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Bradshaw - media speculation

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Manbearpig said:
Who haven't they said was going to Sydney this year?
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Bradshaw has also stated that he wants to return to Melbourne.

I am fast starting to believe that the AFL have specialist media liason people whose sole mission is to work within media circles and promote uncontracted/disenfranchised footballers to go to Sydney.
 
Why are they talking about Sydney and Carlton? Why cant we get Bradshaw?I havent heard anything from the club to say that we are after him.Why?
 
Mario the Lothario said:
The club has stated it has a policy of keeping player selections/trades "in house".
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Geez...things have certainly changed since Laids have left.I want Bradshaw to play out of the square with Drew at CHF.I also think it will help Tazza with Bradshaw grooming him.
 

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spurs said:
Geez...things have certainly changed since Laids have left.I want Bradshaw to play out of the square with Drew at CHF.I also think it will help Tazza with Bradshaw grooming him.
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Yep, it would look something like this:

Campbell Petrie Warren
Thomas Bradshaw Edwards/Tarrant/Hansen/etc.

With Boomer rotating with Campbell, Thomas and Warren.

POTENT!
 
He wants big $s (no problems) but also a 3 year deal. At 31 is he up to 3 years? Also at 3 years won't this ****** the development of Tarrant and any other KPF?
 
Limerick said:
He wants big $s (no problems) but also a 3 year deal. At 31 is he up to 3 years? Also at 3 years won't this ****** the development of Tarrant and any other KPF?
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He's 30, but he will be 31 all of next season, so he will be 33 all season in 2012.

I'd only give him a 2 year contract with a 3rd year option.
 
gokangas said:
The Age this morning lists three clubs that may be interested in Bradshaw - North is one of them. Go get him. Would provide a great focus up forward. can kick plenty of goals, can take a contested mark and would provide great mentoring for our devloping forwards.

Go get him! Make it happen Euge.
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Happy with Bradshaw - a player of real quality.

Joel McDonald - no. He's an OK player which is why we should use our pick on a youngster. surely we've learned our lesson with these recycled good, ordinary players.
 
Mario the Lothario said:
He's 30, but he will be 31 all of next season, so he wil be 33 all season in 2012.

I'd only give him a 2 year contract with a 3rd year option.
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Yes, a healthy 2 year deal seems fair. Not a straight 3.
 
gokangas said:
The Age this morning lists three clubs that may be interested in Bradshaw - North is one of them. Go get him. Would provide a great focus up forward. can kick plenty of goals, can take a contested mark and would provide great mentoring for our devloping forwards.

Go get him! Make it happen Euge.
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Ah no, Bradshaw is 30 and he wont be in our next flag. We wasted 5-6 of draft picks on recycled players and look how that worked out for us. We finally have done well in the 06-08 draft so lets continue the great work and maximize the selections in 09 and preparing ourselves for flag plans in 2011.
 
Radical Roo said:
Ah no, Bradshaw is 30 and he wont be in our next flag. We wasted 5-6 of draft picks on recycled players and look how that worked out for us. We finally have done well in the 06-08 draft so lets continue the great work and maximize the selections in 09 and preparing ourselves for flag plans in 2011.
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The difference being they were ordinary players.....well hacks is probably more accurate.

Bradshaw is a proven quality performer.
 
Mario the Lothario said:
He's 30, but he will be 31 all of next season, so he will be 33 all season in 2012. I'd only give him a 2 year contract with a 3rd year option.
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Very happy with two but this is what Brisbane offered him and was rejected, whereas Carlton offered him 3.
 
Radical Roo said:
Ah no, Bradshaw is 30 and he wont be in our next flag. We wasted 5-6 of draft picks on recycled players and look how that worked out for us. We finally have done well in the 06-08 draft so lets continue the great work and maximize the selections in 09 and preparing ourselves for flag plans in 2011.
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Would normally agree with you but you overlook one major point. This bloke is Quality. Most of the other recycleds were crap.
 

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Limerick said:
Very happy with two but this is what Brisbane offered him and was rejected, whereas Carlton offered him 3.
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Give him two with a third year playing/coaching option. This guy is a premiership player, power forward and he's worth it if only in a coaching capacity. We really have no idea in our forwardline and I think he'll have a lot to offer.
 
Radical Roo said:
Ah no, Bradshaw is 30 and he wont be in our next flag. We wasted 5-6 of draft picks on recycled players and look how that worked out for us. We finally have done well in the 06-08 draft so lets continue the great work and maximize the selections in 09 and preparing ourselves for flag plans in 2011.
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Neither will Boomer, Rawlings, Harding and probably a lot of the others over 25. Whats your point?

Bradshaw will improve our team, that's only a good thing.

Another bonus is that if Tarrant develops and gets fit enough to get a game, then we aren't forced to play Bradshaw, Taz could take over.
 

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Bugger it, just give him 3 years. We can afford it and if we want our young blokes learning how to play decent footy to set us up for the next few years we should at least have someone up forward for them to learn to kick it to.
 
gokangas said:
Would normally agree with you but you overlook one major point. This bloke is Quality. Most of the other recycleds were crap.
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And let's not forget the value of a PSD pick. It's going to be a fourth pick on top of 70 odd ND picks. Very different proposition to the expensive trades during the Laidley era.
 
Ted said:
Bugger it, just give him 3 years. We can afford it and if we want our young blokes learning how to play decent footy to set us up for the next few years we should at least have someone up forward for them to learn to kick it to.
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Spot on. We can't afford not to take him if he is available.
 
lets keep developing our pool of kids.......but development doesnt mean getting flogged for the next 3 years week in week out....Bradshaw could teach our young forwards plenty about how to play the position...guys like Tarrant and Josh Smith would learn more from Bradshaw than they would from Hale or even Drew......

if we could get him cheap enough we would be crazy not to grab him..
 

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