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bodazoka said:
The contract is 2 years but kids have the option of only being signed for one with the possibility of being traded to a new club in the draft If they dont want to re-sign with GC. If Brandon was to sign with the GC for a one year contract he could then leave GC at the end of 2010 and be traded to another club, I dont know how GC would react to someone "picking" a club to be traded too.
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If I was Brandon I'd be signing up and getting myself into the AFL system ASAP. This could be an issue with schooling and yr 12 which is important but if he wants to play an AFL career in WA he should sign a 1 yr contract with GC as a 17 year old and then ask for a trade back to WA when he's 18.;) Given the draft is pretty well stuffed in 2010 so what if we trade our 2nd or 3rd round pick for him.:D

Doing this would give him the best opportunity to;
1) Try out playing interstate under only a 1 yr deal and;
2) Having the opportunity to play in WA (If thats what he wants)
 
If I had a burning desire to play for WC thats what I would do. If I just wanted to play AFL for anyone I would sign up for GC or just take my chances in the next draft. Unfortunately (especially in his situation) its almost impossible for a kid to choose an AFL club he wants to go to and AFL clubs wont (shouldnt) give the kids 100% guarantees that they will be picked up in the draft by them this early on.
 
Surely Guy Mckenna wouldn't want to see a Matera playing for another team besides West Coast. We should threaten Mckenna with no more invites for Eagles functions if he doesn't trade him back to us cheaply.:D
 

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Meh, trying to engineer a way to get a player back is absolute crap. It hardly ever happens, because after being with a team for a year or two, that kid who wanted to play so badly for Team X before getting drafted finds that his priorities and allegiances change. If he gets picked up by GC, or any other team for that matter, I fully expect that he'll get quite comfortable and want to stay there, just like 99% of players who get drafted.
 
Mr Casson said:
Meh, trying to engineer a way to get a player back is absolute crap. It hardly ever happens, because after being with a team for a year or two, that kid who wanted to play so badly for Team X before getting drafted finds that his priorities and allegiances change. If he gets picked up by GC, or any other team for that matter, I fully expect that he'll get quite comfortable and want to stay there, just like 99% of players who get drafted.
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I agree with what your saying if a kid gets drafted to an established club but a new franchise is different IMO. There is no history or culture at a new club, you don't have 10's of thousands of fans welcoming you to the club and history shows new clubs take years before they become successful.

If you were a young kid would you rather play for a new club struggling on and off the field or go to a club who has just bottomed out, loaded up with talent and will be seriously pushing into flag contention in 3-4 years and who you have family ties to?
 
Obeanie1 said:
If you were a young kid would you rather play for a new club struggling on and off the field or go to a club who has just bottomed out, loaded up with talent and will be seriously pushing into flag contention in 3-4 years and who you have family ties to?
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It depends how well the guys at GC can sell there club... Its all about optimism for the future. If they can sit a kid down and tell him he will be apart of something grand, life changing and part of AFL history that might sucker them in.
 
Obeanie1 said:
I agree with what your saying if a kid gets drafted to an established club but a new franchise is different IMO. There is no history or culture at a new club, you don't have 10's of thousands of fans welcoming you to the club and history shows new clubs take years before they become successful.

If you were a young kid would you rather play for a new club struggling on and off the field or go to a club who has just bottomed out, loaded up with talent and will be seriously pushing into flag contention in 3-4 years and who you have family ties to?
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That is an interesting argument, I hadn't really thought of that.
 
Mr Casson said:
Meh, trying to engineer a way to get a player back is absolute crap. It hardly ever happens, because after being with a team for a year or two, that kid who wanted to play so badly for Team X before getting drafted finds that his priorities and allegiances change. If he gets picked up by GC, or any other team for that matter, I fully expect that he'll get quite comfortable and want to stay there, just like 99% of players who get drafted.
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Hansen, Butler and Seaby might be enough to trade for a GC deal.
They will need some mature players.
 
My young bloke says Brandon Matera is a superbly fit athlete.....a machine. So it is such a shame this has happened.
 
