Nick's Collingwood Bulletin Board

Tigers are taking Simmonds.

Why would Hawthorn redraft someone who has quit the club, who asks a salary increase they don't want to pay - and gets it? Not real good for the team, I reckon they would tell him to get stuffed myself.

Bulldogs can't afford gatorade let alone players on 300 k plus, beside they are the campers in the Ottens trade. Watch for their snipe effort late tomorrow.

That leaves us. But who would you take - him (consistant, proven, AA) Johnstone* (great in finals, inconsistant), Morrison (dodgey kneed sqwaark but only in my and a few others opinions).

* if available

what time of day does the trade period finish?

Two.

the tigers got pick 12 and 16 for ottens so much for miller wanting the 2 first rnd picks inside the top 10 3aw sports 2nite also melb get moloney for pick 12

source??

source?

i herd it on 3awearly tonight so i'm sure thats where greekL got it from

Joel wrote:Rumour off SEN.

Pick 7 + another pick or player for Smith and pick 10. Thoughts?

That's not too bad. We still get a Top 10 pick.

Average. I don't like it. I don't want to part with pick 7, and the player, in my mind, will be Lonie. I don't like that.

I'd hope for Morrison to become uncontracted, so then we take him in the PSD. Not as many other clubs would take him high up. He could play the Freeborn role across half back.

It WON'T be Lonie. Dermie outright said there is no way no known they would go after Lonie. Like I said earlier, they play the same type of position, and would be playing for the same spot in the side. Lonie won't be going to Hawthorn, based on those comments.

It's only 3 more picks up. The draft after pick 6 is very even. I'm all for it.

To state the obvious, it all hinges on Smith's decision - and I'm a little worried. Rawlings left last year, Thompson is gone, Lekkas soon to follow him to, Crawford has stepped down... the leadership and seniority of the club is being eroded. The club that took a punt on Smith and revived his career... I worry that he'll feel he has a duty to the place, and to the rebuild.

On the other hand, maybe all his mates are gone and he doesn't think much of Clarkson. Maybe his aging body will need the Lexus luxury. Maybe he realises the truth... stay, and give up any chance of a Premiership; join the Pies, and maybe, just maybe...

The Age is reporting we have offered pick 23.

I'd prefer that d9tank, and if Smith wants to go, then the Hawks may have to accept. I hope thats what he give them, even if we have to give a player.

Joel wrote:It's only 3 more picks up. The draft after pick 6 is very even. I'm all for it.

That may be true, but if one team takes a player that wasn't considered to be part of that top 6, then we'll be looking at one of those guys from pick #7, but not #10.

Look at last year, Kane Tenace was seen as being the best player on the board when pick #6 rolled around for Essendon, but the Dons went with the height of Kepler Bradley, and a "Top 6" player, fell to #7...

Given that three sides share the top 6 picks, 2 each, it means that they are unlikely to draft 2 similar players with their picks, and they make pick outside of that hallowed "top 6" group...

Even if we were to trade Pick 7 and get say, pick 10 from the Hawks, although far from impressed and admittedly we'd be doing Hawthorn a favour, nothing more nothing less, we are still going to get either Monfries or Eckermann (as they are those we've spoken in length to) as both are estimated to go between picks 7 and 15.

Regardless, I'd say at the end of today we'll have pick 7 in our grasp plus one or two players, I have a gut feeling that Shaw, O'Bree, Swan, McGough and possibly Lokan, one or two of the above won't be in a black and white strip next year.

V69, that won't happen. Clubs always pick the supposed best available talent. I would prefer to get someone like Smith, and pick 10. Than just pick 7.

Anyhow, it's been reported in the Age that we might give up Pick 23, that's probably bs, but we don't know the specifics just yet, if it does go through, which seems likely.