Eagles have two 4th rounders and two 2nd rounders. The 4th only net something like 200 points.
If it was just chasing points you could play around with future 3rd and 4th rounders to make up the deficit. Its not like you get charged interest for paying the points next year.
I don't think we can utilise future picks to make up for trade points this season mate.
Happy to be corrected if that's not the case.
If, for example, Gaff chose North and both clubs were happy to trade some picks with each other, combined with North picking up players attracting bids, then I think it would hypothetically work like this.
North: Gaff & 20
19 3rd round pick
WCE: pick 9-12 2018
North are left with (current) 30, 39, 54, 66 =
1375.
Tarryn Thomas nominates North, attracts a bid at pick 8 (1st round) + Bailey Scott nominates North, attracts a bid at pick 22 (2nd round) = 2396 - 20% =
1917 points.
1917 - 1375 =
542 still required
My understanding is that North have to give up our 2019 2nd round pick (502 fixed) and
downgrade our 2019 3rd round pick (220-40) to grab Bailey Scott. We can't use the pick from WCE in this years draft.
Whereas if we picked up a couple of hundred points this season, we would
upgrade our 2013 3rd round pick in the process.
I reckon the fact that WCE are currently a top rated side would work against that proposal.