Essendon's Best 23 in 2027 - The Early Trade - Tuesday 29th September
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What does Zach Merrett's premiership debate reveal about leaving Essendon?
Green, Australia's favourite that's steady, hot and strong. Deacon University, home to the world's number one sports science school. This is the Early Trade with Kane Corns and Sam Edmund. Ah, it is indeed. A lot of texts have come through off the back of the under-the-pump hit list uh delivered by the volcano in our last little segment and uh most of them suggesting that uh you have not taken that personal text from Zach Merritt overly well. I like it I
liked I actually liked it. I respected the um the receipt keeping ability.
Did you reply?
No.
Oh, not even a reply. You got a reply. It's
like what?
Oh, you gotta reply, you can't just ghost him.
I'll reply now.
Okay. What are we gonna say? We craft it. I thought your option yesterday was the sound. Yeah, I
just never got I never never got around to it. Uh so I think it just reminds remind people.
Remind people what he texts you about.
Why did Sam Draper and Oscar Allen celebrate their premiership wins so emotionally?
Well I sort of said this time last year than the trade period, it wouldn't be the same for him if he went and chased a premiership at another club, more so than winning it at his own. Um his receipt was how would Oscar Allen and Sammy Draper be feeling? Would it be a hollow premiership for them?
Didn't look overly hollow, did they, when they embraced emotionally in the middle of the MC chip? They looked pretty
happy.
Um Sam Draper was so overcome afterwards in the rooms he could barely speak.
I'll say lovely receipt keeping.
Respected.
Lovely receipt keeping from you.
PS. You're the most under the pump player next year. You got it? Okay. All right. You've sent that, have ya? Hold it up. Okay. We'll push the arrow. Gone. Bang. Keep us informed. Keep us informed.
What trade pressure are Port Adelaide and Gold Coast facing?
Uh it's X have come through. Uh if Port only end up with capital to match bids out of the Butters deal, we have failed miserably, and everyone associator should be sacked immediately. If Butters stayed, we would have still found a way to get Cochrane pilot and uh Salapek must go another top ten must get another top ten player to go with Cochrane, at least, or capital to go after Nasia. That's from Simon. Pete says, Kane, I'd have Port Adelaide at number one on the pressure rankings. These next three years are critical in our history. Stuff it up, and we won't be seeing September for a long while.
I had them at three, didn't I? Yeah, right up there.
Um yeah. Gold Coast list manager under pressure to secure a deal better than pick seven if they decide to match the Hawks uh bid for Ben King. Yeah, we need to spend a bit of time on that. That's a that's a Slightly off Broadway comparison to the Zach Butters one because Port um sorry Gold Coast want more than that compensation pick. So they're going down a similar path to Port Adelaide and the Dogs.
How could Collingwood balance recruiting veterans with developing young players?
And uh missing from your list, to the uh to the surprise of some was the Collingwood list boss Justin Lepich. Are we just gonna keep recruiting old players or are we gonna try to get some genuine young guns off the team? Six.
So still sidebottom's gone. Bobby Hill is gone. Then there's some youngsters. Pendle's gone. Brian Sullivan Pendle's gone as well. Dan Houston is a name that keeps coming up. I'd be surprised if that eventuates. Lockie Neal, Jesse Hogan in Some interesting Jaden short. Yeah. Um, it's more of a hybrid model, isn't it, for Collingwood. They're gonna take their picks, whatever they are. I don't have the draft pick list in front of me right now, but they're not gonna be trading their first round pick this year, are they? They're actually gonna go to the draft.
Right they have to, don't they? They've got pick nine. They got a top ten pick. A hybrid model. Yeah, at the moment they do. That'll clearly shuffle back a couple, but it's a it's a nice it's a solid first rounder and and yeah, they'll pick the eyes out of the the trade and free agency window like you're suggesting there. Um Kelshadier was someone I thought they might have gone harder at. They couldn't get a commitment from him. He looks likely to get to Melbourne now, Kelshadier. So Collingwood have got uh a first and a second and then a bunch of junk in the back end.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Zach Merrett's premiership debate reveal about leaving Essendon?
0:05–1:00
2
Why did Sam Draper and Oscar Allen celebrate their premiership wins so emotionally?
1:00–1:51
3
What trade pressure are Port Adelaide and Gold Coast facing?
1:51–2:48
4
How could Collingwood balance recruiting veterans with developing young players?
2:48–4:06
5
How might Essendon's best 23 change without Zach Merrett and Jordan Ridley?
4:06–5:07
6
Which trade targets could strengthen Essendon's forward line and young core?
5:07–6:06
7
Can Essendon's top draft pick help build a competitive young core?
6:06–7:05
8
Which young Essendon players could emerge in the 2027 best 23?
7:05–7:46
Speakers
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