Rumour GFC 2025 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 3

[cats_09]

2025 AFL Draft and Trade Dates:​

Fri Oct 3 - Fri Oct 10: 2025 Free Agency Period
Mon Oct 6 - Wed Oct 15: 2025 Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period
Wed Nov 19 - Thu Nov 20: 2025 Telstra AFL Draft

 

[allrighty]

He should sue them for equitable estoppel.

 

[TomsBulgingDisc]

Watching Curnow presser and he looks like the most miserable bloke in footy right now. Most guys are pretty upbeat about joining a new club, but he seems about as excited as a kid at Christmas that got the Temu version of whatever toy they actually wanted.

Things must have been grim for him at the Blues.

 

[D BRIDGE]

He should sue them for equitable estoppel.

That's what I was thinking!!!

 

[rapidfire7]

Late one just come through boys. I knew Magic Mackie was onto something!

 

[BennyGan]

anyone be intrested in rookie listing Arie Schoenmaker?
dropped his draft year for character/off field stuff but had the talent of a top 20 guy.
decent size and a massive left foot kick.

 

[D BRIDGE]

anyone be intrested in rookie listing Arie Schoenmaker?
dropped his draft year for character/off field stuff but had the talent of a top 20 guy.
decent size and a massive left foot kick.

Had a look at his VFL stats... Went backwards this year.

If St Kilda don't want him... I certainly do not.

 

[CoolCat75]

Late one just come through boys. I knew Magic Mackie was onto something!

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Finally, after 18 years of rumour, the mystery mid has been landed!

 

[Munich]

Genuine question, for you and for everybody else – why “Butters, obviously”? I get it’s obvious that we would be in the very long queue that will be talking to him throughout 2026, but why does everyone here think Butters is such a strong chance to get to Geelong?

Has he got strong ties to GFC or the region- not that I can find?

Will we pay him as much as other clubs – no

Can we offer or would we offer the same or better deal to get him out of Port – no, we haven’t the picks, and we don’t force players to other clubs?

Can we offer a better chance to win a premiership – we are a chance, but all of the northern state teams can offer this too?

Non-GFC supporters seem to think he is most likely headed to Footscray if he doesn’t stay.

So, why Butters?

He's from Bacchus Marsh isn't he.

Close enough.

 

[goyoucatters]

Genuine question, for you and for everybody else – why “Butters, obviously”? I get it’s obvious that we would be in the very long queue that will be talking to him throughout 2026, but why does everyone here think Butters is such a strong chance to get to Geelong?

Has he got strong ties to GFC or the region- not that I can find?

Will we pay him as much as other clubs – no

Can we offer or would we offer the same or better deal to get him out of Port – no, we haven’t the picks, and we don’t force players to other clubs?

Can we offer a better chance to win a premiership – we are a chance, but all of the northern state teams can offer this too?

Non-GFC supporters seem to think he is most likely headed to Footscray if he doesn’t stay.

So, why Butters?

All the intel seems to suggest that it's the Dogs or us. And he seems to be pretty determined to get home to Victoria. So I don't think the other interstate clubs are really in the race.

If we're only realistically up against one other club, we've got to be some sort of show. And I totally accept that we won't be able to match the Dogs for dollars (or for a deal to impress the Power). But if we can see a situation where Port choose not to match and we can offer a better view of life at the Cattery than the Kennel (perhaps Lenka can help in this regard), there must be some chance he spurns some dollars if we can sell enough hope and promise enough lifestyle advantage.

#daretodream

 

[Max Rooke]

Im concerned that we didn't have a 2nd option in regards to Marshall..
Going into 2026 as Stanley really as our no 1 ruck... Thats a huge concerned.
Especially Blitz is another year older..
Iv got huge hope in regards to Edwards but his 2 years away.
And Conway, his basically ( sadly due to his body ) is not made for AFL

I have a strong suspicion Blics will be the starting ruck most of next year based on his performance in those first 2 finals. With support from younger rucks in short runs of games, and SDK & Neale. Stanley to play 10 games.
I’d also play Danger ~14 games to keep him fresh and give OHenry a chance to develop.

 

[thegerman]

anyone be intrested in rookie listing Arie Schoenmaker?
dropped his draft year for character/off field stuff but had the talent of a top 20 guy.
decent size and a massive left foot kick.

Didn’t mind the look of this kid. Big kick

 

[Pure_Ownage]

anyone be intrested in rookie listing Arie Schoenmaker?
dropped his draft year for character/off field stuff but had the talent of a top 20 guy.
decent size and a massive left foot kick.

Arie is an A grade knob. Pass

 

[Reg Hickey]

anyone be intrested in rookie listing Arie Schoenmaker?
dropped his draft year for character/off field stuff but had the talent of a top 20 guy.
decent size and a massive left foot kick.

Good size, and love the look of that left boot.

Would want to know more about what went wrong for him at St Kilda though.

