One time we were pretty ruthless was when Mitch Brown wanted to leave but we refused to trade him. I remember we held out quite late on the Cripps deal too and ended up paying fairly little. We can be strong when we need to be, or perhaps only when we’re dealing with the saints.
Anyways, if we managed to turn gaff and lycett leaving into T.Kelly and Powell-Pepper as some are suggesting, I think we’d have made a pretty good fist of a bad situation. Rawlings hasn’t let us down yet, so hopefully he’s still got some tricks left to play.
If we do allow Gaff to go to Norths as a RFA then I bloody well expect our ex Norths boys in Simo and Rawlings to get something else out of them as a sweetener.
The best scenario would be something like.
Gaff to Norths we get pick 18.
Goldy or Pruess to Eagles for pick 70 (cap releif so they can bid for Kelly next year)
We send a future first to Geelong for Kelly as they have FS bidding complications this year.
Lycett to Port for pick 9 ex Norths pick traded for Polac.
So out Gaff, Lycett pick 70 2019 first.
In Kelly, Goldy or Pruess, picks 9 & 18.
Hit the draft with 9, 18, 23, 34 and use 75 on Cameron.
Nice draft hand.