Scott Stevens

[caj23]

so were brett rose and dwayne simpson what is your point?

the simple fact is that we should have got a better deal on this trade

[AussieAnge]

Mr Sangster, I agree that we should have received a better deal and I am disppointed to see Scott go; I hope the decision doesn't come back and bite us on the bum. My point was that lower draft picks aren't necessarily all bad and also there are all sorts of machinations going on that we aren't privy too. Only putting my 2 cents worth in.

[i'm-uninformed2]

Originally posted by Will Sangster

the simple fact is that we should have got a better deal on this trade

Waita minute? To some people on this board Mal Michael and his three flags and three top 10 B&F finishes and son on wasn't much of a player last week but Scott Stevens is this week??!! Yeah, reality looms large

[anniswan]

On Fox Footy Trading Places, they were perplexed as to why we would trade Stevens for draft picks, they assume that it must be that we are so restricted by the salary cap

[liz]

Originally posted by Will Sangster
the simple fact is that we should have got a better deal on this trade

How?

I doubt clubs were beating down the door trying to get him. Quite probably Adelaide were the only team interested and if I were them I wouldn't have given up a 2nd round pick for him. He's been on the list 4 years and is still very skinny. He's a good mark but not very quick and while he may do something in Adelaide, he's not really the key forward they'll be looking for for when Carey pulls the plug. They already have tall forward players like Perrie and Mark Stevens, and I doubt Scott will be a walk-up start to their team.

[caj23]

it's all relative, morgan has played a couple of games and did nothing (34), koops can't get a senior game at freo (19) are 2 examples

i think we would have been better served hanging on to him for another season to see what he can do rather than trading for virtually nothing

people forget that he is still only 21 years old

and anyone who doesn't think that Mal Michael isn't worth an early first round draft pick has not got any idea

[liz]

Originally posted by Will Sangster
it's all relative, morgan has played a couple of games and did nothing (34), koops can't get a senior game at freo (19) are 2 examples

Comes down to demand though. I'm pretty amazed anyone would trade for Morgan. I understood he was going to be delisted anyway so he would have been available in the draft, probably at a later pick.

Scott may still only be 21 but footy is a cruel business at times. Some players only get a couple of years on a list to show something. Scott has had four, and if the club didn't believe he was ever going to crack it for a regular senior position you can understand them cutting their losses.

You do have to turnover a certain number of players each year. Maybe it came down to a decision between him, Hunt, Buchanan, even Ablett on who got an extra year to show something. Or possibly it was a choice between him and giving someone like Seymour another year. I guess we'll see within a week or so when delistings are announced.

[footyhead]

Originally posted by lizz
Maybe it came down to a decision between him, Hunt, Buchanan, even Ablett on who got an extra year to show something. Or possibly it was a choice between him and giving someone like Seymour another year. I guess we'll see within a week or so when delistings are announced. [/B]

I @@@@in hope to god they don't decide to give warfe , nicks or Snapper another year , that would be a mistake, cos it would hold up the development of potential young KPP coming into the team (IE Roos would then tend to give the experience a REAL opprotunity to present itself, (yet again- Yawn Yawn).
The youth policey must continue in ernest, and if they gave up the likes of Stevens to hold on to the likes of any of those three mentioned above, then shame on the Swans !!
Well the crows supporters on big footy seem fairly chuffed with their new gun forward !!!

[Reggi]

Seeya Scott- he wasn't really up yo the mark was he

Sydney must draft at least three guys

[Ajn]

Stevens was drafted as a backup forward before we got B.Hall, N.Davis and with the development of A.Schneider our forward line didn't require him. He actually showed a bit against Port in the backline in his final game, perhaps too late.

I would suggest it was a mercy trade to give him an opporunity elsewhere, since our forward line is fairly well developed. Same as we have done in past years to give some of our injury prone guys a chance at other clubs for small return in the draft pool.

Yes he didn't do as well as expected, but let's be happy for what we get, certainly an extra pick before 50 is better than just delisting him.