The outlook is pretty good for Scott Clayton and the Suns. Picture: Jerad Williams Source: Gold Coast Bulletin
GOLD Coast might have been quiet through the trade period, but don't be fooled into thinking it has taken its eye off the ball.
The Suns, who won eight games in 2013, will head into next month's draft with three picks in the top 27, including No.5 and a first-round compensation selection at No.20.
But as list and strategy manager Scott Clayton seeks to smooth out the gaps in the club's age profile, he has managed to squirrel away three more compensation picks for future use.
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And with the highly touted Jack Martin about to formally join the list for season 2014, the club's riches seemingly know no bound.
The only move the club made during the past three weeks was to send West Coast pick 43 in return for a third-round selection next year — originally the compensation pick Collingwood received for Josh Fraser in 2010.
After wheeling and dealing in the past three years, the club still has a first-round compensation pick — returned in the Josh Caddy deal with Geelong — to be used next year.
Fearless: Promising young midfielder Jack Martin was recruited by the Gold Coast Suns in the AFL mini-draft. Picture: Brendan Radke Source: Gold Coast Bulletin
It also has another end-of-round-one pick to be used in either the 2014 or 2015 draft, that originally coming from the deal that netted Greater Western Sydney Rhys Palmer in 2011.
But regardless of their origins, the picks are a healthy war chest for Clayton and his team to use in coming seasons as their original concessions dry up.
Clayton said the Suns were happy to have added the 2014 third-rounder with early options already in hand next month.
"We are pleased to have secured another compensation pick, which we can add to future drafting disposal (because) our playing list is all but finalised now," Clayton said.
With 14 players recommitting in 2013, Clayton said the club's policy of retaining and investing in its talented youngsters had provided stability and direction.
"Our focus has always been to invest in our playing list and, by doing so, (we) have been successful in retaining all our key players."
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