http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/gold-coast-may-deal-on-draft-picks/story-e6frf9ix-1225865740768

GC-17 may have to trade some early picks to get the necessary experienced & hardened bodies to complement the raft of young guns they will recruit this year. "The Gold Coast will have picks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13 in the 2010 NAB AFL Draft as well as being able to pick a dozen 17-year-olds from this season who are not eligible for the 2009 draft."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/75000/default.aspx

IMO, we need to still recruit more small quick & nimble players, > a small defender type & one or two quickish small nimble on-ball/forwards to complement our list.

We have Cheney, a powerful small-medium defender & we have Strauss whom I think will come on. I reckon we need to complement these 2 with another who can take that slippery small goal kicking type.

Also I think we need to grab a couple more small nippy goal kickers to have coming through our list for the next 3 year time span.

All may not go to plan & some may just not quite become the best small goal kickers that we need, so lets get a couple more.

Does anyone agree?

Disagree, with Blease, Bail, Maric, Wonna, Jurrah, and Watts all still to hit their straps I think we will be ok. We bottomed out at the right time and shouldnt need to trade for low picks.

im not worried.. although we may or may not need more of these players.. we will still be in a better position than any other club... ( other than GC and or GWS)... poor richmond...

Uhh... Even if we trade for picks we need to use them in an intelligent manner.

See sig (surprisingly still comes in handy even at this time of year)

Why cant we draft what few remaining gaps the MFC Footy dept think we have from our draft picks this year?

Essentially, the MFC players that other teams would like to have are generally the players we want to keep.

I also expect there will be plenty of "trade bait" suggestions from posters who significantly overvalue their "baits", drastically underestimate the intelligence of other clubs and reveal a complete lack of knowledge of the mechanics and nuances of trading. Something along the lines of GC will offer early picks for Miller becuase he came from Queensland. And we should get a 2nd round pick for a mobile ruckman like Meesen and an experienced forward like Newton.

Why cant we draft what few remaining gaps the MFC Footy dept think we have from our draft picks this year?

Essentially, the MFC players that other teams would like to have are generally the players we want to keep.

I also expect there will be plenty of "trade bait" suggestions from posters who significantly overvalue their "baits", drastically underestimate the intelligence of other clubs and reveal a complete lack of knowledge of the mechanics and nuances of trading. Something along the lines of GC will offer early picks for Miller becuase he came from Queensland. And we should get a 2nd round pick for a mobile ruckman like Meesen and an experienced forward like Newton.

Agree. I see our main priority as another key forward. There should be someone available at our pick. That still means though some time needed for the player to develop.

I have posted a few times on the need to find a younger, Podsiadly, Leigh Brown type of player who is a little older with experience in senior football and a strong body. There has got to be a few around in the various state leagues and they usually go for a low pick. If we could draft one who can play a few years it will help take the pressure off guys like Watts, Fitzpatrick and any new KPF picked this year and next. It looks fairly certain Newton and Meesen will go and maybe even Miller off the main list so that will leave a couple of rookie spots and a senior one for a key forward.

I posted this in another thread but it's probably more relevant here.

I could see Jared Rivers being trade bait for GC at the end of this year. I don't say this because I don't rate Riv, quite the opposite. I rate him very highly, and I feel like GC might as well. Since we have excellent depth in this part of our set-up and he offers GC a quality, experienced player with plenty of years left, it seems like the kind of trade that might get done.

However, I would be bitterly disappointed to see Riv go for 'nothing' (ie. whatever convoluted compensation deal that can't be used until 2012 gets formulated for GC poaching.)

Agree. I see our main priority as another key forward. There should be someone available at our pick. That still means though some time needed for the player to develop.

I have posted a few times on the need to find a younger, Podsiadly, Leigh Brown type of player who is a little older with experience in senior football and a strong body. There has got to be a few around in the various state leagues and they usually go for a low pick. If we could draft one who can play a few years it will help take the pressure off guys like Watts, Fitzpatrick and any new KPF picked this year and next. It looks fairly certain Newton and Meesen will go and maybe even Miller off the main list so that will leave a couple of rookie spots and a senior one for a key forward.

Jack Darling?

Doubt he'll slip that far. We can dream.