The Eagles have struck a deal with the Magpies for Sharrod Wellingham with pick 17 in the National Draft being sent back East. It seems like a decent enough deal to me, especially considering I'm all but certain we would've squandered that pick on a 'project player', who hangs around for 4 years and plays 16 mediocre games before being traded/delisted/becoming a Doctor.
I thought it was fairly hilarious over the weekend when 'reports' emerged that Port and Melbourne had offered the Pies something for Wellingham. Obviously, he only wanted to play for us and not two of the most horrendous teams in sports (worldwide). It was probably info. sent out by Eddie in the hopes that the Eagles would be scared into offering something above what Welly (or whatever his nickname is because I don't want to type Wellingham every bloody time) is worth.
Still, it's good we got the deal done quickly and he's a really nice addition to our average-ish midfield. He brings good experience with 92 games, 44 goals, 3 grand finals and 1 premiership in his time on the dark side. Welcome aboard!
In other less promising news, Mitch Brown is aparently keen to move back to Victoria, with the Saints his desired destination. He could be used in exchange for Cripps plus something (because Brown has shown he can actually play at this level). Why anybody would want to move to the sinking ship which is StKilda is beyond me, but he would be an unfortunate loss. Although I didn't blink when Lynch left, Stevens decided to leave and Swift revealed he wanted to become a healer (let's hope he's more accurate with the scalpel than with he was with his kicking) Brown's loss would hurt our depth. On the other hand, he has only 1 year left on his deal, so perhaps we should try to get something for him now before his contract expires and we are left with nothing.
Finally, everybody and their dog wants Stevens. I don't know why, but there you have it.
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