List Mgmt. 2025 List Management Discussion - Part V

[Hubnester]

2025 List Management Discussion - Part 5

Now that our season is over, and news is starting to break - it's time for a fresh thread.

This thread is to discuss all things list management - trades, draft, free agency, delistings and more.
As we are now officially in our off-season, we'll be wanting to keep this thread more strictly on-topic than the previous iterations.
Be respectful. You are allowed to disagree with someone - but play the ball, not the man. Repeat offenders will have their posting rights revoked.

Thanks to Lore once again for this incredibly useful spreadsheet.

2025 KEY DATES
Free Agency Period: Friday, October 3rd - Friday, October 10th
Trade Period: Monday, October 6th - Wednesday, October 15th
AFL Draft: Wednesday, November 19th - Thursday, November 20th

See Also:
2025 Year in Review Rumours & Confirmed Movements 2025 Draft Discussion
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[beside the seaside]

It unlocks other deals and pick swaps.

Hawthorn want their p22 for example.

Nothing wrong with the Curnow deal

Whats your hunch on Marshall?

 

[stavro#4]

Whats your hunch on Marshall?

Gone.

 

[beside the seaside]

Gone.

What do you reckon we'll get?

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

I do agree with the lack of a small defender but id rather have Stocker train all pre season to stay goalside and cop some wizard kicking 6 out of their ass from pocket snaps than put Trav there.

Voss

 

[Hayes4PM]

I hope Geelong get no deals done, all their 30+ year old players (half their list) ping hammies and calves in the pre-season and their butt buddy Liam Pickering gets done for financial fraud. That's the dream.

 

[Tommy Wigs]

Cho is genuinely a chode. Selling off Oliver for a third but would pay a late first/second for Steele

How tf does this make any sense.

Fwiw I hope we keep Steele.

Where is the late first coming from - or so you mean this is what we would want?

 

[SainterinSydney]

What do you reckon we'll get?

It is sounding like De Goey lol

 

[beside the seaside]

It is sounding like De Goey lol

The issue with De Goey is he's been crap for two years. I just don't get why we'd think he'll suddenly come good again. Not a fan of it.

 

[stavro#4]

What do you reckon we'll get?

I’m hoping we buckle for either:

19+F1

Or

F1+F2

 

[bakes10]

The issue with De Goey is he's been crap for two years. I just don't get why we'd think he'll suddenly come good again. Not a fan of it.

I think his best is past him. Doesn’t look like he has the same level of impact like in previous years. Tight groins probably impacting his explosiveness.

 

[phantom13]

The issue with De Goey is he's been crap for two years. I just don't get why we'd think he'll suddenly come good again. Not a fan of it.

26 and a goal in the Qualifying final, same the week before.

This is overstated, by all means he might be physically cooked but his best is still very good

 

[stavro#4]

I think his best is past him. Doesn’t look like he has the same level of impact like in previous years. Tight groins probably impacting his explosiveness.

Wasn’t he enormous in that qualifying final v Adelaide?

 

[SainterinSydney]

I’m hoping we buckle for either:

19+F1

Or

F1+F2

Would that end up being--if these De Gooey rumours are real--Marshall for De Gooey (19) and F1

 

[Hayes4PM]

I’m hoping we buckle for either:

19+F1

Or

F1+F2

Those are the only possible pick deals we should "buckle" for, otherwise keep him.

 

[LuckyBounce!]

Florent to Carlton for a 3rd rounder. Separate to the Curnow deal

 

[Geezington]

Geelong aren’t gonna be good next year imo, their midfield is ****ing shit, they’ve got one good forward who’s 33 dangerflop is 40 and their defence is mid to

 

[Tommy Wigs]

Ameet Bains. How the heck did that guy gets a job with the Saints. Glad he ****ed off to Footscray.

Yep, more boring git than Richo. And that’s elite areas of boring.

 

[SainterinSydney]

Geelong aren’t gonna be good next year imo, their midfield is ****ing shit, they’ve got one good forward who’s 33 dangerflop is 40 and their defence is mid to

I agree. It would be nice to death ride them by getting a future first.

 

[stavro#4]

Would that end up being--if these De Gooey rumours are real--Marshall for De Gooey (19) and F1

Don’t really believe the JdG stuff.

My guess.

Steele for something useable.

Package that with 19 and try get up the order?

 

[Diehard Saint]

We'd have to attempt to line something up before hand based on pure speculation as to what might be included in the Geelong offer.

We've behaved a certain way through this trade period: when you've made a decision, move on it immediately. We could have kept GWS in the dark on Aleer, but as soon as a decision was made, we pulled out. Got Flanders and Ryan done quickly once we were happy.

This is the opposite of how it appears Geelong operates. I think we're pretty determined that things need to be done differently and will behave accordingly. So the chances of Geelong getting Marshall get smaller by the minute. We don't want him to leave so we aren't giving Geelong any qualitative feedback on what we may accept.

In short, if Geelong want our contracted player, they're going to have to behave the way we want them to behave, or else they are going to be disappointed.

The word is out: we're not here to win friends.

Yet SOS has the reputation as one of the most difficult LM’s to deal with.

 

[Tommy Wigs]

Every man and their dog knows the dogs desperately need a key defender, Bont still producing, Libba probably a year left and the dogs....

Got a 5'10" flanker.

Brilliant

Lucky if he’s 5’8 tbh

 

[Winmar2Lockett]

He's clearly cooked and is also a huge piece of shit. Basically sticking a thumb in the eye of our entire AFLW program.

I probably don't renew my membership if he comes in the door.

Why?

Wasn't he just was photographed groping his girlfriend while on holiday in Bali.

It's not like he's Tarryn Thomas levels of anti-female toxicity.

Our AFLW girls aren't snowflakes that are offended at the drop of a hat either.

 

[MUFASA12]

Id rather jerk off with steel wool than have May anywhere near my club.

Two future firsts and the dees can pay his salary and even then hed be exclusively in the VFL team

It literally has no impact on your life wether he is a good bloke or not, if he can play half back half decently there is no reason why we shouldn’t be entertaining the option.

 

[beside the seaside]

26 and a goal in the Qualifying final, same the week before.

This is overstated, by all means he might be physically cooked but his best is still very good

Both good games but not dominant. If he got a good run at it injury wise I'm sure he'd be good but massive risk and we've seen how this movie ends

 

[bird_man]

DeGoey would be stupidity