Can Carlton land all three current targets? - Trade Mornings - Day 5 (29.09.26)
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Can Carlton land Lachie Whitfield, Joel Amartey and Cody Walker?
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How advanced is Carlton's pursuit of Lachie Whitfield compared with Melbourne?
What's the Whitfield status? One point three million dollars due in twenty twenty seven or less. No, my understanding is Lockie Whitfield owed less than a million dollars next year. So it's not like he's on a huge sum of money for twenty twenty seven.
Yep.
Um but it does speak to the reset that the Giants are embarking on. And
the Carlton rumors are true.
Yeah, absolutely. He's met with Carlton. Um, he's met with Melbourne. I do think Carlton's more advanced in their pursuit of Lockie Whitfield than the Demons. Yeah. Um for the Melbourne Football Club it was just very much uh an introductory um catch up that they had. Wasn't necessarily here's what we're willing to offer or this is how many years we're willing to offer. I think how old is Lockheed Whitfield? Is he thirty two?
thirty two.
How could Carlton structure Lachie Whitfield's salary and trade deal?
So how
does so my question to you is how does this gil deal get done? Because they obviously need to have some picks to get Cody Walker. But is there a world in which Carlton could pay a percentage of the salary that he's owed, even if it is say a million dollars? And then what picks required to get him?
Yeah, so I think the whole idea is that the Giants don't want to pay a cent of Lockheed Whitfield's salary. Right. Um, and then Carlton, let's say it is Carlton, Carlton can pick up that money for a year and then add maybe one year onto that or one or two years onto that. But you're right, they they do need picks to get uh Cody Walker. Yeah. But they can only get Cody Walker with two selections. That's the new rules that have come in.
So I've got their picks in front of me here, tell me.
How many draft picks will Carlton need to secure Cody Walker?
So they've got eleven, sixteen, twenty three, twenty four, fifty four, and sixty five. So eleven and sixteen isn't gonna get it done for Cody Walker, is it?
No, but it's not too far off. I think I did the maths with Jared Waitley a couple of weeks ago. I think if they had like seven and sixteen it gets it done. So to re it that is assuming that someone bids on Cody Walker with pick one, which I think Carlton have to assume. Yeah. is the case so that they're ready to go. Um but they could give up pick twenty three or twenty four for Cody Walker. They've also got picks in next year's draft as well, though for courtesy of Sydney. So they do have a fair bit of a a fair uh a fair few picks to to deal with. I think Lockie Whitfield was stunned when he first found out that Um he potentially could be on the trade table. He was playing golf with Nick Haynes at the time when the when the news broke.
I think Sammy Edmund broke the news. And I I think over the last week or two his uh his thoughts have evolved to now being very open to it.
Well I think similar to Toby Green, at some point in time he was going to move back to Victoria. He's from down the peninsula way and you know, Sydney's been great. to him and and his family for his football and career, but to eventually want to come back to Melbourne. So the next question I have for you, does this say to you that Carlton believe they're in the premiership window?
Do Carlton's trade targets put them in the premiership window?
Because they're getting in a thirty two year old half back. Zach Williams and Sa uh and Sad are gone, but they've still got Florent and Wilson who was really good once Josh Fraser came in and took over and what they went twelve and twelve or fourteen games. So Is this them just wanting to further pursue up the ladder or do they think they're in it?
Well I I th I think yeah, I think they think they're in it if they can improve their list.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Can Carlton land Lachie Whitfield, Joel Amartey and Cody Walker?
0:04–0:37
2
How advanced is Carlton's pursuit of Lachie Whitfield compared with Melbourne?
0:37–1:17
3
How could Carlton structure Lachie Whitfield's salary and trade deal?
1:17–1:58
4
How many draft picks will Carlton need to secure Cody Walker?
1:58–3:13
5
Do Carlton's trade targets put them in the premiership window?
3:13–4:19
6
What draft pick could Carlton offer for Lachie Whitfield?
4:19–5:10
7
How would Lachie Whitfield fit Carlton's backline and list strategy?
5:10–5:54
8
How does Joel Amartey's free agency affect Carlton's trade plans?
5:54–6:39
Speakers
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