I really would be annoyed if either of them left. We have put a heap of development into jones and he is just what we have needed for a long time : pace and foot skills. On top of that he is tough. It is notoriously difficult to get a good key forward outside the first round or even the top 10. Reid would be a massive loss. We would either have to play tippet and buddy together or turn one of our key defenders in the neafl into a forward if we did not recruit an immediate option. I believe they are both worth top ten picks but we usually bend over ever so slightly in trades, eg, there is no way Mitchell was not worth a top ten pick. If the club had any foresight hawthorns pick this year would be ours and as it stands that would of been fairer. Another recent example, Jetta for Sinclair. For those arguing he wants to go home and has us over a barrel forget it. I would of been happy for the club to say to Lewis, you're going to the draft. The difference would of only been Sinclair. It would have set a standard, regardless of the outcome. As it stands, because of these two trades, other teams would be right to think we are an easy target.
As an aside, in the event they both leave, I predict we will give away our first round pick and Sam Reid to Collingwood for their first rounder. I think Melbourne have a heap of inside midfielders but no pace in the middle. Jones will go for their first rounder. Another two reamings.