I dont follow the "embarrassing " tag. North missed Dusty, theyâve probably thrown extra coin at Kelly now and their offer was probably already higher than ours could be, his Dad played VFL for them and i assume he followed them as a kid. Easy one to move on from for me.
As iâve said previously, if he stays or takes a money deal to North then fair enough.
If he chooses Saints or Carlton on similar coin then that would be very disappointing. Embarrassing might be over the top, but not far from it.
Essendon are not a â â â â club. Best club in the land my friend.
They are â â â â at attracting top end trades and like to use the fall back that weâre a âdraft and developeâ club = canât attract big fish club.
TBH we probably werenât ready to throw draft picks at players in the past, but I think itâs time and it seems the club agrees. Now we just need to land one.
Iâll get back to it . Making some Frozen Lego and thisâll need some research.
Off the top and no research required these clubs have courted and wooed players of at least reasonable quality
Saints (Carlisle, SteeleâŚ), Geelong (obvious), Carlton(Judd through Marchbank and many in between), Hawthorn(OâMeara, Mitchell âŚ), Freo (McCarthy), Melbourne(or boys one an AA), GWS (Griffen, Deledio, Shaw, MummyâŚ) Collingwood (Treloar, Adams, Wells) Dogs (Boyd) and Swans (to many to list) have all traded in better than us.
Feel free to add other clubs to that list.
Oh yeah. Richmond got our Caddy and The human meatball
You get frustrated by players, I get frustrated by trade week. We all have our weaknesses.
That list will be picked apart and my daughterâs getting annoyed.
I just donât think weâre that good at it. Get Kelly and prove me wrong.