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I've been fascinated to read from overseas the stuff about Chris Judd. Yes he is a superstar, yeah i want him, yeah i'd go weak at the knees seeing him in red and blue ... we all would. But I cant help but think that his decision is going to completely change the way people try and recruit now. When Scott Thompson left us, many were whining and moaning that he was a traitor etc and turned his back on the club that gave everything. Now when Judd wants to do it, it is understandable (albeit Perth is further away from Melb than Adelaide, but still) all of a sudden. Going home could become even more common than it is after Judd sets this trend. As such what is going to possess WCE to draft a victorian youngster with an early pick.

Suppose hypothetically that Carlton do win judd's services for the price of the number 1 pick and something else. Will WCE really risk recruiting Kreuzer with the number 1 pick? Surely they wont want to be burnt again by drafting a highly talented Victorian. They would be very gunshy of drafting a Vic Metro or Country gun who after 4 years of the best development (resource wise) in the country says "stuff you i'm going home, and you should understand my wishes, afterall you let Chris Judd go".

Similarly i wouldn't want the MFC to really be drafting WA guns with our Number 4 pick if they are gonna stunt our development by asking for a trade after 5 years of football.

IMHO this decision could change completely the way the AFL drafts/trades. On one hand we could see very little cross country drafting, or we could see very many more trades, where we say goodbye to the days of 9 trades in trade week. It will be interesting to see how things unfold.

Oh yeah ... can we please get Judd!

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God help us all if it pans out this way. In 4 years time, the core of the WA under18 team that just whitewashed all comers will all be going back to the West. It'll be like the Eagles of the early 90's all over again.

80% of my preferred draft picks this year are either WA or SA kids. Frightening.

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