So where we stand after an 'interesting' trade period.
Just my 2 cents.
Outs:
Brockman (not much negotiation power and just a shame that Fremantle couldn't make a more convincing case) - Borderline pass/fail - would have preferred mid 30's (which we got sort of close)
Kosi (not much...
Assuming we get Gunston back.
Chol just seems a bit superfluous with Lewis, Gunston, Breust, Ryan (and ideally Meek/Reeves developing a good tandem).
Chol won't even get a game at GC under Hardwick, they have no leverage.
I thought Chol was great in the VFL grand final but no way he is...
1. Dodoro is more treacherous than the Freys, no chance of ever getting a favour returned.
2. He is leaving anyway after this trade period.
Take Massimo as DFA and concentrate on other deals.
No interest in overpaying for Chol or Massimo, neither are critical to our future.
Bring Gunners back for pick 63 or equivalent and develop Ryan.
We have plenty of similar players to Massimo anyway.
Just let them go and keep the draft picks.
I don't think we were interested in keeping Kosi...
I'm just glad Sleepy Mark is leading our trading team and not some posters here ;)
Brockman is only 20 whereas McAdam is 28 and played a whopping 7 games in 2023.
And for what it is worth, we've already knocked back 44 as not enough (although who knows what will happen next week)
We also...
In what world is:
1. Brockman not worth more than pick 44 when the Crows knocked backed a second rounder for McAdam?
2. Kosi not worth a high 20's/low 30's pick when the Cats won't even take 24 for the Rat?
Sleepy Mark, tell them THEY'RE dreaming ;)
Insanity is expecting our team to improve with new fringe vfl and wafl players and late draft picks.
No way they replace our leading goal kicker, contracted Brownlow medallist, contracted star who we rated highly enough to pay more than two first rounders a few years ago.
Proven quality who...
We weren't that bad.
At least we finished 13th with them in the team and 8 wins.
Mitchell 5th and JOM 7th in B&F.
Overall, the team showed a lot of promising signs with a good blend of youth and experience.
Next year is not going to be pretty.
Collingwood gave Mitchell 3 years and Freo gave JOM 4 years.
I'd expect them to have at least that much good footy left in them and they were both pretty good this year.
These are top tier players we gave away for untried WAFL, VFL players and peanuts.
If we lose Mitchell, JOM and Gunston for effectively peanuts.
Miss Bowes (Pick 7), Bruhn, Hopper, Taranto, Whitfield, Henry. (Edit: and possibly Grundy given we had salary cap space - but believe he didn't want to come to us)
And just get Amon for free and Meek for a future second rounder...
He had to make a tough call between leading a religious cult or the Essendon Football Club.
I guess he made his choice based on which cult had more tolerance for others versus which option would be better placed to bury past misdeeds based on 'carelessness'.
;)
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