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You mean to say I CAN say what I want in here?If you don't like it, you don't have to read it,just SKIP it


FGS
And if you don't like hearing the same questions being asked about Buddy, then you don't have to listen, just SKIP it too!
Then you won't have to write about it! :)
 

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But you just told everyone to shutup about his decision. Maybe I misinterpreted. Never mind :) How about the Blues!
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Surely you knew I was referring to Hutchison the twit, in fact I meant ALL the media asking him the same question,it must drive Buddy mad! I am rapt that the Dogs won the game.:D I have always had a soft spot for them, and if ever there was a team that deserve to continue to climb the ladder in the next few years, I wish them good luck:)They have done it the hard way.
 

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Surely you knew I was referring to Hutchison the twit, in fact I meant ALL the media asking him the same question,it must drive Buddy mad! I am rapt that the Dogs won the game.:D I have always had a soft spot for them, and if ever there was a team that deserve to continue to climb the ladder in the next few years, I wish them good luck:)They have done it the hard way.
Yeah fair point. You could skip it but I guess Buddy can't.
No soft spot for the Dogs, I'm just amused they beat Carlton!
 

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That was mentioned on SEN a week or so ago - do you have a separate source? I just can't see it happening...which of course doesn't mean it won't happen....but I really hope you're way off the mark!! (no offence intended ;) ).
way off the mark i reckon Syd can not afford bud now they got Tippet
 

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He was on SEN again this morning with Hutchison the prick. He was flogging Buddy boots again,and as usual, they asked him about his decision. Same old, same old!:rolleyes:It really is getting to the boring stage. I NEVER thought I would think to myself ,I am past it, if he goes, he goes..
yes he was at Knox Rebel sport for their podcast and signing his boots etc
 

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But you just told everyone to shutup about his decision. Maybe I misinterpreted. Never mind :) How about the Blues!
that was i think if i read it right she said people [idiots i agree] ask Buddy the question on if he is staying and they should not they should leave him to make the decision at the end like he said he would if i interpreted her post right and i have witnessed people doing that and told them to lay off that question and i agree with LMH they should shut up and not keep asking a question they know he will not answer till the end of the season
 

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that was i think if i read it right she said people [idiots i agree] ask Buddy the question on if he is staying and they should not they should leave him to make the decision at the end like he said he would if i interpreted her post right and i have witnessed people doing that and told them to lay off that question and i agree with LMH they should shut up and not keep asking a question they know he will not answer till the end of the season
What.....
 

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I am starting to think I want Buddy to go. His whole attitude is negotiating the pay deal has been very FIGJAM. Just go already. Rough is a better player than you anyway. No one is bigger than the team. No one in the team should be rewarded at the expense of others. I'm sick of it.
 

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I am starting to think I want Buddy to go. His whole attitude is negotiating the pay deal has been very FIGJAM. Just go already. Rough is a better player than you anyway. No one is bigger than the team. No one in the team should be rewarded at the expense of others. I'm sick of it.
At the expense of who?
 

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At the expense of two future gun midfielders and maybe a more then just a serviceable ruck,which we're caredly in need off..
And I have to agree with the poster above, take marketing out of the picture, and you can clearly see that Roughead has become the most valuable, and arguably the most damaging player in the AFL...
 

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It's gotten to the point I honestly do not care if he stays or goes. I'm sick of hearing about it, I'm tired of my friends texting me about it. I'm tired of media speculation that's swung from gone, to unsure to staying back to unsure.

I'm sick of hearing from buddy himself. I get no enjoyment watching him play while this goes on, he's really turned me off of him. Sure it's the world of free agency and he's entitled to see what's out there, and ultimately take the best offer. But one thing I've always hated is players saying they love a club months before leaving. You're an afl player, and in buddy's situation making boat loads of cash outside football from Adidas, his stupid buddy ball, Mack boots, his fashion. So if you really love the football club, the people there and the fans, then a few extra million dollars from GWS shouldn't play such a big role.

I just really find it patronizing when players say it and up and leave. Our media is pathetic at covering the story too, he's not going to give you a quote for a headline. He's said he will leave it until the end of the year, why after all this time will he just blab to a journo what he's doing?

Buddy if you stay, there's a lot he has to do to win me back over. If he's gone he's just another bloke out for the dollar (like a lot of his mates who sell out to the highest bidders) and he can go **** himself tbh. You're just another footballer who can go down a club legend or someone who is forgettable and left for money.
 
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I am starting to think I want Buddy to go. His whole attitude is negotiating the pay deal has been very FIGJAM. Just go already. Rough is a better player than you anyway. No one is bigger than the team. No one in the team should be rewarded at the expense of others. I'm sick of it.
Except James hird
 

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The media and the public are hounding the players the coach...all directly because of Buddy. I'm not talking about in house.

In saying that I can imagine the players dreading the media interviewers.......
I think the players all seem to be on the same page when it comes to questions regarding Buddy's contract. I reckon it's the most united front I've seen from a team in this situation - can't recall the Handbagger players saying the sane stuff about Gayblett, nor the Melbourne players about Scully.
 

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He wants to stay a Hawk.... unless he can get millions more elsewhere ;)

I am wondering if he is getting pressure from somewhere else/someone else to take the mega bucks from GWS even though his heart wants him to stay at Hawthorn. As another poster said he's making a lot of contradictory statements, it sounds like he wants to stay a Hawk and yet he says he's yet to make a decision. Also, if he doesn't want the pressure of signing now does he realise that by putting it off he will have only a matter of days to make up his mind at the end of the season? Surely that would be more stressful than taking his time over the contract now. I've just about given up trying to work out what is going on with Buddy o_O
I'm thinking that the "other party" is Pickering. He would get double the money if Franklin left Hawthorn (assuming the GWS figures being thrown about are correct) ...

