battye wrote:Guys like Montagna, Ball, Gram, Clarke x2 who aren't worth first round draft picks.
Disagree. All of these players are proven performers (bar Raph) at the highest level.
Joey - worth pick 5 - 10. Unlikely to be traded by us as a runner - what we need. Although Fiora, Gram and Schneider ( when rotated through the midfield) are similar type players. I would consider trading him to then on trade with our 1st round pick to WCE for Kerr.
Ball - worth pick 5 - 10. Won't be traded as a hard ballwinning mid. Can't have enough of these.
Gram - see Joey. Also is a running half back. Would be loathe to offload even for potential of getting e.g. Kerr.
X - worth pick 10 - 15. I like X as a player and for his off-field work but he has been injury prone for 5 years now and we rarely see him. If he could be traded for a pick to be ontraded for Kerr I would jump at the chance. We would be unlikely too though as on talent he is worth a top ten pick but on reliability he is worth closer to 30.
Raph - we won't get anything for him. Will be lucky not to be delisted at season's end.
I think we just have to accept that we won't be getting high draft picks any time soon.
Agree, which is why we need to trade to get a proven gun to add to this group whilst they have a chance of grabbing a flag i.e. in the next 3 years.
We should look at the following players.......
Cousins - Brownlow winner. Schmooze him using Gardiner and offer him a bucketload of cash so that we price out clubs with lower PSD picks than us.
Kerr - trade one of our B grade players (?X) and send the pick gained with our 1st rounder to WCE for him.
Didak - we already have Milne and Schneider; he's from Adelaide; he's a knob. No thanks.
Hird... The unflushable one is now... just a turd...