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

 

[Phill Hendo]

I know Oisin Mullin is contracted. I thought his Rookie list time was up and he had to be upgraded. Does anyone know if this is correct? Thanks.

 

[bombersboy]

Yeah, if I were considering another year of low cost AFL ($300k, say) vs ordinary wage slavery, I know which I would pick

I will be disappointed if Stevens does not get another contract. We will be split across the supporter base as to which player gets what I suspect is the one remaining list spot.

I just think at his age there is a longer career and potentially more upside.

 

[bombersboy]

I know Oisin Mullin is contracted. I thought his Rookie list time was up and he had to be upgraded. Does anyone know if this is correct? Thanks.

I think the answer is we are not sure. It depends on how the first year he was contracted and chose to stay in Ireland during the Covid year is treated ie is it counted as a year on Rookie list or can he spend another year on it?

 

[Reg Hickey]

I will be disappointed if Stevens does not get another contract. We will be split across the supporter base as to which player gets what I suspect is the one remaining list spot.

I just think at his age there is a longer career and potentially more upside.

If it were my decision I'd want to keep him as well.

I think we still need to get rid of a couple though, so I'd delist Wiltshire and Bews ahead of him. If we wanted to free up another spot after that though, I'm not sure who else would go given Clohesy and Pike are both rookies. It would probably have to be Stevens.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

I will be disappointed if Stevens does not get another contract. We will be split across the supporter base as to which player gets what I suspect is the one remaining list spot.

I just think at his age there is a longer career and potentially more upside.

He's just not a Chris Scott footballer to me.

I've got the same reservations on Greeves in the draft. He could drift from a top 5 pick contender mid year to us at 19, and I still could see us passing on him - to the tune of many melts I'm sure.

The slow third or fourth mid isn't really a thing anymore. You've got to be Cripps or Tom Green, or a defensive animal like Dunkley, or they just won't play you with where the game is heading.

You're just giving up too much once the ball isn't in stoppage or in the centre square. Scott won't even play ruckmen for similar reasons.

 

[bombersboy]

If it were my decision I'd want to keep him as well.

I think we still need to get rid of a couple though, so I'd delist Wiltshire and Bews ahead of him. If we wanted to free up another spot after that though, I'm not sure who else would go given Clohesy and Pike are both rookies. It would probably have to be Stevens.

If Clohesy stays then Stevens would need to go as both Clohesy and Mullin (I think) would need to be promoted to main list and we probably draft 2.

 

[Footy Smarts]

1. Kolo wasn't fit.
2. Stewart and Kolo are not his competition.
3. He is the only small defender not in the team on the list that IS AFL standard.

Bailey should have kicked on Clark playing in defence in the GF. You reckon he has that much influence on Bews? I know he wouldn't have.

Should be retained.

Lol. You're hitting all the classics.

1) Blame a whipping boy for not stopping a player he was rarely on.
2) Declare Bews would've played to a level he hasn't played in years (there's a reason he wasn't playing and he wasn't getting shutdown roles when he did).
3) Declare that you "know" that things would've been better if they'd done what you said.

If only Scotty had someone at your level next to him in the box

 

[Footy Smarts]

I wonder if we can move someone like Stanley to the rookie list. We're so tight for list spots.

It's also impossible to see us bringing in a depth ruck unless it's via the rookie draft with no spaces on the list.

 

[D BRIDGE]

I know Oisin Mullin is contracted. I thought his Rookie list time was up and he had to be upgraded. Does anyone know if this is correct? Thanks.

I also thought he was upgraded way back before he was required to be upgraded.

Maybe I'm wrong... Don't know, but plenty seem to think he is still a rookie.

 

[cats_09]

I know Oisin Mullin is contracted. I thought his Rookie list time was up and he had to be upgraded. Does anyone know if this is correct? Thanks.

If he was still a rookie this year (which matches with the split of list numbers), then he'll have to be upgraded as he's done 3 years on the rookie list

If 2022 counted as his first year when he didn't come out, then he'd already be elevated

 

[Mattlock]

While much like the myth itself, I’ll still be looking out at the waters for a sighting of the Loch Ness Conway.

A man can dream.

 

[kickazz]

Its a real shame to see his career wind up this way, however he was crucial in a Premiership year and i'll never forget his involvement in this moment from the 2022 QF.

This.


Look it was pretty sad that Max Holmes missed out in 2022. But there is a parallel universe where Cam got injured in the Prelim and missed. With all he had contributed over the years, along with the rough trot the last three, that would have been one of the most heartbreaking stories in our club's recent history.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Lol. You're hitting all the classics.

1) Blame a whipping boy for not stopping a player he was rarely on.
2) Declare Bews would've played to a level he hasn't played in years (there's a reason he wasn't playing and he wasn't getting shutdown roles when he did).
3) Declare that you "know" that things would've been better if they'd done what you said.

If only Scotty had someone at your level next to him in the box

What...We might have lost by less than 47 with Cameron (who was shit most of the season) running wild, Bailey causing havoc and Lohmann got his lick of the icecream as well. 9.8 between 3 small/med fwds says a lot about how our guys defended them. Yeah what a shame that would have been. Still being in the GF in the last quarter would have been nice.

