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Saints land Carlisle, that is massive. Great deal for St Kilda, they held off on pick 5 (as a straight swap), didn't rush, now they have Carlise and pick 14. Great trading.

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Thanks DN9, I didn't read carefully enough.... it does say the following at the end of the Canberra Times article though, so who knows(?)...

"The Greater Western Sydney academy product has already spoken to a handful of AFL clubs including Adelaide, Fremantle and Melbourne, who all travelled to Canberra to interview him.

"If the Giants want him, they'd have to upgrade him to match other bids," Sheehan said. "It's just a wait-and-see approach for him now."

Kevin Sheehan's comments to a Canberra reporter:

"He's been impressive right throughout the year. He's a boy that injury interrupted last year and ... he's got his body right and he's very impressive," he said.

"He's a lovely, rangy-sized kid, about 192 [centimetres tall], but that ability to get off his man with a burst of speed, presents really well, got lovely soft hands. He's one that is capable of following Jack Steele and being a draftee at the end of the year. He's your best prospect on what he's shown this year, he's a genuine prospect."

GWS might not take him, sounds very interesting!

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Our "A Grader" needs to be developed from within. Poaching one would come at a huge cost both salary cap and draft pick wise, and compromise our future.

We need to develop at least a couple of our young group into top 20-25 players in the comp over the next year or two.

Genuine question, but is there a premiership team in the last 10 years who has built a team around a big price recruit, like a Judd? I can't think of any.

10000000000% agree with this.

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Saints land Carlisle, that is massive. Great deal for St Kilda, they held off on pick 5 (as a straight swap), didn't rush, now they have Carlise and pick 14. Great trading.

Pretty sure essendon come out even more winners then the saints mate.
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Pretty sure essendon come out even more winners then the saints mate..

Yeah, fair call. They get their pick 5 anyway. St Kilda on the other hand, while they lose pick 5, they get back Carlisle and 14. That is better than just handing over pick 5.

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Kevin Sheehan's comments to a Canberra reporter:

"He's been impressive right throughout the year. He's a boy that injury interrupted last year and ... he's got his body right and he's very impressive," he said.

"He's a lovely, rangy-sized kid, about 192 [centimetres tall], but that ability to get off his man with a burst of speed, presents really well, got lovely soft hands. He's one that is capable of following Jack Steele and being a draftee at the end of the year. He's your best prospect on what he's shown this year, he's a genuine prospect."

GWS might not take him, sounds very interesting!

Has Sheehan ever said a bad word about a kid coming through the system?

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Has Sheehan ever said a bad word about a kid coming through the system?

Haha, very true.

In any case, the kid got BOG for the Allies in the pre-GF curtain raiser.. so he's clearly got talent.

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Yeah, fair call. They get their pick 5 anyway. St Kilda on the other hand, while they lose pick 5, they get back Carlisle and 14. That is better than just handing over pick 5.

On face value you would say Sydney are the massive losers in this trade

But as they only care about points for their academy selections they come out alright

A win-win-win. Well done to all three clubs


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So are Essendon going to package together Picks 4 and 5 to try and land Pick 8 from GWS? That's what everyone is trying to do... right?

Be interesting to see who they take at 4 & 5. Reckon Weideman could definitely feature as they'll want help for Daniher. Could leave Curnow for us if they take Parish as well.

I'd be really happy with that.

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I am led to believe the Curnows are actually Melbourne supporters?

Carlton...because of Ed.

Curnow will get to Essendon at 4 or 5. I think we should be hell-bent on upgrading from 6 for either Parish or Curnow...both very special players that wont be around at 6...draft really tapers off.

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Just being said on Twitter:

We gain Picks 3 and 10 from GC for this years pick 6 and a future first rounder.

Source - Brett Anderson

We will also swap picks 29 and 43 as well, apparently, but the above deal is the crux of it.

Welcome to the MFC Darcy Parish!

Edit - it's all over Twitter now from all the journos.

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Just being said on Twitter:

We gain Picks 3 and 10 from GC for this years pick 6 and a future first rounder.

Source - Brett Anderson

We will also swap picks 29 and 43 as well, apparently, but the above deal is the crux of it.

Welcome to the MFC Darcy Parish!

Edit - it's all over Twitter now from all the journos.

so we get 3 & 10 this year and GC get pick 6 this year and pick 18 next year? sounds good to me :roos:

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Just confirmed as a done deal:

In: Picks 3, 10 and 43

Out: Picks 6, 29 and a future first rounder

Very happy with this deal, plus we can use either 43 or 50 on a trade for Bugg before the end of tomorrow.

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Parish and Curnow?

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Surely this can't be true.....I thought Mahoney was meant to be a dud. There's no possible way he could work such a deal, surely........

However, in saying this, we must clearly rank two players quite highly this year given I thought next years draft crop was meant to be stronger.

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Why doesn't that useless p*ick Mahoney do something?

Am I doing it right?

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Just being said on Twitter:

We gain Picks 3 and 10 from GC for this years pick 6 and a future first rounder.

Source - Brett Anderson

We will also swap picks 29 and 43 as well, apparently, but the above deal is the crux of it.

Welcome to the MFC Darcy Parish!

Edit - it's all over Twitter now from all the journos.

Seriously, that's just plain dumb. 2016 is supposedly a much stronger draft, we are currently 15th or 16th in premiership betting, and we're prepared to risk giving up a top four pick. Is Parish really that good?

Potentially, IN picks 3, 10 and 43 in a weak draft; OUT pick 4 in a strong draft, 6 and 29 in a weak draft. How is that possibly a win for us?

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