This board has become a cure for insomnia in recent weeks, and looks like staying that way until next month.
So, how about this for a scenario . . . Fast Eddie has told the AFL that the Colliwobbles squad is still undermanned, and the Commission has agreed to re-open the trading period for one day on 1 Feb to give the Magpies a chance to grab some established talent.
Now Paul Roos is in a quandary. At trade time, every coach has a trade list - a ranking of all players in order of tradeability, but everyone at the Swans is flat out preparing for the new season. As a last resort, he rings you and asks you to prepare the trade rankings for him. "I've seen your posts on RWO," he says, "and you're obviously the right person for the job".
Leaving out the draftees from 2002 and 2003, there are 30 players to rank. But remember, this isn't a best and fairest list or a popularity contest. The ranking is of each player's relative value to the Swans IN THE FUTURE, not of their past performance.
Here's the list . . . see what you can make of it. Rank the full list from 1 (the most future value) to 30 (the least future value):
Luke Ablett
Jason Ball
Leo Barry
Craig Bolton
Jude Bolton
Amon Buchanan
Jared Crouch
Nick Davis
Stephen Doyle
Ben Fixter
Nic Fosdike
Adam Goodes
Barry Hall
Heath James
Tadhg Kennelly
Brett Kirk
Ben Mathews
Stuart Maxfield
James Meiklejohn
Matthew Nicks
Ryan O?Keefe
Michael O?Loughlin
Mark Powell
Lewis Roberts-Thomson
Jason Saddington
Andrew Schauble
Adam Schneider
Jarrad Sundqvist
Rowan Warfe
Paul Williams
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