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

 

[Jeremy McLovin]

2 + 12 for 6?

12÷2=6, math checks out.

 

[TwoStriders]

My guess is this signals either we think we retain enough capital to trade up to at least Carlton’s pick if not GC, while upgrading 16 to 12, OR a definite trade down of 1 to 5+6 with other picks thrown around with the bombers.

Yeah - I would hope we have future trades planned for either Carlton or Gold Coast picks. And those deals work either with 16 or with 23 and whatever extra draft capital we pick up here.

So essentially nothing has changed.

'Hope' being the operative word there.

 

[PRANKSTER666]

It probably requires AFL approval because we have traded away our F1 for the next 3 years.

 

[YeoGabbaGabba]

Trade matt clarke if he has fked this up

Ironically trading himself will the best strategic move he’s made

 

[ThePuma #9]

My guess is:

WCE Receive: 12, Starcevich
WCE Give: 16, 23, 37

Brisbane Receive: 16
Brisbane Give: Starcevich, 43

Freo Receive: 23, 37, 43
Freo Give: 12

It's not awful, not great but not awful.

Would give us approx 190 points extra over the value of pick 7 to entice Gold Coast if we offered them 13 and 24. (after Allen Compo)

Not sure how we pay for Young though.

 

[bzparkes]

Not even 24 hours after saying we were trading 16. We’ve traded 16. Jesus Matt.

We were always going to trade pick 16, it's what we were going to get back for it that mattered.

 

[DJMac]

If they want it, cough it up. 1 for 5 6 and peanuts.

Get 7 off suns.

2 5 6 7

And Putney.

 

[ziad]

I've said this before, but Clark would have to get approval from Pyke etc. for any trades he does, right?

yep, no way this is a one man show.

 

[Le Archie]

Hey friends, curious to hear your thoughts on the proposed potential pick swap of 1/2 for 5 & 6? Essendon are only doing that trade if it ensures we get Duursma, we aren't doing it for CDT.

Is that something you think the club will be interested in or you prefer just to take Duursma and CDT straight up?

 

[bzparkes]

I've said this before, but Clark would have to get approval from Pyke etc. for any trades he does, right?

Well, he wouldn't just do it on his own, considering he's there with Pyke and Woosha.

 

[bzparkes]

Hey friends, curious to hear your thoughts on the proposed potential pick swap of 1/2 for 5 & 6? Essendon are only doing that trade if it ensures we get Duursma, we aren't doing it for CDT.

Is that something you think the club will be interested in or you prefer just to take Duursma and CDT straight up?

Depends on how much we value Duursma, I guess.

 

[Corkintheocean]

Hey friends, curious to hear your thoughts on the proposed potential pick swap of 1/2 for 5 & 6? Essendon are only doing that trade if it ensures we get Duursma, we aren't doing it for CDT.

Is that something you think the club will be interested in or you prefer just to take Duursma and CDT straight up?

Come back later, we're mid meltdown.

 

[woosha24]

Hey friends, curious to hear your thoughts on the proposed potential pick swap of 1/2 for 5 & 6? Essendon are only doing that trade if it ensures we get Duursma, we aren't doing it for CDT.

Is that something you think the club will be interested in or you prefer just to take Duursma and CDT straight up?

Many of us would prefer NOT to take Duursma and CDT. We want mids.

 

[PremiershipNo4]

I pretty stoked something has actually happened

 

[Dark Sharks]

Hey friends, curious to hear your thoughts on the proposed potential pick swap of 1/2 for 5 & 6? Essendon are only doing that trade if it ensures we get Duursma, we aren't doing it for CDT.

Now is not the time campaigner… we're taking our pants down over here!

 

[Goroyals22]

Didn't he have an Achilles rupture?

A couple of years ago… seemed a popular player at the crows…

 

[Le Archie]

Depends on how much we value Duursma, I guess.

For sure, what's the fan consensus on your end? Sounds like he has elevated himself to #1 but its not as clear cut as previous years with a Reid or JHF as stand out number 1. We seem very keen on him though.

 

[cookiesncream]

It's not awful, not great but not awful.

Would give us approx 190 points extra over the value of pick 7 to entice Gold Coast if we offered them 13 and 24. (after Allen Compo)

Not sure how we pay for Young though.

Young might be paid for via the compensation for Chesser going to Richmond

 

[PRANKSTER666]

Well, he wouldn't just do it on his own, considering he's there with Pyke and Woosha.

Unless he has locked himself in the room alone with the trade button...

 

[txbyhull]

Hey friends, curious to hear your thoughts on the proposed potential pick swap of 1/2 for 5 & 6? Essendon are only doing that trade if it ensures we get Duursma, we aren't doing it for CDT.

Is that something you think the club will be interested in or you prefer just to take Duursma and CDT straight up?

I don’t think my view represents the majority of eagles supporters but depending on the steak knives like an F2, I’d be trading 1 for 5&6. Hopefully 2 goes to Richmond for 4 as well

 

[Shueygod]

Young might be paid for via the compensation for Chesser going to Richmond

Or the 50s pick, Young is worth absolutely **** all on paper.

 

[ThePuma #9]

Hey friends, curious to hear your thoughts on the proposed potential pick swap of 1/2 for 5 & 6? Essendon are only doing that trade if it ensures we get Duursma, we aren't doing it for CDT.

Is that something you think the club will be interested in or you prefer just to take Duursma and CDT straight up?

Duursma has shot to clear outright favourite number 1.

This year that matters considering how diluted the top 5 of the draft is and in particular the draft as a total.

If you offer 5+6 straight up we might consider it but i doubt we'll have anything left to throw in coming back your way if that's what you're thinking.

 

[Goroyals22]

I've said this before, but Clark would have to get approval from Pyke etc. for any trades he does, right?

I think we have seen enough to know Pyke isn’t the smartest man in the room

 

[bzparkes]

For sure, what's the fan consensus on your end? Sounds like he has elevated himself to #1 but its not as clear cut as previous years with a Reid or JHF as stand out number 1. We seem very keen on him though.

Depends how in the 'clear' he is at #1.

I know people keep crying out for mids but when you have pick 1, you'd better be taking the most talented player in the draft, regardless of position. He'll transition into a mid when he puts more size on anyway.

I'd say it's more the gap between him and the rest of the top 10. If it's not considered to be all that big, I can see WCE trading back to get Sharp/Cumming.

 

[Chris_6678]

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Expecting this to see pick 12 and Starcevich end up at the Eagles as well as picks 33 and 52, pick 16 go to the Lions and the Dockers then slide back from 12 to one of the Eagles' early 20s picks plus more.
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