Demons must go the Trade Route

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June 2, 200718 yr

Walls' article is painfully shallow.

Whats he saying 'hey, Melbourne have some valuable players which would be great for anyone but Melbourne'.

Basically it sounds like his advice is to hit the PANIC button.

Stuff him. These players are Melbourne.

And the Hawks got the jackpot by trading overvalued second-raters, not first raters.

And Everitt, which is a 'special' case.

I notice Crawford still plays for Hawthorn. Surely they should've picked up a first round pick for him?

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June 2, 200718 yr

what a joke walls should be shot for this... WALLS YOUR A JOKE...

thats a great portion of our side .. no way would we want to get rid of them... they some of our most valuable players there...

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June 2, 200718 yr

you dont trade your best players unless there's a massive reason to (to get Judd maaayyybbeee)

was a rediculous article and lost credibility because he suggested trading players like bruce and green for 2nd round picks...if you were to trade these players as he suggested, you would only do so to get something valuable in return...

a second round pick you pick up an 18 yr old who might be good in 2 years, and might be great, who knows...for Green or Bruce, 26 year old players who are great now.

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June 2, 200718 yr

ive got no problem with walls saying this. i bet that we think about this every year. but to trade white, robbo or green we would need to be getting something good in return. a first round pick and a player who will play 20 games a year for us at least.

if opposition clubs said we want bruce, here is player x and a pick (between 1 and 10), and the player was 18-24 and going to be a regular player for melb id take it, even if that player isnt a star. if we could have 3-5 first round draft picks at the end of this year we would jump at the chance. if we had that we would secure the future of our list. we might not win a flag next year but added 3 first round players to the current crop of youngsters and we would be in a better shape than we are now...

the club would trade those players if the offer was good and i would be disappointed if we refused to trade any player.

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June 2, 200718 yr

Thanks, Wallsy.

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