Traded Greg Broughton and Pick 60 to GC for Pick 37

[iGNITER]

Bargain for Gold Coast.

Another ripper trade from Freo.

 

[Quinz]

Clearing space for a big offer to Cale Morton.

pleasepleasepleaseplease

 

[Fireballs]

I thought we had changed.

Bond you idiot

 

[iluvparis]

Huge win for the GC

and DT

 

[Lotch]

Great pick up for Gold Coast!

Might just be a GC defender in my SC next season.

 

[HFF]

Well this certainly surprised me at how cheap this deal is.

 

[00Stinger]

This trade must Be Cameron Swabbs fault.

 

[Big Flappy]

This trade must Be Cameron Swabbs fault.

nah schwabby trades in spuds. he doesnt trade them out.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

Fremantle clearly must have someone in particular in mind for this selection.

Strange move none the less given the advancement of Pearce ahead of Broughton.

 

[Undertaker]

Still another day & a bit to go, I think it is all about pick upgrades from here. Perhaps Roberton and pick 37 or 40 for something in mid to high 20's.

 

[PLP4ever]

Clearing space for a big offer to Cale Morton.

pleasepleasepleaseplease

Too late as Wet Toast already have their sights sets on Morton

 

[Docker Dynasty]

Can only hope this trade was part of a bigger picture. If they are clearing cap space then they better bloody snare that big fish.

 

[TheGhostOfJohnBelushi]

Wow, always held Broughton in high regard. Crazy to let him go for that.

 

[PapaJ]

No doubt this is unders for Broughton and a win for GC, but the circumstances do make sense. There was no way GC were going to give up pick 13, talk on the Freo board that Dockers might score that was just dream land stuff, their next pick was 37. Freo using pick 60 is highly unlikely (with the extra 2nd rounder just got), so from a Freo perspective that means little, though throwing it in is a bit strange.

Except for some deal involving the future banked picks that GC have, I can't see how it could have been much different.The only other factor, as people have said, is that there's a quasi three-way trade being setup, with pick 37 to be used with Roberton for example.

 

[Soulever]

Im really hoping this is a part of something bigger.

 

[Rourke]

so is it 'braw-ton' or 'brof-ton'?

brup-ton, like "Freo's trade hiccough"

 

[dexter_]

This trade must Be Cameron Swabbs fault.

this doesn't even come close to some of our previous howlers.

 

[Joven]

This is the steal of the trade period. I don't know what Greg has done wrong? He is tough, reliable, clever and brave. Massive win for the Suns.

 

[Altum Volantes]

Has to be more at play here....Cripps, Hooker....something....

37 won't stay with Freo.

 

[Bradesmaen]

People on Bigfooty need to stop evaluating trades based on DT performances. Broughton played himself out of the defence and midfield this year and was lucky not to be dropped before injuring his finger. He is good at reading the play, but his kicking is average at best. He is not best 22 for Freo, but will be for the Suns (although with their inexperience, it is hard not to be). I like the deal for pick 37. He isn't worth more than that. Some Freo fans are deluded if they thought he was worth a first rounder or an upgrade on that. He just isn't anywhere near that level.

 

[BLPC08]

FAR too cheap! This guy can seriously play! Had a down year, but has been one of the most reliable and efficient defenders in the comp over the past 3-4 years. May not have fit into Lyon's game-plane, but still should have been retained if they were going to get ripped off at the trade table. Poor management imo.

 

[BLPC08]

People on Bigfooty need to stop evaluating trades based on DT performances. Broughton played himself out of the defence and midfield this year and was lucky not to be dropped before injuring his finger. He is good at reading the play, but his kicking is average at best. He is not best 22 for Freo, but will be for the Suns (although with their inexperience, it is hard not to be). I like the deal for pick 37. He isn't worth more than that. Some Freo fans are deluded if they thought he was worth a first rounder or an upgrade on that. He just isn't anywhere near that level.

I respectfully disagree. I've seen many Freo games over the past few years, and Greg has been one of your best players week after week. He had a downer year in 2012 - I didn't think he should've been traded on that basis.

 

[Bradesmaen]

I respectfully disagree. I've seen many Freo games over the past few years, and Greg has been one of your best players week after week. He had a downer year in 2012 - I didn't think he should've been traded on that basis.

He was comfortably passed by a first year rookie in Spurr in the backline and then Pearce pushed him out of the midfield. I think you're being generous saying he was one of our best players week after week. People just seem to read the stats and not care about what he actually did.

 

[borrat]

No doubt this is unders for Broughton and a win for GC, but the circumstances do make sense. There was no way GC were going to give up pick 13, talk on the Freo board that Dockers might score that was just dream land stuff, their next pick was 37. Freo using pick 60 is highly unlikely (with the extra 2nd rounder just got), so from a Freo perspective that means little, though throwing it in is a bit strange.

Except for some deal involving the future banked picks that GC have, I can't see how it could have been much different.The only other factor, as people have said, is that there's a quasi three-way trade being setup, with pick 37 to be used with Roberton for example.

i know that all to well must be the same joderwits who thought they would get clark for free

 

[Bender571]

He was comfortably passed by a first year rookie in Spurr in the backline and then Pearce pushed him out of the midfield. I think you're being generous saying he was one of our best players week after week. People just seem to read the stats and not care about what he actually did.

They only played 4 games in the same team and only Spurr was dropped to the WAFL