List Mgmt. 2025 AFL Draft - The Final Countdown

[sregit]

If we want CDT as best available, then let’s go Robey.

With changes to the interpretation of the ruck rule, throw up’s replacing the centre bounce and 5 on the bench then we could play both Nank and CDT. Plus, given CDT’s Combine results there’s an argument he can play multiple roles.

Robey is the fans favourite and showed enormous upside during Eastern’s run home in 2025.

However, I like Cumming’s given his early season form, he’s tested against men playing senior football in the SANFL, he plays high forward and can run through the midfield, and his Combine results.

I agree, Cumming is a good option. Also XTaylor. Just take 3 & 4 to the draft.
Dursma goes at pick 1.
If Eagles go Dursma and CDT, then take Robey and Cumming/XTaylor.
If Eagles trade pick 2 and Robey is taken, then take CDT and Cumming/XTaylor.
If Eagles trade pick 2 and CDT is taken, then take Robey and Cumming/XTaylor.

We should only trade our pick 3 if the offer is unbelievable.

 

[fargothegreat]

I think it was 2.97 20m and 6.33 2km. Very impressive.

That speed/endurance mix is what we've been looking for. Wouldn't be disappointed at all if we took Cumming.

 

[sregit]

The way I see it is Duursma is the standout player, with the highest upside in the draft. WC take him at number 1 and take Sharp at Number 2 as a proven leader and prospect that will drive standards and cover for a Reid who can get aggressive at stoppages.

We then have the option draft CDT which I don’t think we would be that keen on, therefore hope Essendon fall over themselves for him and offer pick 5, 21 and F2, Essendon then draft CDT.

PICK 4 is where is gets interesting, do we rate someone like Sullivan Robey or do we think it is more hype. My hope is someone like Melbourne come for him and offer pick 7 and future first for pick 4 and Essendon F2, Melbourne then draft Robey.

At pick 5 I think we draft Xavier Taylor.

At pick 7 we look at drafting Sam Grjl/Cumming

At pick 21 we aim for Dovaston/NHH/O Taylor/Barker/Rodriguez/Emmett

Match F/S Kellaway

We go into 2026 Draft:
Our own 1 (range 1 - 4)
Melbourne 1 (Range 2 - 6)
Our own 2 (range 19 - 25)

I hope out hope of bidding on Walker and Carlton not being able to match. But a fall back being Cochrane, the think walker fits our needs more then Cochrane but both look to be absolute stars. Then go Van Dyke, then match a bid for Armstrong, then match bid for Leys and Daffy.

Summary of 2025 and 2026:

• X Taylor
• S Grjl
• Dovaston/NHH/O Taylor/Barker/Rodriguez/Emmett
• Kellaway
• Walker/Cochrane
• Van Dyke
• Armstrong
• Leys
• Daffy

Our aim for free agency in 2026 would be top level mids and a ruckman.

Wake up, you've been dreaming!

 

[Mr Magic]

Has Essendon considered no one is trading back for their 5 and 6 and would they consider futures for their 5 and 6??

 

[juice568]

Who exactly.

It's amazing how someone can put themselves on YouTube from their parents house and somehow their opinion is now some sort of credible insight?

FFS he's got dolls in room on the shelf.

The guy posts the most clickbait videos. He hears a bigfooty rumour then 10 seconds later he does a video with a photoshopped player in that guernsey as the thumbnail.

 

[sregit]

Has Essendon considered no one is trading back for their 5 and 6 and would they consider futures for their 5 and 6??

No one is offering early futures for picks 5 and 6. This draft is ordinary and 2026 is good.

 

[juice568]

Example a

 

[richoatthedisco]

He's a doofus but he knows he is, and he's funny. He's just a kid talking shit about stuff he loves. Harmless. Anyone thinking he's more than that or that he thinks he is, is the one with the problem.

 

[tigs2010]

Personally prefer the guy with the flat peak cap and the homeless man beard.

 

[Richorules]

The way I see it is Duursma is the standout player, with the highest upside in the draft. WC take him at number 1 and take Sharp at Number 2 as a proven leader and prospect that will drive standards and cover for a Reid who can get aggressive at stoppages.

We then have the option draft CDT which I don’t think we would be that keen on, therefore hope Essendon fall over themselves for him and offer pick 5, 21 and F2, Essendon then draft CDT.

PICK 4 is where is gets interesting, do we rate someone like Sullivan Robey or do we think it is more hype. My hope is someone like Melbourne come for him and offer pick 7 and future first for pick 4 and Essendon F2, Melbourne then draft Robey.

At pick 5 I think we draft Xavier Taylor.

