The jury is still well and truly out on whether or not last year's trading was a failure. It certainly hasn't been a roaring success in the short term.
Of the 4 players we traded in:
If you call that a success, then I think you're kidding yourself. It's too early to call it a failure, but that's the way the scales are leaning.
** Doedee was drafted using our own 1st round draft pick, and his recruitment is/was not the result of trading.
Of the 4 players we traded in:
- Seedsman is the only one to have played an AFL game. He finishes the season outside the best 22, and only a 50/50 chance of being a "best 22" selection in 2017.
- Hampton missed a large chunk of the season through injury, and has never been considered for AFL selection as a result. Probably less than 50/50 to be "best 22" in 2017.
- Menzel was clearly unfit (by AFC standards) at the start of the season. Since then he's been concussed twice, and had a stop-start season courtesy of the SANFL fixturing. Has never been close to gaining AFL selection in 2016, and it's hard to see this changing in 2017.
- Gore hasn't really impressed much, even at SANFL level. Some posters have even suggested that he could be delisted (though I think that's unlikely). Unlikely to make it at AFL level.
If you call that a success, then I think you're kidding yourself. It's too early to call it a failure, but that's the way the scales are leaning.
** Doedee was drafted using our own 1st round draft pick, and his recruitment is/was not the result of trading.
Seedsman has been best 22 the entire year, and has only been dropped for one match. His injury came at a bad time and we're unlikely to bring him back this week.
Hampton has shown promise in the twos, and I expect he will replace Henderson (if Hendo departs) in the pecking order. I think it's likely he'll play round 1 next year.
Menzel is a tricky one and I think we would have seen him this year had we received more injuries. I expect he'll fire for us in 2017

