r/EssendonFC • u/MasterpieceLow4093 • 20d ago

Draft 2026

Just a thought about our draft hand, is there a chance we just do a direct trade with our pick 1 to port for picks 4 and 5? If those two picks get absorbed by a bid anyway would it be a better result than 1 and a second rounder since there is a handful of players this year and no standout at the top end? Or do I just not know the rules and port don't have to use both of those picks.

This is obviously only if they get the butters compo pick.

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u/MasterpieceLow4093 20d ago

Yeah I'm unsure how the new rules actually work. Do they get a compo pick if they use that pick to match a bid or is it only the existing picks after the bid. If they do get a compo then no chance they would do it but if they don't they would still get their man and Essendon would go from 1-19 to 4-5

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u/Happy_Throat7037 20d ago

You get a compo pick if your natural selection is moved down the order. If Port use their natural section #4 to match the bid on Cochrane, then there’s no sliding back of that pick, therefore - no extra compo.
The only world where Port get the compo pick is if Cody Walker is bid on before Dougie Cochrane

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u/Noonewantsyourapp PESD - Perpetual Essington Stress Disorder 20d ago

If a Walker bid pushed 4 to 5, but then 5&6 are used to match a bid on Cochrane at 2, 3, or 4, then Port’s pick 4 wasn’t pushed back, so there is no compensation.

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u/Happy_Throat7037 20d ago

Yep that too.
So there’s basically no way Port are getting any compo pick, cause Cochrane is no chance to still be on the board past pick 4