The Goon
Norm Smith Medallist
[quote/]Kevin Sheedy:
Well what's going to happen in the next two years is that the Giants have four 17-year-old draft picks and we have to trade them to clubs. So if Hawthorn or any other club want to give us another player they can. The quality of that player has to be top class, so for example, we are prepared to give you a champion young player. But is your club, or any club, prepared to give us a middle-aged champion. This happened when we got Lloyd at Essendon - he was 16 and half and we cleared three players.
Pretty sad when I saw this[/QUOTE]
Sheeds is playing games. The Giants can't keep the 17 year olds, only trade them. If they don't trade they lose the right to them and the 17yo's go into the normal draft. This puts the Giants at a disadvantage compared to a normal trade (think like the Houli and Grigg trades last year). Ultimately they'll take what the other clubs think is worth the offer. It will only get pricey if a number of clubs are jostling for a high 'pick'.