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List Mgmt. 2025 Draft/Trade/FA Thread – everything must go!

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Just pinning this, as per previous years. Thanks as always to Lore.

Final trade/FA period results
Out:
  • Charlie Spargo
  • Judd McVee
  • Christian Petracca
  • Clayton Oliver
  • Picks 28, 42 and 61
  • Melbourne Second-Rounder (2026)
  • Melbourne Third-Rounder (2026)
  • Melbourne Fourth-Rounder (2026)
  • Melbourne Fourth-Rounder (2027)
In:
  • Jack Steele
  • Changkuoth Jiath
  • Brody Mihocek
  • Max Heath
  • Oscar Berry (Rookie)
  • Picks 7, 8, 37 and 71 (2025)
  • GC First-Rounder (2026)
  • GWS Third-Rounder (2026)
  • GC Third-Rounder (2027)
 
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MELBOURNE
Simon Goodwin’s club has more players than most fighting for a new contract throughout this season, as the Demons continue to work out exactly where they sit in the premiership race long-term. The most high-profile player they’ve been linked to is their own premiership tall Luke Jackson, though prevailing talk suggests he is almost certain to remain in his home state of Western Australia. That being said, foxfooty.com.au can reveal that if Luke Jackson did ever want to return to the Demons in the near future, the club has the capacity financially to squeeze him in — despite their recent nine-year contract extension to superstar Kysaiah Pickett. Again though, a move for Jackson isn’t anticipated. Tabs continue to be kept on GWS’ Callum Brown, with industry sources suggesting the Dees are the most interested of any rival in poaching the Irishman as first reported here last month. And as reported in May, the first half of 2025 from uncapped third-year duo Oliver Sestan and Will Verrall in the VFL caught the eyes of recruiters. While the former will be sidelined with a hamstring injury for roughly the next month, both he and Verrall remain ripe for the picking by rivals as senior opportunity continues to elude them. Foxfooty.com.au still expects Western Australian interest to come the way of local pair Taj Woewodin and Judd McVee, although the club remains confident they can retain both beyond 2025. Will veterans Jake Melksham and Tom McDonald go around again? How their bodies and form fare in the second half of the season will almost certainly dictate that, although Melksham in particular has played a strong role in Melbourne’s mini-resurgence after a 0-5 start. SSP signing Jack Henderson is among the other names still out of contract, alongside Jack Billings, Charlie Spargo and Marty Hore.

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Daemon said:
I'm all for dumping Salem at Casey or giving him away. Absolute waste of list spot and has been most of his career.
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Agreed. He is as useless as Sparrow.

Probably only the following blokes I genuinely want to keep on the list moving forward.

Koz
Langford
Lindsay
Windsor
Bowey
McVee
Rivers
Turner
Gawn
Langdon
Chandler
Mentha
JVR(i still hold hope under a new coach)
Melksham(year by year contract)

The rest are either not close to living up to their contracts, or really offer us nothing moving forward. Trac, May, Oliver, Fritta, Lever should all be on the table for trades. Most have some currency or will free ups some $$. Not saying we should delist or trade 30 blokes, but we genuinely have a s* list now. So many scrubs. Trade a couple that have currency and delist what we can. AND GET RID OF THE COACH!
 
Crusty Demon said:
Agreed. He is as useless as Sparrow.

Probably only the following blokes I genuinely want to keep on the list moving forward.

Koz
Langford
Lindsay
Windsor
Bowey
McVee
Rivers
Turner
Gawn
Langdon
Chandler
Mentha
JVR(i still hold hope under a new coach)
Melksham(year by year contract)

The rest are either not close to living up to their contracts, or really offer us nothing moving forward. Trac, May, Oliver, Fritta, Lever should all be on the table for trades. Most have some currency or will free ups some $$. Not saying we should delist or trade 30 blokes, but we genuinely have a s* list now. So many scrubs. Trade a couple that have currency and delist what we can. AND GET RID OF THE COACH!
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Very similar to my list. I had JvR off my list though.
 

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Mich0 said:
Very similar to my list. I had JvR off my list though.
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He was trending upwards until this season. Was expecting a 40 goal year tbh. Might not make it, but he's shown enough signs to suggest he's worth persisting with. With our lack of quality talls, he probably has some time. But yeah, slim pickings on our list now. Horrible depth and most of our senior players have fallen off a cliff.
 
Crusty Demon said:
He was trending upwards until this season. Was expecting a 40 goal year tbh. Might not make it, but he's shown enough signs to suggest he's worth persisting with. With our lack of quality talls, he probably has some time. But yeah, slim pickings on our list now. Horrible depth and most of our senior players have fallen off a cliff.
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Should be played as a backman the rest of the year. First in the VFL, then seniors if he deserves it. Will either turn him into a backman and turnaround his trajectory from this year or it will help his forward craft by seeing things differently.

Also gives us the possibility of playing Disco forward again given he's currently our best at either end. Could potentially then look at JVR, Lever and Petty back, Disco and Jefferson forward next year.

