Trades that left you speechless

[Superstar swan]

sam mitchell to wce hsd me scratching my head for about 3 days after ot was announced...in fact im still gobsmacked

 

[Thats Wright]

Ease up. North are 28-21 without Wells in the same period. He's a good player and I'm sad to see him go but he doesn't have the same impact on North that Deledio has on Richmond...

Fair enough. Falling into the commentators trap of saying 'player looks dangerous' when being inefficient (Thomas).

Wells always had a certain amount of meekness about his play but his character and style were always elite.

 

[Borussia Teeth]

Everyone who matters is a winner*

So glad Collingwood could be of service!
Thanks for the addition to the spud farm.

 

[Harvey to Hayes]

Russell Greene to Hawthorn for Mark Scott and Tony King. I was only a kid and he was my favourite player and the concept of a player changing sides (mid-season too) just seemed completely baffling to me...

 

[Inveigh Slang]

Who remembers Fremantle trading pick 4 for Tony Delaney ?
FMD

Delany was a spud. Thank God it only took Freo a few decades to realise how laughable trades like that were.

 

[Inveigh Slang]

So glad Collingwood could be of service!
Thanks for the addition to the spud farm.

Nah he's a gun in his own.special way

 

[footyfan1978]

Delany was a spud. Thank God it only took Freo a few decades to realise how laughable trades like that were.

Your Chris Bond one gives it a run for it's money though. Pick 2, FMD.

 

[Inveigh Slang]

Your Chris Bond one gives it a run for it's money though. Pick 2, FMD.

That and a few more. I'm trying to forget that era of trades. Drum was a shocking coach appointed by the AFL. The whole start up was the shambles.

 

[Gavin Excell]

At the time Ben Holland for pick 21, actually still boggles the mind.

That ben holland commanded a pick sub 190 shocks us all

 

[saintkildaman]

Was pretty shocked when McEvoy was traded to Hawthorn, many on our board were talking of him as a future captain. In hindsight this trade will go down as a big win/win.

 

[Tangent]

Your Chris Bond one gives it a run for it's money though. Pick 2, FMD.

It wasn't quite that simple. Freo traded Jeff White to Melb for Pick 2, then traded that pick for Chris Bond, Adrian Fletcher, Daniel Hargraves and Picks 21 and 26.
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/1997-jeff-white-trade.851660/

 

[footyfan1978]

It wasn't quite that simple. Freo traded Jeff White to Melb for Pick 2, then traded that pick for Chris Bond, Adrian Fletcher, Daniel Hargraves and Picks 21 and 26.
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/1997-jeff-white-trade.851660/

I think we are both wrong.
I read somewhere it was pick 2 but looking further I find this.
https://www.draftguru.com.au/years/1997

Fremantle got 21 + Chris Bond
Richmond got 2

 

[Mr Gurns]

My voicebox for pick 46, gee that was a shocker. I'm still speechless from that actually

 

[a_fighting_fury]

So just pretend we traded 32 for Naknervis and 46 for Hampson

Agree. I've learned to accept that Trades and Draft picks are swings and roundabouts. I've also learned that there's a lot of shenanigans that go on in the AFL and amongst clubs, and I just wish they'd stop taking us as fools.


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[Tangent]

I think we are both wrong.
I read somewhere it was pick 2 but looking further I find this.
https://www.draftguru.com.au/years/1997

Fremantle got 21 + Chris Bond
Richmond got 2

I think we are both right. In isolation that is what Freo-Richmond traded - but Richmond started with 5 which ended up with Brisbane in exchange for Adrian Fletcher. So it was more like Chris Bond for a 3 pick upgrade from 2 to 5. It was a very complex trade with quite a few clubs involved.

We did get 2 captains out of it (which given our lack of leadership at the time was important) - so it was not as disasterous as some early Freo trades.