10 WORST Trades In AFL History

[@SomeGeekFromTwitter]

In the 2014 off-season, collingwood sent Dayne Beams to Brisbane along pick 69 in exchange for pick 5, 25, and jack crisp. Those picks turned into Jordan de Goey and Levi greenwood. Beams was an incredible player, yes, but I think it's fair to say crisp, de Goey, and greenwood were far better.

[@Kaleen_YT]

great example of a bad trade

[@tysondahmes5832]

Lets not talk about the beams return deal trade 😂

[@Chuckakhan]

Yeah the trade back is worse

[@historyofwaverleyvflpark8517]

TBF Brisbane’s hands were tied with that trade. They were coming off the “go home 5” saga, and an established superstar wanted to go to Queensland. That years top 10 players were interstate based so there would’ve been the concern of pick 5 leaving after their first contract was up, and if the lions didn’t jump on Dayne, the suns most likely would, which would’ve set a bad precedent for a club in dire straits at the time.

[@TRBCL]

i mentioned this when we first made the gf in 18 and everyone said it wasn't relevant, the 2 players we had ended up winning the gf for us

[@maxshiraz3447]

Tim Kelly trade gave Geelong enough currency for Jeremy Cameron, and basically a Premiership

[@Kaleen_YT]

technically yes

[@darrennoble1474]

That would make it a good trade. Not a bad one

[@watcherinmaze]

​@@darrennoble1474 arguably a bad trade for WC though, Kelly hasn't really properly fired

[@bens461]

Ironically one of the picks geelong gave gws for Cameron netted them tanner bruhn. Only for the cats to nab him off them as well two years later

[@biggi3st3v3]

Everyone criticises wc for that trade but if u look at what they could have had, at best they would have picked up some ok role players. Tk may not have quite lived up to it, but he has won a b and f and there are games we likely wouldn't have won without him. We overpaid, but its not as bad as made out

[@MMulcair]

Carlton traded Pick 16 and 46 for defender Stephen O'Reilly, who only played a handful of games for them. Bad enough on its own, but he was the one who indirectly ended up blowing open the Carlton salary cap cheating scandal, which resulted in Carlton losing most of their picks in 2003 and 2004. So it ended up being: Stephen O'Reilly for - Pick 16 + Pick 46 + Pick 1, 2, 17 and 33 in the 2003 draft + Pick 1 in the 2003 PSD + Carlton's 1st and 2nd round picks in the 2004 draft.

[@skipwoosnam3409]

Adelaide didn’t trade pick 2 for Carey, it was pick 4. Then due to draft restrictions for Carlton’s salary cap breach dropped the pick to 2. Adelaide said they wouldn’t have traded if they knew prior..

[@Kaleen_YT]

yes you're right

[@keraptisblackrazor2658]

Andrew McLeod traded for Chris Groom 340 games 2x Premierships 2x Norm Smith 5x ALL-Australian 3x B&F traded for 7 games of Chris Groom.

[@Kaleen_YT]

one of the Crows best ever players

[@digimont]

@@Kaleen_YT ...and absolutely accepted by the entire industry as the most one-sided trade ever, and yet...doesn't even make your list. Hopefully, an oversight on your part.

[@adamgribble3936]

Maybe just sp obvious it goes without saying. ​@@digimont

[@odysseuspsarros]

Has to be Brisbane Lions biggest trade mistake. Michael Voss in 2009 trading Lachie Henderson for Brendon Fevola. Even though Jonathon Brown took Fevola under his wing , Fevola just couldn't fit in and be loyal to to the club and his team. His heart and loyalty was and always will be the Carlton football Club.

[@peterhicks3516]

At the end of 2012 the Eagles had Dean Cox, Scott Lycett and a guy by the name of Naitanui on their list. The did not need another ruckman, Grundy. It would have been fairer to rate this trade if you compared Wellingham to the next best Half back Mid fielder from that draft. A quick look at the draft from that year shows very few players doing anything near what Wellingham did at the Eagles. This example, is, an unfortunate, weakness of your analysis.

[@Kaleen_YT]

understood

[@isaacmadhwan445]

great comment, and good to see creator interacting with fans and criticism 👍👍

[@steveo4095]

Grundy helped west coast win the 2018 grand final with his terrible game . I take this trade as a win for west Coast

[@samward1317]

Just because a club managed to snag a draft steal with a low pick doesn't make trading away that low pick a "Bad trade" for the club who traded it. The recipient club could have just as easily drafted a nobody who never played a game with their pick 32 or whatever. E.G when Sydney traded away pick 31 for a player, it's not really anything to with that trade that Brisbane were lucky enough to pick up Simon Black at 31. Every other team could have drafted Black earlier if they wanted to. Likewise, Hawthorn picking up Sam Mitchell at 36 shouldn't count against Fremantle. Hawthorn's first pick that year (pick 16) was Rick Ladson, if those picks were reversed, nobody would think Fremantle made a terrible trade.

