Jones still has time.

JK took a long while to click IIRC.

One thing that has pissed me of more than anything over the years with the way the club has been run is our trading. I was one of the few who disagreed with the Judd trade for Kennedy and picks 3 and 20 when it happened in 2007.

Anyone who thinks that this trade was the right one now is a moron.

Jacksh is the one who needs to be given time.

Jones was a mistake.

I certainly respect and appreciate the time you took to write this post, Keogh. You certainly make some very valid points.

The highlighted comment, however, is absurd.

As another poster alluded to, the acquisition of Judd was a significant piece of the jigsaw puzzle which needed to be supplemented by better recruiting, trading and development. You covered the various gaffes and failures yourself.

If anything it wasn't getting Judd that was a waste of time, we wasted what he brought to the table by failing to build around him. We failed to capitalise on having one of the best players
of his - or any - generation in navy blue.

Getting Judd was a massive boost for the Club on and off-field. During his time here he was at stages the best player in the competition, willing us over the line on many occasions.

Agree. I would be interested to know who's idea and who instigated trading pick 7 for Jaksch/Whiley?

Imagine having Pick 7, 19, 28, 46 (Jones), 60 & 63 and then picking Ahern, LaVerde, Howe, Gregson, Sinclair, Smith. That is what can happen in one draft. Still specualtive but would we feel a lot better about our list and it's future then?

Granted if we had traded and recruited better and built a team around him we.......
You see Getting Judd was a quick fix
Look at Judd and Kennedy now
Argument over
Throw in the fact we could have Kennedy, Walker, Thompson and Dangerfield in the one team now?

Well we still could have had Levarde with pick 19 and Jaksch being a key position player might work out to be a better pick than Ahern. We need to be patient with him. We just don't know until we are confident in our player development.

Hindsight recruiting is very valuable.

Kennedy's best will never, ever be as good as Judd's. Comparing the two is embarrassing, frankly.

We traded Kennedy because we had to give West Coast value and protect our own reputation as a team who deals reasonably.

We had Fevola (who's best was better than Kennedy's best every day of the week) and Waite to fill key forward posts.

We acquired one of the best players of the modern era. It's not argument over at all. Judd is a legend of the game, Kennedy a good forward.

Playing fantasy football in hindsight is a dangerous game, Keogh. There are a number of other teams who didn't pick Walker, Thompson, Dangerfield et al when they had the chance. As far as I'm aware, if its Tex Walker to who you refer, wasnt he a NSW scholarship pick by the Crows?

If you've a time machine and are capable of venturing 6-7 years into the future to see what 17-year-old draft prospects become I'm not alone in saying you should lend it to the football club.

What's a prig?