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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #30 on: October 22, 2015, 08:38:45 PM »
All means stuff all if we don't win finals.....need to set the bar higher and stop just being happy with bettering previous Richmond sides and start worrying about bettering the current top sides......
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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #31 on: October 22, 2015, 09:10:02 PM »
Quote from: bojangles17 on October 22, 2015, 07:52:54 PM
Geelong built a premiership dynasty by going to the draft ea year and snow balling an A grade core . that's the model :clapping . we learnt our lesson following 2001 when we went out and got Stafford , houlihan and Hudson that ignoring the A graders by topping up with waste is a fools paradise  :shh
Did Geelong go to draft when the Giants and the suns entered the competition and got all those draft concessions?
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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #32 on: October 22, 2015, 09:25:12 PM »
best i could give is below average.
There are so many things wrong and we just ignored them. We just went thru a trade fest and we hardly participated. We ignored the list and its greater needs and went and got a hbf, the least of our worries.  We then traded out of TWO SECOND ROUND PICKS not realising it was not what was required.  The process to get Yarran was poor and thinking behind us getting him a huge concern.
For me the only good part of trade week was Aquireing townsend. He not only met a need but he has genuine potential and upside.
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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #33 on: October 22, 2015, 09:36:05 PM »
Poor.
And that's generous!
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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #34 on: October 22, 2015, 09:37:41 PM »
I'd say a solid 6 ... just above average, just by a bit.  It really takes hindsight to know whether your trading passed or failed, so I'll submit a vote after round 15 or so!
Best I can say is that we filled a list need with Townsend (tackling) & with Yarran (speed, footskills), so it can't be deemed a complete failure.  We also retained all of our youth (Lennon, C Ellis, Menadue, etc) ... that has to be better than terrible!
   
Our trading may be just 6/10 but our bullet-dodging was a spectacular 9/10!    ;D
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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #35 on: October 22, 2015, 09:46:43 PM »
Only thing that stopped it being below average for me was the fact we held onto pick 12

The fact we again refused to be daring in trading out to improve our draft position I find really frustrating & disappointing
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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #36 on: October 22, 2015, 09:58:56 PM »
Below average at this stage

Depends on the output of Yarran and Townsend
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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #37 on: October 22, 2015, 10:03:05 PM »
Quote from: tony_montana on October 22, 2015, 09:58:56 PM
Below average at this stage

Depends on the output of Yarran and Townsend

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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #38 on: October 22, 2015, 10:04:37 PM »
It was unimaginative and safe.
Not so sure that is how you play off for a flag.
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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #39 on: October 22, 2015, 10:12:46 PM »
It was pathetic. This is a business of winning finals and flags not finishing 7th or 8th. We are simply not a destination of choice, that is so obvious  and another thing which is obvious is that ol Blair Hackley rates most of the players on our list more than anyone else does.

The positive is not on Richmond its on Yarran as he is the only person who chose us and yet we waited and blew all our energy on this one deal till the very end, while other deals could have been done and were done with others.

Leather face was too kind.








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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #40 on: October 22, 2015, 10:18:18 PM »
Quote from: Diocletian on October 22, 2015, 03:28:23 PM
Good luck making finals carrying a bloke for 10-11 games a year....

in fairness we have done that for the last three years
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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #41 on: October 22, 2015, 10:20:08 PM »
....yeah really should've added "yet another".....
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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #42 on: October 22, 2015, 10:47:42 PM »
Quote from: Diocletian on October 22, 2015, 03:28:23 PM
Good luck making finals carrying a bloke for 10-11 games a year....

3 years in a row carrying Chaplin, Newman, Morris (for 2) and Conca.
We should nail the finals this year!
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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #43 on: October 22, 2015, 11:21:02 PM »
The AFL website was much more generous. They gave us a B+.

Trade Period: The final verdict

Nathan Schmook
afl.com.au
October 22, 2015

RICHMOND

In: Jacob Townsend (GWS), Chris Yarran (Carlton), pick 120 
Out: Picks 31, 70 and a 2016 second-round pick

2015 draft picks: 12, 52, 88, 106, 120, 124

Filled a need:
Tough inside midfielder Jacob Townsend should play straight away. The 22-year-old was targeted a long way out by the Tigers and he had an offer on the table to stay at Greater Western Sydney. He will help Trent Cotchin and Anthony Miles in particular, with Richmond's midfield depth a concern going into the Trade Period.

Still to find: A ruckman.
The Tigers won't use a premium draft pick on a young one, but it could be an area they look to add more depth in through a mature state-league recruit on the rookie list. - Nathan Schmook

Nathan Schmook’s verdict:
The Tigers were rewarded for refusing to buckle and hand over more than market value for Yarran. In the final 30 minutes the Blues caved and accepted pick No.19, which the Tigers had earlier traded for. For a team looking to take the next step and win a final, the Tigers might have done just enough. They sniffed around the edges of other big-name deals but didn't get involved, taking a conservative approach. Will that help the Tigers make the leap they need to? Ultimately, that is how this Trade Period will be judged for them. 

Rating: B+

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-10-22/trade-period-the-final-verdict
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Re: The wash up - Rate our trade period
« Reply #44 on: October 22, 2015, 11:27:25 PM »
Well time will tell, I would say a C-B now.
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