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Sam McClures reporting has been really good for the club - he’s helped bring Melbourne and its players against Petracca and it makes it more likely now that they will be willing to trade him without getting someone like McKay back.
As others have noted we could trade a few of our B grade players and get enough draft currency that when coupled with our current and future firsts we can make them a really good offer with points the equivalent of first pick or thereabouts
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They dont want points, we do.
They'll want two firsts, at a bare minimum.
We technically have them (this years, and nexts) but they're not low enough, but could look to upgrade both by trading them down for teams that want extra points.
Pitto has some trade value (rucks always do). Ditto Owies (and we back Motlop to come on next year, or Williams to continue in the role). Martin and Carroll could nab third rounders or thereabouts and the WA sides have shown interest in both.
Cap space is the bigger headache over picks. We have a plan in place for Houston so we can likely afford to spend a bit, but not Petracca levels of money (unless we backend it heavily).
Worst case we lose McKay and we're left with TDK and Curnow up forward, with Silvagni back, along with Williams (who has looked good) and Petracca (who doesnt mind a goal and an assist).
It's still a small forward short but it's not exactly impotent.