List Mgmt. 2025 List Management III 📃

[ferrisb]

Big year for B Campo.Would love to see him debut and then stay in the side.

Vossy super excited to add another inside midfielder into the side

 

[dangertroy]

Vossy super excited to add another inside midfielder into the side

Especially if he can play him out of position…

 

[Ninja Worrier]

If Ben goes past Hewett and Lord we are absolutely flying

 

[The Return of the Paf]

Whatever pick we get for Walsh will be swallowed up to match Walker. Unless he has another injury interrupted year, Id rather Walsh

We have to get the points somehow. Then the Sydney pick becomes active.

 

[bmaurizio]

Next seasons will be a transitional one for the club, plenty to integrate and unite , reckon our 1st rounder and some additional points from lower picks will suffice to snare Cody Walker,
realistically we'll probably end up amongst the bottom 4-6.
Whatever we gain should Sam Walsh

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Sam Walsh

Age

25

Ht

184cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.1

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

5.1

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

3.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

26.2

5star

K

15.4

5star

HB

10.8

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

4.8

5star

decide to move elsewhere and Swans 1st rounder will be live picks.

 

[JJBagger]

Next seasons will be a transitional one for the club, plenty to integrate and unite , reckon our 1st rounder come 2026 draft will suffice to land Cody Walker,
realistically we'll probably end up amongst the bottom 4-6.
Whatever we gain should Sam Walsh decide to move elsewhere and Swans 1st rounder will be live picks.

How are we "realistically" a bottom 4-6 team? This year we had Harry and Elijah barely play, Walsh and Charlie having career worst years, Cripps having his worst season in half a decade, Weiters worst season since 2019, a mountain of injuries, TDK knowing he was leaving all season, JSOS drama, faulty gameplan etc. And we still finished 11th...

 

[Chookaradley]

Im supremely confident Walsh is going nowhere.

 

[Tommy Alvin]

How are we "realistically" a bottom 4-6 team? This year we had Harry and Elijah barely play, Walsh and Charlie having career worst years, Cripps having his worst season in half a decade, Weiters worst season since 2019, a mountain of injuries, TDK knowing he was leaving all season, JSOS drama, faulty gameplan etc. And we still finished 11th...

100% correct JJ.

It was the perfect storm.

We haven't put a foot wrong since the end of season and it is highly likely that we make the 10. Especially since everyone has written us off. 2026 has all the makings of a true blue comeback.

TA

 

[The Return of the Paf]

How are we "realistically" a bottom 4-6 team? This year we had Harry and Elijah barely play, Walsh and Charlie having career worst years, Cripps having his worst season in half a decade, Weiters worst season since 2019, a mountain of injuries, TDK knowing he was leaving all season, JSOS drama, faulty gameplan etc. And we still finished 11th...

Who's to say it's going to be any different this year? I also don't se how Charlie and TDK getting back into form is going to help us in any way.

 

[JJBagger]

Who's to say it's going to be any different this year? I also don't se how Charlie and TDK getting back into form is going to help us in any way.

Not saying it won’t be, we don’t know - but to suggest we are “realistically” a bottom 4-6 is a stretch

 

[Benaly28]

9-12 wins is where we live next year.

 

[Carl Tone]

9-12 wins is where we live next year.

I'd be very disappointed with 9-12 wins.
The team looks more balanced now than the last 5 years.

 

[CJMB]

You’re wrong. Just a few off the top of my head. I’m sure there might be others.

Lackey #73 National
M Lewis #76 National
Mihocek - rookie draft
P Voss - preason draft
Amartey - rookie draft

No, you just didn’t understand what was written.

You’re talking about players who were late picks, not players who significantly slid in the rankings. Different things.

 

[goreds]

I'd be very disappointed with 9-12 wins.
The team looks more balanced now than the last 5 years.

North look balanced too...

Doesn't mean that balance is necessarily at a high enough standard to be top 8...

Balance is NOT the issue, good ordinary players and foots skills are...

 

[teddy-hopkins]

How are we "realistically" a bottom 4-6 team? This year we had Harry and Elijah barely play, Walsh and Charlie having career worst years, Cripps having his worst season in half a decade, Weiters worst season since 2019, a mountain of injuries, TDK knowing he was leaving all season, JSOS drama, faulty gameplan etc. And we still finished 11th...

I agree. Leaning a tad too far to the pessimistic that post.

Match committee and injuries are the big factors for me. Not just the players missing games but also those guys playing hurt. Walsh, Cripps, Curnow, Gov, Doc, etc. were on the field in name only last season. That's on top of the other 10+ on the actual injury list all year.

That was season destroying.

At least we've cleared a few more injury-prone players like SOS, CC, Fantasia, Cincotta, etc. off the list.

Replaced with Hayward, Ainsworth and Florent who barely miss any games historically so makes the team looks a lot more solid. Chesser not so much but he's only young.

