It’s not a thought we ponder with relish. Another ‘champion’ player eligible for some form of free agency putting off contract negotiations until season’s end. Come on, Buddy, didn’t we all suffer enough with Travis and David’s games with the Barcodes last season? The Clokes monopolised the media to such an extent that Brendon Goddard flying the Saints’ coop barely rated a mention until the deal was done.
Of course the AFL, having squeezed some free-agency toothpaste from the tube, can’t put it back. Well, not without some complicated manoeuvring.
What are the odds that Franklin will move away from the Hawks? Long isn’t the word that comes to mind. More like gargantuan or stratospheric. And yet the very fact of not having signed leaves open that infinitesimal chance. Not many would have considered that Goddard would have ditched the white from his playing colours and ended up at Windy Hill.
By the way, Goddard’s first visit to Windy Hill must have been interesting. Admittedly the Bombers are ploughing money into their new Melbourne Airport training headquarters, but we’ve seen the Windy Hill facilities and to say they’re a step down from the Saints’ current facilities doesn’t quite capture the differential. More like a chasm or an abyss.
Anyway, it appears like we’ll be treated to another season of guesses and prognostications about a contract. Hopefully Franklin’s management decide to follow a different path to the Clokes and don’t conduct guerrilla war through the media.
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