#7 Adam Treloar

[think positive]

[Pies4shaw]

Watching the team yesterday, I get the feeling that, aside from a genuine burst of speed and a few targets to kick to, there isn't really much improvement needed in the mid-field (158 disposals from our first 6 mid-fielders yesterday) and that it will be easy enough to fill that role. Sidebottom, Pendlebury, Swan, Adams, Crisp, Greenwood and Varcoe is a solid bunch, with De Goey, Broomhead and possibly Freeman and Kennedy capable of rounding that out to a high quality 8. Of course, a couple will retire over the next couple of years but the world is full of mids and they are not too difficult to replace (as evidenced by the fact that we already have picked up Adams, Crisp, Greenwood, Varcoe, De Goey, Broomhead, Freeman and Kennedy since 2012).

What we need is one additional KPF for each end of the ground for the long-term. Moore could be one of two up forward and Cloke, in the short-term could be the other. At the other end of the ground, Brown is a lock and Frost is doing well at the moment - and, in any event, it isn't that hard to draft key defenders (provided you actually look). The question, really, is how do we prepare for life without Cloke, who has - of course - been a colossus for Collingwood almost week in, week out for a decade.

Not for the first time this season (the games against Hawthorn and Port Adelaide were even more pertinent examples), Collingwood lost because it's forward line lacks class. 58 inside 50s for 7 goals is, quite frankly, not an acceptable return and, once again, we were presented with a team experiencing long periods of dominance (especially in the third quarter) that could barely trouble the scorers.

I don't think the focus on Treloar is apt, in those circumstances and I hope the Club does this deal only because it is a comfortable one and not at the expense of giving up difficult-to-replace players, like ruckmen and KPFs.

[Darkstranger]

I might be banging on about this every time but we need 2 mid to tall running skilful defenders!

[neil]

[Dangles]

How about swapping first round draft picks with GWS and giving them Langdon for Treloar?

[Boot]

Treloar to Collingwood is a done deal. Just a matter of what we give up for him. What chance of GWS accepting Seedsman and our first round draft pick? Unlikely...since these days you have to give up talent to get talent. At this point in time I would try to work the deal to trade Ben Reid for Treloar. GWS need a class KPD and Reid still has some currency. Collingwood has Brown and Frost as KPD's with Marsh and potentially Moore as back-up.

Then we retain our first pick in the draft to use on Sam Weideman who we desperately need for succession planning on Cloke.

The reason Collingwood need Treloar is because he is going to be an A grader and we need to find a replacement for an ageing Dane Swan.

If GWS play hard ball then forget it, and spend the money on Charlie Dixon to replace Jessie White.

[Dangles]

[Domesticated_Ape]

GWS don't want players. Their salary cap is tight and they need extra picks to cover their academy kids.

Trading Langdon would be crazy anyway and an injured Ben Reid isn't worth much at all, even if he plays the last 5 rounds. There's also the issue of his salary and the fact that we'd have to pay some of it. May as well keep him.

Charlie Dixon is an injury prone alcoholic, pass.

[Domesticated_Ape]

[RudeBoy]

Our problem is we need both Treloar and Weideman, but unless we off load a really quality player I can't see us landing both. The rumours suggest we're in the box seat to land Treloar, which I'm excited to hear, but for the love of God (even from me the atheist) I'll spew if I have to see Weideman line up in other colours, as we allowed Liam Picken to do.

[Dave The Man]

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[Dangles]

[Domesticated_Ape]

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