Here's some more speculation, maybe they did ask Francis his opinion on those trades and he said they were duds,
Here's some facts, at the end of the day the trade is not his call to make, someone else makes it, simple as that
and i wasn't aware Francis is also in charge of player development once his draft picks get to the club? that's a big job, when did that happen? hope he got a six figure pay rise
He's no guru, he needs more men around him as Infamy said, but he's not a complete pillock
You'll find that Jackson is a favourite whipping boy of some on here who like to slander and knife with zero consideration of any facts or likely reality so don't waste time trying to defend the indefensible GG, even if you are 100% correct. Logic and common sense............meet window.
And FWIW, I rate him very highly and think he has done a very good job since coming on-board full time.
so the club would not ask jackson his opinion and utilise his expertise when looking at trades. how naieve and unreasonable to assume. ah one expects blind faith when ferals defend our own.and you rate him highly based on what may i ask. or are you speculating.
ya know the last time i looked this was a footy website where speculation and opinion rule supreme. i know lets just close down the site so those naughty people who question things can be shut up.
What a load of dribble Claw.
"so the club would not ask jackson his opinion and utilise his expertise when looking at trades. how naieve and unreasonable to assume." Read the first 2 lines of GG's post again.
"and you rate him highly based on what may i ask. or are you speculating." I rate him highly based on his results so far:
2006 - #13 Jack Riewoldt, #26 Shane Edwards, #58 Dan Connors, #60 Carl Peterson, #73 Andrew Collins, PSD Kent Kingsley
2007 - #2 Trent Cotchin, #18 Alex Rance, #51 Dean Putt, PSD David Gourdis
2008 - #8 Ty Vickery, #26 Jayden Post, #58 Tom Hislop, PSD Ben Cousins
2009 - #3 Dustin Martin, #19 Ben Griffiths, #35 David Astbury, #44 Matthew Dea, #51 Troy Taylor, #67 Jeromey Webberley, #71 Ben Nason, PSD Dylan Grimes
Only 3 of those players not on a list somewhere at present - 2 of those were retirees - and of the rest a very large majority have either cemented positions or are showing a lot of potential. Stack his record up against the other recruiters and then come back to me with your facts, your balanced and reasoned argument.
"i know lets just close down the site so those naughty people who question things can be shut up." What a load of wank.