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

[Keys]

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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

 

[eaglesnutcase]

Yes but it seems both will be on our list next year.

I realise that. But Cripps is there for his experience and will probably finish the season in WAFL where his nous will be invaluable and Basso will be back up for the back up.

 

[Barrybran]

I just can't see us making a series of convoluted trades like this, moving pick 2 on just to try and move back up to pick 3 or pick 5 seems like a lot of energy spent to end up no better off.
IMO we just sit tight and wait for teams to approach us with deals, if they end up being ridiculous overs for us we take them, otherwise we just take 1,2 and 13 to the draft.
Clarke trying to get clever and involve himself in Petracca/pick splits trades does not fill me with much confidence

I'm expecting any potential pick trades to be multi-team trades for this reason.

 

[Bradis]

Trying to do a mock draft right now for top 30 picks is harder than I expected and with the amount of picks now locked up in the top 40 to teams that will be using them to match bids I have our pick 34 moving up to 29 at this stage on the night (assumes a few things including Sydney offloading pick 11 to Carlton and Nth using their picks to trade up for Carlton pick 11 and Melbourne getting both GC picks 7,8).

Really depends now on where the club has players on their rankings list and could see us going to the draft with our current hand plus taking four picks outside of matched bids for others.

 

[BartBart]

Sorry to intrude, fellow Mexicans, but I honestly don’t understand your trading strategy.

Giving away a former first-rounder for a late second, then paying a second for a fringe KPP coming off an ACL with little to show for it, that’s puzzling.

If you’re paying a premium for potential, how much upside is left in a 27-year-old?

Makes me think we were far too generous with our OA/Starcevich trade. We probably could have squeezed pick 2 out of you.

Must be the 1st time I've ever called WA people being called Mexicans.

 

[Proeagle]

In isolation I take your point but from the outside looking in, it feels like the club has neglected the little things and the standards have dropped and that's partly why we are in the position we are.

Yes it's only three picks but that logic also applies to Richmond. So why are we the ones who compromised. Yes Richmond are preparing to bid for a father son but we have at least two player we will need to bid on so points might be as relevant for us as it is them

Richmond have wanted pick 34, so Richmond fans are probably saying the same thing on their forums. Why did we compromise with the eagles.

 

[Hap Hapablap]

so are we done now with trades?

 

[irel]

Must be the 1st time I've ever called WA people being called Mexicans.

Perhaps Venezuelans might be a better fit, given you’re a state removed from the heart of the AFL universe.

 

[twce13]

Can’t see them missing out on one last chance to rort the system properly. 7+8 for Petracca and a bunch of sh*t picks works for both teams.

the hard thing is you can only bring as many picks as available list spots and these picks in the 3rd and beyond are low points or worthless. GC are in a pickle, which at least points to a somewhat improved system in 25.

 

[Hap Hapablap]

Mexicans? I thought were more like Colombians with our FARC tendencies and how we always threaten to secede

 

[Snowball81]

Pick 2 - most would expect we can get 2 x first round picks for this. Like 5 and 6 with 13 thrown in.
Or 7 and 8 from Dees with later pick going to Dees.

But I think it will probably be a pick slide like 2 for 5 and a F2. Not what I would do, but what I think will happen.

I think I could see us being the 3rd club that gets involved with the Hawks/Ess Merrett Trade.

Possibly something like below...just depends how much Essendon want CDT and if 5 & 9 is enough for us, but it would give us a great opportunity to get two of players like Sharp/Cumming/Lindsay/Dovaston and we keep 13 and go to the draft with 1,5,9,13, 31,34,53,58 and still have opportunity to trade to 7 or 8 with GC if we want to or with Carl for Pick 10.

	Get	Give
Ess	2, Haw F1 2026, Haw F1 2027	Merrett, 5
Haw	Merrett, 41	9,Haw F1 2026,31, Haw F1 2027
WC	5,9,31	2,41

 

[Boohemian]

I realise that. But Cripps is there for his experience and will probably finish the season in WAFL where his nous will be invaluable and Basso will be back up for the back up.

For the love of God. The man's name is BAZZO.

 

[Obeanie1]

Mexicans? I thought were more like Colombians with our FARC tendencies and how we always threaten to secede

WA is a police state.

Columbia......not so much.

 

[eaglesnutcase]

For the love of God. The man's name is BAZZO.

WGAF! Did you know who I meant? Yes! Get a life you pedantic prick.

 

[Hap Hapablap]

WA is a police state.

Columbia......not so much.

By that logic were more like an Iran or an Eritrea.

 

[Keys]

Sorry to intrude, fellow Mexicans, but I honestly don’t understand your trading strategy.

Giving away a former first-rounder for a late second, then paying a second for a fringe KPP coming off an ACL with little to show for it, that’s puzzling.

If you’re paying a premium for potential, how much upside is left in a 27-year-old?

Makes me think we were far too generous with our OA/Starcevich trade. We probably could have squeezed pick 2 out of you.

Perhaps Venezuelans might be a better fit, given you’re a state removed from the heart of the AFL universe.

It takes a special effort to be the most annoying Brisbane poster in here but somehow you’ve managed it

Well done

Now do us a favour, take your elephant stamp and jog on like a good lad

 

[Hap Hapablap]

It takes a special effort to be the most annoying Brisbane poster in here but somehow you’ve managed it

Well done

Now do us a favour, take your elephant stamp and jog on like a good lad

Ole

 

[Carbine Chaos]

What's the odds he plays more than 8 games ?

I don't see why he wouldn't.

 

[gravy_86]

Gee the Suns are always happy to hand over quality picks for players coming in. WCE needs to organise all end of season trips in the Gold Coast from now on so any players planning on leaving fall in love with the place and request trades to the Suns.

 

[Godfather32]

I'm expecting any potential pick trades to be multi-team trades for this reason.

I just reckon we're going to be highly disappointed in any pick split we do. I was all for trying to move up for one of GC's picks but with that seemingly out of the question I'm really not keen on moving down from 2.
And if we're honest most people are only proposing we split pick 2 because people are reluctant to take Sharp at 2 and no one really wants CDT.

 

[jdisc]

WGAF! Did you know who I meant? Yes! Get a life you pedantic prick.I’ll continue to spell it Basso so you and your fellow pedants who patrol this site have something to whine about!

 

[Boohemian]

WGAF! Did you know who I meant? Yes! Get a life you pedantic prick.

I’ll continue to spell it BAZZO because its the respectful thing to do and I am grown up about it.

Make an attempt to spell the bloke's name right. You had already been pulled up on it. It's just basic respect and common courtesy.

 

[Yippy Yi Yeo]

Perhaps Venezuelans might be a better fit, given you’re a state removed from the heart of the AFL universe.

Neither side of that analogy makes any sense

 

[irel]

It takes a special effort to be the most annoying Brisbane poster in here but somehow you’ve managed it

Well done

Now do us a favour, take your elephant stamp and jog on like a good lad

WOW apologies dude. Not sure how I offended you.

 

[jdisc]

Neither side of that analogy makes any sense

Well Venezuela is one state removed from the heart of the AFL universe - Suriname. Why do you think they want to invade Guyana so badly?

 

[Yippy Yi Yeo]

Well Venezuela is one state removed from the heart of the AFL universe - Suriname. Why do you think they want to invade Guyana so badly?

Chile with the South America jokes