Just gotta try stuff now. If we're conservative the rest of the year it's a total waste.
 
Lord Nev said:
Should be played as a backman the rest of the year. First in the VFL, then seniors if he deserves it. Will either turn him into a backman and turnaround his trajectory from this year or it will help his forward craft by seeing things differently.

Also gives us the possibility of playing Disco forward again given he's currently our best at either end. Could potentially then look at JVR, Lever and Petty back, Disco and Jefferson forward next year.

Just gotta try stuff now. If we're conservative the rest of the year it's a total waste.
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Yeah throw the magnets around. See what happens. JVR to CHB isn't a bad idea. They seem to have put most of our tall forwards down back for a spell at VFL, but i haven't heard JVR doing it. Don't know about Disco forward. He just looks a defender to me. I'd be more inclined to keep him across half back. Petty and Disco should be our pillars in defence moving forward. Not sold on Jefferson either. He just doesn't look near AFL standard to me. I'd rather persist with JVR and a smaller forwardline. Kentfield looks ok, but again, is a long way off senior level. Was hoping Adams would lift this year but he's another one who should be pushing for senior call up, but seems a long way off. Our talls just aren't coming on. They are either not being developed properly or just aren't good enough. Possibly a mixture of both.
 
Crusty Demon said:
Yeah throw the magnets around. See what happens. JVR to CHB isn't a bad idea. They seem to have put most of our tall forwards down back for a spell at VFL, but i haven't heard JVR doing it. Don't know about Disco forward. He just looks a defender to me. I'd be more inclined to keep him across half back. Petty and Disco should be our pillars in defence moving forward. Not sold on Jefferson either. He just doesn't look near AFL standard to me. I'd rather persist with JVR and a smaller forwardline. Kentfield looks ok, but again, is a long way off senior level. Was hoping Adams would lift this year but he's another one who should be pushing for senior call up, but seems a long way off. Our talls just aren't coming on. They are either not being developed properly or just aren't good enough. Possibly a mixture of both.
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Love Disco back, but the problem is he's our best KPP at both ends. Need two of him. I think he'll settle back and stay there, but if the option was there that our tall backs were good enough without him then I'd be swinging him forward to balance out the output.

Not sold on Jeffo as well, but I would play him rest of the year now and just tell him to keep on leading. We need to do something drastic up forward, and to me, leading is a massive part of the whole issue. Melksham leads and all of a sudden gets 11 shots on goal, 6 marks inside 50. Not a coincidence. So tell our forwards - You lead all day and you play AFL - Then pick whoever does it. Nothing will change up forward if they don't change that mentality.
 
We need quality, particularly through the middle. Surely the geese in charge can see that going to the well again with the core of the 21 flag is done. Build the list out from Bowey, Chandler, Howes, Langford, Lindsay, McVee, Pickett, Rivers, Turner, JVR and Windsor. If there’s any value to be extracted from trading the likes of Fritsch, Langdon, Lever, May, Oliver, Petracca, Petty, Salem, Viney they have to look at it.
 
Johnny Karate said:
We need quality, particularly through the middle. Surely the geese in charge can see that going to the well again with the core of the 21 flag is done. Build the list out from Bowey, Chandler, Howes, Langford, Lindsay, McVee, Pickett, Rivers, Turner, JVR and Windsor. If there’s any value to be extracted from trading the likes of Fritsch, Langdon, Lever, May, Oliver, Petracca, Petty, Salem, Viney they have to look at it.
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Everyone seems to keep talking Viney, and I know I'm probably one out, but he's one I would absolutely keep IF we're looking at Trac and Clarry out. He's played some pretty good footy this year, especially when the one/main pure inside type, I like the idea of a mix of him, Langford and Kozzy at centre bounces.

Plus, there's a reason North went after him, you need the uncompromising types to teach, lead and somewhat protect the young mids. This is a bloke who eyeballed senior players after his first game and starting naming names. I love Gawny, but you need that balance there to set the standard IMO.

The rest of that list you definitely have as 'on the table', but we saw what happened when we just went with kids last time so I'd be keeping Viney. Jack Viney without Trac and Clarry in the way is a different player.
 
Johnny Karate said:
We need quality, particularly through the middle. Surely the geese in charge can see that going to the well again with the core of the 21 flag is done. Build the list out from Bowey, Chandler, Howes, Langford, Lindsay, McVee, Pickett, Rivers, Turner, JVR and Windsor. If there’s any value to be extracted from trading the likes of Fritsch, Langdon, Lever, May, Oliver, Petracca, Petty, Salem, Viney they have to look at it.
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Midfield is probably our only decent line in terms of quality, just our trash midfield coaches and Goodwin don’t know how to coach properly.
 
Lord Nev said:
Everyone seems to keep talking Viney, and I know I'm probably one out, but he's one I would absolutely keep IF we're looking at Trac and Clarry out. He's played some pretty good footy this year, especially when the one/main pure inside type, I like the idea of a mix of him, Langford and Kozzy at centre bounces.

