Rumour GFC 2026 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 1

[smotherking]

With the new father son rules that are soon to be applied, is there a world where clubs will work in tandem with their potential father sons to actively tank their draft years so that they can be recruited with more favourable picks in the draft?

 

[Hinkley29]

I received a text late last night from a fellow Cats fan to advise that Ollie Wiltshire had been given a one year contract extension. Is this true?

Good on him - but gee that's an odd decision to make on a bloke that must have been dangerously close to being delisted at the end of last season. None of us probably appreciate the inner workings of list management and there might be other issues at play like his management getting approached by another club, but it does seem like a strange one.

His form this season more than justifies a one-year extension.

He has clearly improved since last year and is on a decent trajectory for someone who came into the system later than most.

He is exactly the type of player who should get a one-year extension. The stars and highly touted juniors get multi year deals. The duds get delisted. The average Joe’s with a chance to make it get 1 year deals to see what they can do without a big commitment.

Wiltshire is an average Joe with a chance to make it at Geelong.

 

[iameviljez]

His form this season more than justifies a one-year extension.

He has clearly improved since last year and is on a decent trajectory for someone who came into the system later than most.

He is exactly the type of player who should get a one-year extension. The stars and highly touted juniors get multi year deals. The duds get delisted. The average Joe’s with a chance to make it get 1 year deals to see what they can do without a big commitment.

Wiltshire is an average Joe with a chance to make it at Geelong.

It would astonish me if he got a deal any time before, really, the weeks before Trade Week, unless he really pulled a rabbit out of a hat.

His form at AFL level has been pretty meh - he doesn't get much of the footy, doesn't kick many goals, is hardly a tackling machine. He's the kind of player who gets a contract when you know how many list spots you want to keep open for Free Agents or draftees.

It's not inconceivable that he doesn't break back into the AFL team again this year, especially if Miers or Stengle returns sooner than expected. That would be curtains for a 23yo.

 

[iameviljez]

With the new father son rules that are soon to be applied, is there a world where clubs will work in tandem with their potential father sons to actively tank their draft years so that they can be recruited with more favourable picks in the draft?

Almost zero. Playing dead = getting dropped in u18 year and not playing state carnivals = less development.

 

[iameviljez]

Any reason we didn’t throw a big offer at petracca given it seems unlikely butters is coming to us?? He is exactly what we needed this year

Probably because we didn't have anything like the trade currency, especially given we were chips-in on Marshall.

Petracca moved for 7, 8, 2026 R1, with some 20s going the other way. We didn't have anything like that.

 

[smotherking]

Almost zero. Playing dead = getting dropped in u18 year and not playing state carnivals = less development.

Fair enough!

 

[Hinkley29]

It would astonish me if he got a deal any time before, really, the weeks before Trade Week, unless he really pulled a rabbit out of a hat.

His form at AFL level has been pretty meh - he doesn't get much of the footy, doesn't kick many goals, is hardly a tackling machine. He's the kind of player who gets a contract when you know how many list spots you want to keep open for Free Agents or draftees.

It's not inconceivable that he doesn't break back into the AFL team again this year, especially if Miers or Stengle returns sooner than expected. That would be curtains for a 23yo.

I believe he has signed an extension in the last week

 

[dangerwood]

How good??

Caveat being that the development of kids this young is hard to predict. How much they grow/develop vs other kids etc...but at the moment they'd be the best kids of their age in the Geelong region (one probably more than the other).

 

[cats_09]

It would astonish me if he got a deal any time before, really, the weeks before Trade Week, unless he really pulled a rabbit out of a hat.

His form at AFL level has been pretty meh - he doesn't get much of the footy, doesn't kick many goals, is hardly a tackling machine. He's the kind of player who gets a contract when you know how many list spots you want to keep open for Free Agents or draftees.

It's not inconceivable that he doesn't break back into the AFL team again this year, especially if Miers or Stengle returns sooner than expected. That would be curtains for a 23yo.

Wiltshire's 1yr extension was announced last week

 

[Mr Meow]

Wiltshire's 1yr extension was announced last week

He really pulled a rabbit out of the hat, and iameviljez was left astonished.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

He really pulled a rabbit out of the hat, and iameviljez was left astonished.

I'll take a second bite at this then

I would be astonished if Butters accepted a free agency contract to geelong and port declined to match.....

 

[joe444]

Do the new rules create scenarios where a club is prevented from getting a father-son player that they want to list?

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Do the new rules create scenarios where a club is prevented from getting a father-son player that they want to list?

I believe so.

If you can't cover the dvi in 2 picks then too bad

 

[iameviljez]

I believe he has signed an extension in the last week

That rumour sparked this debate

Edit: seriously??? For real?!?

 

[iameviljez]

Wiltshire's 1yr extension was announced last week

**** me, I saw the photo and assumed it was Ollie Henry

 

[Lana]

Almost zero. Playing dead = getting dropped in u18 year and not playing state carnivals = less development.

That is what getting drunk at a school camp after the championships is for

 

[Lana]

Wiltshire's 1yr extension was announced last week

how few goals can a player kick and still be regarded as a goal kicker

 

[CatToTheFuture]

how few goals can a player kick and still be regarded as a goal kicker

Technically one

 

[Mac Chappy]

Any reason we didn’t throw a big offer at petracca given it seems unlikely butters is coming to us?? He is exactly what we needed this year

Why does it seem unlikely?

 

[cats_09]

**** me, I saw the photo and assumed it was Ollie Henry

Henry was already contracted through to 2027

 

[CatsDoItBetter]

I believe so.

If you can't cover the dvi in 2 picks then too bad

You can go into a draft deficit for the next year, so if we had a daicos level father son coming next season for example. We could try to trade up higher or to add an extra first round pick. But if that didn’t cover it then sacrifice pick(s) the following year.

Otherwise players rated below that we should be able to pick up with an existing draft pick we held or more easily move up the draft. But it will make it harder for clubs to take multiple high rated players.

 

[Masked Magician]

Just a rumour I’ve heard, when pendles retires he’s $1.01 to be an assistant under Chris Scott

Chris Scott

Age

50

Ht

182cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

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[Lana]

Technically one

Noted goal kicker Jake Kolodashnij just played his 200th game

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Wiltshire's 1yr extension was announced last week

List management error.

 

[cats_09]

how few goals can a player kick and still be regarded as a goal kicker

Will admit that upon reading the article I did go to footywire to double check how many goals he's kicked