GREATER Western Sydney is prepared to trade the coveted No.1 draft pick to get ready-made stars on to it list.

GWS boss Dave Matthews said this morning his club's first pick - at this stage pick no. 1 in this year's AFL Draft - is on the table for anyone willing to offer the fledgling club some mature-aged talent.

Speaking on Melbourne radio this morning, Matthews said his club had made no secret of its desire to bring in hardened bodies and were ready to give up a prized first-round pick on top of any free agent signings such as Hawthorn's Lance Franklin.

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"Yep, yeah it is," Matthews told SEN when asked if the no. 1 pick was on the table.

"And it mightn't be pick 1. We're still hopeful that with Phil Davis back this week and a couple of other players back, we're still hopeful of getting some wins in the back half of the year.

"But what we have said ... is whether it's pick 2, 3, 1, whatever it is, our picks are on the table."

Matthews also said others had missed their window of trading with expansion clubs when they had the chance - and in the process forfeited some exciting talent.

"I've said before that I think, in particular the Victorian clubs should have worked a bit harder to get the likes of Jaeger O'Meara, Jack Martin and you even saw (Brad) Crouch at the weekend," Matthews said.

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"I mean they're players that we had the rights to and the rights to trade, and in the end without getting anything of any real value, we converted those players to picks.

"Jaeger O'Meara should've been probably at a Victorian club for a couple of mature players for us.

"We'll continue to work pretty hard to trade and certainly our draft selections are going to be on the table."

Meanwhile, Matthews confirmed the Giants had chatted to Hawthorn star Franklin's management but he didn't believe it was major news.

Franklin has told the Hawks he wants to delay all contract talks until the end of the year.

"Well that's certainly what he's been saying a fair way along, Lance Franklin, and we respect that but that doesn't mean we won't continue to have conversations with Liam (manager Liam Pickering) but also with other player managers about the players we might need," Matthews said.

"Sheeds and Leon Cameron have been talking with (list manager) Stephen Silvagni and publicly about the need for a ruckman, the need for another key defender and a need for a key forward, so they're the sorts of needs that the guys are trying to meet over the next six months or so."

Matthews also said the pursuit of Franklin wouldn't preclude the Giants from chasing other big-name players.