All the more reason he should stay with us - so that parasite doesn't get a red cent more than he deserves!
 

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It's gotten to the point I honestly do not care if he stays or goes. I'm sick of hearing about it, I'm tired of my friends texting me about it. I'm tired of media speculation that's swung from gone, to unsure to staying back to unsure.

I'm sick of hearing from buddy himself. I get no enjoyment watching him play while this goes on, he's really turned me off of him. Sure it's the world of free agency and he's entitled to see what's out there, and ultimately take the best offer. But one thing I've always hated is players saying they love a club months before leaving. You're an afl player, and in buddy's situation making boat loads of cash outside football from Adidas, his stupid buddy ball, Mack boots, his fashion. So if you really love the football club, the people there and the fans, then a few extra million dollars from GWS shouldn't play such a big role.

I just really find it patronizing when players say it and up and leave. Our media is pathetic at covering the story too, he's not going to give you a quote for a headline. He's said he will leave it until the end of the year, why after all this time will he just blab to a journo what he's doing?

Buddy if you stay, there's a lot he has to do to win me back over. If he's gone he's just another bloke out for the dollar (like a lot of his mates who sell out to the highest bidders) and he can go **** himself tbh. You're just another footballer who can go down a club legend or someone who is forgettable and left for money.

WOW!

It's not just you mate - you are but one of the majority - but glory be me........do we have some serious double standards that we apply to our footballers that we would never accept ourselves?

Consider - if you still work for your first employer, are with the girl you first ever kissed, living in the first home you shared together and driving your first car - and absolutely still love it with no aspirations to explore alternatives for your life going forward to any of that - feel free to cast not only stones, but rocks, at the man.

That's what we DEMAND of our footy players and 'they are nothing to me' if they ply their trade elsewhere. It seems the only way you can transfer to another club and be seen as a 'great servant' is if infact you have frailties in your game and are therefore dispensable with the aim of getting something else, something better (reminds me of childhood days in the playground swapping footy cards) - even though those players are often the real 'heart and soul' of the playing group - go figure huh?

So the way I see it - the Buddwah has played at our club for 9 seasons for what has been universally acclaimed as unders - he owes us nothing, we owe him much. He is entitled to explore all of his options regarding this, his biggest football contract, and how that ties in with his future on many fronts. So this may, or may not, be his final year at Hawthorn - I for one am going to enjoy it either way. Certainly much of the whinging which has gone on has been about 'people's omnipresent right to know' whilst carping about the media for asking in regard to it - people are funny.

If he goes or stays, he does so with my best wishes, and FWIW, you can still love an experience, your mates, your club, et al and move onto something else - it doesn't become null and void.
 
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Unfortunately until this is all sorted, Buddy, his teammates and Clarko etc.. are going to be asked EVERY time they are interviewed. The journos are doing their job and as much as I have no time for most of them, it would be remiss of them not to ask. So yes, we are all sick of it, but it isn't going to stop and it was never going to the moment Buddy said back in February he was going to wait until the end of the year to sort out his contract. Here's an idea, how about we just enjoy the remainder of the season, support Buddy and all the boys and enjoy what hopefully is a successful September campaign.
 

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Apart from his freakish playing ability the GWS wants Buddy up there to promote the game.

The knock on Buddy is that he's not good at promoting. Well his promotion work for the Buddy Boot is his audition for his promotion of the game up in Sydney.

GWS would have no doubts about his willingness or ability to do promotions work now.

Buddy is GONSKI
 
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Apart from his freakish playing ability the GWS wants Buddy up there to promote the game.

The knock on Buddy is that he's not good at promoting. Well his promotion work for the Buddy Boot is his audition for his promotion of the game up in Sydney.

GWS would have no doubts about his willingness or ability to do promotions work now.

Buddy is GONSKI
What utter garbage, sorry. What he is promoting at the moment are in HIS best interests only. That won't be the case at GWS. He would be promoting what it is in the AFL's best interests.
I have read it all now...o_O
 

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Hypothetically, assume he is going...

What would people rather from these 2 options?

1. Continue saying he loves the club and would like to stay but he wants to wait until the end of the season to sign.

2. Straight out say that at the end of the season he plans to leave to GWS for the money that will set him up for life but that he will continue to give Hawthorn 100% effort for the rest of this season in pursuit of a flag.


I'd rather option 2 myself. He's going either way in this hypothetical so we might as well know in advance so the clubs recruiting department know what they have to work with. I'd also respect the honesty and it should help to prevent the sour taste after winning the flag if we do.
 

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Hypothetically, assume he is going...

What would people rather from these 2 options?

1. Continue saying he loves the club and would like to stay but he wants to wait until the end of the season to sign.

2. Straight out say that at the end of the season he plans to leave to GWS for the money that will set him up for life but that he will continue to give Hawthorn 100% effort for the rest of this season in pursuit of a flag.


I'd rather option 2 myself. He's going either way in this hypothetical so we might as well know in advance so the clubs recruiting department know what they have to work with. I'd also respect the honesty and it should help to prevent the sour taste after winning the flag if we do.
What about if he hasn't decided yet? I know many people completely dismiss this as an option, but he's said all along that he'll wait until the end of the year to consider his options. What can he say other than what he is saying? I think the main issue is that we, as supporters, find this very frustrating, and some are turning on Buddy, but he is with in his rights to do so. And we're only guessing that it's about extracting the best financial deal - we've no idea if there are other factors at play.
 
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