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I can see us taking him with one of our first round picks.

Vanity gone to a whole strange new world. Did his calves lack of emotional expression confuse his defenders at least?

I'll need to watch a bit more footage of him but also concerned he could be more in the Tsatas/Dow mold than Butters.

I wonder if Noah Hibbens-Hargreaves will slide to this pick. Has talent but was inconsistent throughout the year. Fred Rodriguez and Louis Emmett could also be around this mark. We usually zone in on needs later in the draft so perhaps a small forward like Pickett and Byrne or defender like Wright could be on the cards as well.

If it's in the 3rd round we will have to match a bid which means we'll either need to trade in or up to a pick that has the points required, or hope our pick 60 gets brought into <54 and starts gaining points value. That might happen with all the picks that will be consumed from GC, Blues and Lions. We can also go into points deficit next year which we'll try and avoid I'd imagine. If someone bids for him after pick 54, i.e no points value I believe we can match him regardless with our next pick. Personally I wouldn't be concerned about any bid coming for him in the national draft.

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We'd have to throw in a future 1st I would presume. 2, 13 For 7, 8, gc f1 (10-16) Whether it's worth doing that I'm not sure. I have complete faith in JT to identify draftees and whether it's worth condensing our petracca capital for a specific target(s). I like how aggressive we are to target players in the draft (Lindsay a good example) but sometimes I do feel we short change ourselves in the future with our pick swaps that possibly hinders our trading flexibility in subsequent years. For instance, we could potentially find ourselves in the Butters (or Humphrey) race next year and holding onto two first rounders could place us ahead of many clubs to get a deal done.

I think lamb just misspoke or was referring to it being past 7:30 so no further trades were being done today. Unless there's been an unannounced changed of rules you can trade picks right up to and on draft night.

I can see us making a play to move up. Perhaps we can try and swap 7 and 8 for 2 and 13. Can only see them going for it if we offered something like GCs future 1st as well with perhaps their future 2nd coming back. Robey at 2 Dovaston at 13 Go in next year with our first, West Coast's 2nd, GWSs 3rd. That's assuming we rate Robey (or whichever draftee) significantly higher than those available at 7 and 8.

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Available numbers #4, 5, 9, 13, 14, 27, 28, 33, 34, 38, 41

What's the bet we try to trade up with Gold Coasts future 1st?

I reckon both White and Sinnema will go through to the rookie draft. 37 perhaps for Pickett? I've lost track of how many list spots we have now +/- Woewodin as well

Gold Coast Suns receive:Christian Petracca, two second-round picks (currently No.24 and 28) and a 2026 second-round pick (tied to Melbourne) Melbourne receives:two first-round pick (currently No.7 and 8), a second-round pick (currently No.37), a 2026 first-round pick (tied to Gold Coast) and a 2027 third-round pick (tied to Gold Coast)

Gold Coast Suns receive: Christian Petracca, two second-round picks (currently No.24 and 28) and a 2026 second-round pick (tied to Melbourne) Melbourne receives: two first-round pick (currently No.7 and 8), a second-round pick (currently No.37), a 2026 first-round pick (tied to Gold Coast) and a 2027 third-round pick (tied to Gold Coast)

Death (ride) to the expansion clubs!!!

Happy with the signing but I don't understand why we always give away future picks in these deals. Not huge in the scheme of things but we are now down a future 3rd and 4th pick next year.

Guessing we're going to have to wait until 1900-1930 for the Petracca and Oliver trades.

Good bit of business by the blues.

Dees chasing Humphrey before Cameron comes in to ruin everything.

Not a rumour, but I read today that GWS would delist Conor Stone and re-rookie him as they juggle their tight list spots with Oliver coming in and Aleer unexpectedly staying. Now being petty isn't a sound list management strategy, but it would bring me some level of joy if we pinched him from them in the rookie draft.

He's the quintessential project player. Massive athletic ability but footy is pretty raw and he's skinnier than Jeffo. If he makes it I wouldn't expect senior games from him for 4+ years.

Appreciate all your updates mate. I've been here a while and you've always been someone with good info. Shame it's looking highly unlikely now. Hopefully we will continue to push for him in the future even if we do face greater competition from the other vic clubs.

No apology necessary.