{"id":85184,"date":"2022-06-09T04:36:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T17:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=85184"},"modified":"2022-06-08T23:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T12:49:24","slug":"dons-ceo-praises-list-build-outlines-trade-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/dons-ceo-praises-list-build-outlines-trade-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Dons CEO praises list build, outlines trade plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">ESSENDON CEO Xavier Campbell is pleased with the club\u2019s drafting and trading over the past three years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Bombers selected Nik Cox, Archie Perkins, Zach Reid and Ben Hobbs &#8211; all top 15 picks &#8211; in the 2020 and 2021 national drafts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nic Martin has proved an inspired selection via the pre-season draft, while mid-season draft pick Will Snelling finished third in the Essendon\u2019s best and fairest last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former Adelaide defender Jake Kelly was the club\u2019s sole acquisition in last year\u2019s trade period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Campbell is excited by the prospect of Essendon accelerating their rebuild by being an active player in the trade period over the next 24 months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe believe we\u2019ve got a really good foundation. We\u2019ve brought in some excellent talent in the last 12 months &#8211; Cox, Perkins, Reid,\u201d Campbell told <em>Sportsday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019ve made the most of our mid-season and pre-season drafting, [Sam] Durham and [Nic] Martin have shown excellent signs really early in their career, and I believe we\u2019ve traded pretty well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c[Jye] Caldwell and [Peter] Wright and even [Will] Snelling, they\u2019re all good foundational players for us to build upon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s the most exciting opportunity for us to enhance and grow our list quickly through trade in this next 24 months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019ve taken a very deliberate approach to build from the base up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Essendon GM of Football Josh Mahoney recently told SEN SA <em>Breakfast<\/em> the club has salary cap space and draft capital to be active in the trade period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Bombers\u2019 football department will be the subject of a full-scale review.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em><strong>&#8211; BY ALEX ZAIA\/ SEN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESSENDON CEO Xavier Campbell is pleased with the club\u2019s drafting and trading over the past three years. 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