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COKEandCOLA
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correct me if im wrong, but weren't port adelaide pretty deadset on getting rozee and duursma the 'elite' boys from adelaide?. If it wasn't us getting wingard, what makes you think someone else wouldn't have given port a pick they would've used on duursma.
Yes, in isolation we paid "overs" for wingard, but when you combine that we got Scrimshaw for pick 80 to replace burton, and got scully for pick 75 we essentially gained 1 gun wingman and 1 gun forward at the cost of picks 15, 35, 75 and 80. Doesn't sound bad when you put it that way.
I'm pretty sure that they wanted to trade down the draft order to obtain one of Lukosius or Rankine and also Rozee because they are seriously talented and also from SA.
The above mentioned is also why their list manager Jason Cripps came out and threatened Gold Coast that if they draft either of Lukosius or Rankine then they would essentially poach them in 2 years time.
I'm also pretty sure that Duursma is from Victoria mate.
Everything else in your post is bang on though!