West Coast supporters are angry and disappointed after a massive three-club trade between the Blues and Richmond was confirmed, turning on their own club’s social media channel.
Carlton has landed itself with the third pick in the draft and Liam Baker is now an Eagle.
The move will also see Blues forward Matt Owies join Baker in heading to Perth, along with West Coast picking up picks 12 and 73 – all for giving up pick 3.
The Eagles confirmed the Owies deal will involve a three-year contract with West Coast, while the club retain pick 12.
Along with pick 3, Carlton will receive picks 63 and 68 – and will give pick 14 to Richmond for Baker’s move to the Eagles.
But the move has not gone down well with Eagles fans, who took to social media to voice their frustration.
Some labelled it as being “taken advantage of” in the “worst trade in the club’s history” – while other supporters are even threatening to cancel their memberships.
It was set to be an exciting year for the club, with new coach Andrew McQualter taking the reins and Harley Reid entering his second year after being the top pick last year – along with a fairly strong draft hand.
But the general consensus is that they have now traded most of their advantages away.
Earlier, before the trade was confirmed, Kane Cornes had an interesting analogy, comparing the Eagles club to a situation to a scene from a nature documentary.
“When you’ve got a big wildebeest carcass, and every animal known to man is just coming and picking it off,” Cornes said on AFL Trade Radio.
“You start with the lions and they get the first go. They get all the good stuff and take all the meat off the bone.
“After that, the hyenas come and take the scraps – then all the birds start and they take the scraps of the scraps.
“West Coast are the wildebeest on the ground and the 17 other clubs are just picking them off.”
Co-host, Sam Edmund also joked that he could already see the wave of anger coming from West Coast supporters.
“If I was the West Coast Eagles, I’d be locking all doors at HQ,” he said.
“Possibly with armed security hired as well to protect themselves from their army of supporters.
“Are the Eagles being fleeced in this trade period? They got burnt on the Barrass deal with Hawthorn on Friday, when (pick) 14 went off the table.”
Meanwhile, the Herald Sun is reporting that the Eagles are again interested in fringe Brisbane midfielder Deven Robertson.
The WA product only featured twice this year at AFL after knocking back a move to the Eagles last season.
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