Chris Judd to Sydney!

[Legs Akimbo]

Plan A: The plan would go something like this. 8 guys wearing balaclavas , weilding shotguns. They drive a van to West Coast's training facilities. As the boys exit from the change room, they do a stick up. One guy would need to wack Judd over the head with a truncheon to ensure he doesn't run off (he's quick, in case you don't know). Bundle him into the back of the van whilst holding Daniel Chick and others at bay at gunpoint, then clamber into the back of the van. Would need to drive back across the nullabor avoiding police roadblocks. Once he's safely back in Sydney, he'd need to have hundreds of hours of deprogramming to block his memories and then he'd need to undergo craniofacial reconstruction so no one recognises him. Probably best to throw someone like Ben Mathews into Sydney harbour with some concrete boots on and instruct the plastic surgeon to make Judd look like Ben Mathews so that no one would be any the wiser (well, except maybe his wife and kids). Presto - Judd in the red and white!

Plan B: Tamper with the West Coast eagles Gatorate by dumping four kilograms of a concoction containing ice, ecky-k, coke, heroin, speed, dope, HGH, GBH, Red Bull, etc etc.. Of course, Judd's Gatorade would not be spiked. When the AFL does their drug testing, the whole West Coast club except for Judd will be debarred from future competition for rampant drug addiction (or at least sent to get some sun in California). Judd, being the principled man that he is, would want to get about as far away from the debarcle as possible, which is actually Brisbane. We may need to lace a few Gatorade's in Brissie too, which would of course leave the Swans as the only possible option to move away and make a fresh start away from the lime light.

[liz]

Any club would be happy to take Goodes - he would fit into any side. You could nearly do a straight swap between Goodes and Judd. If there was any possible need for a sweetener, you'd offer them something else they need - a forward. Someone like Vogels or Grundy would do pretty well with the West Coast midfield delivering to them (even without Judd they'd still be one of the best midfields in the comp).

I don't think West Coast would entertain a straight swap of Judd for Goodes (or even one with Grundy or Vogels thrown in as a sweetener).

Judd's best is as good as Goodes' - maybe better because he wins more contested ball through traffic.

Judd certainly produces close to his best more consistently than Goodes, who has had three super years (including his RS year) and the rest has been a mixed bag. Judd probably doesn't work within the same tight "team rule" constraints that Goodes does but even so, he almost never has a mediocre game.

Judd is three or four years younger than Goodes - and those are the mid-twenties years when you'd expect him to be at his absolute best.

Goodes value to WC wouldn't be quite as high as to Sydney because they already have other players capable of playing that tall, gut-busting running role that Goodes does at his best (eg Embley - not quite as good as Goodes but not that far off).

And WC already has a large supply of mediocre / developing talls and I don't think Grundy or Vogels has yet shown anything to say they are - or could be - definitively better than the likes of Hansen (now a bit better than mediocre) or Staker.

If Judd decides to leave the Toasters, I think WC can expect to get a top 5 pick, another top 10 pick plus a promising young player at the very least (depending on the perceived strength of the draft). If the developing player were of the quality of a Malceski, you'd probably drop one of the draft picks from the equation.

If a club like Hawthorn tried to get in on a deal, I reckon WC would want Franklin plus another first round pick. From North Melbourne it would have to be Wells and another first round pick. (And both are obvious targets given they are originally from Western Australia, even though both seem settled in Melbourne.)

[Triple B]

Plan A: The plan would ......

Plan B: Tamper with the .....

Won't work.

Plan A: The 8 balaclava henchman you'd hire to do the job would more than likely be either West Coast players or good mates of Cousins and Gardiner.

Plan B: They're all on that concoction now, what makes you think they'll all test positive all of a sudden??

[NMWBloods]

I don't think West Coast would entertain a straight swap of Judd for Goodes (or even one with Grundy or Vogels thrown in as a sweetener).

Judd's best is as good as Goodes' - maybe better because he wins more contested ball through traffic.

True - I suggested the Goodes swap as I think we would do better out of that, but WC would not fall for that.

[Legs Akimbo]

Won't work.

Plan A: The 8 balaclava henchman you'd hire to do the job would more than likely be either West Coast players or good mates of Cousins and Gardiner.

Plan B: They're all on that concoction now, what makes you think they'll all test positive all of a sudden??

Foiled again...

How about simple pleading.

[BBBBH]

uhh...yeah, like we could get judd.

hes way to good for our team.

[Damien]

Be interesting to see who finishes bottom this year....

If it is the Demons and they can afford Juddy, that could be his ticket home and to the club he supported as a kid.

[swantastic]

Be interesting to see who finishes bottom this year....

If it is the Demons and they can afford Juddy, that could be his ticket home and to the club he supported as a kid.

Some melbourne supporters are already talking about tanking the season on BF,but we all know what comes out of BF some times.

[Bas]

I can't believe this stupid thread is still in circulation.

[graystar]

I think the better way is to sell Sydney as place to live to Judd. He always strikes me as a quiet person who doesn't overly like the hype in pro AFL states.

He could come to Sydney, have a great life on the beach, less media crap, would start afresh away from the west coast scandals, plus his style of play would suit the swans stoppage based footy.

[angusb]

Now that I have your attention . . .

I'd be interested to know people's thoughts on what it would take, trade wise, to get Judd to Sydney next year.

I should stress that this is not a discussion as to whether or not we should make a play for him, or even if he'd be interested, but merely as to what we feel he would be worth.

Discuss.

wat would we trade for him?? Good bloody question. Realistically i think we would have to trade someone young and starting to find some really good form. maybe goodes or O'keefe or even both. Judd is worth anything and everything!!

What about Kerr everyone would you buy him OR COUSINS?? is it worth it?? and who would you trade for them??

cheers

[Triple B]

If Judd made it absolutely clear to the WC that he wanted out and was prepared to put himself in the PS draft if necessary, thereby WC getting nothing for him, I reckon they'd do a straight swap for Goodes in a heartbeat.

[BBBBH]

If Judd made it absolutely clear to the WC that he wanted out and was prepared to put himself in the PS draft if necessary, thereby WC getting nothing for him, I reckon they'd do a straight swap for Goodes in a heartbeat.

the way goodes has been playing lately...it would take a lot more for them to trade judd.

i doubt he's leaving anyway. he wouldnt goto sydney if he did, most likely a victorian side. the only reason he would leave is home sickness. why else? hes playing in the best team in the AFL.