Yep the dreaded OP :thumbsd: I heard he has it so bad he may even be in a wheel chair within 3 years. Absolutely shocking, the worst case ever recorded. I really feel for the kid.
 
Obeanie1 said:
Yes Snooper but THAT WAS before he developed bad OP.
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I heard it was a degenerative bone disease, the tendons pull away from the bone and it is an irreversible condition.
Could be in a wheelchair by 30, poor bloke. Family is very upset and have encouraged him to play this year as if it were his last.

I think we will see how good he could have been if his body holds out for a while. :(
 

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Obeanie1 said:
I agree with what your saying if a kid gets drafted to an established club but a new franchise is different IMO. There is no history or culture at a new club, you don't have 10's of thousands of fans welcoming you to the club and history shows new clubs take years before they become successful.
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I tend to agree with you that there will be less culture than an established club, however there may also be a special feeling attached to being involved in the beginning of a club.

Couple that with being a young kid living on and playing for the Gold Coast Football Club, he might become a local icon and enjoy certain perks that would arise from such a situation. Like dating Miss SuperGP. :)
 
fryzie said:
I tend to agree with you that there will be less culture than an established club, however there may also be a special feeling attached to being involved in the beginning of a club.

Couple that with being a young kid living on and playing for the Gold Coast Football Club, he might become a local icon and enjoy certain perks that would arise from such a situation. Like dating Miss SuperGP. :)
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Hmmmmmmmmm.....................

And they also have those meter maids down there as well:o

But nothing the lovely WA and Perth ladies can't beat!!!!:D
 
Obeanie1 said:
If I was Brandon I'd be signing up and getting myself into the AFL system ASAP. This could be an issue with schooling and yr 12 which is important but if he wants to play an AFL career in WA he should sign a 1 yr contract with GC as a 17 year old and then ask for a trade back to WA when he's 18.;) Given the draft is pretty well stuffed in 2010 so what if we trade our 2nd or 3rd round pick for him.:D

Doing this would give him the best opportunity to;
1) Try out playing interstate under only a 1 yr deal and;
2) Having the opportunity to play in WA (If thats what he wants)
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Bluey will sign him up, Brandon has left school I believe, doing an apprenticeship or something like that.

GC will need some senior players so it makes sense to draft Brandon, let him play in Perth in 2010 to develop and then either get him across later in the year or hit one of the WA teams up for a good trade.

We need goal kicking forwards so if he plays well next year it might be an expensive exercise to get him back home. :(
 
As I said in the OP, this kid needs to start settling down a bit... lo

Not too much though Fremantle might start getting interested if he becomes too mediocre.
 
bodazoka said:
As I said in the OP, this kid needs to start settling down a bit... lo

Not too much though Fremantle might start getting interested if he becomes too mediocre.
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Hard to hide him in the closet when his face is on the back page of the newspaper. :mad:
 

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Should we send him to play in the SWFL?

Clearly zero chance of being drafted by us. Only Swallow, Toy or Darling look like they could potentially being drafted ahead of him, point being to have a chance at getting him you would need to finnish 16th in 2010 and even then he will probably be tacken on current form. Ultimatly we will need to trade for him to get him in Eagles colours.
 
EasternHills said:
Should we send him to play in the SWFL?

Clearly zero chance of being drafted by us. Only Swallow, Toy or Darling look like they could potentially being drafted ahead of him, point being to have a chance at getting him you would need to finnish 16th in 2010 and even then he will probably be tacken on current form. Ultimatly we will need to trade for him to get him in Eagles colours.
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And thats why he should sign up with the GC17, stay in Perth and play WAFL in 2010 and then the Eagles can trade for him with our #1 pick (24ish) in October 2010:D

Come on Bluey, just remember what colour your undies are mate!:thumbsu: You will get another quality low pick for nothing.:D

Come on Wally / Brandon you are in a great position to actually chose who you play for in 2010, not something every kid has the opportunity to do.
 

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