Would you trade the number 1 pick? Jackets wouldn't

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#22 Matthew Leuenberger

It is true that we were very interested in Tim English.

I spoke to an Essendon recruiter a month after the draft who said that we were indeed trying to trade pick 1 for two highish selections, mainly involving the Gold Coast but we tried all sorts of scenarios but clearly history says nothing eventuated.

I asked him who you would have gone for and he said most likely Ainsworth and English.

Just brought this over as I found it interesting. Sounds like we were keen, just couldn’t do it.