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

 

[Hasselhough]

Whan has a pretty solid body of work that should see him ahead of Williams.

Curtin might be seriously good value late.

Curtin to go the big slide like jack williams did due to being a barge .

He is huge and he monstered everyone in the colts .

Then struggle a bit more at the champs due to not having as much of an advantage.

At afl level he will be on guys his own size

 

[Obeanie1]

Peptide prince isn’t happy

Hird like his old club is irrelevant.

His is a massive sook.

Very one eyed and .....well.......irrelevant.

Is he still sooking over our massive PP assistance........pick 24 now isnt it? And sliding.

 

[Hasselhough]

He's incredibly bias, but kinda right in this case.
But he shouldn't comment anything to so with the eagles.

We shouldn't get pick 2. Just like clubs shouldn't get FS and NGAs for practically nothing.

Tbh I don't think there should be compo picks whatsoever - but RFAs should not be able to go top clubs without a trade.

We get the same band1 compo as anyone else a first round pick after our normal first .

 

[Hasselhough]

Hird like his old club is irrelevant.

His is a massive sook.

Very one eyed and .....well.......irrelevant.

Is he still sooking over our massive PP assistance........pick 24 now isnt it? And sliding.

That pick ends up in the 30s if it doesn't disappear through FA bidding

 

[EagleEgo]

James Hird's upset on Draper's compensation is no difference to:
1) Why Leader A got 49.001 % votes is the Prime Minister and Leader B won 49% is not
OR
2) Why my son got a place to study medicine by having 99.95% in the exam and your son couldn't when he gained 99.945%

 

[Hasselhough]

Is Reidy any good? From what i am told he was nowhere near being the best ruck in the WAFL. If you can't dominate WAFL how good are you going to be at AFL level?

Reidy isn't that good but he is better than what we are currently rolling out .

I think Flynn has hit his ceiling. Maybe if he has a uninterrupted pre season he could improve.

Bailey is now 25 years and coming up to 100 games . He needs to stand up and be the man . He just gets pushed off the ball way too easily around the ground .

 

[Cuzz09]

To be fair theres not THAT many guys wanting to leave our club compared to others.

Maybe they know how good they've got it

 

[Obeanie1]

I can't believe they let Hird back into the AFL Cuck circle after everything he done.
The prick even acts like he done nothing wrong.
**** that guy the cheating prick

Pretty much.

I dont remember Woosha laying him out.

But there were quite a few occassions.

 

[Obeanie1]

Good points.
I remember a few years ago when we were in the start of our doldrums the media were declaring that OA was our only bright spark. Interesting how the perspective shifted and he’s now gone. Glad we got a good pick for him

If Oscar wasnt so injury prone then he would still be with us.

Thats the entire issue.

After backing so many injured stars and failing we simply could not roll that dice again.

Lions can afford to.

The end.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Hird is a VFL loveboi and he is smart enough to get that the success of West Coast is what opened the channels for the rest of the AFL to blosson and the game to become less Vic Centric.

If they move the GF away from MCG he may just go all sovereign citizen on us all

 

[eaglevision]

Shock backflip as Saints strike TWO fresh deals; Baz’s curious Insta post: Trade Wrap

Shock backflip as Saints strike TWO fresh deals; Baz’s curious Insta post: Trade Wrap

www.foxsports.com.au

Hopefully it’s 53 and 58. They should comfortably come in enough to match a bid on Kellaway.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Time to give up on a ruck. It wont happen . The blond hope we have is the new rules will benefit Bailey Williams and then give Archer Reid a chance also to become a primary ruck or atleast try to be. Lets not forget the blindest of all blind hopes in Harry Barnett too

Feels like between the Young/Starcevich/Robertson trio and our list moves so far we do need 1 more mature body recruit in. Max picks id like us to take is 5. I also see a great benefit in moving Cripps off the main list to take a rookie list spot to then free up a spot next year after he retires also. That would have us at 6 list spots remaining.

