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Carlton football boss Chris Davies on Friday said the club\u2019s strong preference is for Curnow to remain at the club. But that hasn\u2019t deterred rival clubs\u2019 interest in the star forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we can stop the narrative that Carlton is not up for trading him,\u201d Herald Sun reporter Jon Ralph told Fox Footy\u2019s Trading Day. \u201cThey absolutely are up for trading him. It\u2019s just whether they find the right trade for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Geelong on Thursday offered Carlton three first-round picks for dual Coleman Medallist Curnow \u2013 a deal that was swiftly knocked back by the Blues. It means if the Blues don\u2019t hold Curnow to his contract, Sydney would be the most realistic landing spot, considering it\u2019s reportedly prepared to offer multiple first-round picks \u2013 and, possibly, a Swans player \u2013 to the Blues.<\/p>\n
Charlie Curnow and Harry McKay of the Blues.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
It comes with the Blues expected to match bids on father-son gun Harry Dean and NGA prospect Jack Ison at next month\u2019s national draft, while the 2026 father-son prospect Cody Walker has already committed to Carlton.<\/p>\n
While trading away Curnow would leave a chasm, Montagna said the Blues are taking a grand scheme attitude.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, if they trade Charlie Curnow, this isn\u2019t going to be what Michael Voss would want ideally. He\u2019s got one year to go on a contract, he\u2019s desperate to win and push for finals,\u201d Montagna told Trading Day.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think it\u2019s a bigger picture. I think Graham Wright has come in and the club have looked at their list, feel they\u2019re not good enough and see the opportunity with Charlie Curnow requesting a trade to maybe get some young talent in, get a couple of first-round draft picks.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they can get it right and get some top-end talent in through the draft, maybe they can replenish with Jagga Smith coming back into the side and they take a few steps backwards to go forwards.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cats to offer huge package for Curnow | 00:57<\/p>\n
Herald Sun reporter Scott Gullan added: \u201cThat Tasmanian draft we all know about is looming. So if you\u2019re going to do it, you\u2019ve got to get it now and get them in the next two years and make it happen before Tassie comes in and it drifts away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Montagna said the acquisition of Ainsworth from the Gold Coast Suns somewhat addresses their small\/high half-forward issues, but pointed out there could be a heavy reliance on Harry McKay next season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you take a look at what Carlton\u2019s forward line could look like without Charlie Curnow next year, it is going to be a transition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re going to have Harry McKay \u2013 who did win a Coleman without Charlie Curnow in 2021 \u2013 but they are going to rely on some of the young talent coming through.<\/p>\n
\u201cAshton Moir has shown some signs and they\u2019re going to put more faith in him. Brodie Kemp was one who played forward before he got injured in Round 5 \u2013 he kicked five goals against the Western Bulldogs. They\u2019ve got young Hudson O\u2019Keefe, who played late in the season who might be that second ruck-forward but is still pretty raw in his development but took eight contested marks in five games.<\/p>\n
Harry McKay of the Blues. Picture: Robert Cianflone\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you\u2019ve got a lot of guys who are on the periphery \u2026 There\u2019s a bit of depth there, but not a lot of star quality.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carlton\u2019s possible 2026 forward line<\/p>\n
HF: Ashton Moir, Harry McKay, Zac Williams<\/p>\n
F: Jesse Motlop, Brodie Kemp, Ben Ainsworth<\/p>\n
Depth: Lachie Fogarty, Francis Evans, Hudson O\u2019Keefe, Matt Cottrell, Flynn Young, Will White<\/p>\n
Ralph said you\u2019d be \u201cpushing pretty hard to be glass half-full\u201d on the Blues\u2019 forward stocks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think any of the top-eight sides are quaking in their boots play against them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAinsworth is just a nice goal-a-game player. He\u2019s kicked 158 goals in 137 games \u2013 that\u2019s a big sample size to say that he\u2019s a modest player right now, who might be a nice additional piece for them but he\u2019s not a superstar.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dual All-Australian Leigh Montagna believes Carlton would be taking a \u201cbigger picture\u201d approach if it traded away Charlie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,126757,126755,64,63,689,55,639,25877,3423,3239,112090,78976,1653,81333,2526,51244,42259,9125,2105,2485,9130,25532,126753,2536,19996,126759,91805,6179,3489,681,33330,126752,29645,647,3257,126754,126751,677,701,126758,3247,1138,29653,126750,126756,85,1117,52623,126760,11236,660,698,19054],"class_list":["post-203745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-agents-tom","tag-ashton-moir","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-ben-ainsworth","tag-ben-waterworth","tag-carlton-blues","tag-charlie-curnow-sydney","tag-chris-davies","tag-cody-walker","tag-exchange-period","tag-father-son-prospect","tag-first-round-draft-picks","tag-first-round-picks","tag-francis-evans","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast","tag-gold-coast-suns","tag-graham-wright","tag-grand-scheme-attitude","tag-harry-dean","tag-harry-mckay","tag-initial-short-term-pain","tag-jack-ison","tag-jack-silvagni","tag-jagga-smith","tag-jon-ralph","tag-josh-chadwick","tag-long-term-benefits","tag-matt-cottrell","tag-melbourne","tag-michael-voss","tag-montagna","tag-nice-goal-a-game-player","tag-oceania","tag-queensland","tag-realistic-landing-spot","tag-robert-cianflone","tag-sam-walsh","tag-scott-gullan","tag-short-term-pain","tag-small-high-half-forward-issues","tag-sports","tag-tom-de-koning","tag-top-end-talent","tag-trade-attitude","tag-trade-news","tag-victoria","tag-western-bulldogs","tag-young-talent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}