[@Kaleen_YT]

some good points, will definitely consider if I make a part 2

[@ReubenTowns]

I agree, at pick 31 all clubs didn't think Simon Black was first choice. In 1994 Essendon gave Freo Todd Ridley and Tony Delaney for pick 4 and a priority pick. We used it to get Scott Lucas and Matthew Lloyd.

[@Matty725]

Good comment. Some sound logic there.

[@sliat1981]

Woewodin to Collingwood. Demons were considered nuts to get rid of a brownlow medalist. He pretty much had one sorta good season at Collingwood (the year they finished outside the 8). Last year of his contract he played mostly in the reserves and was delisted

[@nathanmjking]

Surely the Tippett dumpster fire deserves an honourable mention (I know Sydney picked him up in the pre-season draft, but the whole mess was kicked off with an attempted trade).

[@mixmmick]

Fremantle trading pick 1 for crent toad was beyond daft. And they wonder why they haven’t won a premiership. Still, their supporters who have been there from the start and all the way through are the most loyal I’ve ever met, time for Freo to reward them with a flag. And I’m saying this as a West Coast supporter (but one who spent early part of my childhood in Fremantle. So have a soft spot for all things Freo. South Freo are my WAFL team).

[@timdee629]

Fremantle trading Andrew McLeod must be the worse

[@StuTheDon17]

Yeah, I was waiting for that disaster Freo refer to as the 90s. They were historically bad back then.

[@EAST_FREIGHT_STATION]

😁 Even more painful for the Dockers is that Luke Hodge won 2 Norm Smith Medals, not just one. Great video.✔ Very cool. ✔ 13 02 2024

[@Kaleen_YT]

Glad you liked the video. Yeah, very painful for Freo indeed.

[@David-v9h6y]

Freo trading Andrew McLeod for Chris Groom. You missed the worst trade in the history of the game. There will never be one as bad as that ever

[@mixmmick]

To be fair, McLeod didn’t want to play for Freo. They were a new club, had crap facilities and even crapper coaching staff.

[@GondorHorn]

Any trade North Melbourne has done in the last 8 years belongs on this list.

[@frillhaus]

Missed the fact that Croad got traded BACK to hawthorn and was apart of the 08 premiership team

[@Sticks31]

Before your time, but Ian Stewart, St Kilda, for Billy Barrot, Richmond. Stewart, who had already won 2 Brownlows, picked up his third in 1971 at Richmond, playing 78 games there, while Barrot only played two games for the Saints. Admittedly, it was in the VFL era, but still a shocker.

[@peterkotsonis2535]

What made the trade where Hawthorn got Hodge and Mitchell even worse for the Dockers is that they sent Croad back to the Hawks and he won a flag. Even if McPharlin is a Dockers great, they lost the trade in a landslide

[@Kaleen_YT]

yeah, it has to be the worst trade ever

[@toddmillar4041]

And McPharlaine although turned out alright couldn't stay on the park for about 4 seasons

[@darkhawk1979]

Basing it on picks is fraught with uncertainty, Hawthorn took Mitch Thorpe with pick 6 in 2007 and Geelong took Joel Selwood at pick 7. I was hoping for a list about direct player trades. Your #1 missed a few details as well, Trent Croad was traded as a forward and only became a backman when he came back to Hawthorn. McPharlin ended up being a pretty decent player for Freo as well so the trade wasn't completely abysmal.

[@mrporkchop-lx6ed]

They were worried about selwoods knees i think, crazy right

[@Kaleen_YT]

yeah i should have considered the uncertainty of draft picks more heavily, will do next time

[@Kaleen_YT]

crazy for sure

[@mondop5270]

Getting rid of croad was freos gain

[@darkhawk1979]

@@mondop5270 Good, I'm glad it gave them the resultant success!

[@beadyink881]

I'm loving the comments section. Great video! How do I get into contact with you for business enquiries?

[@Kaleen_YT]

Discord

[@jaxon6118]

1975 off-season Richmond would give away Graham Teasdale, Brian Roberts, and Francis Jackson in return for John Pitura. Wasn't worth it I believe

[@blackdogRexy]

And 45K in cash for only 40 games from Pitura. South Melbourne football teams and pub patrons were definitely the winner. You could buy a decent house in a decent suburb for 45k in 1975.

