Confirmed on the Interweb - Bradshaw Chooses Sydney

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SYDNEY has beaten Carlton in the race for dual premiership forward Daniel Bradshaw.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...ses-sydney-swans/story-e6frexx0-1225790954089


The former Brisbane Lion made the decision yesterday before boarding a cruise holiday with his wife and family around the South Pacific.
"It was a very difficult decision and one that I thought about long and hard, but in the end I want to live in Sydney and want to play for the Swans,"' Bradshaw said.

"It has been a very difficult few weeks but I want to thank everyone for their support and also a special thanks to Carlton for its professionalism.
"But in the end I've decided to join the Swans and I look forward to continuing my career in Sydney."

Bradshaw's manager, Colin Young, told Swans chief executive Andrew Ireland late yesterday his star client wanted to accept the Swans offer.



Ireland immediately phoned Sydney coach Paul Roos who couldn't hide his delight at pulling off a major coup.

Roos said he was confident the deal would be finalised at the December pre-season draft.

'"With Mick ( O'Loughlin) and Barry (Hall) departing the club, Daniel will bring so much to our team," he said. "It also gives the likes of Adam Goodes a massive lift and his experience will be of significant benefit to our younger boys.

"With the compromised draft system in coming years because of the new teams coming into the competition, securing Daniel is perfect timing."
The Swans resume pre-season training tomorrow but Roos last night left a message on the star forward's mobile phone saying there was no rush.
"He has a young family and four children and so there's a bit to do with the move down from Brisbane and well let him have his holiday and a relax," he said.

"We hope to see him for a session or two in the next month. We'll sit down as a club on Monday and nut out what's required in moving forward now that he's made the decision to join us."

The Swans always had the front-running to snare Bradshaw, but the Blues threw everything at the 30-year-old over the past week.

Carlton president Stephen Kernahan and chief executive Greg Swann went to Brisbane on Wednesday and put forward a compelling case to Bradshaw to join the Blues.

Kernahan and Swann decided it was necessary after the deal involving Bradshaw and former Lions teammate Michael Rischitelli fell over in trade week.

The Blues powerbrokers told Bradshaw his home was in Victoria and that Carlton was his best option. But being out of the Melbourne spotlight was a key factor in Bradshaw choosing Sydney.

"He's a pretty shy sort of bloke and doesn't like all the attention. Playing in Sydney will be a bit like Brisbane in that respect," Young said.
 

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Can't say I'm massively disappointed, I didn't think a three year deal for a 31 year old with an injury history was a good idea.

As we've learned with our back-line, the only way to get experience is to throw the young guys in there and ultimately I think it'll work out fine.
 

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The washup.....

Lions: gain a 29yo forward: 2 years, maybe 3 left. Always a risk of an even earlier end.

Sydney: gain a 31yo forward: 1 year maybe 2 left

Blues: gains 2, 18-19yo first round draft picks, including a very promising 19yo 197cm KP forward

Guess which team is building for the future.

:)
 

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im disappointed he didn't choose us, but did any1 really expect him to choose us? its pretty clear that syd in fact offered him more money than we did and he's just money hungry, i feel he's missing out on a golden opportunity to play with a team on the rise, the fact that he wants to stay out of the limelight suggests to me he's a bit of a softc.ock, very lame excuse not to join us, but we'll move on
 
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That does put some perspective on opposition supporters saying he didn't want to play for Carlton. It appears he would have been happy with either club, but as I alluded to last night, being out of the spotlight in Sydney would be very appealing. He gives special thanks to Carlton for our professionalism as well. We got beaten out on geographical grounds, nothing more.

Hopefully that keeps the detractors at bay.
 
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Ok, the sydney limelight crap, is crap. I'm a Melbourne boy who has (due to work)
been living in Sydney for 15 years now. AFL gets good coverage in the media here.
I've already seen this on local TV. Do you think Barry Hall and Tony Lockett could
just stroll on up Oxford St without total recognition ?? Plugger got around this by
living out in Bowral. The game is big enough now in Sydney to garner media attention
(Heck, even the whole Fevola saga was all over the news here)

I dont buy the "Timid little church mouse must hide in Sydney routine"

There was more dollars on the table.... IMHO...
 

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The pressure Bradshaw would've been under trying to fill a portion of Fev's shoes would've been massive.The guy obviously didnt want to be the front runner with all the extra pressure so he just slips in the back door at the Swannies without the added pressure,better climate and possibly a few extra bucks.
 

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The washup.....

Lions: gain a 29yo forward: 2 years, maybe 3 left. Always a risk of an even earlier end.

Sydney: gain a 31yo forward: 1 year maybe 2 left

Blues: gains 2, 18-19yo first round draft picks, including a very promising 19yo 197cm KP forward

Guess which team is building for the future.

:)
Just a few days back you were saying Bradshaw is a gun KP with 3 years left in him and thats the reason Carlton were having a crack at him.

