List Mgmt. 2024 List Management thread - Trade Targets Part 2

[pK75]

Loyalty has gotta be a 2 way street

Exactly, had a nice dinner with Caleb and Andy and still would prefer WC! Tigers have to accept they are only getting pick 23.

 

[fnerd]

I have no doubt that Melbourne (through Morris) is trying to get west coast to come to the party.

Nothing surer

 

[Quay Club]

Might have to go have a look.

Careful don't upset Shane!

 

[dominguez]

Yeah, agree it is unlikely but it would be hard for him to say no to his chance of a flag, even if it was only a 5% chance he was in the best 23.

A lot of fringe players will be working extra hard over the preseason to lock in their spot.


I am getting ahead of myself (as we all are), but Duffield mentioned rotating/resting players through the year.

Assuming we get Pickett and Bolton, I like the idea of rotating the squad with 26 or so players, and having players like Voss, Erasmus, Fyfe, Draper, Davies, Worner, Wagner, Simpson, Reidy, Banfield rotating through the squad to ensure all the players are fresh.

At the start of the year, you may say Darcy will play 16 to 20 games, and Reidy will definitely play 3.
Pearce will only play 15 games max, and Draper and Davies play the rest of games. We need him for finals, so I would be tempted to say he only plays 10 games during the season.
Fyfe will play a max of 10 games, and Erasmus plays the rest.
Voss plays 10+ games, and Jackson, Amiss and Treacy plan to miss 3 or so game each.



If any players gets an injury or is a bit sore, they will be rested for 2 weeks to help them recover.

We had the chance to do that this year, would have been good to get at least 3 or 4 games into the likes of Brodie and Cooper Simpson but we didn't. Can't see that changing next year.

 

[dominguez]

Ras having an extra 20 full games under his belt would have been a huge benefit. He's already dominating the WAFL and can only improve so much playing at the lower level. Some short term pain but it needs to happen. Ideally over the past 2 years when we didn't play finals anyway.

Cooper Simpson ahead of Banfield for a few games would have been great development too.

 

[pK75]

We had the chance to do that this year, would have been good to get at least 3 or 4 games into the likes of Brodie and Cooper Simpson but we didn't. Can't see that changing next year.

Brodie needs to be used as steak knives, if Melbourne lose Trac, they could use an inside mid along with Cerra who’s better outside.

 

[Lach72]

I think we can get Pickett for 10 and a player or ten and a second.

If we can keep our future first by hook or crook, we can really go hard at Chad

 

[danster168]

We should be compensated for Kalani White given the circumstances behind how you got his Dad.

lol, throw us a bone. The dees have only had 1 good father son in 20 years and had Mac Andrew ripped from us. just our luck Kalani either won't be any good, or he'll be a star and play for Gold Coast.

 

[danster168]

You stole his Father off us by rorting the salary cap anyway!

Swings and roundabouts.

Dont worry, he's not reported to be that good anyway. Nothing lost.

 

[Docker82]

Surely not Butters desperate?

You'd want three picks in the first round you'd think. He's a gun who's given no indication he wants out.

 

[dominguez]

Being best 22 for 10 or so games is a curly way of saying your playing in the WAFL isn't it?

With a young group 2 guys with experience driving standards in the gym and on the track is a good thing. They're contracted so we have to pay them any way. Fyfe especially has nothing to gain from playing for Peel, we might see him as the 24th man in case there's a late change some times next year.

 

[Quay Club]

You'd want three picks in the first round you'd think. He's a gun who's given no indication he wants out.

On the AA awards night interview last night his face looked very banged up.

He said he has been told he needs to protect himself more.

Apparently Ken has told him not to tackle the big blokes ha ha.

He is one opposition player I love to watch and can win a game off his own boot.

He would command a very high price if he ever left Port.

 

[dont bowl there]

With a young group 2 guys with experience driving standards in the gym and on the track is a good thing. They're contracted so we have to pay them any way. Fyfe especially has nothing to gain from playing for Peel, we might see him as the 24th man in case there's a late change some times next year.

How we handle Fyfe is going to be interesting, I think he's past it and not best 22 BUT I also can't see him playing WAFL for a month+. Just can't see it ending well next year regardless, if we don't pick him I imagine he retires (which is a sad way to go out for a champ) and if we do pick him he will struggle.

 

[Freoforever86]

Cornes said on SEN yesterday that he knows that Tom Morris is confident that West Coast are Kossie's preference.

This is going to be interesting in the Daniels vs Morris contest.

He talked to Schmook yesterday arvo and was saying he’s a perfect fit for us along side Bolton

 

[dominguez]

We are too loyal. It’s the way we operate. Whoever starts dialogue with us first we’ll honour it. Not surprised if we prioritise Baker ahead of Pickett..

At the end of the day our players already had a meeting with him didn’t they.

Baker to WC for a F2 makes sense. We don't have the cap space for a 600k role player who is a slight upgrade on Banfield.

 

[Joao]

He talked to Schmook yesterday arvo and was saying he’s a perfect fit for us along side Bolton

Kossie would be great for every club so that's hardly worth a mention.

That conversation is where I was quoting from.

 

[Eski3]

Man I really want Baker to just hurry up and nominate West Coast now

 

[dominguez]

Careful don't upset Shane!

Shane cost himself a lot of money over moderating Dockerland. If you said anything negative or disagreed with his view you were deleted so people stopped going there. If he had created a website that was moderated but welcoming of all Freo supporters it becomes a place that could have generated pretty good advertising revenue.

 

[Deathly]

Soon....

 

[Joao]

FTR, if it was still possible, I'd happily add Baker to Bolton and Pickett because I think we'd be taking the **** at that point.

But we simply have to prioritise Pickett (and Chad if relevant) over Baker.

 

[dominguez]

How we handle Fyfe is going to be interesting, I think he's past it and not best 22 BUT I also can't see him playing WAFL for a month+. Just can't see it ending well next year regardless, if we don't pick him I imagine he retires (which is a sad way to go out for a champ) and if we do pick him he will struggle.

Anything could happen. He doesn't need the money, wouldn't be surprised if we brought in Pickett and Bolton if Fyfe retired before final list lodging. Especially if he has any injury concerns early pre-season.

 

[AstonSouffle]

Do we need an "AITA for criticising the club?" thread?

The Fremantle subreddit itself is shit, but the AFL subreddit is infinitely better times 2 million than the BigFooty main board.

 

[guidodp15]

Here is one for you

Baker,Bolton This and Warner(2025) Or Bolton and Pickett now?

 

[guidodp15]

The Fremantle subreddit itself is shit, but the AFL subreddit is infinitely better times 2 million than the BigFooty main board.

The AFL Subreddit is ****ed and the mods are power-hungry neck beards.
Some of the questions there are shit

 

[dominguez]

FTR, if it was still possible, I'd happily add Baker to Bolton and Pickett because I think we'd be taking the **** at that point.

But we simply have to prioritise Pickett (and Chad if relevant) over Baker.

If we get Pickett and Bolton it becomes hard to get Warner next year. If we also add Baker there's no chance of bringing in Warner because we won't have cap space. The pick for Baker isn't the main problem, his 600k salary is the issue IMO.