Plus, there's a reason North went after him, you need the uncompromising types to teach, lead and somewhat protect the young mids. This is a bloke who eyeballed senior players after his first game and starting naming names. I love Gawny, but you need that balance there to set the standard IMO.

The rest of that list you definitely have as 'on the table', but we saw what happened when we just went with kids last time so I'd be keeping Viney. Jack Viney without Trac and Clarry in the way is a different player.
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Yeah, I probably throw Vines in with the others unfairly. He trains hard, plays hard, and is a good leader for the younger mids coming through i reckon. I'm probably just shirty at the contract we gave him and the interest he would get if we floated him. But reality is we would need his leadership mostly.
 

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DEE KEEN TO GO ON​

MELBOURNE veteran Jake Melksham is keen to go on next year after an excellent run of form in the Demons' forward line.

There has been no commitment yet of another deal but the former Bomber's goalkicking presence this year means his hopes to play into 2026 are strong.

Melksham, who turns 34 next month, kicked an equal career-high five goals last week against Gold Coast and also booted six behinds in a dominant inside-50 showing.

He has kicked 16 goals from 11 games this year having returned at the end of last season from the ACL injury that ruined the end of his 2023 campaign.

Melksham, who qualifies as a free agent at the Dees, has played 240 games across his AFL career.

GIANT IN TALKS​

GREATER Western Sydney is in talks with forward Callum Brown on a new deal.

The 24-year-old had wanted to wait until the midway point of the season before assessing his future as he came to the end of his contract at the club this year.

But discussions are underway, likely on a multi-year deal, for him to remain at the Giants as he looks on track for a career-best goal tally this year.

Brown has settled into the GWS forward half and booted 15 goals from 13 games, with the Irishman's best season coming in 2023 when he kicked 19 goals from 19 games.

His athleticism and speed have often created a different mix for the Giants forwards alongside Jesse Hogan, Aaron Cadman and Toby Greene, and he kicked three goals in their strong recent win over Brisbane.

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Lord Nev said:

DEE KEEN TO GO ON​

MELBOURNE veteran Jake Melksham is keen to go on next year after an excellent run of form in the Demons' forward line.

There has been no commitment yet of another deal but the former Bomber's goalkicking presence this year means his hopes to play into 2026 are strong.

Melksham, who turns 34 next month, kicked an equal career-high five goals last week against Gold Coast and also booted six behinds in a dominant inside-50 showing.

He has kicked 16 goals from 11 games this year having returned at the end of last season from the ACL injury that ruined the end of his 2023 campaign.

Melksham, who qualifies as a free agent at the Dees, has played 240 games across his AFL career.

GIANT IN TALKS​

GREATER Western Sydney is in talks with forward Callum Brown on a new deal.

The 24-year-old had wanted to wait until the midway point of the season before assessing his future as he came to the end of his contract at the club this year.

But discussions are underway, likely on a multi-year deal, for him to remain at the Giants as he looks on track for a career-best goal tally this year.

Brown has settled into the GWS forward half and booted 15 goals from 13 games, with the Irishman's best season coming in 2023 when he kicked 19 goals from 19 games.

His athleticism and speed have often created a different mix for the Giants forwards alongside Jesse Hogan, Aaron Cadman and Toby Greene, and he kicked three goals in their strong recent win over Brisbane.

www.afl.com.au

Dee wants to play on, Swan gets offer, Freo makes Darcy call

Check out all the latest trade news from around the League
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How many players have we been linked to and soon after they re-sign with their current side? lol. I'm not sure if it's just the players taking the pi$$ and using us as leverage, or if they genuinely don't want to come near us, but there's been so many it's actually laughable.
 
Crusty Demon said:
How many players have we been linked to and soon after they re-sign with their current side? lol. I'm not sure if it's just the players taking the pi$$ and using us as leverage, or if they genuinely don't want to come near us, but there's been so many it's actually laughable.
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We've not been the only club linked to any of these players though, plus I mean it makes sense they re-sign and/or get interest when they're coming out of contract right? In saying that, my gut feel is it's more the training setup than anything that puts players off now, we just seem miles off having a permanent base and with other clubs doing improvements everywhere the gap has gotten even wider the last couple of years.

Need to approach the AFL about leasing Waverley until we get something amazing and permanent IMO.
 
Lord Nev said:
We've not been the only club linked to any of these players though, plus I mean it makes sense they re-sign and/or get interest when they're coming out of contract right? In saying that, my gut feel is it's more the training setup than anything that puts players off now, we just seem miles off having a permanent base and with other clubs doing improvements everywhere the gap has gotten even wider the last couple of years.

Need to approach the AFL about leasing Waverley until we get something amazing and permanent IMO.
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It definitely can't help. I can't help but think back to the time Chris Judd came over and checked out our "facilities". He ws never coming to us anyway, but it's been an issue for a long time. Not sure how many good players we would have snagged, but not having a base or world class facilities is definitely against us in recruiting.
 

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Another epic fail here from Jason Taylor. This club is desperate for a key position players and he drafts Jayden Hunt 2.0 ahead of 197 cm Dan Curtin who looks like the next Pavlich.



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