List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 3

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List Changes - 2025

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In:

• Brandon Starcevich arrives at West Coast in a three team deal
• Tylar Young (Richmond) arrived at West Coast in exchange for Pick 38.
• Deven Robertson (Brisbane) has agreed to join West Coast and will be signed on to the rookie list after being delisted by Brisbane

Out:

• Oscar Allen joins Brisbane as a FA - West Coast receive Pick 2 as compensation
• Liam Ryan and a 2027 R3 pick has been traded to St Kilda for a 2026 R2 pick
• Campbell Chesser has been traded to Carlton for Pick 41
• Jayden Hunt announces retirement
• Jack Petruccelle, Callum Jamieson and Loch Rawlinson not offered new contracts
• Coen Livingstone joins the list of players not offered a new contract

Players Out of Contract - 2025 (0)

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• Jamie Cripps and Malakai Champion seem to have been offered new contracts despite there being no official announcement. Means that all players out of contract for 2025 have been given new contracts despite or removed from the playing list

2025 Draft Order

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Current Draft Picks:
Round 1: 1, 2, 13
Round 2: 34, 41
Round 3: 53, 58 (These picks are in excess of available list spots so will be forfeited if we don’t consolidate our 2025 picks up the order or trade some for future picks)

List Spots Available (39 of 48):
• Main list (33 of 38) - 5* (in: Starcevich, Young out: Allen, Ryan, Chesser, Hunt, Petruccelle, Jamieson)
• Cat A rookie list (5 of 8) - 3* (in: Robertson (pending), out: Rawlinson)
• Cat B rookie list (1 of 2) - 2 (out: Livingstone)

* Based on Dewar being upgraded after the maximum 3 years on the rookie list. Hutchinson may also have been upgraded but this isn’t confirmed - if it is we will have 4 main and 4 rookie list spots open

* Matthew Clarke has stated we have 5 main list spots

Matt Clarke wraps up the trade period - 6PR

 

[Spooky17]

I’d love Steele, would be a huge get and would offer support for Harley in the midfield.

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

I’d love Steele, would be a huge get and would offer support for Harley in the midfield.

Did you not read the above? He wants to be part of success

 

[greatwhiteshark]

If he's the reason that everyone wants to leave why wouldn't they just trade him and keep everyone else, rather than trading him and also trading everyone else?

I am not saying we should be trying to get Oliver but we would be mad not having a chat. This business where every player needs to be a saint is just rubbish. some players thrive in a change. And we are one club that can never be the moral ground for how players should act.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Yeah sounds like he wants success so guess we can scratch that idea lol

Nope, Money talks. he is 29 years old and could be around for 5 more years. he could be a part of building something with us and be a part of it.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

You can't argue that under normal circumstances a player who is worth a 6 year deal on 900k to you isn't worth pick 20 or thereabouts at the trade table.

The issue is his concussions. I am happy with what they are doing generally and prepared to risk the pick 20. But i think that 6 years with 5 of them guaranteed is way too risky for somebody with Starcevich's concussion issues. There need to be protections built into the contract that limit the pay out in the worst case scenario. He should not be being guaranteed any more than 3 years.

There will be mate, I am not worried about it. He will be a terrific addition for us.

 

[mattyc75]

Just saw a very very poor fb post about us possibly trying to get Josh Kelly in the Oliver fallout at gws.
Can't see it happening and he was overrated in his prime, still getting paid a fortune probably

 

[PepperTom32]

But old unlikeable campaigners. Real 'get off my lawn or I'll karate kick you to the face' types.

Yeah, better them than the young Hawthorn campaigner types.

 

[Chris_6678]

Just saw a very very poor fb post about us possibly trying to get Josh Kelly in the Oliver fallout at gws.
Can't see it happening and he was overrated in his prime, still getting paid a fortune probably

Doesnt help he has a hip injnury that could possibly put him out for 3/4's of the season if he has surgery.

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

Sounds like we would be a hard sell

For sure, but it would be silly not to ask.

The fact that they’re exploring a trade for Flanders and have told him to look at his options is also not a great sign. It’s not necessarily as straightforward as “step down as captain and lose some midfield time.” It’s quite possible that he could go from being the one of the best players at the club to being dropped to the VFL at times throughout the year, similar to what happened to Jack Macrae at the Dogs, because he got crowded out (or shoved out) of his natural role and they didn’t think he was offering enough in his new role.

 

[Chris_6678]

I think IF Flanders lands at the Saints then he will leave but there has been talk he is pretty keen for the Bombers or Melbourne too.

