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CibbuanoBrown wants to remain a Lion
June 1st 2008 23:27
BRISBANE LIONS star Jonathan Brown has confirmed that he wants a long-term deal that will see him end his career with the club.
"I'd like a long-term deal and if that could see me out to the end of my career that would be great, but that's up to the club, isn't it? I think I can go well into my 30s, I've always looked after myself, I know there's a lot of talk about the centre-half-forward position I suppose being brutal on your body," Brown said on 3AW yesterday.
"But I'm still only 26 (and) to get to 30 or early 30s is quite achievable now."
"I don't train as hard as I used to, I certainly don't do as much running as I used to and I certainly try to look after my body a bit better and I probably play a little bit closer to goal as well."
The Lions, who are currently occupying seventh place on the AFL ladder with a 6-4 win-loss record, have the potential to win a premiership over the next few years, according to Brown.
"We genuinely think we've got a side that over the next four or five years could be thereabouts anyway, so that's pretty important," he said.
"But no doubt towards the end of your career, the finances and life after footy a little bit have got to come into consideration and lifestyle too, where you want to live.
"As you get a little bit older and wiser you've obviously got to weigh up those sorts of things. This is the last time I'm going to be in this situation where I suppose I've got a bit of bargaining power
"I'd like a long-term deal and if that could see me out to the end of my career that would be great, but that's up to the club, isn't it? I think I can go well into my 30s, I've always looked after myself, I know there's a lot of talk about the centre-half-forward position I suppose being brutal on your body," Brown said on 3AW yesterday.
"But I'm still only 26 (and) to get to 30 or early 30s is quite achievable now."
"I don't train as hard as I used to, I certainly don't do as much running as I used to and I certainly try to look after my body a bit better and I probably play a little bit closer to goal as well."
The Lions, who are currently occupying seventh place on the AFL ladder with a 6-4 win-loss record, have the potential to win a premiership over the next few years, according to Brown.
"We genuinely think we've got a side that over the next four or five years could be thereabouts anyway, so that's pretty important," he said.
"But no doubt towards the end of your career, the finances and life after footy a little bit have got to come into consideration and lifestyle too, where you want to live.
"As you get a little bit older and wiser you've obviously got to weigh up those sorts of things. This is the last time I'm going to be in this situation where I suppose I've got a bit of bargaining power
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