RICHO_12 said:
It is in the Paper today that Jon Hay from Hawthorn is looking for a new home?? Would we be interested?? As we showed this year with Browney we are not too far off it and with the younger guys a year wiser who knows what could happen next year. Now Im not about topping up our list like 2001 onwards but I think Hay could definately fill a major hole for us down back especially with Gaspar having only a couple of years left.
How old is Hay? bout 26-7??
He is a great runner and former AA backmen!!!! What would he be worth and what could we package for him?
here cometh the voice of reason better batten down the hatches braddles.
Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves people!!! In reality we are a long way off it as we showed against some of the better sides this year. We have improved significantly this year, and I would love to see at least some improvement next year, but to say we're not too far off it is dangerous thinking. Need I remind anyone of 2002? And we weren't even as good this year as we were in 2001!
No top-ups!!! We're in this for the long haul, and we must approach things that way. Unless we can somehow poach an out and out star, we need to be reasonably conservative come trade week and save our big game for the drafts. Someone like Hay would be way overpriced, you're not going to get him for a 3rd round draft pick, and to sacrifice more than that for someone like him would be lunacy.
Unless we can come away from potential deals significantly better off, I believe we should just look to offload a couple of blokes for decent picks if we can, and not much more.