Lance Franklin

[LostDoggy]

Re: Lance Franklin

And didn't Caro the All-Wise mock him for it....

Ridiculed him! Although to be fair she probably wasn't alone there.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Lance Franklin

Wowee, apparently the Giants had offered Franklin 1.2m a season and the Swans trumped them with a higher pay packet.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Lance Franklin

Wowee, apparently the Giants had offered Franklin 1.2m a season and the Swans trumped them with a higher pay packet.

I thought GWS offered $2m on 6 years. Swans $1.4m on 5 years. Hawks $1.1m on 5 years.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Lance Franklin

I thought GWS offered $2m on 6 years. Swans $1.4m on 5 years. Hawks $1.1m on 5 years.

My bad, you were dead on $1.2m over 6 years. I just read the full GWS statement. Which concludes Patton and Cameron will bring about on field success.

So that's that on Operation get Jon Patton.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Lance Franklin

Wowee, apparently the Giants had offered Franklin 1.2m a season and the Swans trumped them with a higher pay packet.

They have to be shifting some players.

Bolton retired, Jesse White to go, surely Mumford now.

Still a farce as proportionately it'd be no different to any other club.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Lance Franklin

They have to be shifting some players.

Bolton retired, Jesse White to go, surely Mumford now.

Still a farce as proportionately it'd be know different to any other club.

Mattner and others too.

Still bullshit. Buddy is getting $1.4m. $900,000 from AFL (COLA) and $500,000 club.

So we get Crameri for $500,000 and they get Buddy.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Lance Franklin

Still a farce as proportionately it'd be know different to any other club.

I agree, having a 9.8% larger salary cap than the rest of the competition is ridiculous when you consider how much these blokes get paid to kick a footy.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Lance Franklin

Vlad must be furious. This stupid GWS venture is just not working. Tasmania must be thrilled with the news.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Lance Franklin

Terry Wallace filthy with the COLA on Trade Radio right now

[LostDoggy]

Re: Lance Franklin

How on earth do they plan on holding onto other players when a couple of blokes are pulling in so much of the salary cap?

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Lance Franklin

This makes a mockery out of the game.

[Cyberdoggie]

Re: Lance Franklin

Sydney are stupid for doing this. There is no way non Sydney clubs will let this go over easy.

I'm not against the COLA, but the way it's being used isn't to give each players a little bit of extra money to offset the cost of living in Sydney, it's clearly to give them more salary cap room to buy big players.

The rest of the players on the list aren't seeing the benefits of this (other than playing with Tippet and Buddy).

By doing this again, they will only draw more opposition to it.

[whythelongface]

Re: Lance Franklin

How on earth do they plan on holding onto other players when a couple of blokes are pulling in so much of the salary cap?

You would be pissed off being a Swans player knowing the pay packets that Tippett and Franklin would be on.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Lance Franklin

Warwick Capper has been tweeting mock pictures of him and a Buddy holding up the premiership cup in Sydney colours. I hope they get their money's worth because it's this kind of signing that should end the cola.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Re: Lance Franklin

HOw are they going to maintain the Sydney culture of a buddhist like commitment to each other and The Club when they are elitist in their payments and must be shortchanging the majority of their players.
The cynic in me says we don't know the full picture and there are sweetners for the rest of their players too. This is outrageous and will turn them into a despised club, like Essendon and Carlton. The league will need the Bulldogs to win a flag to restore crediblity to the competition. We could never land two trades like Tippett and Franklin let alone after winning a premiership. Hopefully Fate will now curse them.