WXV Trade Confirmation

[meow meow]

Christchurch trade: Luke Shuey, picks #55 & #73
London trade: Jarrad McVeigh & Will Hoskin-Elliott

[Ringo]

Confirmed - needed to get some young mids and Shuey has some good years left in him. Picks and WHE even the trade with Shuey being younger than McVeigh,

[Toga]

Beijing give: S.Gray + M.Weller + P.Davis + Pick 62
Rio give: T.Walker + Pick 25

Reasoning:
While Gray has been a superstar since he's been back in the Port team, I really need a stay at home forward to improve the Thunder, who had to rely on Chris Dawes a bunch of times this year (yuck!). We rate Tex and Gray on a similar level. Levi is taking a punt on Mav Weller who looks likely to be a fwd next year, who will be handy with a 75ish average, and Phil Davis who will be a solid depth defender should he get his body right. The pick upgrade is purely to even out the trade given Mav's likely DPP.

Levi to confirm :)

[Levi434]

Beijing give: S.Gray + M.Weller + P.Davis + Pick 62
Rio give: T.Walker + Pick 25

Reasoning:
While Gray has been a superstar since he's been back in the Port team, I really need a stay at home forward to improve the Thunder, who had to rely on Chris Dawes a bunch of times this year (yuck!). We rate Tex and Gray on a similar level. Levi is taking a punt on Mav Weller who looks likely to be a fwd next year, who will be handy with a 75ish average, and Phil Davis who will be a solid depth defender should he get his body right. The pick upgrade is purely to even out the trade given Mav's likely DPP.

Levi to confirm :)

Confirmed. Agree with all Toga's points.

[Jay]

Pacific give: Jack Redden + Jarryd Blair + NAT pick 51
Tokyo give: Steven Motlop + Matt Suckling + NAT 48 + NAT 66

I love Motlop and willing to pay big to get him. We have a good stock of mids and think Motlop will keep DPP so offering up Redden made sense. As for the rest of the deal, it's pretty standard - Suckling helps our defence and think he will bounce back next year. Picks balance it out.

Boomz to confirm.

[Boomz]

Pacific give: Jack Redden + Jarryd Blair + NAT pick 51
Tokyo give: Steven Motlop + Matt Suckling + NAT 48 + NAT 66

I love Motlop and willing to pay big to get him. We have a good stock of mids and think Motlop will keep DPP so offering up Redden made sense. As for the rest of the deal, it's pretty standard - Suckling helps our defence and think he will bounce back next year. Picks balance it out.

Boomz to confirm.

Confirmed.

Wanted to get in another mid and not sure for how long Motlop will keep DPP. Redden should go well at a new club and Blair will be a a solid forward while Suckling can be replaced. Picks just for balance.

[Nige]

Cairo trade: Dion Prestia, Brodie Smith, Pick 4 and Pick 24
Cape Town trade: Shaun Higgins, Trent Cotchin, Nick O'Brien, Pick 9 and Pick 29.

For us, this is crucial to becoming a better side in 2016. While Prestia > Cotch, we believe Nick O'Brien makes up the difference between the 2 and improves our midfield depth, something we're very keen on doing considering how badly our midfield suffered from injuries this season. We're aware Higgins won't be a defender, but he'll be a significant scoring boost to our fwds and should be our F1. Brodie Smith was great for us in 2014, but let us down this year, we're of the belief that he potentially won't replicate that 2014 season again. Because we're gaining the extra player, we're engaging in a bit of a pick swap as well.

Memph/Chumpy to confirm.

Confirm.

Huge deal here between African rivals Cape Town and Cairo

We were on the hunt for a defender while Cairo wanted a forward. Brodie Smith fits the profile of our young team very well and given his down year drops our cap a bit compared with Higgins.

The same with Prestia and Cotchin. We drop our cap and get an as good, if not better young mid. Though Cotchin still has potential to be a 110+ mid I think (especially with teams tagging Dusty now instead of him).

