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I heard Kane Cornes a few days ago commenting on the Neale/Hogan trades. His view was that they will help us remain competitive around the middle of the ladder, and we can beat anyone on our day, but with the ageing list we can't seriously think we are in premiership contention.

Then today came across comments from Gerard Healy who says trading JDG would make no sense - if we are topping up with Neale and Hogan, we must think we are still in the window. JDG won us a flag in '23 and could do so again.

Just got me thinking, where are we really at? With Hogan and Neale filling a couple of big gaps in the short term, are we a real threat next year? Or is a mid-table finish the most we can realistically hope for?

Personally, I agree with Gerard. Injuries permitting, I see no reason we can't make a deep finals next year. So I'd be keeping Jordy and looking to maximise his damage in the forward half.

The noise is increasing around this guy, I would massively rate getting him considering he probably wins the Norm Smith in 2023 if the Lions win, genuine star player with some bad luck and a great field kick.

The talk is a first round draft pick though. Pretty keen to keep those but if it’s for a future 1st rounder then I actually don’t mind the move due to Tassie cooking the next couple of years in the draft.

What are our thoughts?

Crows great returns to Magpies for second stint as assistant - https://www.afl.com.au/news/1628840

The "long lunch for Leppa" edition.

* There has been no movement for Collingwood today.

* Xander McGuire flagged yesterday evening that Brisbane's Keidean Coleman wants to go to Collingwood in an ideal world. Cal Twomey believes Brisbane would only entertain a trade for Coleman for a first-round pick. Justin Leppitsch has already ruled out trading this year's first round pick. It's worth noting that Coleman is a free agent in 2027, and list spots remain a challenge and key hurdle for any additional trades this year.

* Adelaide had asked the question of Jayden Short, who has been linked to Collingwood, but were told no.

The "not here to fuck spiders" edition.

* The trade period officially opened today, and Collingwood was straight out of the blocks with the first two trades this year.

* Jesse Hogan arrives at Collingwood, with GWS receiving pick 75.

* Scott Pendlebury has been traded to Gold Coast in exchange for pick 65.

* Collingwood has begun talks with Carlton for Flynn Riley, with Justin Leppitsch pointing to previous trades for Max Heath and Liam Reidy has precedent for his value (third or fourth round picks).

* There is currently no suitor for Jordan De Goey, with Leppitsch thinking he most likely will stay at Collingwood.

* Collingwood and Jayden Short have interest in one another, however Leppitsch has made it clear it will be a difficult trade to manufacture given there is a gap in how Collingwood and Richmond assess his value, plus added difficulty in list spots available. St Kilda is no longer interested in Short.

* Leppitsch does not foresee any scenario this year where our first round pick will be traded. Collingwood is able to trade two of its next three first-round picks under AFL rules.

* Over the weekend, Beau McCreery stated he can't see himself playing anywhere but Collingwood despite being linked to Tasmania at the end of next year.

* Dan McStay was due to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of next year, but has hit a contract trigger for 2028.