Blue Sombrero wrote:
The clubs with academy kids will have to trade players to get high picks as they did last year. In a sense it is a good time to be looking to trade players from those clubs and that is exactly why the AFL gave them so many picks. We got several players from GWS for not much in return and if one or two of them work out, it's a win for us. Plowman looks like he can play. Sumner? The trades with Adeade that were part of the Menzel deal might net us a couple of decent players.
We need to be active traders trying to trade into the top twenty as we did last year. Whether we trade Gibbs or Kreuzer or Everitt or Touhy will be decided much later in the year by SOS and Bolton. Gibbs at Geelong or Hawthorn or even Adelaide would possibly win a flag and that's OK by me if we can use his worth and a later pick to trade up to a top ten pick. It didn't even slow Geelong dwon to lose Ablett. Hawks haven't even missed Franklin. Adelaide are already better than they were with Dangerfield in the team. You can and should consider trading your best player if you can get a long term player in return. But Murphy shouldn't go. You don't trade your captain. He might walk but you don't offer him up. Touhy is a good average player but not hard to replace. If he goes we should get something for him. The important thing is to trade for value and draft picks and maybe try for a big fish in the free agency in a year or so.
It's equally important to retain players. It's all very well to get them in the draft but it isn't worth much if they come to a place with a shit culture and no hope of ever winning. That's Bolton's job. Create the culture and start to win a few games. Otherwise we get players like Gibbs who are potential superstars but look as though they are playing only for the money and not for their team mates.
If we get good value from some of our current crop and pick and trade well, I am a little more optimistic than Jimmae. I would like to think that we can jump pretty quickly as did WCE. Time is running out for some of us!
Agree. Bulldogs look better once they lost Griffen and Cooney.
Gibbs would be great playing across HB for the Crows.
If we can get a first round pick for him then we should trade.
He'd be a great player in a very good side. Any team finishing top six would easily offer a first round for him.
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