12-05-2017, 01:57 AM
(12-05-2017, 01:35 AM)mateinone link Wrote:So EB you have those details as fact on what we offered and what Port offered?
You also have as fact that Essendon offered more than we did?
I am not saying this is impossible, I am saying I find it very unlikely that people on the forum here are privy to enough detail to determine what our final offers were.
Was published in the Herald Sun what Port offered Rockliff, also Damian Barrett quoted our offer as better than Brisbanes on trade radio but less than Port.
The Trade Whisperer aka two phones Tony also had Port offering more than us......
I dont have fact on the Essendon offer with Smith or Saad but they were throwing big some big money around ie Stringer....Smith was ours at one stage but then Essendon
entered the bidding war and it all changed with Smith saying Essendon had the better rehab facilities which I read as BS and joined the dots that they offered more in light of the fact we have been
offering unders generally and the Bombers had overpaid for Stringer.....common knowledge the Bombers offered way more than Geelong and Stringer who was set to go to Geelong initially was swayed by the bigger money and closer location to his kids...
We have a history of offering unders and the Bombers were on a spending spree given Dodoro was under pressure to land players and was out to refute the fact the Bombers were not a destination club and who were not trade friendly.
They didnt land those players because their massage tables were more comfy than ours or Worsfold is a super coach.....I think its fair to presume the money was a big factor and in Stringers case was fact....