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THE TRADING CHRONICLES 2010

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THE TRADING CHRONICLES by The Oracle

THE WAITING GAME

There was a time when the United States had a President who went by the name of "Tricky Dicky". These days, his namesake is involved in player management and looms large on the trade scene. Yesterday, Ricky Nixon who manages Andrejs Everitt, David Hale and Richard Tambling was quoted as saying that all three would have new homes by today.

He obviously knows a lot more than the rest of us but the picture coming from the first day's trading is that the week ahead is going to be a long drawn out saga. Indeed, it beggars belief that the powers that be decided it was appropriate to extend the period rather than to contract it into a shorter time frame.

The day predictably kicked off with the resolution of the father son selections and there were no surprises there.

The representatives of the various clubs then went into a series of meetings with their counterparts. There were numerous stories emanating from these meetings and these have been variously reported in the media. The upshot however, is that nothing has been resolved and no trade deals were consummated on day one.

The opening day of trades is like that. The clubs are circling on deals and sussing out what they can gain from the exchange period. Fresh from winning the flag, Collingwood led the way with their suggestion to Fremantle of former Docker Paul Medhurst as an exchange for Chris Tarrant. This was rather cute since Medhurst also announced yesterday that he had retired.

What will follow is another week of argy bargy between clubs but so far it's a matter of sitting and waiting for something to happen.

Completed Player Movements and Dealings on Day One:

Gold Coast receives Gary Ablett (Geelong), Nathan Bock (Adelaide), Campbell Brown (Hawthorn), Jarrod Harbrow (Western Bulldogs), Nathan Krakouer (Port Adelaide), Michael Rischitelli (Brisbane) as uncontracted player selections

■ Western Bulldogs receive Mitch Wallis in return for its first-round draft selection (No. 20) under the father son rule

■ Western Bulldogs receive Tom Liberatore in return for its second-round draft selection (No. 40) under the father son rule

■ West Coast Eagles receive Jacob Brennan in return for its final-round draft selection (TBA) under the father son rule

NAB AFL Draft selection numbers are indicative only. Gold Coast draft compensation selections do not yet have a number assigned to them. The above list shows only where selections may be placed if no compensation selections are activated.

No trades are official until paperwork has been accepted by the AFL and formally recognised after 2.00pm on Monday, October 11.

 

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