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The Big Trades of 2015, 2017 and 2018

youami
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Now that the futures have been picked we can put names to the various picks and players that were traded in 2015, 2017 and 2018.

2015

Two trades - one with Gold Coast and one with GWS

Gold Coast

In

Pick 3, pick 10, pick 43 

Out

Pick 6, pick 29, future 2016 1st round

GWS

In

Pick 7, Bugg 

Out

Pick 10, 43, 64 (this pick was used along with others to match a GWS Academy Bid for Flynn, so I have not included in analysis)

In summary, if you knock out the pick 10s and the pick 43s as they came in and out in both trades this is the result

In: Oliver (4), Weideman (9), Bugg

Out: Callum Ah Chee (8), Darcy Tucker (27) (GC must have traded with Freo) and Will Brodie (9)

2017

In

Lever, Pick 35, Future 3rd Round

Out

Pick 10, future 1st round, future 4th round

NB Two trades took place in 18 which effect the original deal, Adelaide also traded a few times with Carlton in 17 and 18 

with st kilda, we traded adelaide's future 3rd (46), plus our second round pick (36) and we got back pick 28

Adelaide then traded our 4th round pick (67) via Carlton to St Kilda

In summary, if you include the 2017 trade and the eventual outcomes of the 2018 trades

In: Lever, Petty (37), James Jordan (33)

Out: Lachie O'Brien (Carl) (10), Liam Stocker (Carl) (19), Bytel (41), Parker(47) , Robbie Young (67)

2018 

The GC and Freo trade did not involve future picks so it is far less complicated

In: May, KK, Tom Sparrow (27)

Out: Hogan, Brett Bewley (59)

Summary of all trades (in order of best to worst):

In: Oliver, Lever, Weideman, May, KK, Tom Sparrow, Petty, James Jordan, Bugg,

Out: Hogan, Lachie O'Brien, Stocker,  Callum Ah Chee, Darcy Tucker (GC must have traded with Freo), Will Brodie, Bytel, Parker, Young, Bewley

Who knows how well KK, Petty, Jordan, Sparrow vs O'Brien, Stocker, Bytel, Parker, Young, Bewley will be, (I think Ah Chee, Tucker, Brodie and Bugg are depth players at best)

If you take all of them out

We got Oliver, Lever, Weideman and May for Hogan.  Take a bow Melbourne Football Club.

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    34 minutes ago, youami said:

    Now that the futures have been picked we can put names to the various picks and players that were traded in 2015, 2017 and 2018.

    2015

    Two trades - one with Gold Coast and one with GWS

    Gold Coast

    In

    Pick 3, pick 10, pick 43 

    Out

    Pick 6, pick 29, future 2016 1st round

    GWS

    In

    Pick 7, Bugg 

    Out

    Pick 10, 43, 64 (this pick was used along with others to match a GWS Academy Bid for Flynn, so I have not included in analysis)

    In summary, if you knock out the pick 10s and the pick 43s as they came in and out in both trades this is the result

    In: Oliver (4), Weideman (9), Bugg

    Out: Callum Ah Chee (8), Darcy Tucker (27) (GC must have traded with Freo) and Will Brodie (9)

    2017

    In

    Lever, Pick 35, Future 3rd Round

    Out

    Pick 10, future 1st round, future 4th round

    NB Two trades took place in 18 which effect the original deal, Adelaide also traded a few times with Carlton in 17 and 18 

    with st kilda, we traded adelaide's future 3rd (46), plus our second round pick (36) and we got back pick 28

    Adelaide then traded our 4th round pick (67) via Carlton to St Kilda

    In summary, if you include the 2017 trade and the eventual outcomes of the 2018 trades

    In: Lever, Petty (37), James Jordan (33)

    Out: Lachie O'Brien (Carl) (10), Liam Stocker (Carl) (19), Bytel (41), Parker(47) , Robbie Young (67)

    2018 

    The GC and Freo trade did not involve future picks so it is far less complicated

    In: May, KK, Tom Sparrow (27)

    Out: Hogan, Brett Bewley (59)

    Summary of all trades (in order of best to worst):

    In: Oliver, Lever, Weideman, May, KK, Tom Sparrow, Petty, James Jordan, Bugg,

    Out: Hogan, Lachie O'Brien, Stocker,  Callum Ah Chee, Darcy Tucker (GC must have traded with Freo), Will Brodie, Bytel, Parker, Young, Bewley

    Who knows how well KK, Petty, Jordan, Sparrow vs O'Brien, Stocker, Bytel, Parker, Young, Bewley will be, (I think Ah Chee, Tucker, Brodie and Bugg are depth players at best)

    If you take all of them out

    We got Oliver, Lever, Weideman and May for Hogan.  Take a bow Melbourne Football Club.

    Terrific analysis Youi makes you feel like our club knows how to trade up 

    Very important ability in modern footy

    Well done MFC

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    15 minutes ago, ProDee said:

    *Jordon

    Excellent contribution PD lol 

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    Great work, thanks for the time and energy you put in.

    If I may add a small adjustment, in 2015 pick 29 which we traded to the Suns was used by them to pick up Joshua Schoenfeld at pick 34.

    This was pushed back 5 spots due to academy picks for Mills, Hopper, Kennedy, Hipwood and Himmelberg.

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    Brilliant analysis. Beautiful eye for detail. You forgot to mention Jimmy Toumpas at the end of 2015 with Port Adelaide. 

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    I forgot to mention the Football Department didn't want Jimmy Toumpas to leave. What a sliding doors moment for him. I'm sad for him that it didn't work for him at Port Adelaide 

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    12 hours ago, Storm Boy said:

    I forgot to mention the Football Department didn't want Jimmy Toumpas to leave. What a sliding doors moment for him. I'm sad for him that it didn't work for him at Port Adelaide 

    I find that very hard to believe.

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    12 hours ago, Storm Boy said:

    I forgot to mention the Football Department didn't want Jimmy Toumpas to leave. What a sliding doors moment for him. I'm sad for him that it didn't work for him at Port Adelaide 

    Jimmy was not part of the Dees future. Poor pick, poor development. Good Luck Jimmy wherever you are

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    1 hour ago, jackaub said:

    Jimmy was not part of the Dees future. Poor pick, poor development. Good Luck Jimmy wherever you are

    He’s at an Airport looking creepy as f

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