Massive failure, but for those talking about us not being a destination club? Get a clue..... Two players nominated us, we just couldn't get it done.

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Getting slammed in the media.

Ranked 18th

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-10-16/ ... draft-hand

Was poor. Had a lot of cap space including banked money. Unused now. Was the time to bring mature talent. Picked the wrong players to target and get.

Still couldn’t give a fig about the media rating. It’s like who won the draft a day after the draft. Pointless.

Still plenty to work with on the list. A small forward at the right age was a piece of the puzzle though and we struck out. Papley was clearly the wrong target. We had pick 9. Should have been adequate based on all previous trades for similar players.

Good call: The Stocker trade lives forever. Pick 9 is talking.

Stocker Strikes

Ballistic Betts

Magical Martin

Papler Perfection

I wonder what Pick 3 gets the Crows....no I don't!

The media are such brilliant judges.

Papley....16th in the comp in 2019 for goals kicked (didn't play finals) and 9th for goal assists. What's an elite small forward then?

Sorry also got Eddie to play as small forward and nurture young forwards

Also BS if we get Martin in PSD for nothing how does the story look
If perchance we get with pick 9 the best person in the draft like we did with Cripps for example in his draft how does this change the story

Got to take a more wholistic view of draft trade and exchange period as well as s longer term view in respect to draft picks

I don’t want to bring in fill up players just for the sake of it but this might be our reality unfortunstely

Let's hope in the wash it was a failure to land one of the trade targets (rather than two) and we kept pick 9. I can't see GCS picking up a player who doesn't want to be there after being there for 8 years and who would be on a very large and long term contract. What they did is "bite your nose to spite your face" stuff! Even if they themselves wouldn't have wanted to use our future 2nd and 3rd rounders for next year's draft, it would have presented valuable trade currency for them to parlay into the following year's draft. Now they will get nothing for an asset they invested heavily in. I see it as a massive lose for them and not a bold statement as they professed.

I feel the same about Essendon**. Let's see how it plays out for them over the long haul. They too rolled the dice on the mistaken premise that they are in a premiership window. They have a coach on his last legs and key asset who next year could walk for nothing! And he is no guarantee to play 22 games. If anything, I think they over-achieved this year and things will not look any rosier in 12 months' time.

Like everyone, I was as flat as a tack this morning. I stayed up all night to follow yesterday's proceedings and at 4:30 am my time I was beyond inconsolable when the trade window closed. Now that the sun has risen in NY, I can see things with a glass half full perspective. How it washes out will depend on whether we pick up Jack Martin in the PSD and what we ultimately do with pick 9. Let's hope we get a 200 game player with that pick!

For those bagging SOS, you can tell he gave it his all. The emotional drain of a broken deal is brutal, especially when dealing with difficult counterparties. I have been there. Having said that, we are in such better hands on the recruiting side than we have ever been and I am sure he will learn from this experience. I am paid up for 2020 and hopefully others will do the same. The future is still very bright. Go Blues!