us. It was always a matter of how much we will lose by.
They'd want to be nice to Rischetelli too. Fair chance after this he'll go to the Gold Coast in 2011 after his contract runs out at the end of next year. Could be huge losses.
 

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now brissy won on fev deal.
:eek:

Fev > Henderson, pick 12, Bradshaw, Rishitelli (will leave to GC in 12 months).

You idiot.

Speaking of getting screwed on deals........Lovett for Williams? :confused:

Looks like Voss won't be the only young coach under the pump over recruitment in the next couple of years.
You can take the person out of Richmond......but you can't take Richmond out of the person.........looks like Knights brought their recruiting strategy with him. :D

On the Bradshaw thing, if it's true, it would have been nice, but I'm not that fussed TBH. We can now gear ourselves up to have a crack at MacDonald (to replace Scotland) or a young kid, or take no-one in the PSD.

We can now re-jig Juddy's contract to load it up for next year so that when we re-sign Murph, Kreuzer, Gibbs etc we'll have plenty of money to use to keep them with.
 

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I like the way you think, it really shows how your mind works. They won even tho they lost 3 players for him one of wich they did not want to give up. They in fact gained 2 years and 20 goals a year and lost pick 12 a young gun forward and a old top gun forward. :confused::rolleyes:

They lost big time no matter what we let Fev go so loss is judged another way for us. It was always a matter of how much we will lose by.
Only the two years. Both turn 29 and 31 respectively soon.

Brisbane also lost their other deals. Talk about them being better next year was premature:

Dalziell > Staker.
Macdonald > Raines.
Hooper > Buchanan.
Anyone they delisted > Clarke.

Their only good pickup was Fevola. But they ended up paying Bradshaw, Henderson and pick 12 for him. They have up a near equivalent and big parts of their future team for a troubled 29 year old.

With losing their speed, not adding any hardness to their midfield and another year into the likes of Power and Black can you really see them beating a St.Kilda next year? They've done nothing beneficial this offseason.

As for Carlton. Now without the plan of Bradshaw helping us out for the short term we will need to rely on our young forwards in Kreuzer, Henderson, Betts and Yarran with the help of Waite and Judd and a few others. Let's just hope they don't play Cloke, OhAilpin and Fisher.
 

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I must admit i am happy he is going to the swans. Give more time to other and we can build a 10 - 12 year FF for our club.
I don't see how. It would have been much more benefitial for your young KPF to have an old hand like Bradshaw on board to learn from. Unlike Fev he would have been someone they could look to for help developing their game.

Even if you had of picked up Bradshaw, I still think Carlton's days of having a one dimensional forward line are over. It would have been a good pick up, but the best thing in the long term is that you are rid of Fevola and can construct a better team because of it.
 

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It isn't the end of the world, if he wanted to come i would of been happy but it isn't massive that he isn't coming to us. I would think Russell Robertson's career just received a shot in the arm, the Blues might figure some foward line experiance could really benefit us next year.
 

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Nothing on yahoo7, the age, herald sun or ninemsn.

You'd think one of those would have it up by now.

BTW, I like this from the Lions CEO :

"We wanted to keep him. We offered him a contract and he made a decision to reject it."
So when they say they wanted to keep him, were they following the old saying:
"If you love something set it free, if it comes back its yours, if it doesn't it never was"
See, by offering Bradshaw to the Blues they were really just testing HIS love for the Lions all along.......it had nothing to do with the Fev thing......and Bradshaw obviously failed, and his lack of love and loyalty has been exposed.

Well done Lions. You have carried yourselves with dignity throughout this showing loyalty and passion for those who have served you well, and that Bradshaw guy, well lets face it, he treated it all like a business transaction and has gone to the highest bidder.

Disgraceful. :rolleyes:
 

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It isn't the end of the world, if he wanted to come i would of been happy but it isn't massive that he isn't coming to us. I would think Russell Robertson's career just received a shot in the arm, the Blues might figure some foward line experiance could really benefit us next year.
My thoughts exactly.
 

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I don't see how. It would have been much more benefitial for your young KPF to have an old hand like Bradshaw on board to learn from. Unlike Fev he would have been someone they could look to for help developing their game.

Even if you had of picked up Bradshaw, I still think Carlton's days of having a one dimensional forward line are over. It would have been a good pick up, but the best thing in the long term is that you are rid of Fevola and can construct a better team because of it.
You don't factor in the mindset created by having a short-term ready-made forward at the club. It creates a mask of adequacy. We have been dealing with the Cloke/Hartlett issue at the club for a few years now. Maybe we can finally acknowledge that we need to do something for the long term. It's not about having multiple options, it is about having multiple 'quality' options.
 
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Carlton offers the chance to play in big games, and presents a much greater chance at success than Sydney - this is even more true had he chose us, as a proven forward is now our biggest weakness.

With similar offers on the table, Sydney obviously had the benefit of offering more security with their earlier pick.

It is understandable that he would want this security, however when you consider that he just turned his back on two finals teams in Brisbane and Carlton, to join a rebuilding Sydney, you really have to wonder how much passion/desire he has left for afl.

No doubt there is nothing wrong with chasing some extra dollars, however I just think this decision paints a great picture of a lack of desire for on-field success.

With that in mind, I really don't think it would have benefited us to pay over the odds for someone who probably isn't going to give that extra 10% any more. The first thing I expect of any Carlton player going onto the field is a strong passion for success.

Not saying this to be bitter - he is certainly a great pickup for Sydney.
 

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You don't factor in the mindset created by having a short-term ready-made forward at the club. It creates a mask of adequacy. We have been dealing with the Cloke/Hartlett issue at the club for a few years now. Maybe we can finally acknowledge that we need to do something for the long term. It's not about having multiple options, it is about having multiple 'quality' options.
It's not that I haven't factored it in, rather I feel the experience someone like Bradshaw (or now Roberston) could pass on far out weighs it. Of course that is assuming that Ratten scraps the idea of having 1 forward and 5 spectators in your half of the ground.
 
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