 

[Bender_]

Yeah sounds like he wants success so guess we can scratch that idea lol

He can enjoy the dizzying highs of the recruiting sugar hit that catapult the Saints into 8th spot before retiring then.

 

[WCErevival]

Steele wants success? Probably don't stay at the one club that lost to us then.

 

[DanWCE]

I think IF Flanders lands at the Saints then he will leave but there has been talk he is pretty keen for the Bombers or Melbourne too.

If that's who we're up against to tempt him, the sell isn't nearly as difficult. Sounds like he's hoping for a Hawks, Pies, Cats type arrangement and unlikely to get it.

 

[Hasselhough]

Perfect. F2 on day 1 of trade period and thanks very much Liam.

Future picks for contractact players is a mugs game .

 

[TheBudgies]

Future picks for contractact players is a mugs game .

No point adding picks this year and its a strong WA draft next year. Unless its to upgrade a pick then need to target futures.

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Just saw a very very poor fb post about us possibly trying to get Josh Kelly in the Oliver fallout at gws.
Can't see it happening and he was overrated in his prime, still getting paid a fortune probably

And his hips are ****ed

 

[Westend]

Right, offer him another year or two at good money and let him know that he'll have a home in the guts.

Given that he's widely respected as a leader and a tough player, culturally it would be an excellent fit. I'd be shocked (and very disappointed) if they weren't sounding out him and his agent almost immediately and seeing how open he is to move west. If they're serious about bringing in that type of established veteran inside mid to support Harley then Steele would have to be Option A, especially given that a trade would be pretty easy to work out since we have a contracted player who wants to move to St Kilda.

Yup if we want him go for him .we have enough cash to splash

give a 3 year deal with an option of coaching at the end of it

 

[Westend]

I agree, but he apparently really likes the club and his misso is from Melbourne so it's probably not the easiest sell to get him to move to Perth in the twilight of his career. He's already got two years left on his contract so it's not as if coming to the Eagles is his lifeline to staying in the AFL.

He'd be a good fit if he's open to a trade but I could see how he wouldn't be keen to come play for a terrible team on the other side of the country after growing roots in Melbourne for the past decade.

As I said above give him a coaching gig at the end of it...if we want him go for him back yourself in

 

[JackOutback]

Steele wants success? Probably don't stay at the one club that lost to us then.

If the choices are us, Melbourne or Essendon, we can win that auction.

 

[Goroyals22]

Do we even have enough list spots to pursue Steele with Young, Robertson and Starcevich already coming in?

I realise how back to front that statement is.

Just payout the bottom of the list like Johnston and Barnett to free up the spots.. anyone we bring in should be better than those two in terms of afl impact

 

[Goroyals22]

Look forward to the same poster rekindling the “Eagles are weak and got fleeced again” schtick when we don’t extract a premium pick for Liam “next to useless”’Ryan.

What are you and your boyfriend on about now? Anymore than a polony sandwich for Liam Ryan is in our favour.

 

[Jeremy McLovin]

I’ll add to this that none of us know what contract value is being offered to Allen or how borderline it is between generating band 1 or band 2 compensation

It may very well be that we need to give up that end of R1 PP to ensure Brisbane lodge a contract that secures pick 2 for us

If we get pick 2 for Allen and land Starcevich without losing any games f our natural picks then that’s a win imo

Some won’t see it that way though

I think if it's borderline between band 1 and 2 it's already in their interest to make it band 1 to ensure they get him for free without us matching. No need for the Starc trade to come into it.

 

[Chris_6678]

Owen Leonard

@owenleonard_
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While Jack Steele

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Jack Steele

Age

29

Ht

187cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

8.7

3star

HB

12.2

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

6.8

5star

CL

3.6

5star

D

21.3

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

11.3

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

5.8

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

16.8

4star

K

5.0

2star

HB

11.8

5star

M

2.6

3star

T

6.4

5star

CL

3.6

5star

would shape as an ideal fit for the young
@WestCoastEagles
midfield amid uncertainty on his future - understand it’s a firm no from his perspective at this stage. Has led
@stkildafc
since 2021, contracted til the end of 2027.

 

[darksquare]

Owen Leonard
@owenleonard_
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7s


While Jack Steele would shape as an ideal fit for the young
@WestCoastEagles
midfield amid uncertainty on his future - understand it’s a firm no from his perspective at this stage. Has led
@stkildafc
since 2021, contracted til the end of 2027.

"at this stage"

So you're saying there's a chance ...

 

[maverick001]

Yeah sounds like he wants success so guess we can scratch that idea lol

What he wants and what he gets are two different things though
If he’s getting pushed out of St Kilda midfield I’d suggest he’s going to struggle to find a place in the midfield of any team poised for success