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I hear you but Hinge also plays 3rd man intercept if needed so I would not be too worried about cover in that role. Its 3 KPD's and 2 intercepts. Lukosius can also fill that role of 3rd man intercept from half back if needed in that scenario.That would leave us with Murray/Worrell/Butts as our KPD trifecta (which is strong), but Borlase as the only depth player. Though we could always get another one with a low pick. I wouldn't be opposed to that.
I'm not convinced that Gold Coast would want a low first rounder. More likely, they'd want a package deal of seconds and thirds. It all depends on where their academy players fall though, which we won't know for a while.
The thing with GC is they have another 3 1sts this year (currently 8, 11 & 20). They will be wanting ready to go players and points and possibly shifting some draft capital into next year. I would actually love to target that pick 8 of theirs - Lombard who is in their academy is projecting as a high end mid. Maybe to coax them, we just need to let them know we are right into Lombard and may bid on him (before their 1st pick) and it will burn a high end pick of theirs if they match. Its why I speculated earlier that they might be enticed by our F1 if we low finish this year as it might look like a top 10 pick next year - that way they don't burn it this year and still have a couple of 1sts to play with to get points and a player or 2 they want.
Maybe what I am thinking is, our club needs to get very aggressive to try and sort out our midfield this draft and they can target a club like GC to try and get an extra top end pick to get 2 top 10 mids this time round