Goddard to Essendon

[SaintJohn1956]

Herald-Sun reporting Goddard will sign a 4 year deal with Essendon tomorrow.
Saints have 3 days to match offer.
Reportedly will earn between 675,000 and 725,000 a season.

[bigcarl]

Herald-Sun reporting Goddard will sign a 4 year deal with Essendon tomorrow.
Saints have 3 days to match offer.
Reportedly will earn between 675,000 and 725,000 a season.

What was our offer? I thought $690,000

[Ralphy]

LOL! good luck brendan But goodbye you are not worth that much

[bobmurray]

Should i reply in this thread or create a new one with my reply..

Maybe i could do both....

[SainterK]

Herald-Sun reporting Goddard will sign a 4 year deal with Essendon tomorrow.
Saints have 3 days to match offer.
Reportedly will earn between 675,000 and 725,000 a season.

What was our offer? I thought $690,000

According to some $475 was ours.

I reckon 550-600 and 4 years would of got it done.

[plugger66]

Herald-Sun reporting Goddard will sign a 4 year deal with Essendon tomorrow.
Saints have 3 days to match offer.
Reportedly will earn between 675,000 and 725,000 a season.

What was our offer? I thought $690,000

According to some $475 was ours.

I reckon 550-600 and 4 years would of got it done.

Luckily the club were smart enough not to pay such a silly figure over at least one year to many.

[Spinner]

Herald-Sun reporting Goddard will sign a 4 year deal with Essendon tomorrow.
Saints have 3 days to match offer.
Reportedly will earn between 675,000 and 725,000 a season.

What was our offer? I thought $690,000

According to some $475 was ours.

I reckon 550-600 and 4 years would of got it done.

475k for Goddard is quite low IMO

[Old Mate]

Perhaps St Kilda will put a final offer to BJ when we have our chance to match Essendon's offer? St Kilda may if fact come back with, say 550k x 4 years and then BJ has to way up whether he takes 2.8m to play for the Bombers or 2.2m to remain a one club player.

[jays]

he can go imo not worth that much

[SaintPav]

Perhaps St Kilda will put a final offer to BJ when we have our chance to match Essendon's offer? St Kilda may if fact come back with, say 550k x 4 years and then BJ has to way up whether he takes 2.8m to play for the Bombers or 2.2m to remain a one club player.

I thought we had to match it.

[Old Mate]

Perhaps St Kilda will put a final offer to BJ when we have our chance to match Essendon's offer? St Kilda may if fact come back with, say 550k x 4 years and then BJ has to way up whether he takes 2.8m to play for the Bombers or 2.2m to remain a one club player.

I thought we had to match it.

We have to match it to force a trade however BJ can still accept a lower offer from his original club....I think.

[chook23]

Perhaps St Kilda will put a final offer to BJ when we have our chance to match Essendon's offer? St Kilda may if fact come back with, say 550k x 4 years and then BJ has to way up whether he takes 2.8m to play for the Bombers or 2.2m to remain a one club player.

I thought we had to match it.

We have to match it to force a trade however BJ can still accept a lower offer from his original club....I think.

correct

[bobmurray]

Hope he enjoys driving out to Tullamarine every day when the Bummers move there...

Are there any coffee shops in Tullamarine....

I wonder if Essendon throw in a city link pass as a sweetener

[Old Mate]

I hope he enjoys all the soft tissue injuries that goes with being a Bombers player. The Weapon will sort him out.

[saintbrat]

correct

BJ can decide to stay what ever the Club come back with
if club match he can still choose to go, or if he didn'ty wish to go to club who offered can go to trade/draft

if club don't match he can choose to go or choose to stay.

Ultimately his decision on His worth..

[SaintPav]

I predicted he was going to stay. I have no predictive/forecasting abilities what so ever.

[Kernal75]

Apparently it was "gut wrenching" decision......
Not too hard a decision by the looks of it - seeya BJ go enjoy the Hird / Thomson sideshow for yourself, we'll take pick 13 thanks!

[MCG-Unit]

Herald-Sun reporting Goddard will sign a 4 year deal with Essendon tomorrow.
Saints have 3 days to match offer.
Reportedly will earn between 675,000 and 725,000 a season.

What was our offer? I thought $690,000

Depending on who you believe.....

Saints offered anywhere between $475 - $633 for 3 years. The 3 year term being the only constant it seems.

Mind you I'll bet that $750 - $800, if true, would be front ended for years 1 & 2, then probably less for 3 & 4

[SainterK]

Apparently it was "gut wrenching" decision......
Not too hard a decision by the looks of it - seeya BJ go enjoy the Hird / Thomson sideshow for yourself, we'll take pick 13 thanks!

Gut wrenching because he put himself out there and declared his love for the club....

To look a bit of a fool now.

He thought Saints would 'love' him in return.

Good on us, we didn't allow the 'market' to inflate or dictates BJ's value....

I'm sure we'll get big names who'll be happy to settle for less than the FA market dictates in the future just to be in red white and black

[The Fireman]

The loss of Goddard will pretty much ensure we don't see a flag for many years to come.

[SainterK]

The loss of Goddard will pretty much ensure we don't see a flag for many years to come.

Knowing our luck, BJ will be to the Bombers, what Ball became to the Pies

[saintkid]

The loss of Goddard will pretty much ensure we don't see a flag for many years to come.

Yep, that's how I see it too. A class player is hard to come by. Just imagine if the Swans lost Ryan O'Keefe when he wanted out. They knew you build premiership teams around players like that.

[chook23]

Apparently it was "gut wrenching" decision......
Not too hard a decision by the looks of it - seeya BJ go enjoy the Hird / Thomson sideshow for yourself, we'll take pick 13 thanks!

Gut wrenching because he put himself out there and declared his love for the club....

To look a bit of a fool now.

He thought Saints would 'love' him in return.Good on us, we didn't allow the 'market' to inflate or dictates BJ's value....

I'm sure we'll get big names who'll be happy to settle for less than the FA market dictates in the future just to be in red white and black

How much is that love worth though?

At what extent does the price become crazy?

[chook23]

The loss of Goddard will pretty much ensure we don't see a flag for many years to come.

Yep, that's how I see it too. A class player is hard to come by. Just imagine if the Swans lost Ryan O'Keefe when he wanted out. They knew you build premiership teams around players like that.

cant accept example

different era different rules

He may well have gone under FA .....but it was a time when all parties had to agree to trade.

[SainterK]

Apparently it was "gut wrenching" decision......
Not too hard a decision by the looks of it - seeya BJ go enjoy the Hird / Thomson sideshow for yourself, we'll take pick 13 thanks!

Gut wrenching because he put himself out there and declared his love for the club....

To look a bit of a fool now.

He thought Saints would 'love' him in return.Good on us, we didn't allow the 'market' to inflate or dictates BJ's value....

I'm sure we'll get big names who'll be happy to settle for less than the FA market dictates in the future just to be in red white and black

How much is that love worth though?

At what extent does the price become crazy?

I guess that's opinion on what crazy is.

I think the 4th year and 600 would of got it done, and I'd have been OK with that.

I also think we're delusional if we think the club will land anyone decent without paying overs in the future.