Legend's brutal trade truth Collingwood must face

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By Simon Brunsdon and Chris De Silva

Essendon large Matthew Lloyd believes Collingwood should offload different prima sanction during this year's commercialized play successful bid to summation much draught capital.

Collingwood's draught plans this twelvemonth are centred astir father-son imaginable Nick Daicos, with the nine looking to get picks to marque up the draught points needed to lucifer a imaginable bid connected the talented youngster.

The Magpies could besides beryllium forced to usage immoderate of their draught superior successful a commercialized for Bulldogs midfielder Pat Lipinski, who has requested a determination to Collingwood.

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After the Magpies got escaped of Adam Treloar successful arguable circumstances past year, Lloyd believes it could beryllium clip the nine considered moving connected different big-money star.

"I'd beryllium going the other mode and saying, 'We started with each these kids past twelvemonth but they're not the pick of the cake'. Daicos comes successful but past they're beauteous overmuch losing Pick 36, 39, 41 and 45 for those draught points," helium said connected AFL Trade Radio.

"I deliberation they request to fto a prima spell for the aboriginal and betterment of their football."

Treloar was fundamentally pushed retired of the club, joining the Western Bulldogs portion Collingwood was inactive required to wage a signficant information of his $900,000 per twelvemonth salary. He went connected to play successful a expansive last successful his archetypal year, losing to Melbourne.

Conversely, the Magpies plummeted down the ladder. They won lone six games successful a miserable play and finished 17th connected the AFL table, up of lone North Melbourne.

The squad sunk truthful debased that long-time manager Nathan Buckley was sacked mid-season.

He is replaced present by Craig McRrae, who volition request to analyse the roster he's inherited and fig retired who needs to stay, and who tin go.

If the Magpies are to instrumentality Lloyd's proposal and offload a big-money subordinate past ruckman Brodie Grundy tops that list. A study earlier this twelvemonth named him arsenic the club's highest earner connected $975,000.

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Below Grundy, the different elite players astatine the Magpies see the likes of Jordan de Goey, Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Taylor Adams, Jamie Elliott, Jeremy Howe, and Darcy Moore.

Pendlebury is improbable to permission oregon beryllium forced retired springiness he's a nine legend, their games grounds holder, their longest serving skipper ever, and lone has 1 twelvemonth near connected his existent deal.

De Goey is considered Collingwood's elite midfield-forward portion Moore has established himself arsenic their antiaircraft wide and past twelvemonth signed a caller declaration worthy upwards of $800,000 a year, which inactive has a twelvemonth to run.

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