Would you swap pick 9 for picks 12 & 14?

[one-eyed]

Someone asked about this swap in the Herald-Sun live chat today:

Herald-Sun's reply:
keeps bobbing up...how it will be used and who for remains a mystery.

GWS hording all the top picks now because next year, like Gold Coast now, they will need to trim the list back... they'll want to get plenty of talent through the gates, develop them and use them to their advantage down the track.

[one-eyed]

With GWS trading for pick 29 you would think they plan to use picks 1,2,3,12,14 and 29.

[taztiger4]

Or 1 2 3 9 & 29

[tony_montana]

Will prob look at packaging it up in some other deal

[the claw]

still no for me. im hoping one of  three  will still be there at 9 but i would love a pick around 25. shaw kpf,  mcbean ruck,  smith kpd  all meet tall needs and one should be there at this pick. that would leave 32 and 34 to target more mids and fix the mid depth once and for all.
i would also like a pick at 50 if we dont get a pick around 25. we should get a decent crack around  50 at a ruckman, kpd,  or kpf.

[Danog]

Shaw won't be there at 25.

[one-eyed]

This swap of picks was never going to happen as Brisbane tried the same thing with their pick 8 but GWS didn't want to give up picks 12 & 14.


The only other options that we considered at different times were a swap of picks with GWS who were interested in our Pick 8. Had we been able to get an agreement on a deal that involved the GWS' Picks 12 and 14 coming to us for Pick 8 and 24, we would have seriously considered it but GWS didn't want to give up those positions. Similarly, the options put to us by GWS were not attractive enough for us to forfeit Pick 8.

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