Jon Ralph (most accurate as it relates to us this year) said he thought we were targeting and would ultimately be successful with enough money for all three of Martin, Keath & Bruce. Just missed Martin, but with the offer we made, I can see why he thought we close that trade too.

Riley Beveridge, afl media, who has been assigned to covering our club the last couple of years said is a recent podcast that the dogs had $1.8M in available spend.

Reports of Keath & Bruce were close to $600,000. Assuming that means $1.1M combined. That leaves $700,000 free. The reported offer that Jack Martin knocked back was 5 X $700,000.

So it's safe to say we have $700,000 a season to offer. If Martin had said yes, we would spent it. Presuming Sam Power is very good at his job, which he clearly is, he's structured the player payments to sign all the players we want to going forward and sign Keath, Bruce and a (up to) $700,000 a season trade target.

So who do you have in mind for another quality trade target, with a maximum price tag of $700,000 (with likely a second rounder and a third rounder and perhaps a fringe player as trade currency)?