We lose pick 13

[DeeZee 7,391]

Looks like pick 13 is going to St Kilda as Compensation for losing Goddard.

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

So we're 14 now? Shithouse!

Still, we are 13 though because Essendon will bid on Daniher who was never available to us- or am I reading this wrong?

Will StKilda take soemone we are eyeing off?

[ickey_11 145]

how do u know this? I would think mid first round compensations would go in draft order. Could not image St. Kilda would get a pick lower than that for a free agent.

[angrydee 842]

Decisions on compensation picks will not be made until the end of the FA period

[Sir Why You Little 37,034]

The Saints will get pick 13. Goddard will be level 1..

Saints 12-13.

If it doesn't happen i would be amazed.

[Yossarian 1,820]

They'd both be mid first round compensation picks, not sure how you're arriving at St Kilda getting theirs first.

[The Lobster Effect 891]

They'd both be mid first round compensation picks, not sure how you're arriving at St Kilda getting theirs first.

so its not based on the departing player's club ladder position?

[biggestred 5,080]

Remember it's compensations for the NET result over the free agency period. So if they pick up someone else that gets factored in.

Ie if they lost Goddard but got q lynch then they aren't likely to get pick 13. (Hypothetically)

Out Goddard

In lynch, 3rd round pick

For example

[DeeZee 7,391]

It was posted by two different sources on twitter, Jack Richter and Karen O'Donaghue

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

so it will be pick 13 for them if they don't bring any FA in?

Heres hoping they get someone then. Don't care who they affect after our 13.

[45HG 1,539]

What I don't like about FA is that, it seems, the Bombers get Goddard without surrendering anything.

[Guest José Mourinho]

What I don't like about FA is that, it seems, the Bombers get Goddard without surrendering anything.

???

That's how ALL free agency works - you only surrender the cap space.

[Sir Why You Little 37,034]

What I don't like about FA is that, it seems, the Bombers get Goddard without surrendering anything.

$800 k for 4 years is a wack!

[H_T 3,043]

What I don't like about FA is that, it seems, the Bombers get Goddard without surrendering anything.

I tend to agree with Paul Roos. I think under the previous system Goddard would stay a saint under a 3 yr deal. Ie. Roos said it was a sad day for footy.

It appears that the weaker clubs will be fighting tooth and nail to gain any traction in FA, where as the stronger clubs (or even bigger clubs well positioned) will find it easier.

[Undeeterred 3,123]

What I don't like about FA is that, it seems, the Bombers get Goddard without surrendering anything.

Um, kinda the point.

[old dee 23,788]

I tend to agree with Paul Roos. I think under the previous system Goddard would stay a saint under a 3 yr deal. Ie. Roos said it was a sad day for footy.

It appears that the weaker clubs will be fighting tooth and nail to gain any traction in FA, where as the stronger clubs (or even bigger clubs well positioned) will find it easier.

You have got it nailed there H_T

Anywhere in sport you like to check free agency means the powerful stay powerful and the weak stay down.

The only saving grace is the AFL does have a Salary cap.

Even with this saver it makes the job of the clubs like the MFC much harder.

Our drafting over the next couple of years is going to be critical to the very survival of the MFC.

If we are still in the bottom half dozen in 2015 we are doomed to be an also ran for as long as we survive after that time.

Poor drafting like the last ten years will IMO see the end of the club around the end of this decade.

[Sir Why You Little 37,034]

I tend to agree with Paul Roos. I think under the previous system Goddard would stay a saint under a 3 yr deal. Ie. Roos said it was a sad day for footy.

It appears that the weaker clubs will be fighting tooth and nail to gain any traction in FA, where as the stronger clubs (or even bigger clubs well positioned) will find it easier.

i do not disagree with that, but it just highlights the fact that we buggered up the last 5 years.

By now we should be attracting better players, the fact we are not is our own fault.

The MFC is going to have to fight like never before to build a playing list.

Not fill 30% of it with project players.

I think it is a good thing, but it will be bloody tough to begin with.

[Carlos Danger 380]

$800 k for 4 years is a wack!

I heard it was $750,000.

A fair price for someone who is easily top 10 in the competition at his best, it's certainly worth it.

[My TD 156]

For once I agree with Roos.

A sad day for footy.

[Sir Why You Little 37,034]

I heard it was $750,000.

A fair price for someone who is easily top 10 in the competition at his best, it's certainly worth it.

sure it could be, but it will squeeze out other players at the other end.

The Salary Cap limits must be watched very closely by the AFL.

[H_T 3,043]

Um, kinda the point.

I think he knows that is the point.

He either doesn't agree with it and/or like many, will take a bit of time to get used to.

Which I can totally understand.

Put yourself in a St.Kilda supporters perspective. Your side is competitive, you've just lost a number one pick, and you're not 100% on what the compensation will be in return. And it's cost Essendon a bit of space in their cap, without giving a pick(s) or player.

[beelzebub 23,362]

Golly.sky falling again

[stuie 7,374]

I heard it was $750,000.

A fair price for someone who is easily top 10 in the competition at his best, it's certainly worth it.

You need to get rid of your 2010 calendar mate...

[Tony Tea 2,809]

This is currently the order. Why does our pick change?

ROUND ONE

1. Greater Western Sydney

2. Gold Coast

3. Melbourne

4. Melbourne (GWS compensation - Tom Scully)

5. Western Bulldogs

6. Western Bulldogs (GWS compensation - Callan Ward)

7. Port Adelaide

8. Brisbane Lions

9. Richmond

10. Essendon

11. Carlton

12. St Kilda

13. Melbourne (GWS compensation - Tom Scully)

14. North Melbourne

15. Geelong

16. Fremantle

17. West Coast

18. Collingwood

19. Adelaide

20. Greater Western Sydney (GWS compensation - via Adelaide - Phil Davis)

21. Hawthorn

22. Sydney Swans

[stuie 7,374]

Actually, that's a good point, seeing it's a compensation pick does it still get moved?