LED BY its list manager Stephen Silvagni and football manager Graeme Allan, Greater Western Sydney went into Trade Week aiming to load up on draft picks.

By the end of the week, the AFL's 18th club had done just that.

When the NAB AFL Draft is held in Sydney on Thursday, November 24, the Giants will have the first five selections, and 11 of the first 14.

"I think our recruiting department have been fantastic," Giants coach Kevin Sheedy said after the exchange period finished at Etihad Stadium on Monday.

"I think it puts us in a really good position to have a [top quality] team that represents Greater Western Sydney for quite a number of years."

As part of their list-building concessions, the Giants have already recruited a number of gun teenagers - Dylan Shiel and Jeremy Cameron among them - who would probably have been top-10 draft picks this year.

Given that, it must send a shiver down the spine of rival clubs when they consider the Giants now have selections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 in the upcoming draft.

The first two of those are expected to be used to recruit Victorian key-position prospect Jonathon Patton and Western Australian midfielder Stephen Coniglio.

Despite talk that the draft is 'thin', there will be plenty more gun players available for clubs who have picks inside the top 30.

"I think we've just got to pick the best players," Sheedy said.

Along with stock-piling draft picks, the Giants also snared the old boys they were after.

'Retired' trio Dean Brogan (33 in December), Chad Cornes (32 in November) and Luke Power (32 in January) were acquired from Port Adelaide and the Brisbane Lions respectively.

All three will spend part of their time at the club working as assistant coaches, but their new boss is adamant they can make an impact on the field as well.

"I saw James Hird win a best and fairest by playing 17 games at 34 years of age - and he wasn't going to play that year," Sheedy stated.

"If we handle these players right, and get the best out of them in the next year or two, if that's how long they're going to play, then we're doing the right thing by the game and also by those senior players."

And the Giants could still grab more mature-age players in the draft.

"We've got a couple of middle-to-late picks there that are on the table, and really it just depends on how 'Gubby' [Allan] and 'SOS' [Silvagni] feel about it," Sheedy explained.

"If we get one or two more, that's about it for this year I'd say."

No matter how good the players are that arrive at the Giants on draft day, it will be tough for Sheedy's men to win even one game next year.

But the man who led Essendon to the 1984, '85, '93 and 2000 premierships is already wondering about when the Giants might be in a position to contend for their first flag.

"It's a very difficult question to answer," the 63-year-old said.

"It's up to us to get our training and our coaching [up to a good standard], and get all the best players we can up there.

"I wouldn't give a date on a premiership, but we want to be a very, very good side and we want to be a great club.

"We're going about it the right way. If we get ourselves right in the trenches, and do it really well, then we'll have a future."