Have heard Conners has phoned Geelong ..... Ess will not budge on 25 & 30!!
I`m not sure why the doggies would need to be chasing a first rounder shouldnt it be Ess job to do that?
I think the issues are:
Wb wants one higher pick (inside 20) over 25 and 30 due to list spot issues (they don't have room for more than 2/3 picks so 25 and 30 forces them to delist an extra player).
Ess 2018 1st rnd gets it done and they can trade it but they dont want to.
WB will only take 25 and 30 if its a 3 way trade where they get a 12-20 pick and the 3rd club takes 25 and 30. They tried this with WC but it fell over.
Can they get a 3rd club like carlton or richmond to involve a 1st rounder.
Carlton need a pick between 20 and 30 for kennedy (gws list manager said that's what they want) so they can use 41 for lang. If carlton get 16 for gibbs they would do that for 25 and 30 i expect with the dogs to get 16 and 30 to gws and 41 to us. But if they get 10 and a 2018 r1 they won't do 10 for 25 and 30 imo.
The Bulldogs would take 19 and a sweetener from us if Essendon don't offer better and Stringer is willing to change his choice of club.
They don't really want to keep him but will if they don't get a top 20 pick imo.
Because of the situation with his kids he won't sit out 2018 so WB will try and salvage it.
Stringer doesn't want to change his club choice i think but might have to to get a move done unless a 3way trade is done.