The trade people

by LES EVERETT

HERE'S our summary of trade-week in terms of the people who moved. We'll ignore the draft picks, they will take care of themselves when the time comes.

ADELAIDE

In: Scott Thompson (Melbourne).

Out: Tyson Stenglein (West Coast).

BRISBANE LIONS

In: No person.

Out: Aaron Shattock (Port Adelaide).

CARLTON

Callum Chambers (West Coast), Troy Longmuir (Fremantle)

Out: No person.

COLLINGWOOD

In: Chad Morrison (West Coast).

Out: Bo Nixon (Hawthorn).

ESSENDON

Didn't know it was trade week.

FREMANTLE

In: Josh Carr, Heath Black.

Out: Troy Simmonds (Richmond), Troy Longmuir (Carlton).

GEELONG

In: Brad Ottens (Richmond).

Out: Brent Moloney (Melbourne)

HAWTHORN

In: Bo Nixon (Collingwood).

Out: Nathan Thompson (Kangaroos).

KANGAROOS

In: Nathan Thompson (Hawthorn)

Out: No person.

MELBOURNE

In: Paul Johnson (West Coast), Brent Moloney (Geelong).

Out: Darren Jolly (Sydney), Peter Walsh (Port Adelaide), Scott Thompson (Adelaide).

PORT ADELAIDE

In: Peter Walsh (Melbourne), Aaron Shattock (Brisbane).

Out: Josh Carr (Fremantle),

RICHMOND

In: Troy Simmonds (Fremantle).

Out: Brad Ottens (Geelong), Aaron Fiora (St Kilda).

ST KILDA

In: Aaron Fiora (Richmond).

Out: Heath Black (Fremantle)

SYDNEY

In: Darren Jolly (Melbourne)

Out: No one could afford to leave.

WEST COAST

In: Tyson Stenglein (Adelaide)

Out: Paul Johnson (Melbourne), Callum Chambers (Carlton), Chad Morrison (Collingwood).

WESTERN BULLDOGS

Trade week? What trade week?

Some notes on the moves.

1. Carlton gained two members of West Perth's WAFL premiership team of 2003 - Callum Chambers and Troy Longmuir. Chambers was also a premiership players with East Perth in 2000.

2. In returning to Fremantle Heath Black follows in the footsteps of Brad Wira and Peter Bell as Dockers who have gone and returned.

3. Of the 17 players traded 12 will move interstate. Nine of the traded players are returning to their home state and Black wanted to go to WA for family reasons.

4. Port Adelaide lost a premiership player in Josh Carr but gained one in Aaron Shattock (Brisbane, 2002).

5. The fact that Aaron Fiora was involved in a three-way trade involving Fremantle is interesting. Fiora was picked up by Richmond in the AFL draft in 1999 with the third choice. Fremantle had pick four and gained Matthew Pavlich.

6. Tyson Stenglein is the only one of the traded players to finish in the top five of his club's fairest and best award in 2004. He was runner-up to Mark Riccuito at Adelaide.

7. We've ranked the traded players in order of their original draft position. 1. Brad Ottens (two); 2. Aaron Fiora (three); 3. Josh Carr (seven); 4. Heath Black (12); Callum Chambers (13); Scott Thompson (16); Bo Nixon (21); Troy Longmuir (22); Paul Johnson (24); Tyson Stenglein (29); Aaron Shattock (45); Nathan Thompson (82). Brent Moloney and Troy Simmonds came into the system via the pre-season draft; Darren Jolly and Peter Walsh through the rookie draft and Chad Morrison as a pre-season compensation choice for West Coast when Fremantle came into the competition in 1995.

New Blue Troy Longmuir amid the celebrations after West Perth's 2003 WAFL premiership win. Photo by Les Everett

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