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

 

[Tony Barber]

Catters I have drawn Geelong for our mock draft. Any pressing list needs in terms of position?

I dont envy you.

We've had trouble with our rucks and an inside mid as others have said.
I'm pretty much the only one that has concerns over our defence going forward.

Stewart is aging.
Blicavs is aging.
Kolo just missed a year and who knows if he'll come good.
Cam Guthrie could pinch hit off half back and he's gone.
Duncan did pinch hit off 1/2 back and he's gone.
Max Holmes has played off 1/2 back but he's just too valuable through the middle now.
And gee, in the Grand Final we had to send Clark into defence !!

I've only had a quick look at the draft and I struggled to find anyone that suits.

One thing you could ask (as silly as this sounds), where are we heavily deficient in the VFL?
I wouldn't know. But they might go that road as there will be a permanent spot there for a player to develop.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Its been reported that we're interested in Tom Blamires, the latest Fothergill-Round-Mitchell medallist from Frankston in the VFL.

From what I can tell he's a 23yo 181cm hard running defender/midfielder. Solid decision maker and ball user. Strong body. Sounds like a good fit for our needs and just the sort of guy Mackie & Wells could surprise us all with at 19.

Does anyone know if we're actually into this guy, or we just get thrown into the conversation because we have form (Mannagh, Pods, Kelly, etc)?

I'd be happy to get him, but would fall off my chair if we did it at 19.

If we're going to do it, it's more likely we'll roll the dice on Mellor getting through the ND and take Blamires at 40.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

I dont envy you.

We've had trouble with our rucks and an inside mid as others have said.
I'm pretty much the only one that has concerns over our defence going forward.

Stewart is aging.
Blicavs is aging.
Kolo just missed a year and who knows if he'll come good.
Cam Guthrie could pinch hit off half back and he's gone.
Duncan did pinch hit off 1/2 back and he's gone.
Max Holmes has played off 1/2 back but he's just too valuable through the middle now.
And gee, in the Grand Final we had to send Clark into defence !!

I've only had a quick look at the draft and I struggled to find anyone that suits.

One thing you could ask (as silly as this sounds), where are we heavily deficient in the VFL?
I wouldn't know. But they might go that road as there will be a permanent spot there for a player to develop.

The players you've had to grasp at to make your point is precisely why you're the only one who is worried about it.

You've named:

• Blicavs: Barely - if ever - plays there anyway.
• Guthrie: A midfielder who hasn't played football for three years.
• Kolo: Hasn't played for twelve months, and we've been fine.
• Duncan: Has been cooked and replaced for ages.
• Holmes: A player we've been able to move into the midfield because our backline has the depth that our midfield doesn't.

Don't get me wrong, we'll need to add to it again eventually, and Stewart will leave a huge hole.

In a salary cap and equalised league though, that's just life. Every line will always need improvement, and our defence is currently the core that least requires additions.

Guthrie, Henry, SDK, O'Sullivan, Humphries, and MOC all have plenty of time left. Three of which aren't even in their prime.

Kolo hasn't even played, so he'll be added depth at the very least, while Stewart will hold on for a year or two as we develop others in the VFL.

That's before you mention Clark, Mullin, Martin, Bowes, and Bews as depth options - which I wouldn't - but you're the one naming guys who don't even play there here.

 

[Tony Barber]

The players you've had to grasp at to make your point is precisely why you're the only one who is worried about it.

You've named:

• Blicavs: Barely - if ever - plays there anyway.
• Guthrie: A midfielder who hasn't played football for three years.
• Kolo: Hasn't played for twelve months, and we've been fine.
• Duncan: Has been cooked and replaced for ages.
• Holmes: A player we've been able to move into the midfield because our backline has the depth that our midfield doesn't.

Don't get me wrong, we'll need to add to it again eventually, and Stewart will leave a huge hole.

In a salary cap and equalised league though, that's just life. Every line will always need improvement, and our defence is currently the core that least requires additions.

Guthrie, Henry, SDK, O'Sullivan, Humphries, and MOC all have plenty of time left. Three of which aren't even in their prime.

Kolo hasn't even played, so he'll be added depth at the very least, while Stewart will hold on for a year or two as we develop others in the VFL.

That's before you mention Clark, Mullin, Martin, Bowes, and Bews as depth options - which I wouldn't - but you're the one naming guys who don't even play there here.

Actually, I'm not necessarily trying to make a point.
I was just trying to give a west coast supporter something to look at.

No matter what, if he gets close in his selections he's a genius.

But yes the defence is definitely and issue for me.
If Geelong didn't see a hole coming up they wouldn't have moved up the order and drafted O'Sullivan.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Actually, I'm not necessarily trying to make a point.
I was just trying to give a west coast supporter something to look at.

