They let Franklin go and won 2 flags.
The discussion on Cloke should not warrant such angst and wrathful replies.
Both sides actually have valid arguments for keeping or letting go of Cloke.
There is no doubt he takes the best defender sometimes 2 and removing Cloke from our side would leave a massive hole structurally.
There is no doubt an inform Cloke is hard to stop and a premier KPF of the comp (we haven't seen this version in a while)
There is no doubt given more support and better service as well as better forward line systems his output would increase.
There is no doubt his poor kicking has let the team down on numerous occasions.
On occasions he has missed our spread of goal kickers and targets went up making it harder to defend our forward line, conversely when we saw Moore go it alone we had no forward line and lost to Poo POO Melbourne so replacement KPFs must be had. Not sure he has missed enough games to quantify one way or another.
He undoubtedly has a great set of hands although since the glove grip removal he has dropped in this area too, he is leading less often which mean he is creating less space and holes for others to lead in behind him.
He is trying out wrestle his opponents this used to work but KPD have gotten stronger. Most can scrag and hold their ground enough to spoil him or at a min allow for the 3rd man in and there is almost always a 3rd in when he is stagnant and we bomb on his head.
Not sure what side of the fence I sit on this but I can see the argument to trade him now, while we are rebuild mode, it most definitely would slam shut any window in the next 3-4 years though...
I'd lean towards keeping him as the team improves so will he imo.