Gibbs requests trade to Adelaide

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Not from where I sit. So OK for people to discuss trading Charles, CEY, Lyons and not Menzel?:huh:
Trading a young, immensely talented player who we traded for last year, who happened to have two concussions over the course of the season and not benefited by coming in with a poor fitness base and a selection team allergic to leaving poorly performing players out of the side?

Honestly, what is the point of even suggesting this?
 

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I'm not convinced on Gibbs either and won't be desperately unhappy if it doesn't work out. Does he actually want to play for us or does he just want to come home with a decent pay packet?

And isn't this the guy who only a year or two ago was scathing about Adelaide and said he'd never play here? :huh: Not convinced. In fact focusing on someone who for his own reasons says he 'wants to come home' could be a distraction from other players we should seriously consider.
 

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Our system works. We picked tippet up at 32 the year Gibbs went one. we picked Dangerfield up at 10 the year after and Sloane at 44 the year after that. All played better football for us. Than Gibbs ever will.

The trade will be done, but he's not worth 13 to us.
And how many flags did we win over this time frame?
 

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I'm not convinced on Gibbs either and won't be desperately unhappy if it doesn't work out. Does he actually want to play for us or does he just want to come home with a decent pay packet?

And isn't this the guy who only a year or two ago was scathing about Adelaide and said he'd never play here? :huh: Not convinced. In fact focusing on someone who for his own reasons says he 'wants to come home' could be a distraction from other players we should seriously consider.
Ok your not convinced so where do you find the quality mid that we need to be a genuine contender ?
 

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You're being overly dramatic, how old do you think Menzel is? His career is not at a point where it needs to be 'resurrected'. He's only been on the list one season, people just need to be patient.
I've stated this once before, but some people talk about Menzel as if he's the same as a 25/26 year old Tambling and it's ridiculous.
 

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Our system works. We picked tippet up at 32 the year Gibbs went one. we picked Dangerfield up at 10 the year after and Sloane at 44 the year after that. All played better football for us. Than Gibbs ever will.

The trade will be done, but he's not worth 13 to us.
Thats a very subjective comment.
 

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13 + Mackay.

He's pretty decent, and about the same amount of experience as Gibbs.

Will flourish at Carlton too.[/QUOTE everyone just wants Gibbs because of the romance involved. He finished 4 th at a weak club in the b&f. He is a mid also so always around the ball. He's good but if Danger gets a first in 9,and second then he's not worth more than 13. Yes Danger was not contracted but he was a restrictive free agent which means we had right to match offer.
 

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Nope, quite wrong.

I want Gibbs because he's a classy as **** midfielder and adds a point of difference to our midfield. He's not some spud who we're wanting due to name.

Dangers arguably not an overly relevant scenario either seeing Gibbs being contracted adds to his worth.
 

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I think there's a bit more to it than that - player managers need to consult a lot with their players and contracts have to be agreed to before trades can go through. It would take a lot of time, plus there's instances where players who weren't expecting to go anywhere are suddenly asked if they want to be traded interstate etc... decisions like that can't always happen in a 10 minute phone call. Not sure how many player managers there are, but I'm sure they all have quite a few players and could be dealing with several trades and contract negotiations at once.
Yep, which is why when push comes to shove you'll need to take pic 13 and steak knives to make your other trades happen. Happens every year.
 
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