No matter what, if he gets close in his selections he's a genius.

But yes the defence is definitely and issue for me.
If Geelong didn't see a hole coming up they wouldn't have moved up the order and drafted O'Sullivan.

Right, when they moved down the order two years ago and took the universally held best player available.

 

[CatRiot]

Ruck obviously but this isnt a great pool for that (imo). Since we only have 2 senior spots and 1 rookie spot we wont do much except best available.
But we need a bid bodied inside mid (someone more athletic than George stevens though), a small defender and we could possibly use a key forward (depends how much we rate some of the ones we drafted last year).
Don't need small forwards.

A small defender that could play wing...

Draft sliders if history has taught us anything are a huge red flag. If anything they end up delisted and go nowhere.

George stevens the latest exhibition added to the list of sliders.

Before him also add dev robertson...

Gryan Miers says hello.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Catters I have drawn Geelong for our mock draft. Any pressing list needs in terms of position?

Not sure why people are saying ruck when you're picking up draftees and we need a 26+ year old in that position. We don't need another teenage bean pole.

Best pure mid you can get would be good. Wells likes the dual position guys, put a line through anyone slow I would think

 

[eaglevision]

Not sure why people are saying ruck when you're picking up draftees and we need a 26+ year old in that position. We don't need another teenage bean pole.

Best pure mid you can get would be good. Wells likes the dual position guys, put a line through anyone slow I would think

I wasn’t going to take a ruck TBH, otherwise what’s the point of having Mitch Edwards on your list? Hoping Mellor gets through to rookie draft.

I’ll be going with upside at 19, will list who I (realistically) wanted along with who I get.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Not sure why people are saying ruck when you're picking up draftees and we need a 26+ year old in that position. We don't need another teenage bean pole.

Best pure mid you can get would be good. Wells likes the dual position guys, put a line through anyone slow I would think

Safe bet that we won't be taking a young ruck for a while tbh.

Edwards is all Chris Scott has ever wanted in a ruck with his traits. The problem is he's 20, not 26 as you say.

For what many consider to be a luxury position, you just can't keep investing in it through the draft like we have lately when the payoff isn't going to bear fruit for at least five years.

We'll probably have to pick up somebody next year just with Blitz and Stanley likely to go, but it won't be with a big investment.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

The players you've had to grasp at to make your point is precisely why you're the only one who is worried about it.

BINGO!

The last area of the field we need to look at.
Arguably a small defender and that's it.

 

[cats_09]

 

[WillJaffa32]

Its been reported that we're interested in Tom Blamires, the latest Fothergill-Round-Mitchell medallist from Frankston in the VFL.

From what I can tell he's a 23yo 181cm hard running defender/midfielder. Solid decision maker and ball user. Strong body. Sounds like a good fit for our needs and just the sort of guy Mackie & Wells could surprise us all with at 19.

Does anyone know if we're actually into this guy, or we just get thrown into the conversation because we have form (Mannagh, Pods, Kelly, etc)?

I've watched Frankston pretty closely over the past couple of years - I'm surprised we have been officially linked, but I'm not unhappy at all. Great, hardworking character who came on really nicely as the season progressed when he moved from half-back to more of a full-time midfield role due to injuries. Definitely can do great work both on the inside and outside, and has the ability to pop up with a goal every now and again.

Only query I have is where we/other clubs see his best position as - I think he'd struggle to get into our midfield, so if we got him, I imagine he'd be largely half-back/wing with the ability to play as a link guy at half-forward (which we have no shortage of anyway).

I highly doubt we'd use 19 to get him, he'll probably be around later, and other clubs would also be sniffing around, so obviously no guarantees we even get him at all.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Its been reported that we're interested in Tom Blamires, the latest Fothergill-Round-Mitchell medallist from Frankston in the VFL.

From what I can tell he's a 23yo 181cm hard running defender/midfielder. Solid decision maker and ball user. Strong body. Sounds like a good fit for our needs and just the sort of guy Mackie & Wells could surprise us all with at 19.

Does anyone know if we're actually into this guy, or we just get thrown into the conversation because we have form (Mannagh, Pods, Kelly, etc)?

I have heard Geelong have some interest but so do Collingwood (he works at their club) and a few other Victorian clubs. That said we are also keen on Murray and I doubt we take both of them (given our limited picked we will only take one mature age max id say).

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Actually, I'm not necessarily trying to make a point.
I was just trying to give a west coast supporter something to look at.

No matter what, if he gets close in his selections he's a genius.

But yes the defence is definitely and issue for me.
If Geelong didn't see a hole coming up they wouldn't have moved up the order and drafted O'Sullivan.

