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Interesting interview with Jason McCartney, GWS manager of football. I’m paraphrasing, but after the meeting with Clayton, Melbourne knew what they were doing but they didn’t have any strength in the negotiations. He was very complimentary about Tim Lamb, but said that sometimes these situations arise, and that he’d also been through it before. IOW, they worked out what they were prepared to pay and it was take it or leave it. He only had 2 discussions with Tim Lamb, it was mostly done through Clayton’s manager. He also said that you have to look at the whole trade and draft period, not just individual trades. If anyone else was listening and wants to expand on or correct the above, feel free. Clearly, the main thing working against us was that there weren’t rival bidders to push the price up. As it was, they had us over a barrel.

Straight out of Moneyball! Now we just need to find another 28. 4 extra per game from 7 players?

Word on Hawks' boards seems to be that he's better as a defender with the game in front of him. Doesn't have the footy IQ for the wing.

(From Lore over at BF):

Not that we'll hear about anyway ...

But still not as much as when Gus was forced to retire.

He's been playing alongside Sicily ...

Sure, but these are still kids, and there's a lot of water to go under the bridge. Lachie Neale was taken pick 58. Even in a weak draft there will be 200 gamers.

Not necessarily. Even when you do all you need to, things don't always work out. Just the way it is. People.

And we tried to move Steven May.

I suspect that this goes a lot further than King, and follows on from the Goodwin sacking. Richardson and others would know exactly what has been happening, and are trying to give King a clean slate. OK, we pay the price, but so be it. Reminds me somewhat of the Jack Watts trade with Goodwin coming in. Pick 31.

Then direct your fury at Oliver. He brought this on himself and unfortunately, the club. While the situation behind it isn't the same, it's not really different to the JUH trade - pick 79 for a player who was taken at pick 1. Or look at the Hogan trades in/out of Fremantle. They paid a king's ransom and sold him for pick 54 two years later. etc. etc. Good luck to Clayton, but clearly the situation had become untenable. We'll probably never know the real reasons.

Lots of moving parts in this, but appears to be about the equivalent of Pick 1 or 2 to us.

Exactly the kind of player we need to have around the likes of Tholstrup.

You've got to give something to get something, just the way it is. He wasn't coming unless he got something on top of what he already had.

Says a lot about what King and the club are looking to do and where they see weaknesses. Yes, game style, more attack etc. etc., but we badly need leadership and maturity both onfield and off, especially after losing ANB and Gus. Will help steady the ship.

No he didn’t. And you need to look at the whole quote. “Ultimately, it’s up to Christian and his team now to come forward with a deal that would satisfy us. It’s got to turn our head.” Paul Guerra Are we satisfied? Oh yes we are.

Trac shafting the club on the way out. His manager/advisors haven’t exactly covered themselves with glory here either.

We do NOT have any leverage here. We lost it once Trac burnt his bridges with the club. For all his culinary skills, he can not unmake this omelette and walk back in. Once Trac very publicly nominated GC there was no way back and the Suns know it. Kudos to Lamb for pushing through to the end on BH and/or getting those two first-rounders, but he’s on a hiding to nothing.

Any chance that discussion of the Christian Petracca trade could be carried out on the Christian Petracca thread? Perhaps just me.

Take it and run. 7 & 8 (plus swapsies) for a 30 year old with his best years behind him and on $1.3 million which GC are prepared to pick up! They must be desperate, though equally, you see why they would do it. Marquee player, flag window, yadda yadda. None of the Vic clubs would even look at a deal like this for Trac, and surprise surprise, they didn't.

I don't believe that there's any confirmation anywhere that this is the amount (i.e., Clarry on $1.4 million). As I posted above, the AFL site gave his contract as 7 million over 7 years.

Breakdown between player and club.

Well, ball-park. Bit of a difference between $1 mill and $1.3 mill.