WhiteLionFeva
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Can't speak for Melbourne fans but I don't recall hearing of too many being upset that he was traded. He had one good year as you say (2011) but apart from that was seen as underperforming. His last year and a half have been far superior to anything he produced at Melbourne, even in 2011. Fair to say we gave him a lifeline - there weren't too many other teams lining up for his services and it has worked out very well for both parties.To be fair, Stefan's best year for the Demons was when he was playing as the primary ruck. Many Demons fans would have preferred to keep him if he was playing in that position.
We saw a pretty significant improvement when he got onto the field at the Gabba ( a bit like Crisp at the 'pies )