The Adelaide Media

[Twodogs]

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I think it takes the cognitive process of thinking that Pick 5 has great value (it does), Each of MacGregor and Hudson have some value (they do) and then mixing up concepts of our needs, quality and quantity etc

They dont have much of a grip on our list then. Why would we swap a promising forwardwho's actually playing senior football(Tiller) for a KP that is basically washed up and isnt playing senior football(McGregor). It's insulting to think we'd even consider a trade like that.



Looking forward to The Footscray Mail and The Western Times article about how we are going to swap Tim Walsh for Nathan Van Berlo.

[Dry Rot]

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And a good draft pick!

[Bulldog Revolution]

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Lets package faulkner in with walsh and then get hudson, van berlo and mcgreggor

[Raw Toast]

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& pick 10

[LostDoggy]

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Wouldn't happen.......surely.

Mark Stevens should reply to that by saying

Pick 10 + Hudson + McGregor

for

Jordy + our 2nd rounder

If this deal did ever eventuate i would follow park footy.

[Go_Dogs]

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Chris McDermott had an article in this mornings paper, stating the Crows should, as a minimum, be demanding either Adam Cooney or Ryan Griffen for Ben Hudson.

The delusion is spreading down here peoples!

[LostDoggy]

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Hahahahahha - sorry for my sarcasm laughs.

Next Adelaide will be asking for Cooney, Griffin, McMahon, Higgins & Pick 5 for Meesen or something lol.

[LostDoggy]

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I used to work with a number of guys from SA. One year when the Crows were about
10th he brought in the mid season player by player summary from the SA press. Not one player on the list was rated less than a B grade. They were 5 and they talked them up like they were world beaters.

I think Port coming on board would fix a bit of it.

[Go_Dogs]

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Port still don't get anywhere near the media Adelaide get. This week they will though, their playing the GF.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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There is one way we would trade pick 5 for Hudson & pick 10.

Clayton has a history of using first round picks on players most casual observers would rate much lower - Ray, Williams, Higgins, Everitt.

What if Clayton has already decided on a Callan Ward, Dave Gourdis or Steven Gaertner?

If we could downgrade our first pick and still get the kid we want we would be basically getting Hudson for free.

There is no way this would be agreed on until after the draft camp because until everyone gets together and starts chatting we would have no idea about who will and won't be still there at 10.

[Go_Dogs]

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That's an interesting thought. I guess even if we have pick 5 there are no guarantees that we will still get who we want with pick 5, but if we are sure that we can get the player, or one of 2 whom we rate equally, with pick 10, it could certainly become a possibility. I'm sure the Crows, with their aging list, would love to grab a top 5 draft pick.

[Bulldog Revolution]

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There is one way we would trade pick 5 for Hudson & pick 10.

Clayton has a history of using first round picks on players most casual observers would rate much lower - Ray, Williams, Higgins, Everitt.

What if Clayton has already decided on a Callan Ward, Dave Gourdis or Steven Gaertner?

If we could downgrade our first pick and still get the kid we want we would be basically getting Hudson for free.

There is no way this would be agreed on until after the draft camp because until everyone gets together and starts chatting we would have no idea about who will and won't be still there at 10.

I know what you are saying but

I think the only way we would do this would be based on recruiting a much younger player
than Hudson,

Cant see anyway number 5 is heading to Adelaide personally - its far more likely for us to downgrade a 2nd, 3rd or 4th rounder IMO

[Raw Toast]

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There is one way we would trade pick 5 for Hudson & pick 10.

Clayton has a history of using first round picks on players most casual observers would rate much lower - Ray, Williams, Higgins, Everitt.

What if Clayton has already decided on a Callan Ward, Dave Gourdis or Steven Gaertner?

If we could downgrade our first pick and still get the kid we want we would be basically getting Hudson for free.

There is no way this would be agreed on until after the draft camp because until everyone gets together and starts chatting we would have no idea about who will and won't be still there at 10.

I'd been wondering about this too but the timeline's pretty short with draft camp ending only three days before the trade period begins. Could backfire big-time but it would be nice to get Hudson basically for free as well.

Eade's not averse to risks either and last year Clayton pretty much knew exactly who we would get before the draft started so he must have a fair idea who other clubs are going for (or at least who they are not going for).

Love to be a fly on the wall for these conversations...

[Go_Dogs]

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I ended up emailing Chris McDermott after his article on Sunday, and he replied to me earlier this afternoon stating that he didn't believe the Dogs would consider the Cooney/Griffen for Hudson trade, and also that he doubted either player would be interested in coming back to Adelaide anyway.

He did however state that it was more to emphasis that Adelaide should play hardball this trade period, and not allow themselves to be walked over as they have been in the past.

Hopefully both teams are able to come to a satisfactory agreement early in the week. It would be a shame for Hudson to have to enter the PSD, however I'm hopeful a trade can still be worked out.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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I ended up emailing Chris McDermott after his article on Sunday, and he replied to me earlier this afternoon stating that he didn't believe the Dogs would consider the Cooney/Griffen for Hudson trade, and also that he doubted either player would be interested in coming back to Adelaide anyway.

He did however state that it was more to emphasis that Adelaide should play hardball this trade period, and not allow themselves to be walked over as they have been in the past.

Hopefully both teams are able to come to a satisfactory agreement early in the week. It would be a shame for Hudson to have to enter the PSD, however I'm hopeful a trade can still be worked out.

When have Adelaide been walked over in the past? They hardly ever trade and from memory they did quite well out of Stenglein and picked up Thompson cheap. The traded Massie (a 1st rounder) for Ben Nelson, didn't they?