Great to hear, Dave86.
For what it was worth, you were one who was against trading Shaw.... Assuming it is him that we send up for Adams, have you come around yet?
I was against it when I thought this was all just a game to get him to shape up and scare him into fixing his behaviour.
However, when it became clear that both club and player were keen to part ways, my opinion obviously changed.
I would love to keep Shaw, but I don't think it's an option anymore.
Therefore, my absolute preference would be to send him to GWS for 2 reasons:
1. We keep pick 10 & 11 and get our man in Taylor Adams
2. We aren't sending him to a contender so it shouldn't bite us in the a$$ too much too soon.
I was initially against losing Shaw and Daisy because I am one who still believes we are in a premiership window. However, it has become clearer that our premiership window will not re-open when there are core players on our list who aren't on board 100%. That has a rippling effect when it is players of seniority like Shaw.
To come out of trade period with Adams and Pick 11 is a fair return and we are well set for the future.
I'm excited because I really rate Adams.
Trading Shaw for him is clearly our best case scenario.
In essence, Shaw is a pick 15-18, whilst Adams is probably 10-15. (He was a pick 13 and definitely has not done his value any harm over the last 2 years).
So, we are in fact getting good value here. GWS get value as well considering they get the senior player with leadership that they crave.