Some how I don't think we will need Kelly . He didn't want to come to us screw him . I got a feeling about LDU and Gordon .. Also Hartung . Kelly can stay put he missed out on the big bucks and he will miss out on a flag with the Roos ..
The problem with getting Kelly in 2017 is it would have cost us 1st round pick in 2017 and 2018, he would have taken us up the ladder, how far? Who knows, but we wouldn't have had a great look at early talent so our midfield would have been pretty much what it has been + Kelly.
Kelly signing for 2 years isn't really a statement that he is going to be a one club player, to me it seems like it indicates he would like to move to us but GWS is in the window currently. We also need a fair bit of work.
Getting LDU in 2017 plus we will likely have a good look at an elite player in 2018 as well, then the Kelly circus goes again in 2019 and if we go for him again it will likely be 2019 & 2020 1st round picks if he has maintained his form or got better.
But, by then we would hopefully have LDU on 30-40 games, Mr 2018 on 20 odd games plus Cunnington, McDonald and Preuss (with some solid expereience) in the middle, Kelly would be the icing on the cake, not the cake itself. That would be the kind of midfield talent we haven't had since the mid to late 70s. If you have 3 elite ball users in the middle plus cunners and mcdonald for grunt then that would be a premiership calibre midfield.
I think the Kelly/Martin combo might have been a similar boost, but I think it was for the best that Kelly dropped out of the running when Martin did because it might have just put us back into no-man's land.