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4d chess time. We threaten to pick kako, then offer essendon our f1 with 40 and 53 (to help them match a bid) for pick 9. Alternatively, we trade 5 and 45 for 9, 31 and f1. Trade one of our f1st for freos pick 11. End up with 9, 11, f1 (ours or bombers) and 28, 31 and 40 to try and upgrade further. Yes I'm day 1 trade period bored.

I would hope it would be pick 10 or 11 but yes, f1 for pick 18 is a risky play.

Presuming this falls over if they use picks 10 and 18 on Bolton.

Quoted the wrong person?

Colours actually don't look horrible on him which is a rare thing to say with Adelaide. All the best nibbler.

Nice post. Lalor is being talked about as a potential landing spot for Richmond's first pick. If he fell to 5 I feel he would be be a player JT would like and we would call his name out. Tough, strong contested mid with good skills and some explosive athletic traits. I hope he falls to our pick. My top selections for us would be Lalor O'Sullivan Langford Reid Draper Berry Travaglia Smith Allen Hynes Lindsay Smillie I rate Armstrong extremely highly but not sure that's where we need to be spending our top 5 pick. He could pair up very well with JvR, but not sure our FD are writing of Jefferson just yet. Unless we see Jefferson as being capable of playing in the backline at AFL level and Armstrong head and shoulders above him, I can't see us selecting a 3rd key forward in 4 years given our midfield needs. Tauru similarly is an exciting prospect. Ultra competative and can play just about anywhere. This is going to be a really interesting draft with lots of surprises I feel. Kako being linked to us at 6 is one. For all we know players like Smith, Reid, Smillie may go top 5 or they may go late first round.

2023 vs 2024 trade period

Wonder how Petracca feels about Collingwood trading away their future first rounder.

Are we still in this? Future first for GC pick 13 is more enticing than Collingwood and Carlton can offer GC. We could then offer 13 and 28 for Houston. GWS and Richmond the ones we have to beat I think for GC #13.

Is that allowed? I thought there were still rules in place for future pick trading. Unless they've changed it recently it was that if you traded a f1 then you couldn't trade any other picks in subsequent rounds. Conversely, if you traded a f2, you could trade as much as you like in later future rounds but you couldn't trade your f1 unless you replaced it with another f1.

Kako is an Essendon NGA player. Given they've been desperate for a high quality small forward I can't see them not matching a bid.

Do we have a top 10 or expanded placement list?

Like most years, we are seemingly on the hunt to have a better draft hand this year and have been linked to Gold Coasts pick 13 and Lions pick 20. With FA compo for some players released today, we potentially have other picks to target. However this has also strengthened our rivals hand to upgrade their picks if they decide to do that. GWS now have 15, 16 (perryman) and 21 (Cumming). Saints have picks 7, 8 (battle) Freo have picks 10, 11, 18 Swans have picks 19, 22 We have currently picks 5, 40, 48, 53 and 64. Pick 25 (now 28) was suggested as a possible trade outcome for ANB but Peatling nominating crows perhaps complicates that. We have allegedly already put our future 1st on offer for the Suns pick 13. Can we can get another top 20 pick by moving on our later picks to Brisbane? A draft hand of 5, 13 and 20 would be an amazing outcome in a strong even draft.

I'd be surprised if he lasted that long.

Maybe clarry will get on the beers tonight to force a trade

Don't panic, this is here to serve as a distraction to all the other bs going on. Great first year by our young winger.

Does this put pick 25 in jeopardy?

Indeed. Just annoying our players seemingly want to go to clubs with the least draft capital.

Come on Saints, Adelaide...

We'll be lucky to get a first rounder of any kind.

This should be an annual thread

Dear diary, mood... apathetic.

Was there an official decision today?

We'll probably get a 2nd rounder and still pay 300k-500k of his salary for the next 6 years.

Reid, Ginbey, Hewett (if he can get on the park consistently), Draper and Allen have the potential makings of a damn good midfield in 3-5 years.