We'll trade for draft picks, says Cameron

8:24 AM Mon 8 October, 2007 | Back

By Matt Burgan,

for melbournefc.com.au

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MELBOURNE hopes to use trade week to negotiate some more picks for November’s NAB AFL National Draft.

The club’s general manager recruiting and list management, Craig Cameron, said, “We'd like to get some more draft picks in if we could – second- or third-round picks – and if we could trade in a player who is in that 23 or under age bracket that helps us in a specific area, then we'd like to do that too.”

Melbourne is expected to trade for Adelaide ruckman John Meesen, a fact acknowledged by the Crows’ recruiting manager Matt Rendell. “(Ben) Hudson and Meesen will go to the Bulldogs and Melbourne respectively, unfortunately, as they both want to go, so I've got to try and do a deal with them,” he said.

Cameron said the Demons would take “a fairly low key approach” to trade week.

“We'll look to trade, but we think we can build our team around our 23 and under players. We've still got a number of older players that we think can be really good contributors as well. Overall we'd like to get some more picks for November."

--BORING...low key approach...even if we are slowly rebuilding we may aswell really try to get some super deals for <23's or draft picks. meeson should be easy, third round pick or something...what else can we realistically get with a low key approach

Old news.

Old news.

yeah sorry i know that its old news but i dont want a low key approach into trade week. there are so many options aswell as meeson...mckinley, symes, alwyn davey...we dont need a low key approach, we can still go in with a big approach and be able to rebuild with our younger players.

LOW KEY APPROACH!?!? We need action!!

ive got enough faith in craig cameron to note that he would do well for us in the draft, BUT, i dont realy think we need to. remember, only 6 months ago we had people tipping us as top four, even premiers. our list hasnt changed that much. As long as we make a few changes, tinker with it, then i think we might be ok.

keep the faith.

p.s. i realise i might have contradicted my previous statement, maybe only a little bit of action is needed. half an hour of thinking has changed my perspective.