Absolutely I think that both Yarran and Henderson went into self preservation mode one approached.
I never said Richmond supporters are frothing over him. In fact I said the opposite. Richmond want him while Richmond supporters are doing their best to make him not feel valued. Comprehension fail was on your part.
My main point is that your fall back is 'VFL player ... 'bottom team' which is just rhetoric really, like that is all he is worth and there can never be a valid reason why a player has a bad year, and nothing that came before it matters.
You're not negotiating with Carlton supporters here and if you were, you're doing a pretty poor job of it by repeating silly mantras.
If a player was approached mid-year dont you think they would want to play well to up their salary??
To think that the players where tanking is a joke.
Yarran and Henderson had a bad year. Most Carlton players had bad years...THATS WHY YOU FINISHED ON THE BOTTOM...
They want out and its just your excuse for them playing terribly.
Yarran and Henderson have both only really had 1-2 good years for their carear. They are not worth 1st round picks.
Carltons list is in terrible shape. I can understand that your list managers want high picks to rebuild but you want give the players up to get 1st round picks.
I think if we had a pick in the late teens that would be fair. But we dont.
IMO it will be a take it or leave it deal and it will be done late in the week for our 2nd round pick.
The other option is that Brisbane give us a 2nd round pick for Astbury and we on-trade it to the Blues for Yarran. But IMO Astbury isnt worth that either.