Mitchell or Prestia would be great gets and i'd be fine going down that road, i'd even welcome it. But think of this.
GWS have 3 First Rounders correct? Collingwoods, Geelong's and their own?
If we trade;
- Our first pick (#2-#4) to GWS for Collingwoods first and Geelong's first. (Roughly say #7 and #10)
- Two second round picks (Second gained by trading a player or through some other trade, future second rounder for current second rounder) to Gold Coast for their first (Roughly #11) (will want to trade down due to Academy selection)
Go into the draft with;
#7, #10, #11 (no second rounder), two third rounders, and so on.
Hit a KPP and two midfielders.
Youth begins to look a lot more fleshed out already. In 2017 we'd have;
24yrs - J. Lamb, D. Buckley, M. Whiley
23 yrs - B.Boekhurst, Docherty, A. Galluchi, N. Graham, K. Jaksch, S. Kerridge, L. Sumner
22 yrs - C. Byrne , P. Cripps, M. Dick , J. Foster, L. Plowman
21yrs - B. Gowers, C. Smith, D. Viojo-Rainbow
20 yrs - C. Curnow , D. Cunningham, J. Glass-McAsker
19yrs - J. Silvagni, J. Weitering
18 yrs - #7, #10, #11, #3rd Round, #3rd Round
That's 29 players 24 years or under. Which is a significant proportion of the list, and a great boost to the rebuild. Not to mention that fact that list will include roughly 13 first rounders in that number.