[@LucUltraRWB]

Loved it Kaleen!

[@Kaleen_YT]

Good to hear

[@christopherharvie8716]

To be fair I think the Ottens trade shows the difference in club culture. Ottens was a bit of a disappointment when he was traded I think it fair to say Geelong were hope for less than they got. The fact Ottens became the footballer his potential had hinted at at Geelong tells you more about the clubs than the players involved.

[@lindsaywilson9439]

Fremantle when they traded Andrew McCloud to the crows for Paul rovrray in 1995

[@Kaleen_YT]

another bad trade from the Dockers

[@dougharrison7844]

That was Chris Groom, but the player Macca turned out to be would make this trade worse than most on this list.

[@lindsaywilson9439]

@@dougharrison7844 yes it was Chris groom after I wrote it I was like oh shit an don't no how to edit haha 😂😆

[@RobKieranz]

☁️

[@StuTheDon17]

The Wellingham-Grundy trade wasn't bad. Both teams won. Collingwood got an All Australian ruckman, and West Coast got a half back that was pivotal in them reaching the 2015 GF. More importantly, West Coast wouldn't have drafted Grundy if they held onto that pick because they already had a guy called Nic Natanui. And don't forget, Grundy's form got so bad they shipped him off to Melbourne. Then he essentially played VFL for them, so they shipped him off to Sydney. He has been bad for a while now.

[@sliat1981]

How about saints? They picked Paddy McCartin over Christian Petracca. They also had Bontempeli but passed

[@caltravels9454]

West Coast paying max for Tim Kelly is up there. But when you are down and are the wealthiest club you can gamble a bit aye.

[@EvilMonk20]

That last trade was bad enough that Freo basically won those 4 flags and handed them to Hawthorn lol! I tend to think clubs can extract a lot out of players. I remember when the media gave shit to Collingwood for recruiting the "overweight" Leigh Brown, who starred and helped the pies win their 2010 flag. (Same could be said for players like Luke Ball, Darren Jolly and Paul Medhurst) Geelong has been so good in the last two decades, that basically any sketchy looking trade seems to work out for them. Teams often know what they need more than we can, but sometimes bad luck can happen. Your "Worst trades in AFL history" includes a couple where one side of the trade was badly injured and career ending. I mean, that's hardly a "bad trade" as much as it is, just "shit luck", right?

[@Kaleen_YT]

yeah it has a lot to do with luck, and injuries must be considered aswell

[@89Djm]

Brodie Grundy wouldn’t have had the same career behind Naitanui and alongside Lycett.

[@Kaleen_YT]

good point

[@89Djm]

@@Simmo_AU Naitanui would have never been displaced as West Coasts #1 ruck. Not by a player he convincingly beat head to head. Grundy thrived as the main man at Collingwood.

[@yukageorge2528]

freo were the real losers in the wellingham - grundy trade, they picked Josh SImpson the pick before who played a whopping 2 games. With an aging Sandilands on their list, eagles already had NicNat.

[@TomAtkins-tk9lm]

Great video

[@Kaleen_YT]

appreciate it

[@Code_breaker_]

🏈 How right you are to have Brodie Grundy in the thumbnail, after his short stay at the Demons. 13 02 2024

[@Kaleen_YT]

absolutely

[@raziomar3570]

Brett Deledio trade to gws giants is worst trade period

[@Kaleen_YT]

i'll have a look into it

[@francodalpozzo7533]

Richmond - Pitura to Sth Melb for Teasdale, Roberts & Jackson. Sth also traded away Terry & Neale Daniher for Neville Fields

[@Kaleen_YT]

good pick

[@toddmillar4041]

I can't remember who they too instead but the Dockers had 1sr dibs on Andrew McCleod in some start up team concessions. In fact the dockers could own this whole video Peter Bell and Winston Abraham spring to mind

[@Kaleen_YT]

yes, a few people have mentioned that one

[@evilstorm5954]

Don’t forget they had a sht coach so they could have had their pick of the competition to fill the team and still would have come last.

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

May I ask what years these trades were made?

[@Kaleen_YT]

Wayne Carey 2002, Michael Martin 1999, Brandon Matera & Brayshaw 2017, Jude Bolton 1999, Nathan Lonie 2005, Jasper Pittard 2009, Simon Black 1997, Brodie Grundy 2012, Brad Ottens 2004, and Luke Hodge & Sam Mitchell 2001

[@blackdogRexy]

Chris Yarran and a nasty habit for pick 19 was a shocker, particularly given the Blues knew about Yarran's issues.

