By Adam Cooper
October 6th 2008 @ 7:36am
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Clubs to tread carefully in trade week
Chris Judd’s not available, but recruiting conservatism is. They’re the two compelling factors which should make clubs tread carefully in AFL trade week, which starts tomorrow.
Where the beginning of the silly season usually prompts club officials to dream big and consider just about any deal as a way of bolstering player lists and premiership chances, [...]
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