keogh wrote:
sticksaftersiren87 wrote:
Keogh that's simply not true.
Kennedy was part of Judd deal. Judd wasn't a bad player
Cripps traded for 2nd round pick
Redden traded for 1st round pick - 17 I think
Jetta - swapped for a decent ruckman in Sinclair
Vardy was v cheap agree
Kennedy and Masten still play
Judd is long gone Armfield
It took WC a while but they go there
McGovern has cost us TWO picks in the 20s
It’s the quick fix all over again
I don’t think you read my post thoroughly enough
Cripps cost 2 picks in the 40s
And WC got one pick back from the aunts
All smart trades
Compare Carlton to West Coast intl the last 8 years
There is your definitive answer
How did they get Norm Smith medallist Sheuy and also Darling? Wasn't smart trading. Was the equalisation no longer available that would have got us McGovern. Again, no one will ever notice the leg up they got. All of a sudden they are genuises? They have done well. But don't think it's just by being so much smarter. The got some very nice assistance there.
Look at the last 9 premiers and see 6 had PPs playing for them, one COLA and one a raft of F/S gained under the old system. Leaving the Dogs somehow snatching one. All deserving premiers, but don't think that a little AFL assistance did play an insignificant role in their triumph.
I think the price for McGovern looks a little high. But I also know that picks in the 20s have a low strike rate and we already have plenty of talented kids on the list. I also think Setterfield came probably a little cheap.
So overall, plenty of talented kids already, two more players traded in with two years in the system who are in our best 22 for a decade, a shot at the best kid in the country to come and the best player high performance manager in the AFL to get them on the park firing.
No panic, no messiahs, no farms sold, no players lost to other teams, no murmurs of discontent in a playing group coming off 2 wins, everyone ready for preseason, cash and future picks still available for a Whitfield, Bont, Coniglio or the equivalent to slot into the side in 2020.
Have a look at the list at the end of 2015 and the list today. If this comes off, this will be the greatest exhibition of list management ever seen. That's how bad we were. Not hyperbole.