We didnt move up the order. We moved a pick down and got osullivan and mannagh. But I get your point.

 

[strauchnyy]

I wasn’t going to take a ruck TBH, otherwise what’s the point of having Mitch Edwards on your list? Hoping Mellor gets through to rookie draft.

I’ll be going with upside at 19, will list who I (realistically) wanted along with who I get.

Ludowkye is who I think is best suited for our pick. Looks a high upside pick and someone who could come in after Jezza to partner Neale

 

[eaglevision]

Ludowkye is who I think is best suited for our pick. Looks a high upside pick and someone who could come in after Jezza to partner Neale

Archie is polarising. Last year I thought NM were crazy to trade their F1 thinking he’d be a perfect fit for them and far better than Whitlock.

His injury hasn’t helped but big question mark on his goal kicking too. After CDT and Schubert it’s hard to say who the next best tall is.

 

[BennyGan]

Is the reason so many are down on Greeves because they see him in the same archetype as Constable, Stephens, Stevens or because we got Worpel in already too?

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Is the reason so many are down on Greeves because they see him in the same archetype as Constable, Stephens, Stevens or because we got Worpel in already too?

Lack of athletic and defensive ability.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Is the reason so many are down on Greeves because they see him in the same archetype as Constable, Stephens, Stevens or because we got Worpel in already too?

With his limitations, his only pathway to being an above average mid is being a tremendous first possession player like Tom Green.

The problem is he's just not that good at it. He's okay, but he's more of an around the ground receiver who lacks pace, and has zero defensive game.

He reminds me a lot of early days Cameron Ling before he was a tagger, in that he looks like an undersized key forward with solid skills trying to play through the midfield.

When you're that style of player in the modern transition game, you literally have to have the ball in hand or you're just a traffic cone out there.

It's similar to Stevens and why he's highly unlikely to make it, and George at least attempts to play defensively whereas Greeves doesn't.

All that to say, he's just not a Chris Scott player. We've got a huge sample size now that he just won't play that archetype, so it would be waste of a pick IMO.

 

[D BRIDGE]

Is the reason so many are down on Greeves because they see him in the same archetype as Constable, Stephens, Stevens or because we got Worpel in already too?

I have put less time into this draft than any in the past.

I did take a couple of looks at some Greeves highlights… and I just don’t see anything special in his game, besides being big enough to outsize a smaller opponent when moved forward.

No speed
No explosion
No evasiveness
No great vision
No great kick
= No interest in him from me with any R1 selection of ours.

I absolutely agree with Stephens, Steven’s, Constable and GHS comparisons.

Reckon he will get found out at the top level.

I'm more interested in speed, agility and quality ball use.

Not sure we land much chop at our selection though.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

A small defender that could play wing...


Gryan Miers says hello.

He wasnt a slider, he was always going later in his draft. Slow small forwards dont get picked high

 

[Kobe Gryant]

I have put less time into this draft than any in the past.

I did take a couple of looks at some Greeves highlights… and I just don’t see anything special in his game, besides being big enough to outsize a smaller opponent when moved forward.

No speed
No explosion
No evasiveness
No great vision
No great kick
= No interest in him from me with any R1 selection of ours.

I absolutely agree with Stephens, Steven’s, Constable and GHS comparisons.

Reckon he will get found out at the top level.

I'm more interested in speed, agility and quality ball use.

Not sure we land much chop at our selection though.

Hard to tell, but I do think the likely picks available for us suit what we do best.

Provided we go nowhere near Greeves (and we won't) those that are likely to be in our range are all high ceiling/low floor types, which suits our development system and timeframe.

NHH, Phillipou, Schubert, Taylor, and Barker all look like players that are either going to hit big with their standout traits, or fade into obscurity. I like our chances there for a roll of the dice.

It's the 'safe pick' Greeves and Lindsay types who worry me. Lindsay at least has his kicking, but there's not much else to his game.

Murphy Reid is probably the only real one in recent memory who has hit big with that label. It's a lot of Clarks, Hobbs, Robertsons, and Phillips along the way.

 

[OzeSparky]

We need a small defender with kicking skills.


I would take Felix Kneipp or Tom Burton with our second pick.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Worpel arriving and Bruhn back leaves us pretty set for midfielders now. You'd think Clark might be training in defence this preseason again.

There's also the option of pushing Atkins back at times to give Clark time through the middle.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

Worpel arriving and Bruhn back leaves us pretty set for midfielders now. You'd think Clark might be training in defence this preseason again.

There's also the option of pushing Atkins back at times to give Clark time through the middle.

If clark is being trained as a defender then i think his ticket has been officially stamped as a midfielder and they are trying to help him with a second chance at a career