Seen plenty of controversy over this pick/exchange.. I, for 1, am pleased with it, looking forward to seeing Rhys bulk up and play very well over an extended period with the Cats.
"If you rate the draft and back your guys in list management, you sometimes have to make challenging decisions — and from the outside potentially surprising decisions — depending on what draft pick you can get back"
Alan Richardson
ALAN Richardson says St Kilda had to think of its future when the club made the "bloody difficult decision" to trade Rhys Stanley.
In a hotly-debated move, the Saints offloaded the talented key forward to Geelong in exchange for pick No.21 in the NAB AFL Draft, which it used to secure 196cm defender Hugh Goddard.
At 24 years of age, Stanley's best football should be ahead of him, but Richardson said the Saints wanted to stick by their long-term strategy of rebuilding via the draft.
"If you rate the draft and back your guys in list management, you sometimes have to make challenging decisions — and from the outside potentially surprising decisions — depending on what draft pick you can get back"
Alan Richardson
ALAN Richardson says St Kilda had to think of its future when the club made the "bloody difficult decision" to trade Rhys Stanley.
In a hotly-debated move, the Saints offloaded the talented key forward to Geelong in exchange for pick No.21 in the NAB AFL Draft, which it used to secure 196cm defender Hugh Goddard.
At 24 years of age, Stanley's best football should be ahead of him, but Richardson said the Saints wanted to stick by their long-term strategy of rebuilding via the draft.
