Just looking at the numbers I'm very confused as to where we are heading.
Most clubs run the full senior list of 40 players, in 2013 we only ran with 38. Three retirements, one delisting, one trade/steal out in Mumford, one definite trade out in White, leaves us 32.
Franklin in, only Rampe will be upgraded, list now 34.
We currently (after probable FA compo picks) have ND picks 15, 34, 53, something late 60s, plus what we get for Jesse, in the 20s?. So if no one else is traded out, we need to use four picks just to get our senior list back up to 38 players. That's pinning our hopes on picks 15, 28, 34 & 53. Not confident in what the experts say is an ordinary draft past pick 20.
So to trade out any more players seems fraught with danger to me.