Dumbest Trade Rumours 2016

[Twodogs]

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3 spuds for a top pick hasn't happened since Freo got burned and gave up the pick for Matty Lloyd. And the reigning Brownlow medallist for a guy who can't kick straight. These are rolled gold dumb from the top shelf!

Was one of tge players they traded Todd Menagola?

[bulldogtragic]

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Was one of tge players they traded Todd Menagola?

I can't remember the others, it might be. Tony Delaney was one of them, I think. Todd Ridley maybe a second. I know they gave up Matty Lloyd and no one has really been that dumb since. The three players in that Collingwood dumb trade are free agents.... That's a great dumb trade. Three blokes who can walk for free for pick 2!!

[Bulldog4life]

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I can't remember the others, it might be. Tony Delaney was one of them, I think. Todd Ridley maybe a second. I know they gave up Matty Lloyd and no one has really been that dumb since. The three players in that Collingwood dumb trade are free agents.... That's a great dumb trade. Three blokes who can walk for free for pick 2!!

A far worse trade was in 1975.Richmond traded Graham Teasdale, Brian Roberts and Francis Jackson to South Melbourne for one player, John Pitura. Teasdale won the 1977 Brownlow, Roberts finished high in the Brownlow one year and Jackson played a number of good games for the Swans. Pitura wasn't any good at Richmond and only lasted a couple of seasons.

[ledge]

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Our trade for Dempsey was horrid .. Crazy horse Cowton was the only one who played an amount of games for us out of the three .. Can't remember what we got for Templeton off Melbourne if anything it didn't amount to much did it ?

[Bornadog]

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Our trade for Dempsey was horrid .. Crazy horse Cowton was the only one who played an amount of games for us out of the three .. Can't remember what we got for Templeton off Melbourne if anything it didn't amount to much did it ?

We got dollars to pay the bank manager.

[LostDoggy]

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We got dollars to pay the bank manager.

Yep. From a pure playing list perspective, our collective trading 1978-1982 would have to be the worst in history. We traded out the guts of a potential premiership team; 5 Brownlow Medallists (Dempsey, Templeton, Quinlan, Round, Wilson) and very good players Dunstan, Huppatz, Stoneham, Cordy, Reid and others in exchange for bugger all. Of course, the primary motivation was to keep the club going financially.

[1eyedog]

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Our trade for Dempsey was horrid .. Crazy horse Cowton was the only one who played an amount of games for us out of the three .. Can't remember what we got for Templeton off Melbourne if anything it didn't amount to much did it ?

It was a lot in those days and got us out of the shite a bit I remember.

[Twodogs]

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A far worse trade was in 1975.Richmond traded Graham Teasdale, Brian Roberts and Francis Jackson to South Melbourne for one player, John Pitura. Teasdale won the 1977 Brownlow, Roberts finished high in the Brownlow one year and Jackson played a number of good games for the Swans. Pitura wasn't any good at Richmond and only lasted a couple of seasons.

The whale died last week. 73.

[Twodogs]

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Our trade for Dempsey was horrid .. Crazy horse Cowton was the only one who played an amount of games for us out of the three .. Can't remember what we got for Templeton off Melbourne if anything it didn't amount to much did it ?

John Moylan and Mark Williams. Moylan played a bit but Williams didn't. I think Williams was only remembered for riding his motorbike through the club rooms.

[Twodogs]

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I think the transfer fee for Templetin was $180 000. I don't know how those fees were paid. By cheques? Big suitcases full of used oncers?

[ledge]

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The whale died last week. 73.

I was playing footy for Nth Melb/ Kensington back in the 80s he owned a pub in Sth Melb ., cricketers arms I think .. We won a flag went back to his pub to celebrate, he had everything set up for us , he held a jug in one hand and I swear you couldn't see the jug, his hands were massive !

[1eyedog]

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Michael Hurley to anywhere other than the Bulldogs.

[Twodogs]

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I was playing footy for Nth Melb/ Kensington back in the 80s he owned a pub in Sth Melb ., cricketers arms I think .. We won a flag went back to his pub to celebrate, he had everything set up for us , he held a jug in one hand and I swear you couldn't see the jug, his hands were massive !

We had a couple of cricket club functions there when I was playing with a club in south Melbourne. Can't remember name of the club. I remember the Whale though. He must have been able to play a bit because he came second in the Brownlow.

[Bulldog4life]

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The whale died last week. 73.

Yes he was a very popular player and afterwards a popular publican too. A HUGE drinker too

[ledge]

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I think Bartlett related him as being a great clubman and when they traded him the club fell apart as a team due to players thinking if you got rid of him anyone could be next and lost complete trust in the club.
He was a great footballer but sometimes it's about leadership and respect and he had it with the players but the club didn't recognise what the inner implications were trading him out.