At the start of the year I rated a Pass as winning more than losing.
I revised this after the first half of the season to making finals (which at the time was a pretty conservative expectation).
Therefore, FAILURE.
I'd rather look forward than dwell on history, but I've never regarded a mid 3rd-round pick as anywhere near sufficient change for what we gave up last year (not to mention us upgrading their 5th round pick in a true WTAF move).
IMO we gave up too much for Saad who, like Cerra, was OOC...
Posted this take in the Cerra thread, and thought it might be relevant here too.
(All picks subject of course to F/S and Academy moves)
Carlton
- Receive: Adam Cerra (from Freo), #35 (from Geel)
- Lose: #6 (to Freo), #25 (to Geel)
Freo
- Receive: #6 (from Carlton), Jordan Clark (from Geel)
-...
I'd love this to be the case, but doubt it will. Unfortunately we played our hand last year with the Saad deal and now have a reputation as "good to deal with" to continue.
A later pick upgrade and helping them get a player they want helps us to maintain this image without getting screwed (like...
Well that's a whole other argument you can have with Cats fans ;)
The moral of this take is that I hope the three clubs can help each other out with these trades rather than fighting on different fronts.
I've fallen into the trap before of getting sucked into the pissing contests these threads always become, so I'll just leave a take here I've seen elsewhere that also involves Geelong/Jordan Clark, and be done with it.
(All picks subject of course to F/S and Academy moves)
Carlton
- Receive...
This comment makes about as much sense as Carlton supporters saying "I'll bet all those Eagles supporters laughing at us for giving Kennedy away are suffering in their jocks now that Harry McKay is shitting on him in the Coleman!"
If we're happily handing over our biggest trade assets for out of contract players (who probably weren't worth that much when contracted) just to look nice, then we're ****ing screwed.
It's both hilarious and sad that while we sit by hoping everyone likes us, the top clubs will continue making...
It never ceases to amaze me how Carlton go from being a "one-man team" to "they'll struggle to pay all their stars in a few years" when a decent player nominates them.
Nor the gullibility of falling for click-bait with the words "reportedly" and "up to" when talking about an athlete's salary.