My Two Cents on Trade Week

• West Coast have done very well out of trade week, obviously they lost Judd but now have 4 picks in the top 25.
• Bulldogs retain 2 picks in the top 20 and get Ben Hudson so they're just about the winners I reckon.
• What on Earth St Kilda are doing I'll never know, trying to top up with mid range players it seems (which rarely works). Guess Dempster and Schneider were two of Ross Lyons' favourites at the Swannies.
• Carlton obviously got Judd but for a side that's rebuilding to only have 1 pick in the top 30 (albeit pick 1) and 5 picks overall is a very interesting way to go about it. Hadley will be a good pick up if he can actually get on the field but with Jordan Russell, Mark Murphy, Bryce Gibbs and Nick Stevens in the midfield mix with Judd I would have thought they'd be moving heaven and earth to get a key defender which is what they desperately need.

And now for the important bit - Collingwood: The 'Pies obviously feel they have a young and talented enough list to get away without having a first round pick this year, especially as we sacrificed that to get the one thing we desperately needed: a competitive ruckman - the great thing is Wood will be around for at least the next 10 years. Call me one eyed Cliff but I tend to think we've done alright, despite my reluctance of giving up a first round pick for Wood. We don't desperately need anything really now and if Derek Hone can pull off some more mid-draft and rookie list magic we may just have a dynasty on our hands.

Trade Week Details are below (and for reasons knownst only to Blogger some way below): -

Club	Picks	No Picks	Players Picked Up
Adelaide	10, 27, 30, 38, 59, 75, 91	7	Moran, Symes
Brisbane	8, 25, 41, 52, 57, 73, 89	7	Johnstone
Carlton	1, 36, 46, 68, 84	5	Judd, Hadley
Collingwood	31, 47, 63, 79, 95, 96	6	Wood
Essendon	6, 23, 39, 55, 71, 87	6
Fremantle	7, 24, 40, 56, 72, 88	6
Geelong	17, 34, 44, 50, 62, 82, 90, 98	8
Hawthorn	12, 29, 45, 61, 77, 93	6
Kangaroos	15, 32, 37, 64, 80	5	Davies, S. Power
Melbourne	4, 14, 21, 53, 69, 85	6	Meesen
Port Adelaide	16, 28, 33, 49, 65, 81, 97	7
Richmond	2, 18, 51, 67, 83	5	McMahon, Morton
St Kilda	9, 42, 58, 74	4	Schneider, Dempster, King, Gardiner
Sydney	11, 26, 60, 76, 92	5	Mattner, Playfair
West Coast	3, 13, 20, 22, 54, 78, 94	7	Kennedy
Western Bulldogs	5, 19, 35, 43, 48, 66, 70, 86	8	Hudson, Callan