List Mgmt. 2023 Draft/Trade/FA thread

[Scythe]

Seems a good time to pin this:


OOC players:

• Michael Hibberd (retired)
• Deakyn Smith (delisted)
• Andy Moniz-Wakefield
• Jake Melksham (delisted, will be re-drafted as a rookie)
• Luke Dunstan (retired)
• James Jordon (signed with Sydney as a Free Agent)
• Kye Turner (delisted)

Traded out:

• James Harmes (Bulldogs)
• Brodie Grundy (Sydney)

Traded in:

• Tom Fullarton (Brisbane)
• Jack Billings (St Kilda)
• Shane McAdam (Adelaide)

Drafted:

• Caleb Windsor (Pick 7)
• Koltyn Tholstrup (Pick 13)
• Kynan Brown (Rookie)

 

[Crusty Demon]

Nothing in the media doesn't necessarily mean nothing is happening. Wouldn't crack it just yet.

Hardly cracking it. Just know we need to do more than McAdam. Even a fake news story about us being into something big was more interesting than what we're currently doing. Give us something Lamby! I'll even take pick swaps right now

 

[Lord Nev]

Hardly cracking it. Just know we need to do more than McAdam. Even a fake news story about us being into something big was more interesting than what we're currently doing. Give us something Lamby! I'll even take pick swaps right now

I'll likely join you in cracking it if all we do is McAdam tbh.

 

[BaliDemon]

10 whole new pages since last time i read!? Oh boy some gun player must have requested a trade to us or something exciting must have happened

Imagine returning to just 1 or 2 new pages, how disappointed you’d feel. At least you got the thrill of unwrapping 10 prezzies even if there was stuff all in ‘em.

 

[Bluelegs]

Imagine returning to just 1 or 2 new pages, how disappointed you’d feel. At least you got the thrill of unwrapping 10 prezzies even if there was stuff all in ‘em.

Is this what you tell your kids on Christmas?

 

[markm106]

Generally when we’ve been heavily reported on it’s been a player we know is leaving. Such as Lever or Grundy. No doubt there’s some work happening behind the scenes.

 

[I Love Lamb]

Generally when we’ve been heavily reported on it’s been a player we know is leaving. Such as Lever or Grundy. No doubt there’s some work happening behind the scenes.

We had no idea about Hunter or Schache until the last day of trade period last year

 

[I Love Lamb]

Imagine returning to just 1 or 2 new pages, how disappointed you’d feel. At least you got the thrill of unwrapping 10 prezzies even if there was stuff all in ‘em.

Jesus the biggest trade news this year just dropped (Spargo going nowhere) and blokes are still complaining.

Just can’t make some people happy.

 

[TheBoss]

Somebody needs to tell Tim Lamb that siting static is not good. If you're standing still, you're going backwards. Why are we sucking/twiddling our thumbs?

The free agent pool is shallow.

Also I can't see many established players wanting to nominate Melbourne after the club broke all their promises to Grundy about making him a pillar of our team for the next 5 years.

Seems we have relegated ourselves to the draft table and trying to find value in fringe players like McAdams.

 

[I Love Lamb]

The free agent pool is shallow.

Also I can't see many established players wanting to nominate Melbourne after the club broke all their promises to Grundy about making him a pillar of our team for the next 5 years.

Seems we have relegated ourselves to the draft table and trying to find value in fringe players like McAdams.

Doubt players would give a shit about a broken promise if they were offered 1.2m a year.

Cry me a river, our game plan changed. It happens in every team.

If a company offered you 1.2m a year would you say no because they changed their plans and a past employee felt he had his promise broken? Because I wouldn’t give a shit.

 

[Bluelegs]

The free agent pool is shallow.

Also I can't see many established players wanting to nominate Melbourne after the club broke all their promises to Grundy about making him a pillar of our team for the next 5 years.

Seems we have relegated ourselves to the draft table and trying to find value in fringe players like McAdams.

Don't think anyone will care about that. A bad call from both parties. Not the first club to make a bad trade.

Seems like we're not actually interested in getting involved in any trades which is even worse imo.

 

[pjfairbairn]

Trade period might just kill me this year. We haven't even reached the first day of TWO AND A HALF WEEKS and we're melting and trading one of our greatest ever players, despite having an excellent draft hand.

Kinda longing for finishig 18th and every player who couldn't get a game at other clubs is our white knight, like the good old days

 

[I Love Lamb]

Trade period might just kill me this year. We haven't even reached the first day of TWO AND A HALF WEEKS and we're melting and trading one of our greatest ever players, despite having an excellent draft hand.

Kinda longing for finishig 18th and every player who couldn't get a game at other clubs is our white knight, like the good old days

Need some trade scenarios mate

 

[markm106]

We had no idea about Hunter or Schache until the last day of trade period last year

Sorry I should have mentioned I was talking big name players who were OOC or publicly on the market. Although I did say players we knew were leaving.

 

[The Dr]

Need some trade scenarios mate

Oliver for Norf's two late future firsts


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[markm106]

Players won’t be scared off Melbourne due to the Grundy scenario. That was always a fair chance to fail.