Please come to your senses on this, don't want to see you risk your online psuedonym becoming ironic by accident.

Not delisted/retired/traded in 2025 but not selected for AFL GF 2025.

Bruhn
Burke
Clohesy
Conway
Edwards
Henry, O
Knevitt
Kolodjashnij
Matofai-Forbes
Molier
Pike
Polkinghorne
Stewart
Stevens
Wiltshire

I will be annoyed if Bews gets let go.
We don't have AFL standard depth in his position.

Would delist every other OOC player left before him.

Rather than moving the goalposts about not playing with Stewart and Kolo out. Neither of which being relevant.
And before you try to feebly defend Clark again, he played behind the ball, he is an undersized mid. He most certainly played in defence. His heatmap shows this clearly.

My original contention is above and has not changed or been even remotely successfully refuted. By all means list the players that in 2026 will be out of the team [That should exclude Stewart and Kolodjashnij] but represent AFL standard defensive depth.

That is my reason for him being kept. Pike, Clohesy, Stevens, Wiltshire will all amount to nothing at AFL level. Jed is still AFL standard depth and should be retained. I at least have a reason to keep him. You don't have one to remove him.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

I wonder if we can move someone like Stanley to the rookie list. We're so tight for list spots.

It's also impossible to see us bringing in a depth ruck unless it's via the rookie draft with no spaces on the list.

Sounds like the club will just take 19 and Mellor at the draft, and probably end up picking Rongdit and Holmes in the rookie draft.

Essentially it's:

In: Worpel, Mullin, 19, Mellor, Rongdit (R), Holmes (R).

Out: Duncan, Guthrie, Bews, Wiltshire, Clohesy (R), Retschko (R), Ivisic (R).

If they're doing that, then they probably don't rate this draft. KMF for instance would be an easy delist and re-rookie if we wanted to take the extra pick, but I doubt we do it.

Pike probably stays for mine. I know he looks a bit spuddy, and it's unfortunate that the least talented of our young rucks is the only one who can stay healthy, but it's pretty futile picking him at 19 and then cutting him a year later.

I could see him just hanging around on the list for 5 years as the developing Darcy Fort level ruckman, pending Conway and Edwards health.

The ruck position just follows different rules to other below standard players on the list, and the best ability is availability after all.

 

[cats_09]

Sounds like the club will just take 19 and Mellor at the draft, and probably end up picking Rongdit and Holmes in the rookie draft.

Essentially it's:

In: Worpel, Mullin, 19, Mellor, Rongdit (R), Holmes (R).

Out: Duncan, Guthrie, Bews, Wiltshire, Clohesy (R), Retschko (R), Ivisic (R).

If they're doing that, then they probably don't rate this draft. KMF for instance would be an easy delist and re-rookie if we wanted to take the extra pick, but I doubt we do it.

Pike probably stays for mine. I know he looks a bit spuddy, and it's unfortunate that the least talented of our young rucks is the only one who can stay healthy, but it's pretty futile picking him at 19 and then cutting him a year later.

I could see him just hanging around on the list for 5 years as the developing Darcy Fort level ruckman, pending Conway and Edwards health.

The ruck position just follows different rules to other below standard players on the list, and the best ability is availability after all.

Don't forget, if we commit to Rongdit and he goes unselected in the ND, we can then automatically add him as a Cat B rookie

That would leave 2 Cat A spots open

 

[CatsDoItBetter]

I’d only be keeping Stevens from that list, I’d have kept Bews but if he didn’t get picked in the finals I don’t know when he would.

 

[bulletproof]

Bews has been offered a deal to stay. Stevens is the one I am hoping we keep around. I will be disappointed if he goes.

 

[cats_09]

Stevens, Wiltshire and Ted gone I'm guessing

 

[The rabbi]

I wonder if we can move someone like Stanley to the rookie list. We're so tight for list spots.

It's also impossible to see us bringing in a depth ruck unless it's via the rookie draft with no spaces on the list.

Would there not be at least 2 rookie spaces left by Retschko and Ivisic who are now off the list?
Why would you move Stanley to the rookie list?

 

[cats_09]

Would there not be at least 2 rookie spaces left by Retschko and Ivisic who are now off the list?
Why would you move Stanley to the rookie list?

To open up a spot on the senior list - allow for an extra draft pick or keep Ted type thing

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Stevens, Wiltshire and Ted gone I'm guessing

Coming to a stadium near you, the never ending farewell tour continues.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Sanity prevails.

 

[The rabbi]

Sounds like the club will just take 19 and Mellor at the draft, and probably end up picking Rongdit and Holmes in the rookie draft.

Essentially it's:

In: Worpel, Mullin, 19, Mellor, Rongdit (R), Holmes (R).

Out: Duncan, Guthrie, Bews, Wiltshire, Clohesy (R), Retschko (R), Ivisic (R).

 

[Generalissimo]

Coming to a stadium near you, the never ending farewell tour continues.

We should nickname him Farnham.

 

[bombersboy]

Sanity prevails.

I like Bews but I think he is cooked. His ceiling next year would be 1 or 2 games.