At pick 7 we look at drafting Sam Grjl/Cumming

At pick 21 we aim for Dovaston/NHH/O Taylor/Barker/Rodriguez/Emmett

Match F/S Kellaway

We go into 2026 Draft:
Our own 1 (range 1 - 4)
Melbourne 1 (Range 2 - 6)
Our own 2 (range 19 - 25)

I hope out hope of bidding on Walker and Carlton not being able to match. But a fall back being Cochrane, the think walker fits our needs more then Cochrane but both look to be absolute stars. Then go Van Dyke, then match a bid for Armstrong, then match bid for Leys and Daffy.

Summary of 2025 and 2026:

• X Taylor
• S Grjl
• Dovaston/NHH/O Taylor/Barker/Rodriguez/Emmett
• Kellaway
• Walker/Cochrane
• Van Dyke
• Armstrong
• Leys
• Daffy

Our aim for free agency in 2026 would be top level mids and a ruckman.

I’d rather take best available at 3 & 4 plus whatever we get at 34?(Young trade) plus Kellaway. Pick 21 will be about pick 28 and maybe only Emmett will be available

 

[Richorules]

That speed/endurance mix is what we've been looking for. Wouldn't be disappointed at all if we took Cumming.

Cumming would fit our team very well
Can see him changing with Taranto at half forward
Robey actually fits Melbourne changing with Langford on-ball/ forward pocket
But I’d be happy with both and have Robey/Lalor changing!

 

[lalorGOAT]

The guy posts the most clickbait videos. He hears a bigfooty rumour then 10 seconds later he does a video with a photoshopped player in that guernsey as the thumbnail.

Has he ever got one right?

 

[Coach_Required]

I’m pretty confident that if this happened we’d not be trading with you for at least a couple of years. At least bid on one of the ones we don’t want

Is that a promise? Next you'll be asking for the black in our team colours.

 

[Coach_Required]

So hypothetically speaking:

Let’s say Egurls take Duurpsma & Blunt..

Essendrug come to us and say we’ll give you 5 & 21 for pick 3. We ask them who they’d take and they say CDT. We do the deal.

Deal goes through..

Essendon select Sullivan Robey at 3..

RFC…

Do these deals go through with the selling club knowing and asking who they’d take buyer would take? Or is it just rolling the dice?

They would never tell us who they would be taking. If we wanted a particular player, I doubt we would risk it TBH.
So if we did want Robey we would just get him, if we have 2 or 3 preferred options then we would consider the trade and take the one who wasn't picked.

 

[Coach_Required]

The way I see it is Duursma is the standout player, with the highest upside in the draft. WC take him at number 1 and take Sharp at Number 2 as a proven leader and prospect that will drive standards and cover for a Reid who can get aggressive at stoppages.

We then have the option draft CDT which I don’t think we would be that keen on, therefore hope Essendon fall over themselves for him and offer pick 5, 21 and F2, Essendon then draft CDT.

PICK 4 is where is gets interesting, do we rate someone like Sullivan Robey or do we think it is more hype. My hope is someone like Melbourne come for him and offer pick 7 and future first for pick 4 and Essendon F2, Melbourne then draft Robey.

At pick 5 I think we draft Xavier Taylor.

At pick 7 we look at drafting Sam Grjl/Cumming

At pick 21 we aim for Dovaston/NHH/O Taylor/Barker/Rodriguez/Emmett

Match F/S Kellaway

We go into 2026 Draft:
Our own 1 (range 1 - 4)
Melbourne 1 (Range 2 - 6)
Our own 2 (range 19 - 25)

I hope out hope of bidding on Walker and Carlton not being able to match. But a fall back being Cochrane, the think walker fits our needs more then Cochrane but both look to be absolute stars. Then go Van Dyke, then match a bid for Armstrong, then match bid for Leys and Daffy.

Summary of 2025 and 2026:

• X Taylor
• S Grjl
• Dovaston/NHH/O Taylor/Barker/Rodriguez/Emmett
• Kellaway
• Walker/Cochrane
• Van Dyke
• Armstrong
• Leys
• Daffy

Our aim for free agency in 2026 would be top level mids and a ruckman.

Disagree, reckon if West Coast do take Duursma & Sharp we would definately draft CDT due to his draft rating and the fact we have 2 picks back to back.
I seriously doubt we are interested in Robey much to most posters hopes here, we have Taranto, Hopper, Smillie, Lalor, Hotton, McAuliffe all lined up so unless the kid is an absolute rocket I just don't see us picking him.
I think it's possible we have someone in mind that we could get a few picks lower but whether we try that trade will depend on what we are getting back I'd say.
You also have to factor in our list size, we just renewed contracts except for Dow & Sonsie so we can't draft more if we don't have the spot on our list. What do we have free? 3 spots maybe, one will be Kellaway I'd say.