 

[I Love Lamb]

Ok here is one from some bloke on main board

I am hearing Melbourne are enquiring about Bailey Williams and Jamieson (WCE)

2 different ends of the spectrum in regards to cost

Prepared to offer a late first for B.Williams

Jamieson for a pretty late pick (pick upgrade)

B.Williams to be the Ruck/Fwd for a few years and then take over Gawns spot in a few

Jamieson as pure back up break glass case

 

[TheBoss]

Doubt players would give a s**t about a broken promise if they were offered 1.2m a year.

Cry me a river, our game plan changed. It happens in every team.

If a company offered you 1.2m a year would you say no because they changed their plans and a past employee felt he had his promise broken? Because I wouldn’t give a s**t.

We didn't offer Grundy $1.2m a year. He took paycut to come here after we heavily courted him during the middle of last season.

How could this not harm how the club is perceived by established players and their agents?

So what's the clubs pitch gonna be now?

"Oh hey! I see you are in the best 22 at your current club. Want to nominate a trade to us? We will play you for 5 weeks, crack the sads and then demote you to the VFL and harm your future prospects!"

If Melbourne is throwing $1.2M at a new recruit, presumably other clubs are tabling similar offers. All things being equal, why choose Melbourne?

 

[markm106]

We didn't offer Grundy $1.2m a year. He took paycut to come here after we heavily courted him during the middle of last season.

How could this not harm how the club is perceived by established players and their agents?

So what's the clubs pitch gonna be now?

"Oh hey! I see you are in the best 22 at your current club. Want to nominate a trade to us? We will play you for 5 weeks, crack the sads and then demote you to the VFL and harm your future prospects!"

If Melbourne is throwing $1.2M at a new recruit, presumably other clubs are tabling similar offers. All things being equal, why choose Melbourne?

That would be a very simplistic way of looking at it though. Do you think people wouldn’t look at the whole Grundy scenario and the risks he took coming to us?

 

[Topkent]

We didn't offer Grundy $1.2m a year. He took paycut to come here after we heavily courted him during the middle of last season.

How could this not harm how the club is perceived by established players and their agents?

So what's the clubs pitch gonna be now?

"Oh hey! I see you are in the best 22 at your current club. Want to nominate a trade to us? We will play you for 5 weeks, crack the sads and then demote you to the VFL and harm your future prospects!"

If Melbourne is throwing $1.2M at a new recruit, presumably other clubs are tabling similar offers. All things being equal, why choose Melbourne?

That's an overreaction. Grundy didn't take a pay cut of even one cent. He still makes the same as Collingwood

Second of all we've been happy to move him immediately. No one would care about that at all, it's like your washing Grundy of any responsibility. He was crap

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Pitch should be: "If you want to win lots of home and away games and lose heaps of finals while struggling to kick 70 points the MFC environment is the place for you"

How could any player not be interested?

 

[Crusty Demon]

Was hoping we'd have a crack at Waterman from WCE or Mclean from Swans. I think both have signed on though.

Bailey Williams probably isn't a bad option for that 2nd ruck role. Although hard to see WCE letting him go. Still young and showed some real promise this year. No NicNat means they need a ruck.

 

[TheBoss]

That's an overreaction. Grundy didn't take a pay cut of even one cent. He still makes the same as Collingwood

Media reported he took pay cut to move.

Grundy to take pay cut when he signs with Demons

Collingwood’s All-Australian ruckman Brodie Grundy has signalled that he will take a pay cut when he becomes a Melbourne player in the coming days.

www.theage.com.au

"Sources with a knowledge of the talks between the Grundy camp, Collingwood and Melbourne said Grundy would accept a small reduction, probably annually, over the remaining five years of the contract he signed with the Magpies, who will also pay a portion of the contract."

 

[Topkent]

Media reported he took pay cut to move.

Grundy to take pay cut when he signs with Demons

Collingwood’s All-Australian ruckman Brodie Grundy has signalled that he will take a pay cut when he becomes a Melbourne player in the coming days.

www.theage.com.au

"Sources with a knowledge of the talks between the Grundy camp, Collingwood and Melbourne said Grundy would accept a small reduction, probably annually, over the remaining five years of the contract he signed with the Magpies, who will also pay a portion of the contract."

Ok well if that's true I'll take that back but still sounds like he's ok 800k plus. So no tears from me.

 

[Johnny Karate]

Ok here is one from some bloke on main board

I am hearing Melbourne are enquiring about Bailey Williams and Jamieson (WCE)

2 different ends of the spectrum in regards to cost

Prepared to offer a late first for B.Williams

Jamieson for a pretty late pick (pick upgrade)

B.Williams to be the Ruck/Fwd for a few years and then take over Gawns spot in a few

Jamieson as pure back up break glass case

Bailey Williams (WCE) is ****ing shit. Will ****ing melt if we give up a late first - even if it’s pick 30 after all of the bullshit handouts - for that shit truck.

 

[Scythe]

Bailey Williams (WCE) is ******* s*t. Will ****** melt if we give up a late first - even if it’s pick 30 after all of the bullshit handouts - for that s**t truck.

Yeah, gotta say I'm with you on that. Dreadful footballer