Lake gone

[bornadog]

Disgraceful

exchange for 1st round with Hawks

[SlimPickens]

Source???

[bornadog]

for pick 21

Confirmed by Marty Pask, had a discussion with Macca. End of next year he is a free agent and he can now play finals and we get three picks in round one.

[Grantysghost]

Disgraceful - spot on. Can't believe it!

[bornadog]

Lets get rid of Club Champions thats our Motto.

Macca had already told Lake he will never play Fullback again, now I know why, he just wanted him out.

[chef]

Lets get rid of Club Champions thats our Motto.

Macca had already told Lake he will never play Fullback again, now I know why, he just wanted him out.

Nothing to do with Roberts, Talia and Markovic needing game time?

[craigsahibee]

Nothing to do with Roberts, Talia and Markovic needing game time?

The more game time Markovic gets, the worse we will be.

Whoever they snare with pick 21 better be able to get a kick.

[chef]

Sad to see him go, but pick 21 for someone with a couple of seasons left in him is an awesome deal.

We just need to get these picks right.

[Mofra]

Sad to see him go, but pick 21 for someone with a couple of seasons left in him is an awesome deal.

We just need to get these picks right.

An awesome deal?

Lake is better than a 6 pick upgrade in a compromised draft.

Wait to see how upset Lake is before you start calling the club a disgrace. If he wanted to go (even if he was planning to go next year), then we've done the right thing by him and the club. 3 first round picks will do wonders for our future.

See above.
I would have wanted alot more personally - did we even try to give them our third round compo instead of our second rounder as well?

[chef]

An awesome deal?

Lake is better than a 6 pick upgrade in a compromised draft.

But he doesn't want to stay(I wish he did). He wants to play finals.

So compared to losing him for a 2nd or 3rd round pick(or nothing at the end of next year) I would say it is an awesome deal.

We now have 3 first round picks.

[jazzadogs]

An awesome deal?

Lake is better than a 6 pick upgrade in a compromised draft.


See above.
I would have wanted alot more personally - did we even try to give them our third round compo instead of our second rounder as well?

Fair enough if the issue is more with the specifics of the trade, rather than the fact that we got rid of Lake.

I think it would have been great if we could have got an earlier first round pick, but can't imagine it would have happened.

[Sedat]

An awesome deal?

Lake is better than a 6 pick upgrade in a compromised draft.

Crikey, I thought it was for pick 21 on its own, not for a 6 pick upgrade to pick 21

There is nothing 'awsome' about this particular deal

[Desipura]

Good deal, well done to the club to get another first round.

[bornadog]

Good deal, well done to the club to get another first round.

Lets get rid of all our Champion players

[LostDoggy]

Good deal, well done to the club to get another first round.

I agree, after a days deep thought. Brian's only got 1-3 years left, and he won't play finals again with us, but he may with them and we save $$$$ plus we get developing picks. get over it people, we have to rebuild & I think Macca is the bloke to do it.