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

[Keys]

Quick links

• Player contract status
• Draft prospect video highlights (thanks to noobermensch)

Harley Reid extends to 2028

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List Changes - 2025

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• Oscar Allen advises intention to explore Free Agency
• Jayden Hunt announces retirement
• Jack Petruccelle
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  Jack Petruccelle

  Age

  26

  Ht

  188cm

  Wt

  83kg

  Pos.

  Fwd

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  9.2

  2star

  K

  6.2

  2star

  HB

  3.0

  3star

  M

  3.0

  3star

  T

  1.8

  4star

  G

  1.0

  4star

  D

  6.7

  1star

  K

  4.0

  1star

  HB

  2.7

  2star

  M

  1.7

  2star

  T

  1.3

  2star

  G

  0.7

  4star

  D

  7.8

  2star

  K

  4.6

  2star

  HB

  3.2

  3star

  M

  2.8

  3star

  T

  1.6

  4star

  G

  0.6

  3star

  , Callum Jamieson and Loch Rawlinson not offered new contracts
• Liam Ryan has requested a trade to St Kilda but is contracted for 2026
• Campbell Chesser (uncontracted) has requested a trade to Carlton
• List would be 37 (31 main, 4 rookie, 2 Cat B)

Players out of Contract 2025 (5)

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• Oscar Allen (19/3/99) - Signed a 3 year extension (2023-25) on an existing contract due to expire 2022 in May 2021
• Campbell Chesser (27/4/03) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) on an existing contract due to expire 2023 in May 2022
• Jamie Cripps (23/4/92) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) in August 2023
• (R-B) Coen Livingstone (25/5/05) - Signed a 1 year extension (2025) in September 2024
• (R-B) Malakai Champion (17/5/06) - Automatic 1 year contract (2025) when added as a Cat B Rookie in November 2024

Provisional 2025 Draft order

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Key Offseason Dates

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

 

[Farmer Lister]

Not going to happen this year so it is a non issue.

Just another attention seeking stunt from lil bro

I want to like Freo so bad, and obviously will be happy if they go deep into finals over Vic teams, but crap like this makes it hard. We should be banding together to get better deals with fixtures and travel and instead we get this horse twaddle.

Remember the away derby where half our team was seriously injured and we had Ryan running around with half a leg because we had no one on the beach. Meanwhile Walters and co were doing these huge goal celebrations, pretty distasteful.

Shuey (hamstring), McGovern (hamstring), Cripps (ankle), Witherden (concussion), Ryan (knee), Chesser (knee).

Congratulations champions, I suppose that's the only way Walters could get a goal. Pretty sure Freddy did a back flip too. What a bunch of losers.

 

[eaglevision]

Pick 1, what would it take?

With Willem Duursma seemingly separating himself from the chasing pack what would it take for West Coast to trade pick 1? Do Essendon look to package up their first rounders? Can Sydney put together a package for Curnow to appease Carlton by offering Warner? Should West Coast just hold it?

www.bigfooty.com

Pick 1 trade thread up on the DTFA board if anyone is interested. stallon

 

[Dark Sharks]

I want to like Freo so bad, and obviously will be happy if they go deep into finals over Vic teams...

I'd rather Collingwood and Geelong pump out 5 flags each before those purple flogs ever win a final.

 

[beagles]

Curious why you’d take Greeves after taking Sharp? Essentially the same player but not as good and vastly contrasting attitude.

At some point very soon we have to address KPD and Schubert is one of the very few good options available in the cohort this year.

He is a slider in this mock and best available would be too hard to resist Didn't think he would slide that far. Another bulky inside mid, giving us 3 in rotations - Sharp, Greeves and Reid would be a power combo, then the run of Hewitt, Dursma etc

Yes like Schubert but he is a forward that would need to be retained to defence.

Still like CDT but OK with a mid focused draft

 

[Gittos16]

Not going to happen this year so it is a non issue.

Just another attention seeking stunt from lil bro

Alot of people complaining about next year's potential first round lock out, what's the actual chances of it happening?

 

[Elite Pete]

Alot of people complaining about next year's potential first round lock out, what's the actual chances of it happening?

Unknown just ‘feels’ from CEOs atm.

 

[Keys]

A couple of retired legends missing from list changes.

Retired mid season so not technically end of season changes which is why I left them out. Also listing them as outs can confuse people as to how many list spots we have because McCarthy and Newton have already effectively filled those spots

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Alot of people complaining about next year's potential first round lock out, what's the actual chances of it happening?

