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If true, we could even target that pick as gold coast would again want to trade it out probably. Pick 10 for 18 and 24. There will be ways for us to get up the board I'm sure.

Concerning about Smith. He would be a fantastic sub for insurance at either end of the ground.

Presume Spargo, Tomlinson, D Turner and Laurie are all training with the ones?

I didn't really analyse it too closely. More just hope and put a slightly different look to it. Having said that, Brisbane and Collingwood going out in straight sets would be glorious. Can't see it happening though.

This We saw last year with Brisbane that they were able to generate extra points for both Aschcroft and Fletcher with live trading on the night and did it relatively cheaply. 1. Brisbane gets 41, 50, 52 and 63 - Hawthorn gets 36 and future Round 3 2. Brisbane gets 40 - North Melbourne gets 63 and future Round 3 For a draft that only gives 50odd deep and speculation that most clubs will be taking only a couple selections (as mentioned by Paul Connors on twomeys show), clubs will probably be willing to bundle up multiple late picks to get as high as possible this year. Fair point re Graham, but again I don't see it as too much of an issue for them to find points if they choose to. Particularly if Chol and Hollands find new homes. Also a possibility they will be happy with their 3 first round kids and pass. Agree entirely on your last paragraph, this is all very much premature speculation and we will get alot better lay of the land come trade/fa period post grand final. I may very well be off the mark, these are all just my opinions. And as you say, we are in a great position.

Week 1 Collingwood vs Melbourne Brisbane vs Port Carlton vs Sydney St Kilda vs GWS Week 2 Collingwood vs Sydney Port vs GWS Week 3 Melbourne vs GWS Brisbane vs Collingwood Granny Melbourne vs Collingwood

Duursma has been dominating the back end of the Coates Talent League and looks to be realising the potential people thought he had after starting the season off a little inconsistent. Definitely in the mix for top 3.

Lorna Shore would be great. If not for the half-time entertainment, then perhaps our amp up song. "To the hellfire" would work well. *not for delicate ears

5381 subtracting 20% for their academy discount makes it 4305. 4305 - 4191 = 114 points. Their short the equivelent of pick 62. Outside of pick 4 they have picks 28, 31, 42, 47, 56, 60, 65, 69 Most of these could easily be traded down to cover the points if needed. That's before a potential 2nd or 3rd round pick comes in for Hollands. They aren't desperate for points, but any deal will have to cover the points equivelent of pick 4. There's a few clubs interested allegedly that could cover the points. The team that gets pick 4 will have to offer more than just points this year in my view. I'm all on board having a crack at pick 4, for either a bundled up package for Reid or two high end players. I'd be happy either way.

I have no doubt they will trade out pick 4, apologies for not making that clear. My belief is that they will trade pick 4 which will net them 2000 odd points plus a future selection(s). There will be enough competition for pick 4 to ensure that happens in my opinion.

Nick Bryan (essendon ruck), Harrison Jones and Tarryn Thomas have all re-signed for their clubs. Edit: Thomas hasn't re-signed but has committed to seeing out his final year of his current contract in 2024

This is why I think it will be harder for us to get the Gold Coast pick than some think. Many clubs will be able to accrue enough points for this year and as far as I'm aware, no clubs are restricted from trading out their future first next year. Alot will come down to a clubs risk appetite and philosophy to trading futures. Another factor making this a competitive auction is the reduced list sizes and rules that only mandates 1 national draft selection. Many clubs will be looking to only take 1 or 2 picks max and promote a rookie(s) to make the mandatory 3 list changes. As a result, nearly every club could justify trading out the majority of their draft capital to get a top 4 pick, particularly in a draft that is said to drop off significantly after the first 6-7 selections (they say this regularly though).

Can cross off the list. Has re-signed with the Suns for another 4 years.

Would suit us perfectly I would have thought pending he passes a fitness test. Fills in that missing established key forward role that we have been searching for this year in T-Mac, BB and Petty. Should play high level footy until 33 paired with JvR which will give Jefferson plenty of time to develop and in theory be ready to take over best 22 responsibilities when he's hitting 22/23yrs. Does Richmond actually want to get rid of him though? And I'm fairly certain his contract was back ended so could be coming with a $1mil + price tag.

Jefferson smothered the ball and centred a kick to the goalsquare leading to an AMW goal at the 8.15 minute mark of the last quarter. Not sure if he had any other possessions go uncredited. I only watched parts of the 3rd and 4th and didn't see him have any more of the ball then.

Best way I can put it is that Gold Coast already have the points they need to match bids for all their academy players. If they choose to, they could keep pick 4 and match a bid at pick 2. Won't matter either way to them. So why would gold coast hand a rival a premium pick without any benefit to them? Remembering we couldn't crack a top 5 pick last year even with an offer if 3 x first round picks. That's why people are suggest combinations of 15, 24, 34 and F1 etc. Covers their academy bid points for this year while adding an attracive pick for next year to make it worth their while. Presumably they will have further academy players coming through in 2024 so they are further incentivised to add draft capital for the future.

I liked Josh Sinn in his draft year, half back left footer with excellent pace. Has struggled for opportunity this year in the senior team. Contracted until 2025.

I didn't watch the entire game but I definitely saw Jefferson have a kick leading to an AMW goal. These stats have been a bit dodgy throughout the year. Didn't do much else up on a wing that I saw though.

As per ChaserJs reply. I believe Cooper Simpson was also in attendance then as well. Doesn't mean much come draft time.

I guess the argument is the lack of match fitness guys like Hibberd, Tomlinson, Jordon, Spargo etc will have if they are required to play in the afl team. We make prelim and those guys won't have had a real game in over a month. We can do intraclubs but there's an element of dancing with your cousin there while injury risk still remains high. I can see arguments both ways.

Hard to do a phantom with academy selections. GCs pick 4 will change hands but for the purpose of this exercise seems to have been omitted from this phantom draft altogether.

Toby Bedford would be the best comparison but he probably didn't get the same starting 22 opportunity that Henry had.

Parish has just re-signed with the bombers until 2028