Boot wrote:From a post on the Ollie Henry trade topic stream, I've copied the following summary of what I hope will be achieved during the upcoming trade period;
I'm coming around to the fact that Olliver Henry wants to be traded to Geelong. Now I'm trying to see what Collingwood can recover from the bad news being the loss of Grundy to Melbourne, Henry to Geelong and Poulter to Adelaide.
Geelong is reportedly going to trade to receive a player, Jack Bowes, and his salary from Gold Coast Suns as well as their Pick 7 in this years draft. I want that Pick 7 for Ollie Henry.
Apparently the deal is done for Grundy to move to Melbourne with Collingwood agreeing to pay for a portion of his salary. ( Madness I know but what can you do?) For such a gift I want the draft picks that Fremantle give up for Jackson which I expect will be Pick 15 and 33.
For Poulter to be released to Adelaide I expect that a straight swap for Billy Frampton will be done.
Hence these trades will leave Collingwood with the following picks in the November draft;
Picks: 7,15,16,33, 44 and some third round picks which might be swapped around with Brisbane to allow them better leverage to pick up their father / son recruits and upgrade our picks.
Thus for the loss of Grundy, Henry and Poulter we look like getting the following additions to our squad;
Dan McStay, Tom Mitchell, Bobby Hill, Brayden Fiorini, and Billy Frampton and still have the following first round picks 7, 15 and 16. I'm sure that none of those incoming players match the class of Grundy and Henry but maybe we can pick up some class to compensate us with those first round picks.
Those five incoming players will add to Collingwoods depth and so I expect our VFL team to perform very well next season but I'm not sure they will add much to the AFL performance but maybe their addition to the team to fill roles will free up others to better contribute to team success. In McRae we trust.
If all the above trades occur then this would leave Collingwood with the following as a starting point for 1st round teams for next year;
Backs: B. Maynard, B.Frampton, J. Howe
H.Backs: I. Quaynor, D. Moore, J.Crisp,
Centers: S. Sidebottom, T. Adams, J. Daicos
H. Forwards B. McCreery, B. Mihocek, J. DeGoey
Forwards: J. Elliott, D.McStay, J. Ginnivan
Followers: D. Cameron, S. Pendlebury, T.Mitchell
Interchange: N. Daicos, N. Murphy, M.Cox, P. Lipinski
Emergencies:, , W. Hoskin-Elliott, T. Ruscoe, J.Noble
Backs: T. Wilson*, C. Dean, T. Bianco
H. Backs: T. Ruscoe, W.Kelly, A. Draper
Centers: J.Noble, B. Fiorini, H. Harrison
H. Forwards: R. McInnes, A. Johnston, C. Murley
Forwards: B.Hill, N. Kruger, W. Hoskin-Elliott
Followers: A.Begg, J. Carmichael, F. Macrae
Interchange :, J.Magden
Collingwood Domination. Envy of the Nation!