AFL.com.au reporter Peter Ryan takes a look at what would be on the Christmas wishlist for the Sydney Swans.

Buddy Franklin is fit and firing but it is his on-field relationship with Callum Mills, Kurt Tippett and Isaac Heeney that has the town talking.

The four players seem born to play together and John Longmire just shakes his head in wonder when watching what they do on the field.

Having been virtually locked out of the trade period for two seasons, the competition reels when it becomes obvious the Swans have two of the League's best players on their radar for 2017.

All the activity comes at a time when Sydney's housing market drops, making the removal of COLA insignificant.