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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    I hadn't paid much attention to Starcevich before and i wasn't overly enthusiastic about getting him. But having paid more attention to him this finals series it is a clear that he is a massive upgrade on the likes of Cole and Duggan (even as those two guys have been loyal servants). I don't...
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    Thats kind of bad news if we are planning to draft him and don't want other clubs interfering and bidding on him.
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    I wonder if there is some chance that if Brisbane win the flag Starcevich gets overwhelmed with the euphoria and does a Dev on us and changes his mind on leaving Brisbane at the last minute.
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    That makes the decision to give him 3 years look even dumber in hindsight. 3 years for an injury plagued midfielder over 30 who can't play in the midfield anymore because his body can't handle the stresses of it.
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    If we are offering him that then he would want to be playing ball with us in terms of being willing to go along with PSD threats against Brisbane to give us leverage to get him for not very much.
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    The exception being if the draft really is crap in the current year. If you look through the history of the draft when it is a bad year it can be really bad. Like only a couple of players after picks 15 - 20 amount to anything.
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    Apparently another problem with the stadium is that Tasmanian cricket is not happy with what is being proposed as the roof and orientation of the stadium will mean a constant shadow over the pitch on days when the sun is shining which will mean that they don't want to play there.
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    Sure. But you have to convince people to want to go there. And it doesn't look like a very happy club at the moment. If you have low morale at the club and are not a contender then it will be very hard to sell yourself. Thats the other thing the Vic articles are missing when they suggest players...
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    Lots of eastern states media putting out trade scenarios for Merrett resulting in Essendon getting two high first rounders or two first rounders (with one being high) plus a player. They are not going to get that IMO. It's a forced sale. Essendon can't walk away from the table because they have...
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    Essendon really are stepping on their own dick. Merrett badly wants to go. And they may be really pissed at him and want to get rid of him. But allowing people (including the coach) to go out in the media and bag or attack him and more or less say he won't be allowed back because his team mates...
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    Ryan Daniels writes a big long article talking about how we need to get tougher and start being more ruthless at the trade table. And his idea for demonstrating this new found ruthlessness is offering Brisbane Pick 19 for Starcevich. That might be around about or a bit over the market value of...
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    Just reading in FoxSports that 4 of the projected top 6 in the draft are already claimed, three via Northern Academies and one is a F/S. What a joke the draft has become.
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    I think F/S can be solved by just making a rule that any club can only claim one player every 5 years under F/S. Over a long enough timeline every club will get a lick of the icecream and get a player out of it. F/S doesn't really compromise the draft much because there are only a couple of them...
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    I agree with Essendon in principle on fair value. The problem is how do you determine what that is? Clubs don't want to waste time and incur "Go Home" risks bidding on players already attached to another club and who will probably just ask for a trade back there at the end of their first...
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    List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

    Thanks for the update, Pete. You wade through all the crap on these podcasts and make a nice summary so we don't have to listen to it. No way we let Ryan go for an F3. He is contracted and we can just say No. I would rather they did that than take what is effectively a token draft pick. I am...
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