Now you are saying he has 1, maybe 2 years left. Your opinion changes very quickly. Had he ended up at Carlton your view on Bradshaw's remaining career would be different again.
 

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Ok, the sydney limelight crap, is crap. I'm a Melbourne boy who has (due to work)
been living in Sydney for 15 years now. AFL gets good coverage in the media here.
I've already seen this on local TV. Do you think Barry Hall and Tony Lockett could
just stroll on up Oxford St without total recognition ?? Plugger got around this by
living out in Bowral. The game is big enough now in Sydney to garner media attention
(Heck, even the whole Fevola saga was all over the news here)

I dont buy the "Timid little church mouse must hide in Sydney routine"

There was more dollars on the table.... IMHO...
Tend to agree. No doubt we offered a decent contract but i'll bet my bottom dollar Sydney offered more - regardless of his manager's spin.

Although i think Bradshaw would have been very useful for us next year i really don't think his body has more than another 30 - 40 games in it so no great loss. :thumbsu:
 

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Now you are saying he has 1, maybe 2 years left. Your opinion changes very quickly. Had he ended up at Carlton your view on Bradshaw's remaining career would be different again.
No. Never said Bradshaw was essential. Yes, he would have been a useful player for the next 1-2 years while our young forwards find their feet, but I always assumed he'd go to the Swans, and I'm not exactly devastated by the news. We would have had to sign him on a 3 year contract, heavily front-loaded, but in reality probably only got 2 years out of him. Nothing's changed. He sounds like a quiet guy, who just wants a low demand, high paid job for a few more years before he retires. Swans fit the bill, and also have a very old list which will help him settle in. Can understand his decision. The most important thing for the Blues was that they got 2 first round pick players out of the Fev Trade. That was a huge result. :)
 

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No great loss. He must believe in Father Christmas with the money he is being offered at this stage of his career. Lets keep, some money up our sleeve for something else next year or make Bryce Gibbs an offer he cannot refuse when his contract comes up.
 

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No great loss. He must believe in Father Christmas with the money he is being offered at this stage of his career. Lets keep, some money up our sleeve for something else next year or make Bryce Gibbs an offer he cannot refuse when his contract comes up.
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Tend to agree. No doubt we offered a decent contract but i'll bet my bottom dollar Sydney offered more - regardless of his manager's spin.

Although i think Bradshaw would have been very useful for us next year i really don't think his body has more than another 30 - 40 games in it so no great loss. :thumbsu:
I guess we cant blame the dude too much. He's on his last legs and wants
to get as much coin as possible. The story about returning to Victoria
I believe was initially true, (hoping to generate a big offer from a Victorian
club) the biggest was Carlton's, but Sydney obviously threw in more
coinage (and possibly a good admin/coaching team job post retirement ?)
 

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The washup.....

Lions: gain a 29yo forward: 2 years, maybe 3 left. Always a risk of an even earlier end.

Sydney: gain a 31yo forward: 1 year maybe 2 left

Blues: gains 2, 18-19yo first round draft picks, including a very promising 19yo 197cm KP forward

Guess which team is building for the future.

:)
u gave up a 1st round draft pick for Brock Mcclean and are now interested in Robbo so im confused at the building for the future thing?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...ussell-robertson/story-e6frf9jf-1225791115286
 
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u gave up a 1st round draft pick for Brock Mcclean and are now interested in Robbo so im confused at the building for the future thing?
Always happy to help out the confused.

Brock McLean is 23 years old ... i.e still has the potential to play for many years to come and may be considered part of that future.

Brendan Fevola is 28 years of age. We traded him for Lachlan Henderson - a former first round draft pick who is still 19, and Pick 12 which is likely to be used on a 17/18 year old in the National Draft.

So if we pretend that no trades were done, we would be looking forward to bringing one future player into the team at Pick 11.

With the trades done, we have brought in 2 future players, got rid of one older player and are looking to draft another future player in the draft.

3 future players instead of 1 and we lost an older player. That's a long term move if ever I saw it.

Of course, if we did grab someone like Robbo, we would have the same amount of older players we did before and still be 2 future players up.
 
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Always happy to help out the confused.

Brock McLean is 23 years old ... i.e still has the potential to play for many years to come and may be considered part of that future.

Brendan Fevola is 28 years of age. We traded him for Lachlan Henderson - a former first round draft pick who is still 19, and Pick 12 which is likely to be used on a 17/18 year old in the National Draft.

So if we pretend that no trades were done, we would be looking forward to bringing one future player into the team at Pick 11.

With the trades done, we have brought in 2 future players, got rid of one older player and are looking to draft another future player in the draft.

3 future players instead of 1 and we lost an older player. That's a long term move if ever I saw it.

Of course, if we did grab someone like Robbo, we would have the same amount of older players we did before and still be 2 future players up.
Kyusss - This is what I refer to as "Sideways PWNAGE"....it's coming to you from all angles - First Parrot now the big dawg in TODN's.

Best you quit posting whilst you're still far behind.:p
 
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