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I'm more inclined to think the club's looking at possibilities if we take a key forward at 3. If I were to take any prompts from it, it would be that we're considering passing on Parish. Given our acknowledgement in needing a partner for Hogan, I'm comfortable in assuming we will take a key forward with one of those two picks and that it is very much a priority for us. As we've added so many mids through the last three drafts, I'd be highly surprised if we took two more mids at 3 and 7.

Collins is very, very good. Strong in the contest, reads the ball well and looks like he added a bit of run to his game this year. The other thing to consider is that he's a December birthday, so will be considered to have a fair amount of development in him. Who knows, if he was a month younger, we might have been talking about him as next years Weitering. I think in an AFL.com draft podcast Gary Buckenara rated him (personal rankings) as third best this year, and Bucky's got a pretty decent track record. I think we'd like to get another key back in, and would not be surprised if Collins is in our thoughts. Especially if we take Parish and Curnow & Weideman are gone by 7. We may need a Kieran Collins thread.

Needs to be upgraded I believe. We can have up to 6 cat A rookies & 3 additional Cat B rookies. Must have min 38 on primary list and 44 in total (prim & rookie), so a lot depends on whether we want to go with a primary list with as few as 38 (unlikely). Might see something like 40 + 4 again. Few more delistings to come I fancy.

Vaguely heard about this 6 months ago, but hadn't heard anymore. Welcome and good luck Joel!

Curnow less likely. Think we'd be [censored] a hoop if he was still there at 6. Would be in contention if we held pick 3. Weideman probably widely thought to be in the 10-15 range because we didn't see him for most of the year through injury. Some believe on talent he'd be in the first 5.

Yeah. For the first 2-3 years of his career, he was deemed to be the wrong call given Juddy hit the ground running.Wasn't until Hawks premiership year in 08 that the commentary started to truly shift.

Tend to agree with you. I appreciate the time KM puts into his threads, but if we're talking bigfooty draft writers, I tend to lean more toward the BGFN guys (Skippos, Rahul, Jourdan Canil). I know they base their write ups on more live watching of games and have decent access to footage.

I would say no. Next year's draft looks far deeper in talent, I'd much prefer giving up this year's.

Largely talks about Hogan's possible extension but Melksham, Bugg & Kennedy are mentioned as possible additions: Jesse Hogan to consider long-term contract extension to stay at Melbourne Demons

Brett Anderson ‏@BrettAndersonIF 2m2 minutes ago Strong chance Magpie Ben Kennedy is wearing Red & Blue in '16. Toumpas back to SA with Port Adelaide. More tomorrow on #TradeSENtral

Isn't losing your job was being held accountable?

Fair amount of chatter around that Aish is Hawthorn bound. Paul Connors confirmed Collingwood are no longer in the running. HIs silence on his future may have a lot to do with his prospective employer's involvement in finals footy. For all the debate on Aish's trade worth, the Hawk's first rounder is probably around the mark. If they were feeling extra generous, they could throw Suckling into the deal so any Leuenberger compensation isn't diluted. EDIT: Insert Grimley for Suckling and we may have the formulation of the deal.

Don't think so. Was always a reach at pick 25, more athlete than footballer and didn't really handle the step up to senior footy. Mason Shaw a better option of the delisted talls.

Yep. Although Stringer's coming along pretty nicely too.

That's pretty much where I sit with it, especially if we're offering ball park 400 p/a for him (unsubstantiated). Who knows, maybe we are playing a long game with Brad and starting by luring Matt?

Apparently Matt Crouch is the latest player that we've been linked with. Saints and Tigers in as well. One club is supposedly offering big dollars (and it's not St Kilda).

Thanks for sharing GD, enjoy Bali (sounds like you've made a good start!).

Think fans were a little uncertain at the very least. Pick 23 was a pretty decent pick in that draft and Bernie's numbers at Adelaide had been in decline since his B&F year. Change in role played a part, but I don't think anyone thought his form would be as good as it has been. Bernie only had one better year in his Adelaide career than what he's produced for us this year and last. FWIW Hartung, Lewy Taylor and Zach Merrett were all still on the board at pick 23.

For the security of a 4 year contract, he may well be. Wonder if any of the clubs selecting before us in the PSD would have any interest. Doubt the interstaters would and Carlton may try and force Carlisle into the PSD.

Wonder if Andrew Moore has ever appealed to our recruiting team. Like his size and right now he holds more appeal to me than Jake Melksham. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/tough-journey-and-swan-josh-kennedy-inspiring-power-onballer-andrew-moores-search-for-greatness/story-fnia6ojc-1227017126885

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-trade-period-2015-jake-melksham-to-be-either-at-essendon-or-melbourne-in-2016-20150912-gjl0ka.html

Maybe an internal communication breakdown at the Giants. In reply to GWS tweet: Damian Barrett ‏@barrettdamian 1h1 hour ago Just so everyone is clear. When asked today, McCarthy's manager said: "He (McCarthy) has requested to be traded back to WA." On the record

Didn't Barrett report that there was interest in Walker which may form part of Henderson deal? Walker would be a handy fwd/ruck foil for Hogan

Any inkling as to who the target(s) at Sydney might be? JPK again?

Would be a decent pick up. Good size and can play a role off a flank or in midfield. Was a Melbourne supporter.