jimmae wrote:
ColourMan wrote:
jimmae wrote:
Glad to see everyone's coming around re: Phillips and Lamb.
I've got more time for Lamb than I do for Phillips though, just not right now because he's a high half-forward type and we have developing players who will do more for us there until they're ready for other roles (C.Curnow, Boekhorst, Buckley).
Byrne must feel like Buckley did this time last year.
There's a reason GWS were anxious to do the trade with us... they had players who were contracted, weren't wanted, and were never going to play again for the GWS (at least 3 out of the 4)!
A salary dump, we took the contracts they didn't want (and couldn't otherwise get rid of), and provided the roster spots they desperately needed... and we obliged like idiots, and saved their bacon!
GWS killed that trade!!
And we still didn't pickup the player we really wanted!
Amateur hour!!
I've always seen Phillips and Lamb as the weaker components of that trade, and if we had our pick of their ruck depth I wanted Lobb, but accepted that on the aggregate, the 4 were worth pick 28 and us getting pick 8 at the draft for a future draft pick that was likely to be slightly less in value the following year.
A fit Sumner and Plowman are worth a lot more than 28.
Firstly, I hope the 4 players get fit, and play many, many good games for Carlton, however, you've missed the point...
Apart from possibly Plowman, they weren't going to play for GWS again.... they were surplus to requirements for GWS; if they weren't contracted they would have been delisted (if they weren't traded)!
GWS have better, younger, cheaper players they preferred... and they needed the roster spots for their academy players, and mature age replacements.
Why wasn't any other club interested in these players?
How do you think GWS were able to bring in Stevie J? Hopper, Kennedy etc? This trade was critical for GWS!!
We could have, and should have, driven a much better deal (i.e including Tomlinson)!!!
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