I am praying the crows lose on the run home and we are the team that they secure one of the SA boys.. We could get some serious booty from them as the love of drafting SA players is very strong..
I’m thinking their 2 firsts this year and second next year for our pick and a future third..
We can add some serious talent to this squad by holding the crows ransom..
I smell a Taranto for Mcluggage and Berry type steal on the cards!!
I don't. We're not moving back one spot if we trade with the Crows. We would be moving out of top tier of talent and in to pick 8 to 12 zone depending Adelaide's finishing position and matching bids Thomas and Blakey.
We would give up any chance of drafting Lukosius, Rankine, Walsh and Smith, as well as which ever of the King twin is drafted first. Count out Tarryn Thomas and Nick Blakey as they are tied to other clubs.
That leaves one of Ian Hill, the other King twin, Connor Rozee, Jackson Hately or Curtis Taylor/Jye Caldwell/??? to pick from. And if the pick is pick 12, we really are picking from the second tier/third tier of kids available.
I'll admit I have a very big anti King bias in my uneducated rankings. I have a clear top 4 in Lukosius, Rankine, Walsh and Smith, and I have reservations about Rankine because of a perceived go home risk.
After those four I have little love for the next tier of players and would rather either Rozee or Taylor if we didn't have a top four pick. If a club in the 6 to 9 range (discounting Adelaide) wanted to trade up for one of the Kings, if we held pick 5, I'd strongly consider it, if they had a late first or early second send back our way, but none of those clubs currently do.