It is if you look at the position that player plays. Melbourne have plenty of young keys backs that have shown promise, whereas we just lost our only 2 key backs. If he comes in and serves a purpose for the year or 2 then so be it. The recruiting team must have something in the works.
GWS lost the most players this trade period and are betting flag favourites. The question I asked was: what players could we have taken in this trade period to fix those holes without jeopardising the brown & daicos selections?
Spot on Jmac. Call it as you see it mate. Don't make excuses just to make you feel good.
He was AA in 2013. But don't let facts get in the way of a good story.
Both are done. Cloke has the turning circle of a Boeing 747 and Brown can't kick without it going 30 metres high. We could find better alternatives out of state leagues.
Witts value was always going to change playing VFL behind Grundy, we should have tried harder to get rid of him when he did have value, we should have told him the no.1 ruck spot is Grundy's and you'll play most of the year in the VFL. Somehow I guess he was led that he could be the no.1 ruck. Cloke and Williams we shouldn't give up at all if we're going to get nothing for them. Cloke is contracted so we should have held him to it and tried toget the best out of him next year. As for Williams, we should have offered him contract if he wants to go and all we're getting is pick 105 make him walk trough the PSD.
Not pick up Mayne. Tell Bulldogs to GAGF if 76 is all they're offering and we'll keep Cloke to his contract thanks.
I 100% agree. I think what your elaborating on is exactly the flaw in the argument against our clubs trade period. I would add to your point, that we didn't have the currency to go after these imaginary stars who want to play at Collingwood, because we spent a large amount of it on Treloar... How many of the complainers would bring in any of the players we apparently missed out on this year if it meant giving up Treloar?
I don't think we're complaining about missing out on stars
The same people complaining about salary mismanagement regarding Wells and Mayne are all for holding onto Cloke, literally the biggest waste of money on our list
So do you think we should of gone into next season adding nothing to our list?I don't think we're complaining about missing out on stars
Sensationalism at its best there.
So you think this Trade period was crap because we added 1 player who literally cost us nothing?
I would suggest that the club is at best hopeful of Elliott being able to again play at his former high level. We recruited Mayne and can push a mid fielder like Sidebottom into the forward line if Wells stays fit. And then there's Greenwood and (gulp) Blair. Not to mention Fasolo (injury prone) and our new hero in attack WHE. Blair's spot is not under threat, so perhaps Elliott's future is doubtful. Elliott, Moore, Fasolo, WHE, Crocker, Cox (?), Mayne and White will form the basis of a decent attack if the first three play a majority of games.
How about you re read my posts then come back when your a little more caught up. You seem to be struggling to understand what I've said.
Bad trade period = "Sack Buckley"
I have not seen Stewart play but his old man was just just a good ordinary player, caught betwixt and between in height, used as an under-sized ruckman and forward.
