Trade talk - from October 2025 (Part 10)

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Dees got a great deal for Petracca.

But I keep seeing people reference the Curnow deal as a reason we didn’t get offered enough. That Curnow deal is fairly on par with the Hawks offer, and you could easily argue it was worse. And Curnow should definitely be commanding the higher price tag of the 3.

I don’t agree with the last part. Curnow has been average for 2 years now. Petracca and Merrett have been far more consistent.

I agree they’ve been more consistent, but disagree on value. It is more about future output, impact to a team, and the rarity of dominant key forwards vs the number of gun mids around.

Curnow is 2 years younger than Merrett and coming in to his prime for a key forward. Plus quality key forwards always attract a premium.

Sydney offered a better trade deal to us for Daniher, who had not shown as much as Curnow, and hadn’t even been on the park for 2 years.

I agree the Curnow deal is similar to the Hawks offer.

• #10 vs #11
• Both offered F1
• Carlton got FF1 upgrade from their FF2. We got #20
• Carlton got Hayward, but gave up #31 and #42. We would have got Hustwaite.

But then, I’m expecting Sydney to be right up there challenging again. They did play in the 2023 and 2024 grand finals!

Would you have taken the deal?
I would have.