Guess who's out of contract at the end of next year...

[liz]

Originally posted by Steve

People quickly forget that we traded Mooney and O'Farrell for 2 top 8 draft picks - that's how highly other clubs rated the top end of the 1998 draft.

Agree with the gist of what you're saying, but O'Farrell was reasonably highly rated at the time and the Hawks chased him hard - rumour was that they threw a lot of money at him to defect. The fact that he then collapsed in a heap of injuries and retired early slightly clouds the fact that he was rated then.

And even putting aside the fact that the 1998 was not the strongest ever, the timing of the Mooney trade was brilliant, though he was a player I enjoyed watching the few times he was fit.

[chammond]

Oh no Liz, please don't stoke that debate again!

Didn't we have to get an exorcist to put it to rest last time?

[liz]

Originally posted by chammond
Oh no Liz, please don't stoke that debate again!

Didn't we have to get an exorcist to put it to rest last time?

Sorry Cliff - you've lost me there!

[chammond]

Originally posted by lizz


Sorry Cliff - you've lost me there!

Just me stirring.

The Swan's 1998 draft decision has been flogged to death on this board on more than one occasion; the last time it was bigger than Ben Hur.

Not that I ever got involved at all.

[Triple B]

O'Farrell's knee was 'gone' when he went to Hawthorn. We could be arrested for passing damaged goods.