Essendon won trade week.
Managed to keep their 30 year old disgruntled captain, to aim for another bottom 4 finish. Instead of using 3 first round draft picks to get some more youth into the club and rebuild their culture.
Having a disgruntled Merrett there to request a trade out next year...
I would be offering 8 & 26 to Essendon, which they won't accept. Then offer the same deal to Melbourne for Trac, which they very well may accept.
Would allow us to lock away our first target. Then working through other deals to get further assets (McKenzie, CJ, Blanck, etc) to pull together...
Truly didn't even think a suspension was a possibility. Absolute madness. Will surely fight it. There was no alternative, and he tried to roll off him.
After last night we need to throw the kitchen sink at both Trac and Merrett.
We will need to work through the Trac deal first, as Melbourne seem more accepting of him leaving and will be easier to get a deal done.
Then move to Merritt, knowing that Essendon will be borderline impossible to...