List Mgmt. Draft thread - 2025 (remaining picks: 29, 34)

[Keys]

Live draft hand
R1: 1 (Duursma), 4 (CDT), 19 (Lindsay)
R2: 29, 34
RD: 1

Draft picks pre-draft
R1: 1, 2, 13
R2: 34, 41
RD: 1

List spots available
Main list: 2 (includes Duursma, CDT, Lindsay)
Cat A Rookie list: 1 (expecting Robertson, Macrae and Schoenberg to join as SSP signings)
Cat B Rookie list: 1

Draft order

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Draft prospect video highlights (thanks to noobermensch)

Rookie Me Central 2025 Draft Guide

2025 AFL Draft Guide

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Matthew Clarke on Gettable 17/11

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Cal Twomey’s Phantom Draft

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[WCEswift]

Addinsall has made his name as an accumulator who covers plenty of ground each time he takes the field. His production as a pure midfielder high-level, as evidenced by his average 32 disposals and 7.7 clearances per three Coates Talent League games this year. He also led all comers in the AFL Academy's second game, against Richmond VFL, exhibiting his ability to rack up possessions in all parts of the ground on that day.


A significant aid to Addinsall's ball winning ability is his running power. He gets involved in transitional chains, able to run in waves and support teammates in driving the ball forward. Further to that, he works hard to get from contest to contest, where he is just as capable of finding the pill. Addinsall's stoppage craft is as polished as they come, showcasing terrific footy IQ in his positioning and crumbing anticipation.


He always seems to shark the ball on the move with one-touch handling. That allows him to carve through traffic and exit the contest untouched, often hitting a slick pass before following up in support. He is willing to go by hand or foot, and uses both sides of his body to execute the most effective disposal possible. It's something Addinsall has worked on this year - driving his legs to become more damaging on the way out.


Being quite low to the ground in his movement, Addinsall is evasive and agile. His spatial awareness and vision make up for a relative lack of explosive speed, with the midfielder instead relying on his smarts.

So basically sam mitchell at 13

 

[squashface]

I get Lachie Neale

9

Lachie Neale

Age

32

Ht

177cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.0

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

15.5

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.7

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

28.3

5star

K

13.9

5star

HB

14.4

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

vibes from Addinsall’s vision

 

[TY24]

Without being a draft nuffy I think if you offered me Duursma, CDT and Addinsal 12 months ago I would've been pretty happy

 

[TerryFilk]

Does GC have too many Addinstall types and not enough Murrays? Wonder why they let the higher rated played go

My guess is positional versatility, Murray can play half back very well and midfield, Addinsall’s a pure mid and they are absolutely stacked in that area.

I admittedly haven’t seen as much of Murray as Addinsall though.

 

[bzparkes]

Not happy over on the Carlton board, are they?

Stiff shit BrownBaggers, you pinched Chesser from us when he finally started to come good and Trojan-horsed us with Owies.

Will be good to wipe your draft hand this year and do the same thing again in 2026

 

[Goomba1973]

Not too sure about the Sharp comment. But as long as we get a ball pig amongst the selections; a decent extractor with some x-factor, a cut above what we have.(potentially)
We're all fanboys really, just not as blindly devoted and lemming-like as FB fanbois.

Maybe addinsal with 13 then, he's a straight up ball pig. I am just impressed by Robey that I think he is too good to pass up. But I would not be disappointed with CDT or Sharp. Again my glasses are just fanboy glasses.

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

My favourite draft day tradition, before tearing into the people who’ve watched these children since Auskick.

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watches five minute youtube highlight video of a teenager and immediately becomes an expert on the draft

 

[Coasters7]

I get Lachie Neale vibes from Addinsall’s vision

Also definitely waddles around like him too. Lachie Neale clone

 

[uncleoatmeal]

Why does Twomey keeps saying we’ll only take 4 picks. He must be confident banfield and evans get through

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Is Sanchez still playing?

Changed his name to Miguel and now spends his time on footy forums poking special kids until they snap

 

[Peptide Pig]

If Sharp didn’t have concerns over his athleticism he would be the runaway number one pick favourite.

If your grandmother had wheels she’d have been a bike

 

[darksquare]

Without being a draft nuffy I think if you offered me Duursma, CDT and Addinsal 12 months ago I would've been pretty happy

I wanted Sharp and Rodriguez 12 months ago. I have no clue.

 

[Boohemian]

Not happy over on the Carlton board, are they?

Stiff shit BrownBaggers, you pinched Chesser from us when he finally started to come good and Trojan-horsed us with Owies.

Will be good to wipe your draft hand this year and do the same thing again in 2026

I hope we bid on Dean because **** Carlton.

 

[Forward Press]

Yeah that's it for me.

**** you wce for ruining my Wednesday. I'm not tuning into this crap. I am not an enabler

The happy clapping seals will never admit they are wrong. I mean look at Murphy Reid he won the rising star and we have some seals saying Bo is great success.


