Which players do you wish were never traded from your club?

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Which players do you wish were never traded from your club?

From the lions, Gram and Craig Bolton are obvious ones. I reckon Marty Pask was really good too. Aka was traded, but I think that one was allowable. I think if Headland had stayed, he would be a star for Brisbane now.

Thoughts about other clubs?
 

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Firstly, with hindsight it's easy to say Gram and Bolton. But they were fringe players in a side chasing 4 straight premierships. We couldn't keep everyone on our list, despite what some ill-informed trolls on here think. Actually, hindsight wasn't really needed. Most knew they would be top players at any other club - simply people had to go to keep the best side together.

Headland was out of our hands. 2 weeks after saying he was staying at the B&F, he requested a trade.
 

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As I've mentioned in another thread today, David Rodan.

Also we'd probably be a better team if we still had Torney and Ottens.
 

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Firstly, with hindsight it's easy to say Gram and Bolton. But they were fringe players in a side chasing 4 straight premierships. We couldn't keep everyone on our list, despite what some ill-informed trolls on here think. Actually, hindsight wasn't really needed. Most knew they would be top players at any other club - simply people had to go to keep the best side together.

Headland was out of our hands. 2 weeks after saying he was staying at the B&F, he requested a trade.
Craig Bolton really did struggle for you guys IMO.
 

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Daniel Chick
Nathan Thompson
Luke Mcpharlin
Peter Everitt

hawthorn would look much better with Mcpharlin and Thompson still in the team
 

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Stuey Maxfield. Never had a bad word to say about him after he left. Just a gun.

McAvaney R20 vs Essendon 1995: "Here's a go, Bond to Maxfield, go on Stuey, kick the goal. Straighten up and bang it home. It's a beauty!! They're in front the Tiges".

His hit on Symons in the final against the Dons a few weeks later that set up Naish was tops
 

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Stuey Maxfield. Never had a bad word to say about him after he left. Just a gun.

McAvaney R20 vs Essendon 1995: "Here's a go, Bond to Maxfield, go on Stuey, kick the goal. Straighten up and bang it home. It's a beauty!! They're in front the Tiges".

His hit on Symons in the final against the Dons a few weeks later that set up Naish was tops
Good call. That final is still my favourite game ever, although I don't remember much of it anymore, I was only about 6/7 at the time.
 

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Good call. That final is still my favourite game ever, although I don't remember much of it anymore, I was only about 6/7 at the time.
Feel free to borrow my tape of it any time - it's getting a bit scratchy around the third quarter now though.

The Whale leaving in the 70's was something that hurt us pretty badly too.
 

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Craig Bolton really did struggle for you guys IMO.
You reckon it'd be easy to break into that Brisbane team ?...and what about Gram ?...as a midfielder trying to get a game with Voss, Lappin, Black, Aker, Power plus more ahead of u....hardest gig for any kid to break into the seniors with a coach that cant change a winning team.

Not surprising Bolton as well as Gram went on to improve tho after that.

Our big mistake was letting Hayes slip thru our grasp...i;ve got no doubt he woulda got the captaincy off Maxfield.

We gave away Dal Santo as one of the draft pix for Hall...but who was to know ?...and i;m pretty sure Paul Roos would be getting more out of James Kelly then Geelong have been.
 
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