With the AFL trade week done and dusted it’s time to have a look at my initial thoughts on how the teams that made a deal fared. While some teams showed courage in making some moves other like Fremantle and
Essendon decided to stand pat. Initially I feel that St Kilda, Carlton and the Western Bulldogs were the big winners while Adelaide and Geelong come out on the other side of the ledger. (more…)

TRADE ONE:
Adelaide receives: Sydney’s round two selection (currently No.28).
Sydney Swans receive: Martin Mattner. (more…)

Chris Judd will be at Carlton next year after Carlton and West Coast finally came to an agreement over the trade of arguably the best player in the competition. The two clubs agreed on a deal that would see Carlton receiving Judd and pick 46 in the national draft whilst West Coast receive picks 3 and 20 along with promising young forward Josh Kennedy. Negotiations between the clubs have been going on since Judd nominated Carlton as his preferred club over a week ago. West Coast initially demanded Carlton’s pick one in the draft but settled after Carlton refused to budge. (more…)

What an amazing season it has been and as it comes to the end so does many players football careers. 2007 has seen an incredible amount of players announce their retirement and amongst these we see plenty of legends leave our game. The departure of players like James Hird, Glenn Archer, Nathan Buckley, Anthony Koutoufides and Mark Riccutio waves goodbye to a generation of stars that we have loved watching over the years. These are players who will live in our memories forever, some of the greats of the game who will always be remember as exactly that. (more…)

For the past few season the trade period has produced fewer and fewer deals between AFL clubs. In my opinion it is due to several factors. Firstly clubs don’t want to look bad if they trade a player that then improves his on field performance, secondly clubs don’t seem to understand that to get something decent you need to give something decent in return. Finally, the flaws in the AFL draft, trade and free agency systems mean that some deals are destined to fail, see Stevens, Nick. (more…)