Teddy on the trading table

[goswannie14]

Yep. The silly season has started early

Yep, so many stupid threads and it's only August!

[AnnieH]

Teddy's not going anywhere.

Swap Teddy for someone else ... INDEED!

[dread and might]

Crazy talk IMO.
You can't teach courage

[Bloody Hell]

Precisely! You'd trade him while he still has some currency. He's probably the only experienced player on our list we'd be willing to part with in exchange for someone with greater potential.

If you look at the part of the sentance you didn't bold in your selective quoting - it answers your statement.

And considering what the guy did to be injured at them moment....no chance.

[BSA5]

What a joke. We couldn't get a can of beans for Ryan but some people on here will only settle for a 2nd rounder for Ted.

O'Keefe had come off a couple of quietish seasons, and was asking for a massive pay packet. We were insistent on a first rounder + ?. He was also uncontracted. Richards is contracted (as far as I know), is younger, and is a key position player.

[Trickster]

Precisely! You'd trade him while he still has some currency. He's probably the only experienced player on our list we'd be willing to part with in exchange for someone with greater potential.

Someone more willing to throw themselves into any situation on field? Someone that keeps his opposition quiet during a game?
Someone that is not afraid of injury?

Oh wait we ALREADY HAVE HIM!

[Plugger46]

O'Keefe had come off a couple of quietish seasons, and was asking for a massive pay packet.

Normally agree with most of what you say but there was nothing quiet about O'Keefe's 2008 season.

[CJK]

With the thread title phrased as is I had thought the world had gone mad.

But as it's only one crazys opinion I can rest easy.

[RogueSwan]

Ted stays. He's a blood.

Yes. He has also spilt a lot for (t)his team.
As other have said, he is worth a lot more to this team than on the market.

[hammo]

Yes. He has also spilt a lot for (t)his team.
As other have said, he is worth a lot more to this team than on the market.

Jude has spilt more than Ted and still found himself on the trade table

[AnnieH]

Jude has spilt more than Ted and still found himself on the trade table

Since when is Jude on the trade table???

There's still a week and a bit to the off season people.

[Jewels]

Someone more willing to throw themselves into any situation on field?
Someone that keeps his opposition quiet during a game?
Someone that is not afraid of injury?

Oh wait we ALREADY HAVE HIM!

This is what I call
HITTING THE NAIL ON THE HEAD!

[hammo]

Since when is Jude on the trade table???

A couple of seasons ago, not now.

[BSA5]

Normally agree with most of what you say but there was nothing quiet about O'Keefe's 2008 season.

Quiet-ish. Down on his best. Compare to his 2006 AA season, and he had less goals, less marks, and less kicks. His 07 and 08 seasons, while still very good, weren't at the level he had played previously, and from the sounds of it he was asking for a pay packet based on 2006, and the Swans were asking for a trade based on that as well. Naturally, his slight regression in form may have caused some doubts in the minds of other sides (whether it would continue with age, or if he'd bounce back, or just plateau with 2006 being a flash in the pan). It was a complicating factor that put the two parties on different wavelengths and made trading difficult.

[Bayes30]

A couple of seasons ago, not now.

The way I heard it: Melbourne asked if we were interested in trading Jude. We said 'yeah, for Brock McLean'. Melbourne shut up. We didn't put Jude "on the trade table".

Ted stays.