Lake gone

[Desipura]

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

[Mantis]

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

We got pick 44 too.

[bornadog]

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

Lets get rid of all our Champion players

[Desipura]

Lets get rid of all our Champion players

He was chasing posessions this year. Its not the direction we need to go in.
We are rebuilding at Lake is not part of that process. Hopefully the Hawks have taken over his contract from us.

[angelopetraglia]

Disgraceful indeed. Basically we have traded Brian Lake for a 40 something pick.

The only way that this makes sense is if they think his body is gone.

[bornadog]

He was chasing posessions this year. Its not the direction we need to go in.
We are rebuilding at Lake is not part of that process. Hopefully the Hawks have taken over his contract from us.

Ok, lets trade Boyd, delist Morris Gia and Cross and go for broke.

[Desipura]

Ok, lets trade Boyd, delist Morris Gia and Cross and go for broke.

Do they have the casual approach to the game that Lake had? I think they bust their gut every single one of those players.
I made mention earlier this year, when we were getting pumped, Lake almost always had a dirty day, this is when we needed him to stand up.
On his day, he was one of the best, no doubt. He did not look interested at times.

[angelopetraglia]

The only thing to take into consideration is that Lake will be 31 before the next season starts.

[Sedat]

We got pick 44 too.

You have to laugh - apparently we have 6 picks inside the top 50 now and it represents "an unprecented time to build a list for long-term growth" yada yada. I'm sure I heard the same speech from Greg Miller in 2004 when Richmond had 4 picks in the top 20.

Lake was a mighty warrior for us during our contending era and was our 2nd best performed finals player behind Griffen. His shithouse 2011 season has clouded over what has been a brilliant career for us at the Dogs, and to essentially get pick 41 with a slight 2nd round upgrade for someone still near the peak of his powers is not something worth jumping through hoops about IMO.

[Greystache]

Ok, lets trade Boyd, delist Morris Gia and Cross and go for broke.

How would delisting players benefit the club? If they wanted to leave and had some trade value I would look at it, other than Boyd none of them do.

[Sedat]

Do they have the casual approach to the game that Lake had? I think they bust their gut every single one of those players.

I wihs they had the same record in finals that Lake had.

[Bulldog4life]

Disgraceful indeed. Basically we have traded Brian Lake for a 40 something pick.

The only way that this makes sense is if they think his body is gone.

I could argue we basically got him for a first round draft pick. Depends which way you look at it.

[LostDoggy]

I think it is a good deal for both clubs, but it"s crucial we use those picks to turn the deal into a win for us!

Very sad to see Lake go!

[ledge]

He has a degenerative hip problem is 30 years old he struggled big time last year, if we kept him for another year we would get nothing for him. What value is keeping him if we aren't pushing for finals in the next year?
We get a first round pick at 21 and 41 but lose 27.

[bornadog]

How would delisting players benefit the club? If they wanted to leave and had some trade value I would look at it, other than Boyd none of them do.

The only reason Lake agrees is because he was told he is no longer going to play fullback at the club next year. Now we know why he was told by Macca - because he wants to get rid of him.

Sorry, as a Bulldog supporter, I have seen so many of our champs go I am sick and tired of it.

A clubs fabric is not made up of only young and up and coming players, but also by the old champs.