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

[Scythe]

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)

 

[Scythe]

Dawes and Heritier turned this club around with their premiership experience, Mihocek will do the same.

If it works out its a shrewd move by sKing, if it fails its a WHAT WAS TIM LAMB THINKING???

Ben Kennedy erasure!

 

[Scythe]

Ben Kennedy erasure!

Wasn't a flag player IIRC, disregard

 

[Topkent]

Mihocek was always a forward I liked so I'm sure I'll come round if he plays well

that's it TK play both sides

 

[mrmonkey]

Now Ben Kennedy

Ben Kennedy

Age

31

Ht

175cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.8

4star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.8

4star

M

2.2

2star

T

2.1

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.6

3star

was a player I forgot about. I think he kicked a ripper goal against gws in his debut game for the club and I don't remember anything else. I'm surprised he played 15 games, thought it was something like 3.

 

[Dory_77]

Now Ben Kennedy was a player I forgot about. I think he kicked a ripper goal against gws in his debut game for the club and I don't remember anything else. I'm surprised he played 15 games, thought it was something like 3.

We had a few blokes of that era have one or two good games where you think we've found one, then they get hirt/dropped and disappear forever.

Ben Newton I think had a good debut for us with a snag or two and did nothing thereafter.

 

[Demon in Hell]

Wowee what a signing. A 33 year old Brody Mihocek.

Will be as useful as Shane McAdam

23

Shane Mcadam

Age

30

Ht

186cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

6.5

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

1.8

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.3

5star

G

0.8

4star

D

6.5

1star

K

4.8

2star

HB

1.8

1star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.3

4star

G

0.8

4star

D

6.5

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

1.8

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.3

5star

G

0.8

4star

.

Well done Melbourne.

 

[danster168]

If we accept picks 6 + 7 for Petracca, whoever signed off on trading our first this year (pick 5) should be fired out of a cannon into the sun.

I feel slow, I don't get it. wasn't that to grab Lindsay? I'm happy with Lindsay.

 

[Blackas87]

Wowee what a signing. A 33 year old Brody Mihocek.

Will be as useful as Shane McAdam.

Well done Melbourne.

Or as useful as 34 year old Melksham?

 

[danster168]

Yeah, just tell GC it's Humphrey or no dice. We don't want 6 & 7 - we need playaz.

why do we need players? for the flag tilt in the next 3 years?

 

[danster168]

Tim Lamb and Richo: We need to get older. 2 first rounders for Houston. 1 year later, selling the farm to get younger. How on earth Tim Lamb is still in a job is unbelievable.

Thank you sweet Christian for creative internal issues at the club because without that Houston would be at the Dees and it would've put us back 5 years.

Chasing Houston was crazy then, and even crazier now after seeing the season Houston had and then absolutely mental considering we're gutting the list now.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Hopefully Checkers lights a fire underneath Jeffo and JVR to step it up

 

[Dancing Potato]

 

[Demon in Hell]

Or as useful as 34 year old Melksham?

What a forward line, Mihocek, McAdam, Melksham, Chandler, Fritsch, Van Rooyen, Jefferson.

We will be lucky to score 4 goals a game.

 

[tomcruise]

Now Ben Kennedy was a player I forgot about. I think he kicked a ripper goal against gws in his debut game for the club and I don't remember anything else. I'm surprised he played 15 games, thought it was something like 3.

Was the only one of our players I remember playing well against the Essendon b-team. No harm keeping that one erased from memory.

 

[mrmonkey]

Was the only one of our players I remember playing well against the Essendon b-team. No harm keeping that one erased from memory.

Yeah I fortunately couldn't go as my work had a function down the road and I watched the storm game instead. They pumped Newcastle that day. What I do remember was Viney talking about the players getting big heads after beating GWS the previous round. Almost 10 years later things still feel the same. Big heads producing 8 wins in the season.

 

[Blackas87]

What a forward line, Mihocek, McAdam, Melksham, Chandler, Fritsch, Van Rooyen, Jefferson.

We will be lucky to score 4 goals a game.

We are going to score less goals than this past season adding in a guy that kicked 36 for the season at 1.6 a game?

Is he a perfect fit? No, but we are not losing anything by adding him, it’s just an addition. Premiership player from another club, outside perspective that can help lead our young forward players into developing their own games.

 

[tomcruise]

I like Mihocek and at 2 years I don't mind it. Hardly gonna hinder the magician's development.

 

[Dory_77]

Meh.
Key thing for our forwards is delivery which seems to be King's big focus. Mihocek, if fit, could be handy but doubt he'll be much of a NEEDLE MOVER in many games. And if we're clearing Trac and Clarry the salary isn't a worry

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

Don't mind Mihocek, good player and good kick.

Flanders is disappointing, still don't think moving on Trac & Clarry for picks in a compromised draft is good business.

Suns won't want to give us 6+7, they need at least one of those picks for their three academy guns.

Let's see how it plays out.

 

[PerfectFooty]

I was disappointed with Mihocek being reported, but two is better than a three year deal, so i am relatively okay with that

I still don't know what this means for how we operate forward next season with both he and melksham

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

What a forward line, Mihocek, McAdam, Melksham, Chandler, Fritsch, Van Rooyen, Jefferson.

We will be lucky to score 4 goals a game.

What odds will you give me that we kick a bigger points total next year than we did this year with your precious Clarry and Trac? Surely 5-1?

 

[stEdy]

Mihocek for 2 years costing us only cap we have spare is fine.

I think he will prove handy. Hope I never have to endure another game of the magician in the red & blue again.

 

[Scythe]

Bombers didn't get Band 1 for Draper, so that moves 6 and 7 a rung higher than I expected

 

[Keith Knox]

As much as I love a good old fashioned Goody kicking, the players deserve a fair portion of blame too. Other sides pledge to take pay cuts to lure free agents etc. Our mob screamed “we getting paid” and signed up on huge money until the never never.

Yep. Can't disagree with that.

 

[Keith Knox]

Brayshaw earned every penny of his contract you bastards.

Yeah, it made me sad to include his name in that list, but it's a knock on the contract not the guy. At least Brayshaw, unlike some of these other clowns, was always willing to bust a gut doing whatever role was right for the team.