Tradebait

[Plugga]

I'd rather Murphy + our 1st round pick

for

Ray + their 1st round pick

We could probably get more than a Farren Ray for Murphy!

 

[dominguez]

I'd rather Murphy + our 1st round pick

for

Ray + their 1st round pick

We could probably get more than a Farren Ray for Murphy!

Good idea Plugga, if they end up with pick 5 and we end up with pick 7 the only way I'll be happy with a Ray for Murphy deal is if we upgrade our picks. Pick 5 would at this stage give us a very good chance of snaring Masten/Palmer.

 

[dominguez]

Those players were traded because they were struggling. The Croad and Simmonds trades netted us Schammer and Black, and I'd struggle to see too much downside in that. Polak was traded because he would walk into Richmond via the PSD.

Polak on our list would have made up numbers in the WAFL again, or he would have been our spre parts ruckman instead of Gilmore, and impossible though the thought may have seemed a year ago, I'd prefer Gilmore.

Thats my point. We had a surplus of talls. Simmonds out for Black = good deal. Brown out for Schammer = good deal. Polak out for pick 8 = not a great deal, but it was the best offer on the table and gave us an opportunity to again bolster our midfield.