There's no question that with a list containing Ziebell, Cunners, Swallow, Dumont, Basti and McKenzie, there's too many midfield positions being taken up by, as well as too much salary cap being swallowed up by, one-paced inside mids. For team balance one of the higher paid ones probably needs to be traded out for a mid who's better on the spread and run-and-carry. But which one to trade out?
I'd offer up McKenzie, Basti and ........ Geez it's hard to choose between Ziebs, Cunners and Swallow. I'm least inclined to trade Cunners on pure talent, but Swallow and Ziebs are the team leaders. So........ I rate Cunners at the clearance and Ziebs as a midfielder who can kick goals up forward, so it probably is Swallow who gets put on the trading block. Not sure what trading the captain does for team culture though???
Dumont could easily be traded out IMO, despite his obvious talent. He's just doesn't play in a position we need, and as such he's something of a trade-able luxury.