Lets call this what it is, a disaster for Freo.
Weller along with Blakely and to a lesser extent Langdon was one of the three young amigos that were allowing us to swallow deplorable seasons like the last two. He is the core of the core of the rebuild and is personally about 4 years into his own development. To trade him out for a young draft pick no matter how good, is just winding back the clock three years and delaying us. Trading him for a good draft pick could lead to us recruiting another Weller type who is developing for 3 years and then starts to come good and then goes home again. deja vu. Meanwhile Fyfe and Walters turn into old men.
This talk of a straight swap for Wilson is also crazy. Three hours ago we were getting Wilson, keeping our pick 5 and keeping Weller. I cant actually see a win here for Freo no matter how we spin it.
This is all about developing a core group, in the same age bracket to open a window and have another crack at the big one ala 2013.