Quote Originally Posted by Ralph Dawg View Post
Maybe have a look at the circumstances of Neale moving from Freo to Lions for some clues. Or come last and draft a gun like Rowell. Or do a Buddy like deal. It can be done but I agree with you that it's not easy.
Quote Originally Posted by Ludwig View Post
There's a downside to almost everything. You could say that we did 2 Buddy deals, with Tippett being the other one, and because of that we couldn't afford to kept Tom Mitchell. WCE gave up 2 first and 2 second round picks for Tim Kelly, but he hasn't looked the player this year. Neale cost Brisbane a pick 6 and around a mid second rounder in 2018; Ben King went pick and Bailey Smith went pick 7. Maybe either one will be a better value over time given the age difference.

HPN valued the Tim Kelly, Lachie Neale and Brad Hill trades big value losers for the clubs acquiring the player.

I think our list management has been been very good. We just need to recognise that we are in a transition, there are 17 other clubs trying to do the best they can as well. It will be some time before we can evaluate this recent period in rebuilding the team.

The loss of Buddy, Reid and Naismith make the transition look worse than it is, because that's a big loss of talent on the field right now that can't be replaced.
Yep, good post.