[@Kaleen_YT]

he was pretty good during his playing years

[@darrennoble1474]

I'm a tigers fan and I was filthy when all that shit came out

[@turbyoulance]

Tippet to the Swans was the worst trade ever

[@officialHbTcs]

Hardly

[@travisincognito9652]

Not sure the Grundy/Wellingham trade is as lopsided as you think

[@biggi3st3v3]

I was never comfortable with the wellingham trade, thought we massively overpaid in giving a first round pick. That feeling didnt improve with the capability grundy showed

[@Chuckakhan]

Mate they got Ballard who will be an all Australian before his career is out, Bradshaw has been good but Freo are incompetent as shown by the Luke Jackson trade.

[@Jrevo77]

brayshaw already has an all australian and top 4 brownlow finish his a gun anyone would rather have him then ballard

[@Manseb]

I think effectively if you're saying Daniel Wells to North Melbourne and Wayne Carey to Adelaide was one of the "worst trades" I think that's a bad take. Carey had plenty of good games for Adelaide, but just didn't play at the lofty heights that he reached at North Melbourne when he was often thought to be one of the greatest ever players. He had a freak injury. Daniel Wells was a highly skilled player at times, but I think he was a bit inconsistent. The Roos never had a fantastic record with him from memory. I don't know if you actually saw Carey in Crows games.

[@GondorHorn]

Wellsy was a gun at North for the next decade while Carey was at his end. It was a good trade by North.

[@AMW1able]

another Dockers' trade is actually worse than trading Pick 1. They traded Andrew McLeod for Chris Groom. Chris played only 7 games before being delisted after just one season

[@Kaleen_YT]

yeah I forgot that from this list

[@RobKieranz]

Some good left field ones there

[@Kaleen_YT]

what do you mean by that?

[@Blank-mx5yv]

can you plaese do each teams worst trade of all time ?

[@Kaleen_YT]

maybe in the future

[@BLUEPRINT_SCHEMATICS_]

🏈🏈🏈 Adelaide Crows: Trading away Jack Gunston to Hawthorn. Jack Gunston in three peat 2013 2014 2015. 4 goals in 2013 Grand Final. 13 02 2024

[@Kaleen_YT]

definitely a terrible trade

[@digimont]

@@Kaleen_YT Well, the facts were that the Crows wanted to keep him, he wanted away, so what do you do? If you play hard ball, he possibly misses a season, ends up where he wants to be and the Crows get nothing.

[@stoinkydoinky]

@@digimont100% OP is an absolute idiot, Gunston walked out on the Crows so we were forced to trade him

[@flippineck6121]

while I agree West Coast gave up too much for Wellingham, there is no way they would have picked Grundy had they kept the selection. They had Cox, Nic Nat and Lycett at that stage.

[@24kCringe]

W ❤

[@Kaleen_YT]

W comment

[@prosserd]

It's lame comparing players to picks as it assumes the other club would have taken the same player. The Eagles for example would not have drafted Brodie Grundy for 17 so the implication they gave up Grundy for Wellingham is false.

[@b3npeters]

Ottens was shit at Richmond. He was a completely different player at Geelong. We lost the trade by a mile but it worked out for both of us in the end so that one I’ll take

[@Kaleen_YT]

yeah it could have been a worse trade

[@LucUltraRWB]

Why is it all people in comments with the 13 02 2024 far out

[@Kaleen_YT]

No idea, must all be big fans of the channel

[@braidenmcbride9320]

Your pfp hurts my eyes

[@LucUltraRWB]

@@braidenmcbride9320 too bad

[@michaelluke4873]

Tyrone vickery to hawthorn, he was absolutely useless

[@Kaleen_YT]

great choice

[@theiaofseed]

Free agent not a trade.

[@mrporkchop-lx6ed]

He kicked the ball too roughy and roughy kicked the winner against Sydney, about the best thing he done 😂😂

[@brucejensen3081]

Crameri for merrett, seems pretty good for the bombers

[@AustSaint]

Mitchell never won the Brownlow, he was given it after Jobe Watson was unjustly forced to give it up.

[@Kaleen_YT]

yeah, it's debatable

[@Snappernose]

Essendon was on the juice💉💉 Deserve the 20 years without winning a final

[@AustSaint]

@@Snappernose troll

[@Snappernose]

@@AustSaintnah no troll just correcting you, Jobe didn’t deserve to keep Charlie

[@AustSaint]

@@Snappernose he did, the whole supplements saga was a witch hunt.

