Pro and Con's of 2014 Trade Week

[Dave The Man]

Pro:

�Getting Crisp Feels a Need we have Lacked and that is a Tall Midfielder as we have to many of those 180cm guys and Crisp is 190cm so that helps us. Also has good Speed as well
�Getting Greenwood help us with the loss of Beams. Gives us a Real Hard Body in the Midfield and is a Real Hard Nut
�Varcoe pretty much replaces Lumumba and Not have the Off-Field Problems. Has speed and kicking skills we need
�Getting Pick 5 which Means that Hine has a go at the top of the Draft with us also getting Moore

Cons:

�Crisp and Greenwood are not very good Kicks and that is something we need improving. Though Crisp is improving his Kicking
�Losing Beams realy sucks as is impossible in a Trade. Tried hard but just can't
�Would of Liked to Improve Pick 30 but did not

[watt price tully]

Yep, that covers it quite succinctly without we shoulda, coulda...

Sums it up well DTM.

Imagine if Crisp fills out & kicks better & throw in Marsh - looking forward that makes us very fast & strong in terms of leg speed.

[Albert Parker]

Not a bad summation Dave.

I'm less convinced of the merits of Varcoe as a replacement for Lumumba though. Think we got stitched up in that trade, but hope I am wrong.

[stoliboy]

COLLINGWOOD � PASS
IN: Levi Greenwood, Travis Varcoe, Jack Crisp
OUT: Dayne Beams, Heritier Lumumba
DRAFT PICKS: 5, 9 (Darcy Moore), 30, 48, 85, 103, 121
VERDICT: Far from ideal. Any trade period where you lose your second-best player and don�t get a like-for-like sets the Pies back. But they made the best of a bad situation, playing hard ball to effectively get pick 5, Levi Greenwood and Jack Crisp. Travis Varcoe addresses the pace concerns, and while Heritier Lumumba was done, he did finish fourth in the B&F, with departing Dayne Beams third. Now need the kids � Ben Kennedy, Tim Broomhead, Brodie Grundy � to come through if they are to play finals next year.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl-trade-2014-report-card-who-were-the-winners-and-losers-in-the-trade-and-free-agency-period/story-fnaqgujp-1227092874309

[John Wren]

the kpi will be the number of heart in mouth moments we experience with varcoe.

[John Wren]

[Damien]

The guys on AFL.com gave us a B- which is a pretty solid score in anyone's language.

Terry Wallace has been shit canning us on trade radio and SEN. Saying it was some sort of disaster for us. His voice fair dinkum makes my ears bleed. Imagine listening to that all day. Really knows Jack shit about it as far as I'm concerned. Needs another Rod Grinter coat hanger!

[Dave The Man]

[John Wren]

[John Wren]

[Tannin]

[Dave The Man]

[melliot]

Our immediate list holes in my mind are:

1. 2nd key forward. Didn't get one. Looks like we're going back to see if Reid and White can do it. Or play two rucks.

2. Small forward. Varcoe may fill this need a little but my understanding is he is recruited to play wing. So we didn't get one. Not that there was much about.

3. Additional depth in the midfield. We got Greenwood. Reported he can't hit a barn with his kicking. So that's a concern. But he and Crisp do add depth. So a tick. But I'm not excited nor disappointed. Underwhelming I guess.


4.Lock down and Running small defenders. Not sure it's a huge need as we have plenty of young guys coming through. But an experienced player in our back 6 is really needed. And we didn't get one.

Personally i would have rathered we kept at least one of our mid 20 picks for the Draft.

But overall I feel we fell further back in the pack for next year. Didn't get a star, just some good-ordinary players. We are really hanging hopes on our existing youth to come through.

And of course pick 5, with Moore, really will be the measure of our success this trade period. You would hope we gain two A graders there which formulate key players for a premiership. In 3-6 years.

[DT]

[Tannin]