Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer.<\/a><\/p>\nPORT CONFIDENT IT CAN GET NAS DEAL DONE<\/p>\n
Port Adelaide is confident it could get a deal done for Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, despite the club not holding a first-round pick in this year\u2019s draft amid the out-of-contract Saints star\u2019s ever-growing value.<\/p>\n
Wanganeen-Milera is still deciding on his future and prospect of returning to South Australia via the Power or Crows with just three rounds left in the home and away season. <\/p>\n
Port is seen as being slightly ahead in the race should the 22-year old seek a move back to SA given his close friendships with Jason Horne-Francis and Jase Burgoyne.<\/p>\n
But many have questioned how Port could pull off a trade given it doesn\u2019t have a first rounder in this year\u2019s draft. In theory it means the most the Power could offer by way of first-round picks is its 2026 and 2027 selections, the latter in a draft impacted by Tasmania\u2019s looming entry, unless the club explores moving players.<\/p>\n
But Port chief executive Matthew Richardson has faith the club would \u201cfind a way\u201d to strike a trade if Wanganeen-Milera nominated a move to Port.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m confident that if that were to happen, that our guys would be able to find a way to make that deal happen,\u201d he said on SEN SA\u2019s The Run Home.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there is still a lot of water to go under the bridge yet. Again, our list management team are working through that. If it gets to that point, I\u2019m confident that we will find a way that we can make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Richardson guaranteed Zak Butters, who\u2019s eligible for free agency next year but has still been the subject of trade talk, would be at Alberton next year as the club looks to lock the star midfielder away long term. <\/p>\n
\u201cZak has said himself, he\u2019s contracted through until next year. He will be at Port Adelaide next year and we\u2019ll be doing everything we can for Zak to be a long-term player at Port Adelaide,\u201d Richardson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously Miles (Bergman) signed on halfway through the year. We are going into a really important phase, like every club will, about how we improve our list and how we get better.\u201d<\/p>\n
PIES NEED TO EXTEND MIHOCEK OFFER, LEAD SILVAGNI RACE<\/p>\n
Collingwood would reportedly need to increase its offer from one year to two years to retain Brodie Mihocek, while the Magpies are seen to be at the front of the race for Blues free agent Jack Silvagni. <\/p>\n
Mihocek remains unsigned beyond 2025 over the 32-year old\u2019s reluctance to sign a one-year extension as rival clubs circle.<\/p>\n
AFL Media\u2019s Riley Beveridge suggested the Pies would need to up the ante to retain the premiership forward\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t see him signing that one-year deal on the table from Collingwood. I think they\u2019ll need to update that to two (years) if they are to retain Brody Mihocek,\u201d Beveridge said on Gettable.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s an interesting one from this free agency market, one clubs are certainly looking at. He\u2019ll be 33 by the time next season starts, which I think goes into Collingwood\u2019s thinking of being a bit weary of giving him a two-year deal.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut clubs have certainly indicated they\u2019 be willing to look at him with multi-year deals at the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Earlier in the program, Beveridge said Silvagni \u201clooks like he\u2019s on his way out of Carlton\u201d amid links to Collingwood, Western Bulldogs, and most recently, Essendon.<\/p>\n
But the Pies appear at the front of the queue as the first club that zeroed in on the defender.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy understanding is that the Dogs are some way back as things stand at the moment. Collingwood has got the jump on a lot of rival clubs in term\u2019s of Silvagni\u2019s signature,\u201d Beveridge said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe mentioned North Melbourne looking at Brandon Starcevich and clearly looking to bolster their defensive stocks. Do they ask of the question of Silvagni in the coming weeks? That\u2019s one I\u2019m going to look out for. <\/p>\n
ROB UNSURE ON DRAPER PAIRING<\/p>\n
Adelaide ruckman Reilly O\u2019Brien says the idea of Sam Draper teaming up with him wasn\u2019t discussed in his recent contract negations.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Brien last month penned a new three-year deal with the Crows that ties him to West Lakes until 2028. <\/p>\n
It comes as Adelaide targets Draper, who also has interest from Brisbane, including Matthew Nicks calling the Bombers free agent to make his own personal pitch.<\/p>\n
But O\u2019Brien has expressed some doubt around the Crows\u2019 play for a second ruckman. <\/p>\n
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\u201cNot sure how that would work. Obviously it wouldn\u2019t be ideal, from a selfish point of view, I want to be number one,\u201d he told 10 News Adelaide. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s certainly something that could work in terms of forward-ruck, two rucks. Not 100 per cent sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
While O\u2019Brien had faith he and Draper could work together, he admitted part of his own recent contract talks didn\u2019t centre on a two-ruck model.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got pretty good assurance around that going forward,\u201d O\u2019Brien added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was part of the reason I signed. Obviously I love the club and wanted to stay and looking forward to what we do the next few years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Port Adelaide is confident it can get a deal for Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera. Plus why Collingwood will need to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,41556,41558,64,63,689,55,639,684,41557,20536,41563,2362,1127,653,6179,12106,30404,15651,41566,16712,19103,41565,7804,41555,677,25294,1137,6082,41560,13664,1141,41561,11244,41564,30408,8014,1124,85,41562,7200,41559,11236,18155,12920,16710,698,23510],"class_list":["post-48848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-agency-market","tag-agency-target","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-ben-cotton","tag-club-looks","tag-coaching-job","tag-contract-negations","tag-contract-talks","tag-fox-footy","tag-fox-sports-news","tag-jack-silvagni","tag-jason-horne-francis","tag-john-longmire","tag-list-management-team","tag-looming-entry","tag-matthew-nicks","tag-matthew-pavlich","tag-matthew-richardson","tag-melbourne-demons","tag-news-adelaide","tag-oceania","tag-one-year-deal","tag-player-movement-developments","tag-port-adelaide","tag-premiership-gun","tag-reilly-obrien","tag-riley-beveridge","tag-rival-clubs-circle","tag-sam-draper","tag-season-starts","tag-simmo-horse","tag-simon-goodwin","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-sticking-point","tag-sydney-swans","tag-things-stand","tag-trade-news","tag-trade-talk","tag-trade-whispers","tag-west-lakes","tag-western-bulldogs","tag-zak-butters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48848","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=48848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}