Shocking Trades

[Missy]

Originally posted by swannieserin
Don't make me come over there and make grumpy face at you! At least Torture played senior football. And despite his critics, he did what he was told each week, see the Club Champion voting for evidence!

Signed
#1 Torch fan

Please do. Im stuck in Batemans Bay. Im bored. Any face, especially a grumpy one would amuse me at the moment.

[573v30]

Originally posted by Missy
Please do. Im stuck in Batemans Bay. Im bored. Any face, especially a grumpy one would amuse me at the moment.

Must be the time of the year all the Canberra folk come over.

Chambers was a bad pick IMO, but not the worst decision the Swans have ever made.

[Layby]

Originally posted by Wardy
I get so confused over the trade/draft thing.

Its ok, i understand, you are female !

Layby--promoting mysogeny wherever it lives !

[reigning premier]

Re: Re: Shocking Trades

Originally posted by cressakel
Any trade with Essendon. Ted Richards COULD be the exception. Others may argue Merv Neagle was an OK trade from Essendon, but we got Mervyn past his best and when the Bombouts knew he was injury-prone.

What about Derek Kickett????


Dead set legend.....


Was so happy to see him run out for us in 96 after Sheedy shafted him the year before....

[Lucky Knickers]

I asked similar question last year...

http://www.redandwhiteonline.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12666&highlight=Worst+Trade+Away

[Wardy]

Originally posted by Layby
Its ok, i understand, you are female !

Layby--promoting mysogeny wherever it lives !

Hmm perhaps I should call you "Rick with a slient P"!

[Cosmic Wizard]

Scott Russell from Collingwood must get a vote.

Crap, over the hill, and did nothing but collect his pay check.

[NMWBloods]

Re: Re: Shocking Trades

Originally posted by cressakel
Any trade with Essendon. Ted Richards COULD be the exception. Others may argue Merv Neagle was an OK trade from Essendon, but we got Mervyn past his best and when the Bombouts knew he was injury-prone.

Maybe so, but he was such a class player it was great to see him run around in R&W for a short time!

[Jimitron5000]

I think the worst trade mistake was letting Carey and Longmire go... didn't we sell Carey for $15,000 and thru in Longmire for free???

I reckon James Hird could be thrown into this argument. He was passed up when we had priority picks from the ACT. I think the two players we took in preference to Hird were Ben Aulich and Robert Neill. Robert Neill later showed some value as I think he was part of the trade for Plugger.
It would have been a solid line up with Plugger, Carey, Longmire, Hird and Roosy!

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by Jimitron5000
I reckon James Hird could be thrown into this argument. He was passed up when we had priority picks from the ACT. I think the two players we took in preference to Hird were Ben Aulich and Robert Neill. Robert Neill later showed some value as I think he was part of the trade for Plugger.
It would have been a solid line up with Plugger, Carey, Longmire, Hird and Roosy!

Thsi is really about the draft, not trades. That being said, we have had the James Hird discussion before and he was picked up by Essendon under the father/son rule.

[originalswan]

Father/Son?

[caj23]

Originally posted by goswannie14
Thsi is really about the draft, not trades. That being said, we have had the James Hird discussion before and he was picked up by Essendon under the father/son rule.

No he wasn't. definitely picked up as a normal draft selection.

As Jimi stated we had the chance, but passed. Apparently they were suffieciently impressed with his character to ring the bombers and suggest that they may wish to draft him.

Bit of a ballz up but not trade related