Has not ruled out North, in saying that, deal will get done with Pies. With Blues showing PSD interest and North making a trade play for him, it is enough pressure to ensure a good enough trade gets done.
No matter what the trade looks like on paper, and i expect it to look unders for Aish, we will essentially get Bell and Bastinac for him, which is a win to me. We can't afford to draft and spend another 2 years on a player, we bring in 2 players who should be best 22 or pushing to be, mature and ready to go. Still plenty of points to get the academy kids, and likely we do a round a bout trade with 17 to Tigers for Astbury (they need 17) and we get a later pick back as well. We still end up with enough points for academy kids.