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Ins: Josh Schache, Hayden Crozier, pick 16, Fremantle's 2018 4th rounder; plus Jackson Trengove as a FA
Outs: Jake Stringer, pick 28, pick 41, 2018 2nd rounder
The Stringer deal has been justified slightly with the inclusion of Schache and maintaining 16. The bluster around this has been discussed ad nauseum, but I believe they did the right thing by not accepting 11 for Stringer and 26 at the start - at that stage we did not know whether Geelong or Carlton or anyone else would come back in. The final trade of (effectively) Stringer and our 2018 2nd rounder for 16 and 40 is not significantly different, and given Jake's attitude (he'd already posed for photos in the Essendon jumper ffs) he could not come back.
I did not expect the Schache deal to go the way it did, with Brisbane giving him up very cheaply in the end.
Crozier and Trengove were both added for nothing.
Losing our 2018 second rounder but gaining the Fremantle 2018 fourth rounder is a clear loss - will be interesting how that works from a points perspective.
Overall, we have come home with a rush in my eye to end up with a winning period overall. Stringer's toxicity leaves alongside his talent, but to replace him with a top 2 pick in Schache and the potential to get another high level talent at 16 is an adequate result. Gaining Crozier and Trengove for nothing pushes it above a pass mark. 6/10 overall
Outs: Jake Stringer, pick 28, pick 41, 2018 2nd rounder
The Stringer deal has been justified slightly with the inclusion of Schache and maintaining 16. The bluster around this has been discussed ad nauseum, but I believe they did the right thing by not accepting 11 for Stringer and 26 at the start - at that stage we did not know whether Geelong or Carlton or anyone else would come back in. The final trade of (effectively) Stringer and our 2018 2nd rounder for 16 and 40 is not significantly different, and given Jake's attitude (he'd already posed for photos in the Essendon jumper ffs) he could not come back.
I did not expect the Schache deal to go the way it did, with Brisbane giving him up very cheaply in the end.
Crozier and Trengove were both added for nothing.
Losing our 2018 second rounder but gaining the Fremantle 2018 fourth rounder is a clear loss - will be interesting how that works from a points perspective.
Overall, we have come home with a rush in my eye to end up with a winning period overall. Stringer's toxicity leaves alongside his talent, but to replace him with a top 2 pick in Schache and the potential to get another high level talent at 16 is an adequate result. Gaining Crozier and Trengove for nothing pushes it above a pass mark. 6/10 overall
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