Any rational thoughts on what the Pies did today?

[pieman1]

Can anyone explain to me why we dropped three spots in the draft order. The last time we traded down was a bit of a disaster. Will Adelaide take Monfries at pick 8 or does the club rate Eckermann more? Do we have a quality uncontracted player on the hook. Will the Chad be Mick's new lovechild. An explanation for all of the above please, because what we did seems strange.

 

[you idiot sheehan]

It's a good deal. We keep our second round pick, which is what WC wanted. The difference between 7 and 10 is arbitary. I am happy.

 

[rUsTy_mAgPiE]

depends on 2 things


if we can get monfries with pick 10

and if the rumour about nixon is true

i heard ealier in the week we may move him because he might not ever play again due to his kindeys


I think adelaide will be after a ruckman more then a midfeidler so hopefully we will be able to snag monfries at 10, if so good deal

 

[hotpie]

Pick Ten's as good as Seven (almost)
Nixon is not much chop.

We basically got Morrison for free.

 

[dumesny1]

I think adelaide will be after a ruckman more then a midfeidler so hopefully we will be able to snag monfries at 10, if so good deal

Hawthorn will probably take him at 7

 

[rUsTy_mAgPiE]

u recon?

seeing as they have like 2 key possie players on there entire list im pretty sure they'd wanna stock up on them

 

[Thewlis Dish]

I don't think Monfries gets past Adelaide, if the Maggies were that keen on him I doubt you would have traded 7.

 

[Pedro]

Pretty sure the Hawks will be looking for some big blokes. I'm hoping that by offering Pick 7 to the Hawks there was a bit of a handshake thing happening in reards to who we both take in the draft.

 

[jimmy_clement#8]

adelaide almost for sure are going to go for a ruckman especially after they got walsh who is a midfielder. the talk has been they will try and go for meesen or wood. hawthorn will look for a tall probably because they will only get one tall max out of their first two picks (2 and 5). i think collingwood is confident that monfries will pass through to 10, otherwise they wouldnt have the done the deal. i have seen monfries play a few times for sturt and i would come out of this off-season happy if we have him in the side, looks to have a fair deal of potential.

 

[deck]

Malthouse said on 9 news that they think player they are after will still be available at pick 10 so the trade works as a swap of nixion for morrison.

 

[cappa04]

I think collingwood should be pleased, chad can be good for us and im glad we didnt trade players that were rumoured to be traded eg presti and mcg. presti is a key defender for us and mcg with a couple more seasons under his belt will noly improve.

I think there are some people on here way to sceptical. I mean collingwood has had a shocking run of injuries this past year and anyone with that many and a young list cannot expect to gain any consistency. With a good pre-season behind many of the young kids and an injury free start to the season i think we can be a top four contender.

 

[grayza]

Im not too sure about why we gave up pick 7 for pick 10 and nixon....although we ended up getting morrison which is good....im thinking he will slot onto a back flank nicely

i thought mcgough asked to be traded? change of heart on his behalf....or no trade could be manufactured? glad he is staying though