Happy to let Nick O'Brien go and gamble on the picks as I love to draft :D

Just wanted to correct a mistake, turns out Cape Town have 29, not 30.

[Memphistopheles]

Cairo trade: Dion Prestia, Brodie Smith, Pick 4 and Pick 24
Cape Town trade: Shaun Higgins, Trent Cotchin, Nick O'Brien, Pick 9 and Pick 29.

For us, this is crucial to becoming a better side in 2016. While Prestia > Cotch, we believe Nick O'Brien makes up the difference between the 2 and improves our midfield depth, something we're very keen on doing considering how badly our midfield suffered from injuries this season. We're aware Higgins won't be a defender, but he'll be a significant scoring boost to our fwds and should be our F1. Brodie Smith was great for us in 2014, but let us down this year, we're of the belief that he potentially won't replicate that 2014 season again. Because we're gaining the extra player, we're engaging in a bit of a pick swap as well.

Memph/Chumpy to confirm.

Confirm.

Huge deal here between African rivals Cape Town and Cairo

We were on the hunt for a defender while Cairo wanted a forward. Brodie Smith fits the profile of our young team very well and given his down year drops our cap a bit compared with Higgins.

The same with Prestia and Cotchin. We drop our cap and get an as good, if not better young mid. Though Cotchin still has potential to be a 110+ mid I think (especially with teams tagging Dusty now instead of him).

Happy to let Nick O'Brien go and gamble on the picks as I love to draft :D

Just wanted to correct a mistake, turns out Cape Town have 29, not 30.

Even better for you. Still happy over here :D

[Holz]

Dublin give: T. Goldstein, J. Watson, J. Holmes, D. Currie, M. Daw
Rio give: S. Jacobs, M. Murphy, J. Riewoldt, A. Walker, T. Garner, T. Read

reason: nobody is Sacred.

[Levi434]

Dublin give: T. Goldstein, J. Watson, J. Holmes, D. Currie, M. Daw
Rio give: S. Jacobs, M. Murphy, J. Riewoldt, A. Walker, T. Garner, T. Read

reason: nobody is Sacred.

Confirmed. Goldy is coimng to Rio!

[RaisyDaisy]

New York give: Sharrod Wellingham
NDT give: Jesse White and James Harmes

White has slightly questionable JS and is pretty much a spud, but he does give us some forward depth that we need. Harmes has potential but JS is quite poor, so those two for Wellingham who is a WCE best 22 defender balances it out

Rico/Ele to confirm

[Ricochet]

New York give: Sharrod Wellingham
NDT give: Jesse White and James Harmes

White has slightly questionable JS and is pretty much a spud, but he does give us some forward depth that we need. Harmes has potential but JS is quite poor, so those two for Wellingham who is a WCE best 22 defender balances it out

Rico/Ele to confirm

yep confirm. Just adding to our backline depth. RD summed it up im terms of value

[Holz]

Dublin give: T. Goldstein, J. Watson, J. Holmes, D. Currie, M. Daw
Rio give: S. Jacobs, M. Murphy, J. Riewoldt, A. Walker, T. Garner, T. Read

reason: nobody is Sacred.

dropping Walker from this deal.

quite frankly not that good and dont want him eating cap sapce. People seem to think he is great.

[AaronKirk]

New York give: Harley Bennell, Paul Duffield and Mark Whiley
Mexico give: Jordan Lewis, Shaun Grigg and Scott D Thompson

Bennell is a troubled player but he is a gun so we have come to this decent conclusion.

Lewis is a very good midfield replacement and Grigg gives us cover, Duffield is there to even up that part of the deal.

JROO was keen to get Whiley who has the talent to get a regular gig at Carlton in 2016 and with us losing Grundy who plays every week we believe Thompson would be good defensive cover.

JROO to confirm.

[Jroo]

Confirmed.

After someone younger for Lewis, Bennell will do. It's a bit of a gamble, but I'm hopeful he can go somewhere that will enhance his fantasy potential. Like Whiley as a youngster and reckon the Blues will pump games into him next year.