How things can change so quickly!!
It was only 23 days ago that this thread started with Tippett's announcement that he was leaving Adelaide for an unknown destination. We all naturally assumed that would be either the Gold Coast or Brisbane.
That of course prompted excitement about the trade period with thoughts of either 2 first round draft picks or a 1st rounder and a player to come our way plus $800k to $1 million freed up in the coffers to make an assault on the trade market. This was going to be party time trade wise, and the BigFooty Adelaide Board went into joyous melt-down.
Then a few days later came the first shock to the system. The prick had chosen Sydney - the club with the worst draft picks and not too much to trade our way in terms of players that fitted our needs. Okay - a bit of a hiccup but that's up to Sydney to get the job done. A trade here and there with a 3rd party was what they had to do, and we would come out alright out of this. Maybe not quite as good as before but still okay.
Then we have that idiot Ireland saying they wouldn't trade their premiership players and eventually ruling out all their promising juniors. We had to win somehow, didn't we, but it was becoming harder and harder to see how.
Then came the biggest insult so far. Pick 23 plus Jesse White. The equivalent of a 2nd round pick and a genuine scrubber!! Fk me!! Sydney can't be serious - they'll have to back down eventually. Expectations were dropping to lower levels though.
Then came the first real body blow and a complete insult to all supporters of the AFc - Adelaide actually tried to officially accept that insulting offer of pick 23 + White only last Friday. The AFL refuse to accept it as a bona fide trade (surprise surprise

) which I think we can now definitely link with the Chairman of the AFC telling Demetriou that like the cuckolded husband, there is some nasty secret that unfortunately he has to be told.
Rumours are starting to run rife in the press boxes, and we all say surely not to them, but with an ever sickening feeling in our guts.
These rumours don't go away. In fact they become more detailed. Adelaide did indeed have a gentlemen's agreement to trade Tippett for a 2nd round draft pick. WTF? Surely not.Nobody is that stupid ....... are they?? Still it's only verbal and nobody can ever prove that. Looks like we'd better grab the offer of pick 23 plus Jesse White and run.
Wait, it's not a verbal agreement. It's in print. What bloody idiot makes such an agreement and puts it in print? Ermmmm, Trigg and Reid apparently. Oh well, we'll get a rap over the knuckles and a small fine for a bit of draft tampering, but still let's concentrate on getting SOMETHING for Tippett.
What!! You're saying there's even more!! There's bloody emails outside the AFL's agreement detailing it all PLUS we have agreed to pay money outside the cap!! I must be going nuts - surely this can't be true. Not even an idiot would do this, would they?? Oh yeah, I forgot - it's Triggy and Reidy!! We are completely screwed and the AFL are going to investigate it
Yes, it's all confirmed.We have done all these things and we're facing sanctions.
There's talk of huge fines and a loss of draft picks once the AFL have finished their investigation andd Tippett has gone into the draft for nothing.
So now, it's no longer a question of how many top draft picks and players we will get this trading period - it's now a question of what will we lose!! Thanks a fkg million Trigg and Reid!!
650 plus pages, 16,000 plus posts and now thousands of shattered perceptions and dreams.
All in 23 days.