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Couldn't see one made already.
After North had a big role last year with Dal Santo, looks like they could be big players again.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-09-24/north-chasing-lumumba
In the right roles, all those guys could be huge for North in 2015. Significant risks, but significant rewards if it comes off.
On the chopping block would include Tom Curran (unfortunate), Mitch Wilkins, Taylor Hine, Liam Anthony, Robbie Tarrant (possible steak knives in a trade? another unfortunate one with huge injury troubles), Scott McMahon, and at a stretch Dan Currie, Robin Nahas and Leigh Adams.
My opinion: Norths problem is 1) they don't have an exceptional elite talent (Cunnington should be) like Geelong (Selwood, Johnson), Port (Gray, Boak), Freo (Fyfe, Sandi), Hawks (a lot), Sydney (a lot) do - and for coming years, the Suns (Ablett, Swallow, Bennell, O'Meara).
This won't be fixed in the trade time - just keep developing guys like Cunnington, McDonald etc
2) Big defenders - been torn up this year by a number of key forwards - Thompson and Grima are ok rebounders but are outsized, outreached and outwrestled by the true KF's (4+ goals from Henderson, Waite, Cloke, Daniher, Hawkins x2, Gunston, Franklin, Tippett this year) - Joel Tippett could be the answer. Lachie Hansen in form and on the field would help Tippett.
3) A performing key forward - this could be Aaron Black, but he had a shit year - so maybe Waite is required just to put pressure on Black...
If Lumumba wants out and doesn't want Melbourne, he could get to North without them giving up Mullett, and they could get Waite + Higgins too through free agency, and they can then go to the draft with say 16 (best available), 52 and 70 to replace Anthony, Wilkins, Hine, Curran, Tarrant and McMahon.
After North had a big role last year with Dal Santo, looks like they could be big players again.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-09-24/north-chasing-lumumba
In the right roles, all those guys could be huge for North in 2015. Significant risks, but significant rewards if it comes off.
On the chopping block would include Tom Curran (unfortunate), Mitch Wilkins, Taylor Hine, Liam Anthony, Robbie Tarrant (possible steak knives in a trade? another unfortunate one with huge injury troubles), Scott McMahon, and at a stretch Dan Currie, Robin Nahas and Leigh Adams.
My opinion: Norths problem is 1) they don't have an exceptional elite talent (Cunnington should be) like Geelong (Selwood, Johnson), Port (Gray, Boak), Freo (Fyfe, Sandi), Hawks (a lot), Sydney (a lot) do - and for coming years, the Suns (Ablett, Swallow, Bennell, O'Meara).
This won't be fixed in the trade time - just keep developing guys like Cunnington, McDonald etc
2) Big defenders - been torn up this year by a number of key forwards - Thompson and Grima are ok rebounders but are outsized, outreached and outwrestled by the true KF's (4+ goals from Henderson, Waite, Cloke, Daniher, Hawkins x2, Gunston, Franklin, Tippett this year) - Joel Tippett could be the answer. Lachie Hansen in form and on the field would help Tippett.
3) A performing key forward - this could be Aaron Black, but he had a shit year - so maybe Waite is required just to put pressure on Black...
If Lumumba wants out and doesn't want Melbourne, he could get to North without them giving up Mullett, and they could get Waite + Higgins too through free agency, and they can then go to the draft with say 16 (best available), 52 and 70 to replace Anthony, Wilkins, Hine, Curran, Tarrant and McMahon.