We definitely screwed up negotiations. Ward would have signed much earlier in the year had we put a better offer to him - it wasn't much more than half of the ~$800k GWS eventually got for him. This is direct from the family and corroborated by a player manager.
Swings and roundabouts though - we picked up Ward at the pick 19 we got for trading McMahon to Richmond. Our compo for losing Ward was pick 6 (Macrae) who went on to kick the sealing goal against GWS in the prelim in 2016. A game Ward couldn't finish playing in after an errant Zaine Cordy knee knocked him right in the temple.
Ward is a gun and I'd have him back in a heartbeat but I really do believe Macrae has overtaken him (and most mids) this year.
Swings and roundabouts though - we picked up Ward at the pick 19 we got for trading McMahon to Richmond. Our compo for losing Ward was pick 6 (Macrae) who went on to kick the sealing goal against GWS in the prelim in 2016. A game Ward couldn't finish playing in after an errant Zaine Cordy knee knocked him right in the temple.
Ward is a gun and I'd have him back in a heartbeat but I really do believe Macrae has overtaken him (and most mids) this year.
Another big tick for Dalrymple

