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I’m glad we didn’t get the deal done for Houston. Not because I don’t think he’s a good player that would have improved us but because I think it shows the recruitment team value of pick 5 more than they value him. I suspect that when we were interested we assumed we would have lower first rounder to trade maybe around 9/10 and that would have been fair. Power asking for two but I assume are settling for a top 10 pick.

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In fairness it’s his only year with us. So he doesn’t have runs in the board. If you’re in a new relationship and it did work for a the first 12 months it’s probably time to bail.

Richmond would be an interesting one- should they be willing to trade with us for a F1st then it mean's Yze would be willing to bet against us doing well next year.

Lots of team will be wanting to trade in or up to this draft. The cost of picks is going to be high. I’m not saying we should or shouldn’t but I think that’s about what it would cost. We gave up two second rounders to move up from 14 to 11 last year.

Probably puts you in the mix for pick 13( Suns) and Lions pick 14. We could hold onto our future first and maybe trade our future second.

I have posted on another thread that I would be open to splitting pick 5 should JT think we can pick up two quality players a bit later in the first round. However with the reported depth of this draft I wanted to look at our chances of trading in or up in the later parts of the first round and early second. Most clubs will be keen to do the same so the price of picks will be expensive. Going by our pick trading last year we don’t seem to mind over paying. We are sitting in a reasonable position to trade- should we want to trade our F1st team will assume it will be a top 10 pick next year giving us an advantage over any team playing finals this year. We also have picks 38,45 and 51 this year which are decent for teams looking for points for F/S and academy picks. Here’s some picks I think could be on the table Lions pick 14- they have F/S in the top 5 Suns picks 13, 20,26,34(also have pick 6) they have academy player coming in and should def be willing to trade those last 3 picks. Essendon pick 28- academy player in mid first round calculations Then there always side deals- should the Swans try to move up they have picks 18&19 and maybe interested in trade one out to improve their hand. Freo could also be willing to part with pick 17(they also have 9&10) to load up for next year when they are rumoured to be in for Chad Warner So as you can see there’s plenty of scope to improve our draft hand this year, fingers crossed we manage to nail it.

Most of the players we have been linked with at pick 5 are goal scoring mids who I assume will start as half forwards for us same as the Kolt has this year and Sparrow often rest there. I wonder if we do go for a second mid if we would be better with someone suited to half back with good kicking skills? Lindsay would complement our team better I think.

I used to think about one of them a lot when I was younger.

You probably right. We certainly could do with an A grade mid coming through the ranks. I guess it all depends on how JT views the draft. Given this draft is stacked with mids and is super even and deep- Cal has said it’s most even he has ever seen, there will be gems found right through this draft and if we give JT two picks inside the top 15 I’m sure he will find one and hopefully two. The other reason I think we should consider splitting is we don’t have a lot of draft capital, we currently have 5,38,45,51 &61 assume we get 25 back for Nibbler. IMO we need a mature ruck, and a mature mid as a min to be traded in. I think we need two more mids via trade or draft and a small forward. Thats a lot of holes to fill and if we blow pick 5 on one player then we don’t have a heap of good picks after that.

This is why I’m not against splitting pick 5- we’d be able to pick two from the following- Lindsay, Travaglia, Berry, Hynes or Tauru or anybody that slides or JT really fancies.

The thing is we need another Dunstan who can make Casey competitive again. If we want our younger players to improve while at Casey we need to play to a decent standard and similar game still to the first. Brodies racking up great number in the WAFL. I see it as him and Sparrow competing for same spot.

Mac Andrew every day of the week for me. Can’t think of a player that would dovetail any better with Max. Can play back, ruck and forward. Didn’t have his best game against us but he going to be a star. The $12m over 5 years is just his agent trying to hype him up. Def need mids Peatling and Brodie would be very welcome too.

This story leaking and then way we have handled it really hurts us from negotiating point of view but if we don’t get the McAdam pick back for Nibbler as a minimum then the recruitment team really should be shown the door.

Don’t you think we have already suffered enough this season and already this off season?! If he hasn’t got seriously fit by this stage of his career he’s never going to.

I wonder was he giving a tagging role again this week so ?!

GC currently have 6,13,20,26,34 and 46. They are stacked with later picks to come academy player. If they use 13 on and use 6 at the draft they still have more than enough points. They might try to move up from 6 to get better player and be sure to get in front of any early bid for Lombard. They will be a big player again and might be worth us trading for one of their second rounders. I think I’d rather trade out our future second rather than first if we could bumble it up with a pick or two from this year and get 20 or 26.

I think we have to bring in a mature ruck I wonder if we could get Pittonet as part of the deal for Trac. If Trac goes to Carlton I think they will be a massive chance for the flag next year so most players that are under contract will be reluctant to leave and come to us. But if they tell Pittonet that TDK will be playing in front of him next year then maybe he could be convinced. Same goes for Cerra- if he’s told that Trac coming in means he won’t be getting a game then he may be more interest in a move. Not sure I want him but they could trade him out and get some capital in.

The word legend tends to get thrown around a lot this days but big Maxy is well and truly deserving of it. Legend of a player and of a man.

I’m normally quite conservative with player valuations in terms of draft picks. But not with Kossie, he’s box office, puts bums on seats, great player just hitting his prime. Was pick 12. Is worth more than a top 5 pick alone. Trading him would feel a bit like selling our soul.

I guess it all depends if Trac leaves or not. I want us to go to the draft this year but not with 5/6 first rounders. If we can’t get a quality player coming back the other way then Kossie might have to see out his contract.

I hear what you’re saying, but we can’t trade out that much experience and class in one window. We would be fast tracking our way to be in Richmond’s position when Tassie comes in.

That guy is my hero!!!

I see Lindsay did his PCL over the weekend and may not take part in the combine. If we got a second first round pick I’m hoping we pick him up. Mentha made the Rookie me central team of the week this week too

No need for a review. We brought one of the all blacks in for a chat🤯