Buddy off to Sydney...Swans!

[daysofourlives]

Chronic knee issue? Hearing a lot for the first time. What else does buddy have wrong with him?

Sssshh not until he is signed, sealed and delivered
Wouldnt worry too much, a pending 3rd strike will give him ample time to recover

[The Sleeping Giant]

Yes. More speculation.

[gadj1976]

Footballers are at their prime between 25-30. Bookmark it.

30? They're getting delisted at 30.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Average footballers yes. The best aren't.

[whufc]

Average footballers yes. The best aren't.

I would like to see a list of players that were at their best at 30

Wouldn't be to many in the modern game

[The Sleeping Giant]

Gary Ablett is 29. Dane Swan is 29. Steve Johnson is 30. Sam Mitchell is 30. Jarrad McVeigh is 28.

[HH3]

Boomer Harveys 35 and still one of the best going around

[Punk Rooster]

Boomer Harveys 35 and still one of the best going around

as was Craig Bradley, but these guys are exceptions.

[gadj1976]

The "new" administration (circa 2020) will hate the previous administration for this deal.

If Buddy gets to 32 and succumbs to injury, there is no way in the world he'll retire, unless its written in that he can get paid out in full. Either way it'll be in their salary cap, buggering them up for years!

[gadj1976]

Average footballers yes. The best aren't.

Yeh, nice. Compare apples with oranges. "The best" as you call them are all on ballers.

Jon Brown is 31 and struggling. All KPP struggle when they get to around 30. Enjoy the back ended contract stuffing your club up for MANY years after he stops playing.

[whufc]

Gary Ablett is 29. Dane Swan is 29. Steve Johnson is 30. Sam Mitchell is 30. Jarrad McVeigh is 28.

Yep all midfielders

5 out of all the footballers in the AFL that are over 29 isn't a great strike rate

[The Sleeping Giant]

The best ones?

[woodublieve12]

I haven't seen so many sooks in a week. Well played Sydney for being better then anyone else! Great business nous

[The Sleeping Giant]

Average footballers yes. The best aren't.

Yeh, nice. Compare apples with oranges. "The best" as you call them are all on ballers.

Jon Brown is 31 and struggling. All KPP struggle when they get to around 30. Enjoy the back ended contract stuffing your club up for MANY years after he stops playing.

Unfortunately, Sydney can't give Franklin a huge paying job like Judd. And Sydney are rorting the system?

[rod_rooster]

Buddy isn't falling apart. He's a star and we all know it. He won't be in 9 years though and as for coming into his prime now, LOL! He peaked in 2008. Since then he's been a great player but he's not going to reach those heights again. He'll be very good for Sydney no doubt about it but not for 9 years. Good luck to him though. Hope he enjoys the lifestyle and the media leave him alone. Hang out with fellow flogs like James O'Connor and not much will change for him though.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Gary Ablett is 29. Dane Swan is 29. Steve Johnson is 30. Sam Mitchell is 30. Jarrad McVeigh is 28.

Yep all midfielders

5 out of all the footballers in the AFL that are over 29 isn't a great strike rate

Nick riewoldt is 30. Brian lake is 31. Corey enright is 32.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Adam Goodes is 33.

[cripple]

All past their best in footballing terms

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[whufc]

And ill match that with a (who were thought of as pretty decent footballers in their positions at one point)

Brown
Judd
Kerr
Chapman
Riewoldt
Didak
Johncock
Hille
Black
C.Cornes

Who while still good footballers they are a shadow of the players they were 3 or so years ago

[whufc]

Adam Goodes is 33.

Proving my point further

Still a very good footballer but isn't any where near his 2003-2006 brownlow best