I'd imagine they won't lock it out completely. I like some of the fixes in Cal's article

Monday Cal-culations: Draft lockout not the answer, Nicks' past life lessons, Dees' deadline

In Monday Cal-culations, Callum Twomey looks at the big decisions facing the Demons, the Bombers' moves to land a new fitness boss and the 'reverse Coleman'

www.afl.com.au

There are other fixes that should be considered first:

• a cap of one per year per club inside the first round or top-10;
• a rolling maximum of two per club over two years in the top-10;
• an allowance to only match a first-round bid by using a first-round pick, thus making sure they can't be matched with later selections or traded out;
• a premium bidding 'tax' added under the points system, rather than a discount, for clubs matching early bids;
• closing the loophole that allows clubs on draft night to use more picks than they have available list spots to match bids;
• giving clubs that are in the bottom part of the ladder multiple years in a row an extra mid-first round selection;
• changing free agency compensation so band one picks start after the non-finalists have had their first picks at No.11.

 

[Elite Pete]

I'd imagine they won't lock it out completely. I like some of the fixes in Cal's article

Monday Cal-culations: Draft lockout not the answer, Nicks' past life lessons, Dees' deadline

In Monday Cal-culations, Callum Twomey looks at the big decisions facing the Demons, the Bombers' moves to land a new fitness boss and the 'reverse Coleman'

www.afl.com.au

He is scrambling due to be a big Dons man and Bewick in a couple of years.

Getting the points right and amount of picks used if it’s stays is some of the only solutions imo.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

He is scrambling due to be a big Dons man and Bewick in a couple of years.

Getting the points right and amount of picks used if it’s stays is some of the only solutions imo.

The points is the big one, make it a regressive system. Something like 20% premium on first match, 30% on second, 40% on third etc., just make it such that they really have to want their academy player and have lots of points to match, such that a handful of late picks won't work. Also limit first round matching to one every two/three years.

 

[txbyhull]

What have you done with our pick 19?

19 pushed out to 22 with compensations, traded to GC as a part of the deal for Port pick 7 (natural 6 -> 7 with OA comp). Eaten up bidding up Uwland + Patterson

 

[EagleEgo]

I am no expert in AFL draft. However, with our club's history of success with those SA and WA (local) young leaders, it will be silly not to consider the SA captain (Sharp) who is the Larke Medalist, SA MVP and AA; and our 3 X 2025 AA, especially the WA captain and MVP (Rodriguez).

 

[Astro7]

Not convinced on Duursma, the Duursma's haven't really proven themselves?
Duff-Tytler supposedly has good ruck skills and great midfielder attributes as well.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

While I'd love to cut more, the lack of list spots and a shallow draft should make this pretty straightforward for us, especially if we can secure more rookie/NGA spots. Duursma and Sharp with 1 and 2, try and trade up if we can, but even if we can't, still take best available at whatever picks we have (every line on the list has gaping holes so we can't really lose). Then load up on all our NGA kids + Banfield.

If we fail to secure a decent ruck prospect or KPD, there's always next year.

 

[Hasselhough]

Curious why you’d take Greeves after taking Sharp? Essentially the same player but not as good and vastly contrasting attitude.

At some point very soon we have to address KPD and Schubert is one of the very few good options available in the cohort this year.

Drafting Shubert means Archer can go back as 3rd KPD / 2nd Ruck .

Shubert is also handy in the ruck and with the new rules you could almost keep your primary ruck sweeping a kick behind the play outside 50 and have a forward like Shubert with rucking duties i50

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Not convinced on Duursma, the Duursma's haven't really proven themselves?
Duff-Tytler supposedly has good ruck skills and great midfielder attributes as well.

We are not looking at drafting the other duursma's, we are only looking at drafting WIllem. So he's the only relevant one to discuss.

 

[mitchzz]

Not convinced on Duursma, the Duursma's haven't really proven themselves?
Duff-Tytler supposedly has good ruck skills and great midfielder attributes as well.

What's one Duursma got to do with another?

See Joel Selwood vs the rest of the Selwoods.

Duursma looks like a jet.

 

[BSD]

Not convinced on Duursma, the Duursma's haven't really proven themselves?
Duff-Tytler supposedly has good ruck skills and great midfielder attributes as well.

He's going to be the best of them. Judge him on his own efforts and not his brothers and his sister.

