- Mar 1, 2014
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Who were the big winners and the losers from the 2018 Trade week ?
The thing that really struck me was the movement of big names was toward Melbourne. Dylan Shiel (Essendon), Chad Wingard, Tom Scully (Hawthorn), Stephen May (Melbourne), Tom Lynch (Richmond), Dayne Beams(Collingwood), Mitch McGovern(Carlton) all went to Melbourne clubs. Not only that all, with the exception of Carlton, all were finals contenders last year and only Essendon and Carlton missed the eight.
We have the draft to go yet and the teams mentioned had some losses e.g. Melbourne lost Hogan and Hawthorn lost Burton but overall I think they gained from the draft. I would be very surprised if 2019 was not an all Victorian Grand Final. In fact after the Trade Week I can see Richmond, Collingwood, Melbourne and Hawthorn top four material with Essendon on their heels.
Where do I see Port after the Trade Week? There is no doubt that that our list has suffered major changes, some would say those changes are terminal. We have lost two good players and will rely heavily on the Draft to revitalise our list. We won't be easybeats but at this stage I cannot see us as finals material.
PS I realise that Draft sections were traded as well and they come into things but Draft recruits are not going to influence the state of play in 2019. In the longer term Port might benefit from draft picks 5, 10 and 15 but there may also be some short term pain associated with that.
The thing that really struck me was the movement of big names was toward Melbourne. Dylan Shiel (Essendon), Chad Wingard, Tom Scully (Hawthorn), Stephen May (Melbourne), Tom Lynch (Richmond), Dayne Beams(Collingwood), Mitch McGovern(Carlton) all went to Melbourne clubs. Not only that all, with the exception of Carlton, all were finals contenders last year and only Essendon and Carlton missed the eight.
We have the draft to go yet and the teams mentioned had some losses e.g. Melbourne lost Hogan and Hawthorn lost Burton but overall I think they gained from the draft. I would be very surprised if 2019 was not an all Victorian Grand Final. In fact after the Trade Week I can see Richmond, Collingwood, Melbourne and Hawthorn top four material with Essendon on their heels.
Where do I see Port after the Trade Week? There is no doubt that that our list has suffered major changes, some would say those changes are terminal. We have lost two good players and will rely heavily on the Draft to revitalise our list. We won't be easybeats but at this stage I cannot see us as finals material.
PS I realise that Draft sections were traded as well and they come into things but Draft recruits are not going to influence the state of play in 2019. In the longer term Port might benefit from draft picks 5, 10 and 15 but there may also be some short term pain associated with that.
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