 

[txbyhull]

Is that a promise? Next you'll be asking for the black in our team colours.

 

[Coach_Required]

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Shit already happened.

We need Eddie McGuire on our board. That's an outrage

 

[Damo80]

What info? If we like high ceiling he’s at the pointy end of draft for that.

Also not picking him is worse than a team trading up.

I mean, there’s not a whole lot to get a concrete idea of what our club recruiters are thinking. Probably the high ceiling comment is the most public, definitive statement, and could definitely see Robey fitting that brief.

But there have been one or two other pieces of intel attributed to the club that hurt the case for us looking at Robey with pick 3 or 4.

I guess trust the club, right?! And I’ll also add that about this time last year we were talking FOS vs Jagga. Look how that turned out?!

 

[AstuteTiger]

I still like Robey and Grjl, but if CDT is there, I reckon the club will go CDT and one of Robey or Grjl, who I know the club likes Sam.

Grjl is aggressive at the contest, has speed, and I like his hard running. A mid, but most likely would start off at half back.

Sam Grlj's combine results. 2.931 seconds in the 20m sprint and 5:59, 2km
No prospect has combined for a sub-six-minute 2km and sub-three-second 20m sprint at the national combine in the past two years.

I like Cumming too, but Lalor, Smillie, Hotton, and let's say we draft Robey, all of whom play midfield but can all roll forward.

 

[Mr Magic]

I’d rather take best available at 3 & 4 plus whatever we get at 34?(Young trade) plus Kellaway. Pick 21 will be about pick 28 and maybe only Emmett will be available

pick 21 will not get much. if we ended up with it we would be looking to trade up which is counter productive to trading down.

trading down works if other clubs are idiots where they are less inclined to be

 

[spky1234]

Then we would be dumb, offering pick 3 and a F1 which is likely to be pick 1, 2 or 3 for 5&6

Bombers as most of us have stated, as a possible pick swap, their pick 5 and Draper end of first round pick for our pick 3 or 4. But, if we have Robey in our sights then **** EssenDUMB and keep our picks and draft Robey

Let's wait and see on draft night what deal the bombers want to do with the Eagles or us.

It's more likely that we would offer pick 3 and a F1 for 5 and 6, than it is for the bomber to offer 5 and 6 to move up to 3 with some junk picks.

That's how ridiculous that suggestion is.

 

[Mr Magic]

It's more likely that we would offer pick 3 and a F1 for 5 and 6, than it is for the bomber to offer 5 and 6 to move up to 3 with some junk picks.

That's how ridiculous that suggestion is.

now way we are trading 3 for 5 and 6.


More likely trade f1 for 5 and 21


then use 3,4,5 on 3 of CDT, Cummings, Duursma, Robey and Sharp with West Coast picking the first two, whoever they decide

 

[Calcium Man]

I mean, there’s not a whole lot to get a concrete idea of what our club recruiters are thinking. Probably the high ceiling comment is the most public, definitive statement, and could definitely see Robey fitting that brief.

But there have been one or two other pieces of intel attributed to the club that hurt the case for us looking at Robey with pick 3 or 4.

I guess trust the club, right?! And I’ll also add that about this time last year we were talking FOS vs Jagga. Look how that turned out?!

It was pretty clear we were down to Lalor and FOS by end of September. Only Jagga fanbois thought he was a show at 1. The question was would we trade up for 2 to get Lalor and FOS.

I really haven’t seen any “info” outside the high upside comment by Giesch than says there’s a group of 15. Oh I keep reading people heard we’re all into CDT but I’m like 90% certain that’s come from Ghost knowing a family friend who said we’re interest based on the family saying so and the family want us over Essendon (which personally I’m skeptical about he’s done all he is development at Essendon including playing with their vfl and training at the bombers). But from there it just seems like wce fans regurgitating and Chinese whispering that into Richmond want cdt to convince themselves that we will overpay for pick 2.

 

[AstuteTiger]

now way we are trading 3 for 5 and 6.


More likely trade f1 for 5 and 21


then use 3,4,5 on 3 of CDT, Cummings, Duursma, Robey and Sharp with West Coast picking the first two, whoever they decide

We won't trade a F1, especially with needing to pay more in 2026 for FS and NGA. We have Tanner Armsroong, who is atm ranged to go around pick 10-15

We'll know more about Archie Daffy and Jack Leyes draft range next year.

 

[Barunga Bullet]

Stranger things have happened, just ask Death Ride North.

Chuck in a F1 lol. We are in the driver's seat if they want pick 3 then they pony up and pay, it's quite simple, Calcium

100%. if anyone wants pick 3 we hold all the cards and no trade happens unless its massively in our favour. Blair isn't dumb