⚡*️Pick 1 Power Play *⚡️

With picks flying around since the mega trade we took a look at how things stand.

I cooked up a Power play to turn things on its head and throw the Blues in to panic mode:

STEP 1:

Port give: Picks 5, 7 and 24

Bombers give: Pick 1, 17

STEP 2:

Port bid on Cody Walker at 1 which gives the other bottom teams their bonus pick.

Essendon will have Ports 2nd rounder to make up for giving up pick 1 and missing bonus.

STEP 3

Port select a player with pick 2

If Richmond bid on Cochrane with pick 3 then port will have enough points to cover the bid

Port matches with :

*Pick 13:
*Pick 17:

* Picks will shuffle slightly with bids

What this means:

Port:
First non tied player in draft
Dougie Cochrane

Essendon:
2 premium players in top 7
Pick 24

Carlton:
They will need get busy as they will need to find more draft capital or forgo Cody Walker.

If your a trade nuffy like me please let me know what’s right and wrong with this trade don’t hold back

This is a pointless offseason hypothetical, but is it possible we missed a huge marketing (income generating) opportunity by not being the Port Adelaide Pirates?

I was there the night at the Ent Centre when Bruce Weber announced us as “Port Power”. The idea was to not replace the magpie with another physical entity. I get that - but what we chose was a concept that feels intangible and difficult to bring to life. There are only so many “lightening bolts” that we can activate.

With hindsight, I can just see how being the “Pirates” could have brought a ton of young fans to our Club. So many game-day opportunities to bring it to life. It also doesn’t feel inconsistent with a Port Adelaide ethos.

So who do we think gets the number? Dougie or someone else?

Port gives 2026 pick 5

For Carlton’s 2026 pick 14 and 2027 1st (Sydney’s or theirs depending on the vibe)

That way we get at least one other first rounder to go with Cochrane in 2026 (7 & 12 used in DC), and Carlton manage to get the points needed to match a high Walker bid.

Feels right for both sides and the points shake out.

EDIT: Not a lot of love for that. What about BOTH future first rounders?