I have no doubt we'll do some sort of deal with GC early days, but more so to arrange pick exchanges.
I can very easily see our pick 3, 39, 57 and a Barlow, Suban or DeBoer type for pick 6 or 8, 27 and 40.
I really believe this slight downgrade of our first pick should be on the cards. Plus they already have picks 4, 8, 21, 22, 24, 27 and 40 from the first 3 rounds. Add pick 6 for Prestia and whatever they get for Omeara and they are rolling in it.
Pick 3, 39 and 57 = 2862 points
Pick 6, 27 and 40 = 2883 points
If they value any of our mature mids they may even give us pick 24 on top of as it's honestly of no use to them. Maybe we'd have to slide to pick 8, but the net gain could be massive.
GC could end up with picks 3,4,8,21,22,39 + Barlow and still to receive whatever they from Omeara. That will be 6 picks inside top 22. I mean how many will they need or want?
Freo could end up with picks 6,24,27,40 and lose Barlow.
GC is our greatest friend this trade period, make no mistake. If we want draft picks (especially in the second round to net McCarthy and Hill) we need to deal with them.
The actual trade:
Freo
Out: Pick 3, 39, 57 and Barlow
In: Pick 8, 24, 27 and 40
We then use 24 and 27 or McCarthy and Hill!
A 5 position downgrade from 3 to 8 effectively gets us McCarthy, Hill and likely English.
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