THE TRADING CHRONICLES 2010

THE TRADING CHRONICLES 2010 by The Oracle

DONE

The analysts will argue till they're blue in the face about what it all meant but the results of the exchange period simply reinforce the fact that the AFL has given the first of its latest two franchises a raft of recruiting opportunities that will far exceed all expectations when it was first announced that we were to have a new club on the Gold Coast. The remaining clubs duly accepted the rules and now, some of them have been done like a bad dinner.

For the remainder of the competition, the reality has now well and truly set in that their futures will depend on how well they are able to manage their lists and how far thinking their recruiting departments were in the past two or three years. In the case of some clubs, their supporters are in for a rude awakening in the coming years as the combined effect of GC17 and GWS and the concessions put into place to enable the formation of their playing lists sweep over the competition like a giant tidal wave.

The exchange period has produced insignificant results for the bulk of the sixteen "existing" AFL clubs as the Gold Coast Suns proved that they are the force with which to be reckoned. Arguably, the Bulldogs fared the best of the rest but they were well positioned for the trades and they did have the father/son picks waiting in the wings. Others like the Power and the Bombers demonstrated an inability to get trades through which suggested some underlying internal weaknesses while others again chose to do little because the dearth of opportunity available demanded a minimalist approach.

As I have maintained throughout the week, the majority of the names traded are underwhelming with few of the players changing clubs having much impact in the AFL in 2010. Rather, in the case of almost all of them, they were more noted for their service in the lesser state competitions and I suspect that the majority of the fourteen players involved, that's where we'll find them in 2011.

Of course, it's a worthless exercise to judge the performance of the clubs for what took place in the past week. The overall picture will become more apparent after the coming drafts and then in the years to come when the players arrive at their respective clubs and are developed by the coaches and others into members of their teams.<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break">

Melbourne finally managed to get its name on the trades scoreboard in the dying moments of the week when the Demons offloaded big-hearted young defender Kyle Cheney to Hawthorn for some loose change that in reality meant the club was simply freeing up some space on its list. The club can afford to maintain a low key approach as it still has a number of young talented players of all shapes and sizes and including high draft selections who have either yet to make their AFL debut or who have played a handful of games at that level.

For the moment, the Magpies continue to reign supreme despite the extraordinary influence of the competition's only ugly parent player manager on one of its key players. However, others will emerge to challenge in the future including one that has yet to take part on the competition's playing fields.

Completed Player Movements and Dealings on Day Seven:

■ 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

■Western Bulldogs receive Patrick Veszpremi and fourth-round draft selection (No. 73)

Sydney Swans receive Andrejs Everitt

■Adelaide receives Richard Tambling

Richmond receives Adelaide's end-of-first round compensation for losing Nathan Bock and a third-round draft selection (No. 50)

■ Gold Coast receives Josh Fraser (Collingwood) as an uncontracted player selection

■ Fremantle receives Peter Faulks (uncontracted Gold Coast draftee from Williamstown VFL) and fourth-round draft selection (No. 61)

Gold Coast receives third-round draft selection (No. 65)

■ Collingwood receives Andrew Krakouer (uncontracted Gold Coast draftee from Swan Districts WAFL), Jonathon Ceglar (uncontracted Gold Coast draftee from Murray Bushrangers WAFL), third-round draft selection (No. 55), fifth-round draft selection (No. 78) and sixth-round draft selection (No. 95)

Gold Coast receives first-round selection (No. 25)

■ Gold Coast receives Jared Brennan and first-round selection (No.10)

Brisbane Lions receive first-round selection (No. 5)

■ Western Bulldogs receive Nathan Djerrkura

Geelong receives a third-round draft selection (No. 57)

■ Hawthorn receives David Hale and third-round draft selection (No. 52)

North Melbourne receives Hawthorn's end-of-first round compensation for losing Campbell Brown and a fourth-round draft selection (No. 71)

■ Brisbane Lions receive Rohan Bewick (uncontracted Gold Coast draftee from West Perth, WAFL), first-round draft selections (Nos. 5 and 25) and second-round draft selection (No. 27)

Gold Coast receives the end of first-round Gold Coast draft compensation selection Brisbane Lions received for losing Jared Brennan, first-round draft selection (No. 10) and third-round draft selection (No. 48)

■ North Melbourne receives Ben McKinley

West Coast Eagles receive fifth-round draft selection (No. 86)

■ Carlton receives Andrew Collins

Richmond receives Shaun Grigg

■ Western Bulldogs receive Justin Sherman

Brisbane Lions receive Western Bulldogs' end-of-first round compensation for losing Jarrod Harbrow

■ Fremantle receive Tendai Mzunga (uncontracted Gold Coast draftee from Perth, WAFL) and second-round draft selection (No. 44)

Gold Coast receives second-round draft selection (No. 38)

■ Adelaide receives Sam Jacobs

Carlton receives second-round draft selection (No. 33) and fourth-round draft selection (No. 67)

■ Fremantle receives Jonathon Griffin

Adelaide receives fourth-round draft selection (No. 61)

■ Carlton receives Jeremy Laidler and second-round draft selection (No. 41)

Geelong receives second-round draft selection (No. 36) and third-round selection (No. 53)

■ Hawthorn receives Kyle Cheney and fourth-round draft selection (No. 66)

Melbourne receives third-round draft selection (No. 52)

■ Collingwood receives Chris Tarrant and third-round draft selection (No.44)

Fremantle receives second-round draft selection (No. 43) and third-round selection (No. 55)

■ North Melbourne received Cameron Richardson (uncontracted Gold Coast draftee from North Ballarat, VFL)

Gold Coast receives second-round draft selection (No. 35)

■ West Coast Eagles receive third-round Gold Coast draft compensation selection for losing Josh Fraser

Collingwood receives third-round draft selection (No. 45)

■ Port Adelaide receives Simon Phillips (uncontracted Gold Coast draftee from Norwood, SANFL) and second-round draft selection (No. 35)

Gold Coast receive second-round Gold Coast draft compensation selection for losing Nathan Krakouer

■ Gold Coast receives middle-of-first-round Gold Coast draft compensation selection for losing Gary Ablett

Geelong receives first-round draft selection (No.15)

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.