Sure we "lost" the trade, but at-least we aren't in Collingwood's position. They'd have one of the three most unattractive lists in the league now for mine, not as bad as Carlton, but would surely be up for debate with West Coast for the second worst in the league. The spread of talent suggests they are built to win now, yet they obviously aren't even close and just went backwards. They just lost their best player who was under 25, leaving their top five for that group as Sidebottom, Adams, Elliott, Langdon and... maybe Seedsman? After that it gets pretty grim as you can probably assume by the inclusions of Adams, Langdon and Seedsman in their top 5.
With Swan deteriorating and Beams gone, their dominant midfield is well and truly dead, Greenwood is a good get but his influence is on par with Ball who was forced out the door for whatever reason. Cloke also began to show his true form without the best midfield in the AFL kicking to him this season, suffice to say it wasn't pretty, can only imagine how it'll be next year. Going to be a bit of a shock for him going from Beams, Swan and Ball to Greenwood, Adams and Crisp.
So have fun with that Levi

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