 

[Gittos16]

I'd imagine they won't lock it out completely. I like some of the fixes in Cal's article

Monday Cal-culations: Draft lockout not the answer, Nicks' past life lessons, Dees' deadline

In Monday Cal-culations, Callum Twomey looks at the big decisions facing the Demons, the Bombers' moves to land a new fitness boss and the 'reverse Coleman'

www.afl.com.au

So Dougie could be a no-go if Port get him to their NGA

 

[BSD]

I want to like Freo so bad, and obviously will be happy if they go deep into finals over Vic teams, but crap like this makes it hard. We should be banding together to get better deals with fixtures and travel and instead we get this horse twaddle.

Remember the away derby where half our team was seriously injured and we had Ryan running around with half a leg because we had no one on the beach. Meanwhile Walters and co were doing these huge goal celebrations, pretty distasteful.

Shuey (hamstring), McGovern (hamstring), Cripps (ankle), Witherden (concussion), Ryan (knee), Chesser (knee).

Congratulations champions, I suppose that's the only way Walters could get a goal. Pretty sure Freddy did a back flip too. What a bunch of losers.

I hope that bunch of tossers get their arses kicked by Gold Coast. I want to see Freddy Fcuk Wit cry after the game.

 

[BSD]

It's clearly not going to happen this year, but the academies, FS and FA have ****ed equalisation, so changes should be made

I wouldn't trust the Pricktorians not to change it this year to stuff it up for us. Also there is an old Freo boy that is a commissioner.
If the AFL won't give us the same deal that Norf got for McKay then we should see them in court.

 

[darksquare]

We have lots of picks for the upcoming draft and lots of room in the salary cap for 2026. We should be looking to turn these assets into either premium draft picks or ready-made players:

• Trading multiple picks to move up the order to Suns R1 pick via Port
• Offering to pay some of Ryan's salary and paying multiple lower picks to access St Kilda's R1 without giving up a R1 pick ourselves
• Offering an attractive front-ended salary to valuable trade targets

I cannot see why we would split picks or trade down the order. Yes, premium targets might still be on the board. But they also might not, and this is not a risk we need to take, given our overall strong position in this draft cycle. Why would we turn 1, 2, 11, 19 into 2, 5, 6, 11 when instead we can turn it into 1, 2, 7, 8 (or 1, 2, 7/8, 11 if we only manage to trade up once) with the help of lower picks.

I also can't see why we would bother targeting players who are not significantly better than who we already have. Robertson, Busslinger, Phillips and so on. Yes, maybe they force Hall, Bazzo, Davis into the WAFL as decent depth - but they don't move the needle on AFL team performance. If we can somehow get Steele, Marshall, Moyle, or similar, then by all means go ahead. Or Warner or Walter, but that's just wishful thinking. Otherwise just go to the draft.

There is no need to get fancy at the draft. Sharp (most reliable player), Duursma (most talented player), plus best available at what will still be good picks. Lots of options would improve our squad - Cumming, Farrow, Schubert, Barker, LeRay, X Taylor, others. Even CDT. Can't go wrong.

Also, can we please stop talking about Dougie Cochrane? I don't want to be anywhere near being able to draft him next year. Now's the time to turn our fortunes around.

 

[RanaNaved]

I wouldn't trust the Pricktorians not to change it this year to stuff it up for us. Also there is an old Freo boy that is a commissioner.
If the AFL won't give us the same deal that Norf got for McKay then we should see them in court.

Haha I wouldn't stress, no one is talking about this being a chance of happening this year, next year at best, maybe even later

 

[mattyc75]

I want to like Freo so bad, and obviously will be happy if they go deep into finals over Vic teams, but crap like this makes it hard. We should be banding together to get better deals with fixtures and travel and instead we get this horse twaddle.

Remember the away derby where half our team was seriously injured and we had Ryan running around with half a leg because we had no one on the beach. Meanwhile Walters and co were doing these huge goal celebrations, pretty distasteful.

Shuey (hamstring), McGovern (hamstring), Cripps (ankle), Witherden (concussion), Ryan (knee), Chesser (knee).

Congratulations champions, I suppose that's the only way Walters could get a goal. Pretty sure Freddy did a back flip too. What a bunch of losers.

Why on earth would you rather see freo do well over a vic team? I'm not picking up what you're putting down

 

[RanaNaved]

Not convinced on Duursma, the Duursma's haven't really proven themselves?
Duff-Tytler supposedly has good ruck skills and great midfielder attributes as well.

Yeah let's overlook the best player in the draft because his brothers aren't superstars

Imagine overlooking Scott Pendlebury or Elliot Yeo because their brother's were just ordinary state league players