He missed, what, four games this year and was still close to getting the Coleman medal? Hardly cooked.
Has Lance Franklin surpassed Wayne Carey as the greatest key forward of the modern era?
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I’d agree he was still great this year, but how well do you reckon he’ll be going after two more full seasons? He’ll still have two to go on huge money at that point.
He's 31, just made the All-Australian team once again despite not training all year because of injury issues.
Pretty certain he's still got a fair bit left.
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He’s quality no doubt
But this year shows just how reliant they are on Buddy and that’s not the Sydney way
He singlehanded got them into finals off his own back but the narrative is keep Buddy quiet and you go a long way to winning
He needs help and him eating up a large chunk of the COLAless cap is gonna make things tough
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I think their midfield has really fallen off from where it used to be.
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Losing Mitchell and Hanners/Jack decline
I’d argue Kennedy is half the player he was since he became Captain
Nope duck the best centre hakf forward I’ve seen .....
The game is different now though ...how would duck now ...hmmm well but not as dominant
Pagons paddack was coaching genius...that took opp coache’s about 4 years to work out what they were doing
The game is different now though ...how would duck now ...hmmm well but not as dominant
Pagons paddack was coaching genius...that took opp coache’s about 4 years to work out what they were doing
Yup. Neither he nor Derm in the conversation with Buddy and Carey, but Sticks is a rather forgotten big game player and champ CHF that demands a nod once Brereton’s name gets thrown around; every bit as good if not better.
Yeah sticks was awesome
Carey dominated more because his team figured a strategy out to make the most of his talents ...
Pagons paddock was genius by Dennis
I’m amazed it too oppo coaches so long to figure out a strategy to stop it ....lol err flood then came in ...
Then flood became normal .......still is here
Honstely I reckon that’s where the game changed ....
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Buddy well on his way to become only player in history to kick 500 for two different clubs
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Yet the team he left won multiple flags after he left, and the team he joined won one just before he arrived, but none since
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Yep because one man can win a premiership in footy...this afl not nbaYet the team he left won multiple flags after he left, and the team he joined won one just before he arrived, but none since
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No, it certainly takes a team. But he doesn't lead or lift teams like the other bloke in the thread title did. An individual freak though, no doubt.
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You cant be serious, do you watch sydney games? He has dragged our carcass across the line a tonne of times over the past 5 years
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Yep. Saw him do absolutely nothing in the elimination final this year. He has always been a freak talent, but he's not a leader. Hence never even being in a leadership group despite being the highest paid player at multiple clubs.
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Just because he has never been in a leadership group doesnt mean hes not a leader. Maybe he chooses to have it that way...i know guys like haywood,papley and aliir have all spoken glowingly of buddy multiple times about how much time he he spends with them trying to develop their game.
Pretty hard to speak about leadership without knowledge of what actually happens behind closed doors
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Obviously any internal or one-on-one coaching is hard to identify as a fan, but on-field leadership is readily apparent. It's not a slight on him that he isn't a huge on-field leader. He's still the best forward of his generation.
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Has Franklin got another big season in him?
Never even thought of that - have we been cheated of one last season of bud
mind you i wont miss him tearing us a new a-hole
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a crammed 2020 season might not suit ageing bones
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IIRC, it wasn't back ended, but about a mill each year
Edit: I got that wrong. If Sydney have linked it with revenue, they have done really well
Revealed: Buddy Franklin to profit heavily in later years of mega-deal
<b>EXCLUSIVE</b> Superstar forward's payments due to peak in the seventh and eighth seasons.
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Yes, of course. Heeney to Geelong, Blakey to North, and Mills to Carlton. Simple
‘already got Mitchell to Hawthorn