 

[dudusmaximus]

..
Why should you be able to suddenly “match” an offer that is higher than your own?? Why all of a sudden is the offer on the table when it previously wasn’t??
..

I think you should be allowed to match only if your offer was within a certain % (e.g. 10%) of the rival offer. You cannot criminally undervalue and then miraculously find the money under cushions etc.

 

[GFrost35]

Will we look back on this trade period as our Jade Rawlings

Jade Rawlings

Age

48

Ht

196cm

Wt

97kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

8.7

3star

HB

4.2

3star

M

5.9

5star

T

0.8

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

4.6

1star

K

3.8

2star

HB

0.8

1star

M

2.6

3star

T

0.4

3star

G

1.8

5star

“I don’t want to drive down the highway to Geelong” / Have to settle for Brad Ottens

Brad Ottens

Age

45

Ht

202cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.3

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

6.3

4star

CL

2.7

4star

HO

16.9

5star

No current season stats available

D

7.6

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

3.6

3star

HO

7.4

5star

instead moment?
I would give up Marshall and Curnow for Butters

 

[year of the cat]

Will we look back on this trade period as our Brady Rawlings “I don’t want to drive down the highway to Geelong” / Have to settle for Brad Ottens instead moment?
I would give up Marshall and Curnow for Butters

Jade?

 

[GFrost35]

Jade?

You are quite right

 

[Frappe]

Not getting Marshal probably means one of Guthrie, Bews, Stevens or Clohesy gets a contract offer for next year. I expect we get an announcement on further delisting's by the end of Friday.

My mail is Guthrie and Bews are staying for 1 more (at least).

 

[Kobe Gryant]

My mail is Guthrie and Bews are staying for 1 more (at least).

I don't think I've ever said this, but we're being completely moronic if that's the case.

Maybe Bews at a stretch if he's on the rookie list as depth. I don't hate that idea.

Expecting Cam to play again and going through this charade for the fourth year in a row is more than fools gold, it's complete delusion.

 

[calder_daddy]

Spoke with someone earlier who is closely connected to a prominent player manager.

Won't repeat the exact words, but the general tone was far from complimentary towards the Saints, and whilst acknowledging that they got some wins this trade period, indicated that most other clubs and player managers will have long memories when they get to this time next year.

Words along the lines of - they've acted like tough guys this trade period but they'll pay the price in future.

A reused GIF
Yet so relatable to you.

 

[dudusmaximus]

Hmmm - maybe we should have offered lower draft valued picks than we did but let Stephen Wells make the draft selection for the other team.

DAAS (Drafting as a Service)

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Rookie spot for the strava update alone i say

 

[you pick one]

Saints weren't dealing with us except for overs (glad we didnt) and Carlton weren't dealing with us at all (they are complete idiots).
As much as marshall would have been useful so we dont have to burn blitz workload wise we need mids way more.
Getting butters or walsh next year is more critical than anything we could have done this year.

Feel a bit for Curnow Marshall and Leek all shite on from a great height no other way to say it realy.Still the first two needn't have signed such long contracts.

 

[dudusmaximus]

..
Won't repeat the exact words, but the general tone was far from complimentary towards the Saints, and whilst acknowledging that they got some wins this trade period, indicated that most other clubs and player managers will have long memories when they get to this time next year.
..

The Saints are faking a Destination Club without making it.

They should've been more forthcoming about their true intent (i.e. do not intend to let player go) rather than posture about R1 vs F1 etc.

 

[Kitcat]

This has not been a great trade period for Geelong. We flopped badly in the grand final. We needed to add to the squad. Obviously, our ruck/ midfield situation was assessed by Mackie and Scott as not good enough. So we went for Marshall, offered a first round pick which was not unreasonable bearing in mind the full situation with his age, ability and Tom de Koning

12

Tom De Koning

Age

26

Ht

201cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.0

2star

K

3.0

1star

HB

5.0

4star

CL

0.5

2star

HO

1.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.0

2star

K

3.0

1star

HB

5.0

4star

CL

0.5

3star

HO

1.5

5star

, it was rejected, we moved to getting an A grade forward in Curnow, we did our best, but it failed.

We waited until the last few minutes to make an increased offer for Marshall, but it was rejected. Mackie got it wrong in assessing that Saint Kilda wanted to get rid of Marshall, and they would fold, despite them saying they wanted to use two rucks.

Brisbane and Gold Coast have moved forward by adding to their squad by draft picks/trade/academy/father and son.

We have added Worpel to an area where we are weak, and he will walk into the team, we got him for no cost at all, yet many posters on this site thought he was not good enough for our team. You wonder why we get accused of being arrogant.

Next year, we will be relying on the natural improvement of our many young players. Will it be good enough? Our main future hope is that butters comes to us which will be difficult, as he will be demanding a huge amount of money that exceeds what our pay scale is based, and the reason we keep so many players. Will he want to play in a midfield with Stanley and Blics as the rucks, as at the moment, they are all we have. Conway is a great hope but no more.