The Adelaide Crows traded Jake Lever, pick 35 and their 2018 third-round pick to the Melbourne Demons for pick 10, their 2018 first-round draft pick, and their 2018 fourth-round draft pick.
The GWS Giants traded Devon Smith, pick 24 and their 2018 second-round pick to the Essendon Bombers for pick 11 and Essendon’s 2018 third-round pick.
Three days in, and no trades… is Thursday the day? Here’s hoping. Either way, we’ll be covering all the trade news and rumours live here on The Roar from 9am AEDT.
Yesterday was, let’s be honest, a pretty slow news day, with only a few details emerging.
Let’s hope that the reason for that was because AFL clubs are busy in negotiation and are poised to conduct a huge number of trades today. I’m not optimistic though.
There was a bit of talk about the difficult Essendon will have getting all three of their targets this year and some suggestion that St Kilda could still swoop on Devon Smith if the Dons struggle to get a deal done for him.
I don’t buy into that too much though – it’s a rumour you will hear just about every year, and it virtually never comes off.
Geelong made a few statements but they were mostly ruling things out. At this stage, it seems like they’re pretty much out of the equation when it comes to chasing the likes of Jake Stringer and Jack Watts.
That means more than likely that Jack Watts will move to Port Adelaide, where he won’t be the only new addition.
The only formal news yesterday was Brisbane’s confirmation that they won’t be matching the offer for restricted free agent Tom Rockliff, which means he offically passes to Port Adelaide on a four-year deal worth about $650,000 a year.
It’s worth noting that free agency closes for the year on Sunday night so prospective free agents like Steven Motlop and Daniel Menzel should be looking to formalise their decisions soon.
Motlop seems most likely to join Adelaide, but is every chance to go to Port Adelaide or even Gold Coast. Menzel’s options appear limited and at this point my gut feel would be he’ll probably stay at the Cats, albeit only on a one-year deal.
Macca
Guest
Sportsfan - if there was nay danger Brisbane or the Suns would take him in the PSD they would simply up the contract amount for security - Given the amount of Cap space they have throwing a few more dollars his way to ensure we keep our 2018 second rounder is a price worth paying.
Macca
Guest
Backwards in you opinion Mattyb, they went forwards in plenty of area's, which is pretty good for a side that significantly dropped its age profile. Which direction did your team go? I wonder what happens there if the go backwards again?
Slane
Guest
I love Anthony Miles. I hate to see him go but fully support it. He is too good to be stuck in the McGoos.
Mattician6x6
Guest
No doubt but you pantsed freo in what was the best win of the year, or atleast the most humorous.
SportsFanGC
Roar Guru
Just out of curiosity why would the Blues have Kennedy place a huge wage on his head in the PSD (which will chew up their cap for the next 3-4 years) so as to slip through to them at Pick 3 when they don't appear to want to give up anything of value in the trade period for him? Seems contradictory?
SportsFanGC
Roar Guru
Brisbane definitely don't need Hartung, Whitecross or any other fringe player from the Hawks. If it is a player swap then it needs to be somewhat comparable.
Mattyb
Guest
Macca,just clarifying what I assume your complaining about,not sure why you needed to comment on a poster not involved? And Carltons board has serious concerns about membership and finances in comparison to the other big clubs,you can deny that as long as you like,that's why Trigg is gone. For all these big recruiting wins its amazing the club went backwards,let's see how the board reacts if it happens again. There is patience,and then there's patience if you know what I mean.
Paul D
Roar Guru
In patches. Still had a few rubbish games where we dropped our bundle, particularly at home. These 6 were all at home and probably our worst games of the year R4 – Richmond 119-67 R6 – Port Adelaide 160-67 R9 – Adelaide 140-60 R14 – GWS 146-86 R16 – Geelong 163-78 R23 – North 130-79 Lot of work still to do
Josh
Expert
That's the end of today's blog, folks, but you can find the full wrap of all today's news and rumours here.
Macca
Guest
Of and MAttyb - what our GWS record got to do with taking Miles from Richmond?
Josh
Expert
Andrew Blake
Roar Rookie
Just wait till they start offering 4 year/$2million contracts again. Then you'll see some movement.
TomC
Roar Guru
Yeah, I've watched a lot of Whitecross. At other times I would have been keen on him. But right now we are genuinely better off picking off the bottom of the draft. I think you're falling into the trap of assuming that the team on the bottom of the ladder must have unlimited list space and can accommodate veterans who may not play, but that's not the case. I agree with the rest of it.
Pieman
Guest
Dont know if anyone has noticed but nobody wants to go to Collingwood....nice to see there are no stupid footballers accepting interest from Mr Ed and little Nathan. Made their bed now they can sleep in it.
Macca
Guest
Mattyb - Carlton first took GWS players at the end of 2014 - the membership then was 47,485 - we are up over 6%, our strategy is hardly driving the members away. But again you show your lack of understanding of our recruiting strategy - the blues wanted Plowman (success) and got Lamb (who has hardly been a failure) Phillips (shown he is a handy back up ruckman) and Sumner (failure) thrown in. They wanted Marchbank (success) Pickett (looks like he could be very good but 2018 will tell) and took Palmer so they could get them. Jaksch and Whiley under our previous recruiting team were both failures. To me that is a glowing success. By the way how is your CEO going?
Birdman
Guest
The Age reported that Port were after Hawks 2018 second rounder but I was always pretty sure this years pick would do the trick. Nice one.
JamesH
Roar Guru
It did involve Port, though.
Birdman
Guest
Whitecross is a solid citizen so would be a positive cultural influence to back up Hodge even if his senior opportunities would be limited. I think the Lions know they won't see true value for Schache but Fagan has high emotional intelligence so will do the best by the kid just like Clarko took unders for Brad Hill last year to get the guy back home.
Mattician6x6
Guest
You eediot!!!
Mattyb
Guest
Macca,2 out of 9 and one to soon to call is hardly a glowing success rate from the GWS recruits and the continuing membership problem shows not everyone at Carlton is as happy as you. Triggs sacking also points to the board 'complaining' about the current situation. If everyone at Carlton is so happy I look forward to seeing Bolton signing a proper contract now that Trigg,the alleged instagater of the current situation has left. Cheers for the mention,I fully support you constantly thinking about me.