List Mgmt. 2026 Trade and List Management Thread

[The Nostradamus]

That said the relevance is probably in specific list areas - lack of a tall midfielder (ie 190+), undersized senior side KPPs as an average.

Just lack of KPF in general
Didn’t surprise me seeing we had the shortest list

Which is why I was confused we took Mikunda over ludo

 

[DunderHead]

2012 is a bit arbitrary.

That said the relevance is probably in specific list areas - lack of a tall midfielder (ie 190+), undersized senior side KPPs as an average.

Because in 2011, there would have been a shorter team

 

[koshari]

We desperately need some Devine intervention to break the flipping curse that’s for sure!..

 

[Dinkers]

Shortest list in the comp

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Take out Dinkers clan and we'd be the tallest. BOABBanch, Daniel nee Dinkers, Dovastan- Dinkers & Spargo

Not worried about our height. The average height of an AFL footballer is currently 187cm

 

[year of the roo]

Just lack of KPF in general
Didn’t surprise me seeing we had the shortest list

Which is why I was confused we took Mikunda over ludo

Yeah let's take a random shit tall bloke just to improve our averages. Good one.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Yeah let's take a random shit tall bloke just to improve our averages. Good one.

Lol random shit tall bloke that crows were happy to take

 

[year of the roo]

Lol random shit tall bloke that crows were happy to take

Correct.

 

[Tiberius]

Shortest list in the comp

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I'm surprised there hasn't been more outrage over this stat.

 

[spicerFanClub]

Shortest list in the comp

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Not ideal. What are the other teams at though? Are we talking 0.2 cm or 3-4cm seperating us?

 

[Chip Scab1]

Lol random shit tall bloke that crows were happy to take

Crows have been waiting longer than us to salute. Let that sink in.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Crows have been waiting longer than us to salute. Let that sink in.

and are much closer than us to salute along with being minor premiers

I'll back their list build and recruiters in over ours

 

[Chip Scab1]

and are much closer than us to salute along with being minor premiers

I'll back their list build and recruiters in over ours

Of course you would. They just went out embarrassingly in straight sets. Figures.

I'm not disagreeing btw, just think we're not in 2024 anymore. The last few years we've been better.

 

[koshari]

Yeah let's take a random shit tall bloke just to improve our averages. Good one.

Why not, worked so well with bert neuin....

Shitmen apparently arent shitmen if they are tall and take time

 

[DunderHead]

We needed to find some good small forwards. We have thrown a lot of spots on our list at small forwards to battle it out.

We seemed to take the same strategy for KPDs

Next year you’d think we will have turfed a few smalls and atleast one KPD. The balance of the list will look better.

 

[perplexed]

We needed to find some good small forwards. We have thrown a lot of spots on our list at small forwards to battle it out.

We seemed to take the same strategy for KPDs

Next year you’d think we will have turfed a few smalls and atleast one KPD. The balance of the list will look better.

With both KPD's and small forwards, you don't want to solve your issues by spending up on a good one first up. It takes time to work out how to do it. The best thing to do is collect about five of each from the local tip before investing a decent pick in one to keep.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Yeah let's take a random shit tall bloke just to improve our averages. Good one.

Ludo isn't bad, just very inconsistent and underwhelming year, got injured and seemed to struggle with expectation.
He may put it together in a few years at the Crows, but he's got work to do.
I was fine passing on Ludo because I like the look of the key forwards in the upcoming draft.

 

[pupstar]

Ludo isn't bad, just very inconsistent and underwhelming year, got injured and seemed to struggle with expectation.
He may put it together in a few years at the Crows, but he's got work to do.
I was fine passing on Ludo because I like the look of the key forwards in the upcoming draft.

Yeah every club thought the same until a pick in the 50 wasn't it.

 

[chubbspeterson]

We needed to find some good small forwards. We have thrown a lot of spots on our list at small forwards to battle it out.

We seemed to take the same strategy for KPDs

Next year you’d think we will have turfed a few smalls and atleast one KPD. The balance of the list will look better.

It's something we need to keep looking at to find another quality one, but it may not be this year.
Someone like a Gabriel Patterson could add something up forward with elite speed and freakish ability around goals, but I think we likely go after transition run through the middle and half back and at least one key forward instead.
Then potentially add Harris as F/S and Devine as an NGA at later picks at this stage.
But might depend on how many small/half fwds exit end of 2026 as to whether we look at it this year.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Yeah every club thought the same until a pick in the 50 wasn't it.

Yep pick 50. Crows rated him highly, mentioned his light frame and said he should fill out and referenced that he did play quite well against VFL opposition.
He looked promising at times this year early and last year as a 17 year old, so there's some scope there for him to develop further. Wait and see who we add this year as a key forward.

 

[pupstar]

Yep pick 50. Crows rated him highly, mentioned his light frame and said he should fill out and referenced that he did play quite well against VFL opposition.
He looked promising at times this year early and last year as a 17 year old, so there's some scope there for him to develop further. Wait and see who we add this year as a key forward.

Yeah i have no doubt we will grab a KPF in next years draft one we rate higher than him hence why we didnt go for him

 

[RooInNorthLondon]

Whitlock still listed as a defender on the newly update nmfc.com list.

Our forward crop remains interesting in its construction. Nobody above 2m but 6 at 1.90 or above, only two in the mid 1.80s including PC and six 1.80 or below. Realistically we can go 3 tall, 2 small, 1 mid or 2 tall, 3 small, 1 mid as our starting options. If he can be fit and firing Brayden George might get a lot of interchange opportunities as our only other genuine medium forward.

 

[DunderHead]

It's something we need to keep looking at to find another quality one, but it may not be this year.
Someone like a Gabriel Patterson could add something up forward with elite speed and freakish ability around goals, but I think we likely go after transition run through the middle and half back and at least one key forward instead.
Then potentially add Harris as F/S and Devine as an NGA at later picks at this stage.
But might depend on how many small/half fwds exit end of 2026 as to whether we look at it this year.

And another ruck ruck/forward

 

[zoomba23]

And another ruck ruck/forward

Preferably one that can't play ruck or up forward to a satisfactory degree

 

[chubbspeterson]

And another ruck ruck/forward

Yep we'll likely need one to replace CCJ. Maybe more a rookie pick than ND pick though I would think.
If we generated a few extra picks inside 25 with trades then maybe we could get one of fwd/ruck Houndsome or Van Hattum to go with McCartney/Pickett/Malady. Benji Van Rooyen and Ethan Herbert options as well as more pure rucks.

 

[DunderHead]

Yep we'll likely need one to replace CCJ. Maybe more a rookie pick than ND pick though I would think.
If we generated a few extra picks inside 25 with trades then maybe we could get one of fwd/ruck Houndsome or Van Hattum to go with McCartney/Pickett/Malady. Benji Van Rooyen and Ethan Herbert options as well as more pure rucks.

Feels like this the perfect draft to round out our developing talls