What’s the worst trade your club has ever made?

[donkeypunchd]

Premise of this thread is simple, what’s the worst trade your club has ever made and/or been involved in? We’ve had a few down the years but trading in Heritier was a definite loss for us, he had trouble getting on the park and left in acrimonious circumstances, threatening legal action because we didn’t offer him a contract extension.

On the flip side we made out like bandits in the Melksham and Hibberd trades, both have been excellent for us and are walk up starts, costing us a second round pick each, they would certainly count as poor value trades from an Essendon POV.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Justin Murphy for pick 11.
Thrown out of the club a year later for pick 23

 

[undefined]

Not the worst, perhaps, but in hindsight the JP Kennedy trade wasn't Clarkson's best move.

Oh well, can't win them all.

 

[The_Flying_Egg]

Got Steven Koops for a pick at about 20. Ended up Mundy

 

[Saint12]

Pick 16 for Andrew Lovett still makes me shake my head.
Let alone that he never played a game for us....

 

[Hobbes]

Richard Tambling.

I win.

 

[Jcpdragonx]

Pick 2 for Carey

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Chris Mayne says hi.

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Wayne Carey for picks 2 and 18

like what the actual f**k? He was what? 30 at the time?

 

[benbrown]

Hawthorn gave Luke hodge to Brisbane lions


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[wal]

Chris Mayne says hi.

Wasn't a trade.

 

[Saint12]

Richard Tambling.

I win.

What did you give up?

 

[longsuffreosupp]

Stephen O'reilly trade set Carlton back a decade or so

 

[BuffDog]

Pick 16 for Andrew Lovett still makes me shake my head.
Let alone that he never played a game for us....

Which we used on Mark Williams...

 

[Norwood1878]

Wayne Carey for picks 2 and 18

like what the actual f**k? He was what? 30 at the time?

Didn't we also get Jason tourney in the deal? He played alright for us.

 

[Saint12]

Which we used on Mark Williams...

"Riffle" Williams?

 

[La Dispute]

Cue the annual Stephen Reilly to Carlton post

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Didn't we also get Jason tourney in the deal? He played alright for us.

Kane Johnson and draft picks #12, #28 and #41

He was decent but not for all that. Who was the list manager back then? That was a brutal trade period for us.

 

[SuperSteele22]

Wayne Carey for picks 2 and 18

like what the actual f**k? He was what? 30 at the time?

I’d forgotten about that one

Pick 18 on its own would have been cutting it fine but to give away pick 2 was bizarre considering not only his age but the fact that he’d been out of the game for a year

 

[Isaac Cumming No 1]

I think we're unique in being the only club that's been bent over a barrel twice by Freo of all people. There were circumstances though, McCarthy we were blindsided and Wilson was a compassionate transfer.

Marchbank wanted to go and we couldn't do much.

It's Townsend or Stewart. Both given away during the period we had to reduce our list and make some tough calls. Both would walk into our best 22 now.

 

[Tas]

Thanks, Hawthorn.

 

[I Lost My Keays]

I’d forgotten about that one

Pick 18 on its own would have been cutting it fine but to give away pick 2 was bizarre considering not only his age but the fact that he’d been out of the game for a year

I can understand to approach Carey despite his age, we had a shot at a premiership in 2002 but fell short against you lot. Our forwardline was dreadful but to give up pick 2 was a joke, I would of been fine with pick 18 for him.

 

[donkeypunchd]

I think we're unique in being the only club that's been bent over a barrel twice by Freo of all people. There were circumstances though, McCarthy we were blindsided and Wilson was a compassionate transfer.

Marchbank wanted to go and we couldn't do much.

It's Townsend or Stewart. Both given away during the period we had to reduce our list and make some tough calls. Both would walk into our best 22 now.

You guys won large on the McCarthy trade, he’s played WAFL quality footy for most of this year.

 

[Tbonefreo]

Bloody McPhee to bombers for pick 60odd

 

[Wojcinski]

Travis Varcoe for Mitch Clark
Pick 21 for Rhys Stanley