Lost track of the thread where somebody compared our success at draft/trade time to Brisbane’s.
Seriously they finished 13th or worse from 2013, and bottom of the table at least once. This gives them at least six top ten picks in that time compared to our three. I think there were four bottom four finishes.
If this is the model we want to follow we have another three drafts and will also need the AFL to jump in and support us, in a similar way to how they supported Brisbane in appointing Fagan.
Neale is a great player, always has been a great player but we needed forwards, and unfortunately you have to give something to get something. It may be an indicator of how good we really are that the only real trade value we had was Neale or Fyfe.
Despite the fact that Lyon can’t improve players this year we have numerous players that other clubs are interested in. Blakeley, Langdon, Darcy, Hill (who has played the best footy of his career at Freo).
We could have traded Fyfe, received even greater compensation, and made Neale Captain. Any takers.