**** you wce for the following
1. Making me miss WCE biggest draft haul night OR Taking Dyson sharp but making me miss it because of me not tuning in
2. Dooming this club for the next five years.

This club is stuffed for the next five years. I look forward to the acrobatics when we finish bottom 4 for the next FIVE years and potentially Duursma and Harley leaving the club 2027 together to reduce the hate. I haven't included CDT because he's not going to be worth anything come his request for trade


I might tune in until the names get picked to see if they are Hail Mary trades. The last time I felt gloomy was preseason last year and turns out I was right when we won game. Best thing coming out of the trade and draft peroid is DEV.

I had a random260 melt in my top 5 rants so this is a great result.

 

[Weshi]

Wow, was this our first official pre-draft meltdown?
Can't wait for the real thing! About 40 hours to go, tik-tok-tik-tok.

I think it is more of a continuance of an older meltdown.

 

[JoshWoodenSpoon]

GCS got 4 of their academies last time...

hes a gcs boy between annable jai murray and patterson they dont have enough for all 4

random260 in elite form, check the order on these posts.

Not only is he combusting over picks that haven't yet been made, but he's tearing down arguments before they've even been posted!

 

[amazingjoshy]

Gonna be a boring night 2 if it goes like Cals Phantom

Wouldn't be unhappy though

 

[TwoStriders]

I just checked and we 'picked' Murphy Reid in Twomey's Phantom Draft last year.

Giving myself a stroke trying to figure out if that would cause random260 to melt or celebrate.

 

[plays tall 1]

Is Sanchez still playing?

Not as far as I know. He played WAFL reserves in 2024.

 

[Icanwalk]

Don't love it, but could live with it given we traded up to no man's land at 13 and lost the race for 9. As a combined haul, better Addinsall at 13 (in addition to Duursma & CDT) than reaching for the perceived need in Sharp at 2 + BPA at 13. Our list is so short of top-end talent that it's a no-brainier to go BPA at 1 and 2 and fill needs when the draft even outs (as it does by 13).

Relative to Sharp, Addinsall is cleaner in congestion, has more running power, and is more capable of transitioning and linking through hands on the spread ala Will Ashcroft or Lachie Neale

9

Lachie Neale

Age

32

Ht

177cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.0

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

15.5

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.7

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

28.3

5star

K

13.9

5star

HB

14.4

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

(but without their rare mix of class, goal sense, and explosiveness). I see Riley Sanders as a more realistic comparison. Would compliment Harley and Duursma nicely.

Addinsall's lack of penetration on his kicking is a concern, as is his lack of size and pace, but the increasingly transitional nature of the game might hide these shortcomings. I just can't help but be reminded of the other ostensibly "balanced/clean" smallish mids we've selected around this third-tier range of the draft (i.e. XON, Ainsworth, Parto) who never develop the weapons to play midfield at AFL level or the versatility to play another position. Let's hope Massey has a better eye for mids than the pieman.

 

[PremiershipNo4]

Twomey also mentioned in his mock that St Kilda are interested in Banfield

That would really piss me off!

 

[ghostbat12]

I would like another first next year for Jed Walter.

thats why we need to bid for addinsall at 13. really stretch GC in 2026, especially if carry over points. they will get desperate to offload players and Walters have currency. not sure what their academy players are like in 2026

 

[Icanwalk]

Assuming Cal's mail is correct, we'd have started the trade period with 16, 22, 23, only to end up with Addinsall, Stracevich, and 33 eaten up by a bid on Tylah Williams.

Have to say that is poor value for those original picks. Hoping for a surprise slider and a later bid on Williams.

 

[Keys]

That’s my thinking.

What’s the difference in that extra pick. The risk of missing CDT, versus the benefit of GC being squeezed (and anything it does to improve our later picks).

Any poindexter types able to do the maths on an Patterson bid at 3 rather than at 4 by Richmond? If it’s a material difference later down the line I don’t see why we wouldn’t do it.

My back of envelope calcs in my head

Based on Twomey’s mock, Gold Coast would be ~300 points short of matching our bid on Murray. They’d then need just over 700 points from somewhere to match a bid on Addinsall

The difference between us bidding on Patterson at 3, instead of waiting for Richmond to bid at 5 is 345 more points Gold Coast would use up matching that bid which is equivalent to pick 34/35

Their options to generate extra points with pick swaps in this trade aren’t great so to match they’d need to go into deficit or trade one their F2 picks (one tied to Melbourne and their own)

If we’re serious about dislodging Addinsall then bidding on Patterson after Uwland is the play

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

Even Tylah Williams.

Pick 1 Duursma
Pick 2 Uwland, Annable, Patterson, Dean, Banfield - All matched
Pick 13 Kyle, Murray, Whan, Evans - All matched