AFL Trade Week: 24 Hours To Go
So far there have been 1.5 trades announced, with Birss to the Saints for pick 59, and Akermanis going to the Bulldogs but the draft picks the Lions receive have not been announced.
A few players are said to have selected a specific team to be traded to, or else they go into the preseason draft. Thornton to Hawthorn, Polak to Richmond, Russell to Port and Everitt to Sydney.
Steve Johnson is probably on his way out of Geelong, the Cats have missed out on Daniel Bradshaw but may have interest in Medhurst of Fremantle.
There was a big rumour of McLeod leaving Adelaide but the Crows have announced that is not correct. Adelaide may also be a team after Cameron Faulkner.
Essendon will be keeping Jason Johnson, but Solomon is likely gone.
In 24 hours there will be a rush of AFL trades, along with the stories of the ones that just missed out. Why the clubs wait to the end, use old fax machines or select the club's oldest official to run and submit the official trade papers a minute before the deadline is always a mystery.
But right now it seems that the Polak trade is holding up a lot of other things. Fremantle have to trade Polak before going after Tarrant, Collingwood want to have Tarrant traded before going after Steve Johnson, Geelong are waiting to see what they get for Johnson before talking to other teams.
Collingwood may be hoping that Fremantle can give them pick 8, from Richmond, instead of pick 13 but either pick is high enough for the Magpies to land a star prospect. Depending on what player they are after, they could be available at pick 13 anyway.
One day to go and everyone will know where Tarrant, the Clokes, a lot of Lions, McDougall and many others will be playing in 2007.
A few players are said to have selected a specific team to be traded to, or else they go into the preseason draft. Thornton to Hawthorn, Polak to Richmond, Russell to Port and Everitt to Sydney.
Steve Johnson is probably on his way out of Geelong, the Cats have missed out on Daniel Bradshaw but may have interest in Medhurst of Fremantle.
There was a big rumour of McLeod leaving Adelaide but the Crows have announced that is not correct. Adelaide may also be a team after Cameron Faulkner.
Essendon will be keeping Jason Johnson, but Solomon is likely gone.
In 24 hours there will be a rush of AFL trades, along with the stories of the ones that just missed out. Why the clubs wait to the end, use old fax machines or select the club's oldest official to run and submit the official trade papers a minute before the deadline is always a mystery.
But right now it seems that the Polak trade is holding up a lot of other things. Fremantle have to trade Polak before going after Tarrant, Collingwood want to have Tarrant traded before going after Steve Johnson, Geelong are waiting to see what they get for Johnson before talking to other teams.
Collingwood may be hoping that Fremantle can give them pick 8, from Richmond, instead of pick 13 but either pick is high enough for the Magpies to land a star prospect. Depending on what player they are after, they could be available at pick 13 anyway.
One day to go and everyone will know where Tarrant, the Clokes, a lot of Lions, McDougall and many others will be playing in 2007.
