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I am amazed with what we got for Cheney!!

Jeremy Laidler went to Carlton along with pick 41

and geelong got pick 36 and 53

We got pick 52 and lost 66 and Cheney

is it just me or have we been dudded?

I would have thought if geelong could get pick 36 for laidley we could have gotten more than pick 52 for cheney?

i would have thought cheney was the more established player.....

not happy....

thoughts??

 

Personally im happy with the trade. Cheney is not a required player. We did better than Fremantle who received pick 43 and 55 for Tarrant and pick 44

Cheney is not an important player for us. He asked to be traded to a club that would give him more opportunity, we did the right thing by him.

he is not worth much, and we didn't get much for him. Given I would have liked him to be de-listed, I think this is a great outcome for all parties, and wish him well at hawthorn.
 

Compared to other very fringe players that have been traded, we've done on par with every body else

- Laidler essentially for pick 53 (+ 4 spots upgraded 41 to 36)

- Jonathan Griffin for pick 61

- McKinley for pick 86

- Chris Tarrent for pick 55 (+ 1 spot upgraded 43 to 42)

- Nathan Djekurra for pick57

And us... Cheney essentially for pick 52, bc we are not going to, and were never going to use 66.

On market value we did fine. Cheney is not in our future plans, so no point playing him next year.

It's worth noting that Laidler would have played much more if he played for a lowly team, Geelong have been going to premierships the last 4 years and they have an absolutely awesome backline. I wouldn't be saying Laidler= dud

Syl sums it up ! The OP seems to rate Cheney far higher than his real worth . Kyle is an honest player , probably better than the typical VFL level but hasn't really shown much to encourage us to put our money down. Obviously worth more to Hawthorn and in the context of how they appear to be about their drafting is value. Cheney was going to be very lucky to get much if any gametime in 2011 simply for the comp at melb for his type of position .

In a nutshell ... Bridesmaid


Id like to know what Melbourne saw in Kyle Cheney that resulted in them drafting him in the first place given its been pretty clear from day dot that he wasnt what they were/are looking for.

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