Lamb has gone to GWS

[annew]

Lamb chops Sydney, joins Giants as Pies snare White

[Swansongster]

Lamb chops Sydney, joins Giants as Pies snare White

Bummer. Good depth player. Hope we have a couple of recycled players on the radar.

[dimelb]

Really disappointed to read this. It reads as if GWS were prepared to offer more money, longer term, guaranteed seniors games or all of the above. In any case I see it as a serious loss for us and a classy gain by the Giants, an ideal ready-made midfielder/forward. I imagine Mummy will be pleased to see him too. Best of luck Jed and every success against teams outside Sydney!

[Auntie.Gerald]

wow
it makes sense from Lambies perspective i suppose ?????????''

giants have picks 1, 2, 21, 22, 76

i doubt GWS will offer pick 22 unless we play hard ball and so to Lambie

[annew]

Not sure he is a big loss for us.

[jono2707]

This Franklin business is now starting to annoy me. Jed is a fine up and coming player with real class who will have an excellent career ahead of him. We have now lost a decent amount of depth, and more will come in the following few years as we struggle to deal with 2 players brought in from elsewhere that take up 20% of our cap space.

I'm starting to feel very nervous about our recruiting people and the long term impacts on this club. Time will tell no doubt and I'll happily be proven wrong but on the balance of things, for me, over the longer term we are losing more than we are gaining.

[Mug Punter]

Another solid pick up for the Bogans and it makes perfectly good sense for Jed.

Not sure he is a massively major loss, totally replaceable, but we'd be disappointed to be sure. Guess this may impact on Dre's move but GWS will be able to outbid us on him as well. Perhaps we can bundle the two up and get a draft upgrade from 35 to 22? Or 21 and 22 for 15 plus Dre and Jed?

Have a feeling we may get a little currency out of this is GWS would like both Jed and Dre (which you would think they do)

[Panttz]

Losing any first round selection you put 3 years into developing is always a loss. We have been shafted these last 2 days..

[Mug Punter]

This Franklin business is now starting to annoy me. Jed is a fine up and coming player with real class who will have an excellent career ahead of him. We have now lost a decent amount of depth, and more will come in the following few years as we struggle to deal with 2 players brought in from elsewhere that take up 20% of our cap space.

I'm starting to feel very nervous about our recruiting people and the long term impacts on this club. Time will tell no doubt and I'll happily be proven wrong but on the balance of things, for me, over the longer term we are losing more than we are gaining.

From my perspective we rally are banking the house on winning at least one flag in the next three years with KT and Buddy and the core of the current squad.

You would assume KT's deal will not be extended which will then absorb most of Buddy's big money years with pay increases and upgrades for other players coming out of salary cap increases. And let's not forget we have some big money coming out of our cap at the end of this year as Goodes, ROK, Shaw and LRT hang up their boots.

It's not without risk but I am going to enjoy the ride....

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Losing any first round selection you put 3 years into developing is always a loss. We have been shafted these last 2 days..

How have we been shafted? Surely it's swings and roundabouts. Mummy went for close to market value (what we paid for him draft wise), Jesse at 44 is not far off the mark as he could be a complete dud. Jed is a disappointment but we don't know what we will get yet.

I would like us to play hardball on this one and demand pick 22 or take him to the PSD!!!

[Panttz]

A premiership ruck man in the prime age bracket for a 3rd round pick is being shafted. A young CHF who can also ruck who is just about to hit his peak for a 3rd round pick is being shafted.

Yes Jesse might end up being a dud, but he is going to do a whole lot better than the Q stick did this year for the Pies.

Maybe I just despise giving players to the teams I hate most... hmmm

[annew]

It's all about the now, it's all very well to look at the future but we currently have a team capable of winning a flag, we did after all finish 4th this year with a heap of injuries. I am disappointed we have lost mummy, but lets be honest if we were asked at the end of last year that we would get Franklin for mummy, lamb and white I am sure many would have jumped at the offer. Why was lamb dropped for the finals when Cunningham and biggs got games? As for Tippett I would hope he would get another contract. We are still ok with some pretty damn good players in the team excluding Franklin. I am also hoping to enjoy the ride. Bring on 2014.

[Mug Punter]

It's all about the now, it's all very well to look at the future but we currently have a team capable of winning a flag, we did after all finish 4th this year with a heap of injuries. I am disappointed we have lost mummy, but lets be honest if we were asked at the end of last year that we would get Franklin for mummy, lamb and white I am sure many would have jumped at the offer. Why was lamb dropped for the finals when Cunningham and biggs got games? As for Tippett I would hope he would get another contract. We are still ok with some pretty damn good players in the team excluding Franklin. I am also hoping to enjoy the ride. Bring on 2014.

Agreed. Assuming we can trade a Mummy replacement the commercial reality may be Buddy for White/Lamb/Dre. I'd take that as I think we have loads of depth to cover Lamb and Dre.

Loving the fact we are rolling the dice, it may not work out but it will not be dull. I love the blue collar ethos playing wise but the reality is that we have been a bit dull on the marketing front lately which, like it or not, is vital in Sydney. The column space that Buddy will fill next season will need to be seen to be believed. His first game at the SCG will be a match to remember

[Meg]

This Franklin business is now starting to annoy me. Jed is a fine up and coming player with real class who will have an excellent career ahead of him. We have now lost a decent amount of depth, and more will come in the following few years as we struggle to deal with 2 players brought in from elsewhere that take up 20% of our cap space.

I'm starting to feel very nervous about our recruiting people and the long term impacts on this club. Time will tell no doubt and I'll happily be proven wrong but on the balance of things, for me, over the longer term we are losing more than we are gaining.

I wish people would stop saying two players will take up 20% of our cap space. They won't (for reasons discussed in other threads) not in Y1 and certainly not the further you look to the out years of their contracts.

Re Lamb, assuming report is correct, he was offered a contract by the Swans but preferred whatever has been offered by GWS. That suggests to me he was offered 'overs' by the Swans' analysis. Good luck to him but it is not a reason we should have felt compelled to match or out bid it.

[Ludwig]

Not sure he is a big loss for us.

I tend to agree. He was already passed by Mitchell and Cunningham with BJ, Lloyd and Perris likely to follow. He's not a bad player and should continue to improve, but his development has been slow and we can't really say he'll be missed.

GSW have loads of top draft picks with bullseyes on their backs. Let's see how they handle this one. They should take back pick 39 and give us 22 for Mummy and Lamb, which is still bargain basement. But I very much doubt it will happen.

[Mug Punter]

I wish people would stop saying two players will take up 20% of our cap space. They won't (for reasons discussed in other threads) not in Y1 and certainly not the further you look to the out years of their contracts.

Re Lamb, assuming report is correct, he was offered a contract by the Swans but preferred whatever has been offered by GWS. That suggests to me he was offered 'overs' by the Swans' analysis. Good luck to him but it is not a reason we should have felt compelled to match or out bid it.

Agreed!

He certainly came on well and showed some promise. I hope he does well at GWS but I don't think anyone would be losing any sleep over this. We have a pretty good record of identifying and locking in the players we see as the key to our future.

Re Buddy, the only thing that worries me, and it really worries me, is the length of the deal. I know we had to offer it to get the deal across the line but I would feel a lot more comfortable even if it was 7 years. Time will tell.....