[@Code_breaker_]

😁 Brendan Fevola to Brisbane. 13 02 2024

[@Kaleen_YT]

for sure

[@Thediamondduck11]

10:09 and even if you won the Brownlow retrospectively

[@EAST_FREIGHT_STATION]

😁😁😁 Intro: Jack Ginnivan in a Hawks jumper....A train wreck waiting to happen. 13 02 2024

[@Kaleen_YT]

we'll see about that this season

[@TheLaughingMagpie]

Tew Jiath is going to be a star

[@EAST_FREIGHT_STATION]

@@TheLaughingMagpie Hawthorn's Jiath averages 9 games person. He has already played 5 seasons. Jiath is an average player. 14 02 2024

[@paulgill2042]

Judd for Kennedy was pretty good for West Coast.

[@demonbadger86]

Eh Pickett won a norm smith at port… I doubt they’re unhappy with the trade

[@Kaleen_YT]

good point, in their only premiership aswell

[@jesseharvey3771]

Jobe Watson won the 2012 brownlow medal.

[@Snappernose]

Essendon were also on the juice💉💉

[@thegaminggang361]

Why did we let Soldo go?

[@Kaleen_YT]

Not sure, why did you?

[@konner5213]

Richmond told him if he wasn't the number 1 Ruck at the club within a year then his trade request would be honoured. Nank the Tank was the no.1 ruck and the Italian Giant got traded because of it.

[@wadeclarke5356]

West coast traded Chris Judd to Carlton in return they Chris Masten and Josh Kennedy

[@Kaleen_YT]

100% West Coast won the trade

[@MartyWiggins-x2k]

Magpies had a player called Cole and if we got Ling and our ruckman Wood poetic licence we would of had Col Ling Wood

[@chrisrice9569]

I think Luke hodge to Brisbane was pretty pointless

[@mikfalk8019]

West coast traded Judd for Kennedy. Turned out best for West coast.

[@charlesca5763]

Josh P Kennedy. Enough said.

[@Kaleen_YT]

you're the first one to mention him.

[@OldmanGamer9999]

Traditionalists gotta traditionalist I guess.

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Yes we got cam

[@Kaleen_YT]

of course

[@adamfranklin9353]

Pretty sure the worst trade was fremantle trading Andrew McLeod to the crows for Chris Groom

[@Gimmo2197]

Wellingham debut in 2008 not 2007

[@scottcamm1816]

Not to mention we got croad back for nothing

[@TheLaughingMagpie]

Chad Morrison for pick 37, that pick turned out to be Mark LeCras

[@Kaleen_YT]

great pick

[@MartyWiggins-x2k]

It wasn’t a trade but Collingwood could of got Cameron Ling in the draft what a mistake that was

[@reecetapper7751]

West Coast trading Jarad Scoffield for Scott Cummings

[@officialHbTcs]

Carey wasn’t a “good” trade, but Adelaide’s worse? No. Bryce Gibbs at 32 for 2 firsts and for him to just do nothing (less than Carey ever did) and play in the 2s on a big contract

[@tradward]

I'd enjoy these videos more if you called Hawthorn the poo's and wee's instead of the brown and yellow.

[@owendavies7452]

Freo weigh ⚓ to go, pick up a few and let the Champs Go.

[@stoinkydoinky]

some of these aren’t bad trades but just poor draft recruiting love the concept but there’s so many other ones you missed

[@AFLworldBANJO]

Can You? Do players who didn’t? Retire.

[@brentondavy-sn6wt]

None of these compare with Fremantle trading Andrew McLeod for Chris Groom. None!

[@Kaleen_YT]

you're not the first person to say that

[@davidmcadam9422]

Richmond trade Chris yarram didn’t play a game I believe it was 2first round picks

[@AFLworldBANJO]

But I like it sosososo much

[@warriors1313]

Sorry what? Cam Mooney was bang on average. Bolton was amazing

[@brucejensen3081]

Mitchell and cotchin got given a brownlow, they didnt win it.

[@brianmurphy6243]

Be great if you had the right video to go with the commentary.

[@fredsmith2277]

grundy

[@Kadey007]

We’re the Eagles the west coast eagles

[@Go_Bombers]

Sam Mitchell didn’t win a Brownlow

[@Kaleen_YT]

2012?

[@FUSHANDCHUPSBRUSWEET]

Mitchell didn’t win the Brownlow tho….

[@Kaleen_YT]

how?

[@FUSHANDCHUPSBRUSWEET]

Didn’t get the most votes, he got a pity prize

[@owendavies7452]

Freo weigh ⚓ to go, pick up a few and let the Champs Go.