The Age’s in-depth coverage of the next generation of football stars, ahead of this year’s AFL national draft at Marvel Stadium. See all 15 stories .

The AFL draft will be held across Wednesday and Thursday night, and promises to be one of the most compromised and unpredictable editions on record.

There are academy and father-son players scattered throughout the pointy end and right through the first and second rounds. The evenness of the player pool after the top 10 means things could get wild.

But we did take a stab at where bids might come because they will have a significant impact on what happens with the impacted clubs’ subsequent selections.

Carlton are poised to trade their No.9 and 11 picks to Essendon and North Melbourne, respectively, with those clubs able to offer more

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