AFL Trading Week Preview: Magpies, Saints, Tigers
Collingwood Magpies
Status: Seller
Assets: Draft picks (10, 28, 44), Chris Tarrant, Jason Cloke, Cameron Cloke, Leon Davis, Ryan Lonie, Guy Richards.
Needs: Backmen, quick midfielders, ruckman, small forwards.
This could be a big summer of change for Collingwood, the Captain and President could both step down and several players could be on the way out. Tarrant is the big one to watch. The Magpies may have been undecided about rebuilding, but the long-term injury to Didak may have altered their strategy.
So far Tarrant has been linked to Sydney, West Coast, Fremantle and Geelong. A bidding war among teams pursuing the still-contracted Tarrant is good news for the Magpies and they should get something valuable in return, if they do trade him. After all these rumours he could still be a Magpie next season.
The Clokes have trade value too and Cameron Cloke might get them a late 2nd rounder with Jason Cloke worth a later pick than that.
St Kilda Saints
Status: Buyer
Assets: Draft picks (9, 27, 43), Barry Brooks, Aaron Fiora, Stephen Milne, Leigh Montagna, Xavier Clarke, Raphael Clarke.
Needs: Ruckman, tall defender, small forward, quick midfielders.
A new coach at St. Kilda will want a new attitude for the team, and that means moving out plenty of players. But the core will most likely be kept together as the Saints are close to the top. They can trade their draft picks to get what they need now. While Riewoldt and others have plenty of years ahead of them, players like Gehrig, Hudghton, Hamill, Voss and Harvey are getting close to the end.
Another tall defender is needed to keep the Saints as a contender next season, as Maguire's leg injury might take a long time to recover from.
Barry Brooks is a player that might again be a feature of trade week, he only played one game this season but it was a good one. Statistically Brooks had the 4th best average for Herald-Sun player rankings, but just from that one game. So did the Saints play Brooks to up his trade value in the game against Brisbane or is he still someone they will persevere with.
Richmond Tigers
Status: Bargain Hunter
Assets: Draft picks (8, 26, 42), Andrew Kellaway, Shane Tuck, Richard Tambling, David Rodan, Andrew Krakouer, Ray Hall, Tom Roach.
Needs: Tall defender, midfielders, centre half-forward, backup ruckman.
Don't expect the Tigers to make a big blockbuster trade this time, so trade week won't centre on them as it did when the acquired Nathan Brown and also when they traded Brad Ottens. They might look at Polak and also a couple of Clokes. It seems that players like Kellaway and Rodan won't be back at Richmond, these players have a bit of trade value, maybe a late 3rd round or 4th round pick, so Richmond might get something for them.
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Status: Seller
Assets: Draft picks (10, 28, 44), Chris Tarrant, Jason Cloke, Cameron Cloke, Leon Davis, Ryan Lonie, Guy Richards.
Needs: Backmen, quick midfielders, ruckman, small forwards.
This could be a big summer of change for Collingwood, the Captain and President could both step down and several players could be on the way out. Tarrant is the big one to watch. The Magpies may have been undecided about rebuilding, but the long-term injury to Didak may have altered their strategy.
So far Tarrant has been linked to Sydney, West Coast, Fremantle and Geelong. A bidding war among teams pursuing the still-contracted Tarrant is good news for the Magpies and they should get something valuable in return, if they do trade him. After all these rumours he could still be a Magpie next season.
St Kilda Saints
Status: Buyer
Assets: Draft picks (9, 27, 43), Barry Brooks, Aaron Fiora, Stephen Milne, Leigh Montagna, Xavier Clarke, Raphael Clarke.
Needs: Ruckman, tall defender, small forward, quick midfielders.
A new coach at St. Kilda will want a new attitude for the team, and that means moving out plenty of players. But the core will most likely be kept together as the Saints are close to the top. They can trade their draft picks to get what they need now. While Riewoldt and others have plenty of years ahead of them, players like Gehrig, Hudghton, Hamill, Voss and Harvey are getting close to the end.
Another tall defender is needed to keep the Saints as a contender next season, as Maguire's leg injury might take a long time to recover from.
Richmond Tigers
Status: Bargain Hunter
Assets: Draft picks (8, 26, 42), Andrew Kellaway, Shane Tuck, Richard Tambling, David Rodan, Andrew Krakouer, Ray Hall, Tom Roach.
Needs: Tall defender, midfielders, centre half-forward, backup ruckman.
Don't expect the Tigers to make a big blockbuster trade this time, so trade week won't centre on them as it did when the acquired Nathan Brown and also when they traded Brad Ottens. They might look at Polak and also a couple of Clokes. It seems that players like Kellaway and Rodan won't be back at Richmond, these players have a bit of trade value, maybe a late 3rd round or 4th round pick, so Richmond might get something for them.
Click here for a preview of the Dockers, Demons and Bulldogs.
Observer's Post
Death By Myopia
Not long till trade week so Saints fans won't have to wait long to see if they have a new ruckmen.