The Trade Best Not Made

[Carlos Danger 380]

A question worth asking because there's a few quality players that have moved on to good things at other clubs. Which one was the biggest loss? And this isn't a multiple choice poll because it's not a fence-sitting question, if you could only choose one who would it be?

[maximum bob 462]

Wasn't Trav last seen 'walking along the road' to Max Yasgur's farm?

Not a big loss by any stretch.

[Grimes_4_captain 0]

I'd say jolly, hopefully after the draft we will have the loss of thompson covered!

[45HG 1,539]

Thompson.

Absolute star, left at such a young age and would have been great to have in the 05-06 years and for the current rebuild.

[John Dee 445]

Thompson should not be in the poll as we did not want him to leave. He had a serious family issue and needed to get back to SA. He requested a trade to either SA club and the crows were the ones that we came to an agreement with.

Edited September 14, 2009 by undeeniable

[45HG 1,539]

And Johnstone didn't want to leave either, we had a serious need to move on a player who did not fit the desired culture of where the club is heading.

[Fugazi 53]

Scott Thompson. Wish he had never left, such as class player. I wish Daniher had played him more.

[Adelaide Demon 0]

Jolly. He and an ageing White would've been close to best in the comp., and how valuable he would be now. Imagine if we had Jolly for next year and not Johnson!

[Gorgoroth 12,920]

Scotty T by a mile.

[praha 11,234]

Definitely Thompson. No hard feelings that he left, but probably as close to a star player we had. Didn't even hit 1/4 of his potential while at Melbourne. Too young.

[R.I.P. Troy 185]

Scott Thompson would be our captian if we still had him

[col=sk 0]

I was most upset with the loss of t.j.

Overall thompson would of been the biggest loss with jolly a close second.

[deeflog 679]

i find it very funny that chris johnson is on that list.....now he is just clogging the blues list

[Nasher 33,607]

Thompson. Could not give a rat's tossbag (thanks Malcolm) about any of those others.

[drdrake 3,160]

Doesn't Jolly have a premiership medal, he is a high quality ruckman, it's a shame White couldn't play as a tall forward.

[LITTLE STINGA 1]

I'm surprised that Jolly hasn't got more votes. I voted for Thompson he was our most important player in 2004, it was no coincidence that when he got injured we suddenly fell away dramatically. I remember the media saying that he went back to Adelaide cause we wouldn't pay him anymore than Adelaide would.

[Its Miller time 6]

I'm surprised that Jolly hasn't got more votes. I voted for Thompson he was our most important player in 2004, it was no coincidence that when he got injured we suddenly fell away dramatically. I remember the media saying that he went back to Adelaide cause we wouldn't pay him anymore than Adelaide would.

Didn't we offload someone so we could pay him more? Possibly Powell?

[Guest Rojik of the Arctic]

Feel free to correct me if I am wrong on this but:

Darren Jolly (Sydney) : Wanted to leave

Scott Thompson (Adelaide) : Wanted to leave

Chris Johnson (Carlton) : Spud

Troy Simmonds (Richmond) : Sometimes OK, sometimes spud

Travis Johnstone (Brisbane) : Got Grimes

I'm not sure that we could have done much differently/better when it came to these trades. The first two gave us good picks that we (sorta) screwed up. CJ was a bloody waste of a list position and I was happy that I didn't have to keep yelling out "Don't kick it to him!". As for TJ loved his work when he was interested but it was not often enough and Grimes looks like a 200 game gun if he can stay fit.

We haven't been screwed like Hawthorn did to Nth or everybody did to Freo. We are about break even on what we could have done regarding those players.

[rpfc 28,261]

I'd want Thompson but the trade brought Beamer so it's cloudy.

Jolly brought Dunn.

TJ brought Grimes.

Simmonds brought Craig Ellis.

And Johnson brought smiles and laughter when he left...

The two players I wish still were at the club are the two best trades.

[Guest Rojik of the Arctic]

I'd want Thompson but the trade brought Beamer so it's cloudy.

Aha! I was thinking that Thompson brought us Bell. Oh well, we've done even better than I thought.

[Carlos Danger 380]

Wasn't Trav last seen 'walking along the road' to Max Yasgur's farm?

Not a big loss by any stretch.

I didn't intend it to be a pro-Travis Johnstone topic, just threw him in there because he is one the bunch to leave our club and still be playing elsewhere. With the right focus and commitment, he could have been a genuine superstar, just unfortunate he never came good on either of those and that's probably the way he will finish his career. Better off at Brisbane then over here.

I voted for Thompson only marginally over Jolly, not taking into account picks we got for them, just how they have evolved or shown their true worth since leaving the club. TJ would be a distant 3rd, then all the rest.

[titan_uranus 24,970]

Thompson by a mile and a half. A star midfielder.

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

Feel free to correct me if I am wrong on this but:

Darren Jolly (Sydney) : Wanted to leave

Scott Thompson (Adelaide) : Wanted to leave

Chris Johnson (Carlton) : Spud

Troy Simmonds (Richmond) : Sometimes OK, sometimes spud

Travis Johnstone (Brisbane) : Got Grimes

I'm not sure that we could have done much differently/better when it came to these trades. The first two gave us good picks that we (sorta) screwed up. CJ was a bloody waste of a list position and I was happy that I didn't have to keep yelling out "Don't kick it to him!". As for TJ loved his work when he was interested but it was not often enough and Grimes looks like a 200 game gun if he can stay fit.

We haven't been screwed like Hawthorn did to Nth or everybody did to Freo. We are about break even on what we could have done regarding those players.

Fair post Rojik. I dont think we could have improved the draft picks we got just possibly how we used them.

And Johnson brought smiles and laughter when he left...

True but not for some who have gone quiet on CJ.

Aha! I was thinking that Thompson brought us Bell. Oh well, we've done even better than I thought.

Woey brought us the trade pick used on Bell.

I voted for Thompson he was our most important player in 2004, it was no coincidence that when he got injured we suddenly fell away dramatically. I remember the media saying that he went back to Adelaide cause we wouldn't pay him anymore than Adelaide would.

White AA ruckman that year tired in the final rounds and Neitz broke his leg. But Thompson was a big loss. Too often injured at MFC.

Doesn't Jolly have a premiership medal, he is a high quality ruckman, it's a shame White couldn't play as a tall forward.

Its a shame Jolly could not play either role at the time and "won" his medal from the bench playing 2nd fiddle to a 34 yo competent ruckman in Jason Ball. There is no doubt Jolly has improved since then but he was raw in his early years at Sydney and very raw at MFC.

[Cards13 9,117]

Didn't we offload someone so we could pay him more? Possibly Powell?

Powelly wanted a big pay rise I think was the story. The list managers of the time didn't want to pay what he wanted so he left. I think in the PSD. Went to the Saints but was at his best with the Dees I thought.

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

I thought Powell wanted three years and MFC wanted to give two years. Given he was struck with OP at the time, I doubt he was able to leverage for too much salary increase.

Steven Armstrong, a premiership winning goal sneak would not be happy with the poll choices given Chris Johnson is in.