From here we gotta get on the phone to a few guys getting squeezed out. Alex Davies now has a Petracca sized road block. You got Jack Steele

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Jack Steele

Age

30

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

and St Kildas midfield in general being squeezed, you got Sydney desperate for more assets and us having a great ability to give that to them. Lets get something done

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Not sure if it belongs in the Contract or Offseason thread.

Dusty come on down.

 

[Deepthroat]

There isn't always a dead cert #1 Pick even last year Lalor was projecting outside the top 5 in the lead up to the draft, it wasn't until Richmond made it clear he was their man that it was a sure thing.

Same goes for Aaron Cadman - widely seen as a bit of a reach by GWS.

Harley is more of the exception really.

Exactly the point.

If there is a pool of talent all in the mix, then a drop from 1 to 5 is not as big a play as a drop from Harley to a Duursma/Watson/Sanders/Windsor...

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Not sure if it belongs in the Contract or Offseason thread.

Dusty come on down.

Belongs in my dreams I think

 

[eagles rule]

Wait, wtf? We get pick 2 for Allen? But I was told it wasn't going to happen?

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[Hasselhough]

Shock backflip as Saints strike TWO fresh deals; Baz’s curious Insta post: Trade Wrap

Shock backflip as Saints strike TWO fresh deals; Baz’s curious Insta post: Trade Wrap

www.foxsports.com.au

Hopefully it’s 53 and 58. They should comfortably come in enough to match a bid on Kellaway.

After pick 36 isn't it just your next pick to match ?

With the first round going to about 31 / 32 i doubt he gets a bid .

 

[Barrybran]

Fox is reporting that Richmond and Essendon are talking about Richmond moving down. Logically that would be Richmond's 3 for Essendon's 5, giving Essendon 3 & 5. That's almost a straight swap for 1 + 13 of we were that way inclined (maybe some later swaps favourable to us).

 

[Boohemian]

Fox is reporting that Richmond and Essendon are talking about Richmond moving down. Logically that would be Richmond's 3 for Essendon's 5, giving Essendon 3 & 5. That's almost a straight swap for 1 + 13 of we were that way inclined (maybe some later swaps favourable to us).

Did they what else is heading Richmond's way?

 

[eaglevision]

After pick 36 isn't it just your next pick to match ?

With the first round going to about 31 / 32 i doubt he gets a bid .

It’s after the 2R finishes, so not necessarily pick 37.

 

[shooshka]

Fox is reporting that Richmond and Essendon are talking about Richmond moving down. Logically that would be Richmond's 3 for Essendon's 5, giving Essendon 3 & 5. That's almost a straight swap for 1 + 13 of we were that way inclined (maybe some later swaps favourable to us).

I think it may be more that they don’t want to pay the pick 1 price for Duursma. And/or really want CDT and consider us unlikely to pick him.

It doesn’t make much sense bunny hopping up the order 5-3-1

 

[Elite Pete]

Fox is reporting that Richmond and Essendon are talking about Richmond moving down. Logically that would be Richmond's 3 for Essendon's 5, giving Essendon 3 & 5. That's almost a straight swap for 1 + 13 of we were that way inclined (maybe some later swaps favourable to us).

Would rather just trade up to pick 7.

1, 2 & 7

Duurmsa made a clear gap now. Cal said last night the Dons have set their eyes on Duursma but it’s unlikely we trade that pick.

 

[Barrybran]

Did they what else is heading Richmond's way?

I imagine one of Essendon's seconds. The article mentioned points for Kellaway, though I think that would come from us via the Young trade.

 

[Barrybran]

I think it may be more that they don’t want to pay the pick 1 price for Duursma. And/or really want CDT and consider us unlikely to pick him.

It doesn’t make much sense bunny hopping up the order 5-3-1

Depends who we want. I figured 2, 13 + 34 also works.

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

Logically that would be Richmond's 3 for Essendon's 5, giving Essendon 3 & 5.

If Essendon are giving up their 5 for Richmond's 3, they no longer hold 5?