Why would anyone think Kelly is a replacement for Hill or Langdon. Hill and Langdon are lacy wingers with strong two way running. Kelly is a big bodied mid with clean skills.
Hey, while we’re at it, maybe we can get Charlie Cameron traded over as a replacement for Sandilands.
No one is saying that Kelly is a spud, or that 27 is over the hill. Clearly not, Mundy is going great. But selling the farm for Kelly gives us an engine room of Kelly and Fyfe That will be very strong for the next three years, tops. Then one or both of them go onto limited minutes and rotate through the forward line, like Mundy, because they’re getting to the twilight of their careers (at which point, might I add, one serious injury ends their career).
Rather than risk everything on a premiership by 2022, I’d rather see the club go to the draft (and get kids that MIGHT not make it, sure) and get some kids to add to Cera, Brayshaw, Logue, Cox and get the next generation on the way so that we have SOME chance of being successful for a good long time, rather than crashing out again in 2023.
IMHO