The real positive is that I have genuinely never seen depth like this on our list. All the way down to Byrne and Charleston - there are talented players who could be pushing best 22 (I'd only exclude the irish boys).

Which puts more pressure on the match committee to get the selection right. We can't keep picking blokes who can't kick just because we like their endurance or the fill a need. Or trying to shoehorn 5 inside midfielders into the team.

We have to be ruthless - miss targets whilst under no pressure and you're out. If you're only good at playing inside mid and your name is not Cripps or Hewett you're out. Even guys like Lord and Cerra need to find other spots to play at an elite level or they will be playing inside mid in the VFL.

 

[bmaurizio]

New players will need to integrate and assimilate into our system, as will new coaches need to adapt into the fabric of new environment , it will take at least a season. Opposition teams have strengthened and upgraded their structures too.
Next season will be very challenging, Vossys response to the pressure of having to deliver positive results will be crucial.
2026 to be a constructive and important progression.

 

[CCurnow3picks]

A single pick for Walsh? No thanks.

Three firsts or something similar? Would get me listening at the very least

SWalsh3picks?

 

[Moon]

All this Walsh may be leaving stuff.
Top Player may leave - never fails to get said Player a better deal to stay

 

[Blue and Silver]

All this Walsh may be leaving stuff.
Top Player may leave - never fails to get said Player a better deal to stay

Agent would be derelict if they didn't feed rumours.

We won't know till sometime around Opening Round IMO.

If he's not signed then, it gets harder to see him staying

 

[Blue and Silver]

Agent would be derelict if they didn't feed rumours.

We won't know till sometime around Opening Round IMO.

If he's not signed then, it gets harder to see him staying

Keep in mind we just freed up a lot of cap for the coming years, we should be in a position to be matching

 

[Blueyourmyboy!!]

Not saying it won’t be, we don’t know - but to suggest we are “realistically” a bottom 4-6 is a stretch

9th-13th is where we are at. Middle of the road team. Maybe scrap into 8th this year with no injuries.

 

[ctwenty1]

9th-13th is where we are at. Middle of the road team. Maybe scrap into 8th this year with no injuries.

remember its a top ten now

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

How are we "realistically" a bottom 4-6 team? This year we had Harry and Elijah barely play, Walsh and Charlie having career worst years, Cripps having his worst season in half a decade, Weiters worst season since 2019, a mountain of injuries, TDK knowing he was leaving all season, JSOS drama, faulty gameplan etc. And we still finished 11th...

This 100%.. Without being completely deluded I seen 2025 as a big blip that was derailed with the loss against Richmond and knee injury to Jagga which just sucked the life out of the club and we never recovered..

Besides George no player had a 'good' or career best season. Williams output increased, however besides those 2 there is not one other player who you would say had a better 2025 than in 2024 or 2023.

We lost games to Richmond, Dogs & North which should not have happened. Most importantly i dont see any of the teams who finished below us improving so its hard to see where we go backwards... On the flip side we do not need a lot to go right for us to be much better than we were this year. We lost Charlie who avg 1.78 goals a game and kicked more than 3 goals once, he was a liability in the back half of the year. TDK will be a loss but hopefully we can negate that impact with Pitto & Reidy. JSOS played 10 games. In 2026 we add into our best 23, Newman, Jagga, Hayward, Florent & Ainsworth.. players like Chesser and Harry Dean will provide increased depth and selection pressure.

I went into 2025 thinking we could win the flag, i no longer feel our list profile is capable of doing this however my expectation is that we are at least challenging for a spot in the 8 and would be extremely disappointed if we went further backwards.

 

[Blueyourmyboy!!]

This 100%.. Without being completely deluded I seen 2025 as a big blip that was derailed with the loss against Richmond and knee injury to Jagga which just sucked the life out of the club and we never recovered..

Besides George no player had a 'good' or career best season. Williams output increased, however besides those 2 there is not one other player who you would say had a better 2025 than in 2024 or 2023.

We lost games to Richmond, Dogs & North which should not have happened. Most importantly i dont see any of the teams who finished below us improving so its hard to see where we go backwards... On the flip side we do not need a lot to go right for us to be much better than we were this year. We lost Charlie who avg 1.78 goals a game and kicked more than 3 goals once, he was a liability in the back half of the year. TDK will be a loss but hopefully we can negate that impact with Pitto & Reidy. JSOS played 10 games. In 2026 we add into our best 23, Newman, Jagga, Hayward, Florent & Ainsworth.. players like Chesser and Harry Dean will provide increased depth and selection pressure.

I went into 2025 thinking we could win the flag, i no longer feel our list profile is capable of doing this however my expectation is that we are at least challenging for a spot in the 8 and would be extremely disappointed if we went further backwards.

Hopefully Reidy is a solid provider in the ruck and stays fit as pitto is certain to break down.

 

[Blueyourmyboy!!]

remember its a top ten now

Not really....Its still top 8.