Clarke is no where near the Judd mould If we had made a play for Judd we would have had to give up Pick 2 (Cotchin) pick 18 (Rance) and most likely Jack Lid's! Judd has been great for Carlton but he has had support around him IMO getting Judd would have set us back another 10 years.
So what your saying is if we don't get Clarke this trade period then we have failed??
I was asked to provide the names of big name players who have transferred. I did that. Clarke would be a good get IMHO but alas according to our footy department he costs too much lol. A pass mark for me would be:
Tom Gillies from Geelong
Tom Nicholls from Brisbane
Luke Brown from Norwood as a Pre listed Player
A successful trade period that gives real hope for the future means
a pick in the U17 draft
or a big name player from another club.
Lets be honest I havent set the bar very high because Im not expecting us to do much but as always and as I have said, I will apologise on Monday if they produce a big name player.
The thing is, all that is achievable, but what are you willing to see let go to get this done?
A pick in the U17 draft would cost us Pick 15 + Compo pick + Foley potentially . . . are you ok with that?
Tom Gillies from Geelong, rumour is they want a first rounder, our pick 37 wouldn't cut it.
Nicholls from Brissie, not sure what they would want here.
Apparently GWS very keen on Luke Brown for themselves, so would once again cost us something hefty.
The problem is not that we are not trying to get deals like this done, its the fact we dont have the surplus in talent to get these deals done. As we get better through drafting kids, we will have more surplus and can the approach trade week like Hawthorn do.