List Mgmt. 2025 Draft/Trade/FA Thread – everything must go!

[Scythe]

Just pinning this, as per previous years. Thanks as always to Lore.

Final trade/FA period results
Out:

• Charlie Spargo
• Judd McVee
• Christian Petracca
• Clayton Oliver
• Picks 28, 42 and 61
• Melbourne Second-Rounder (2026)
• Melbourne Third-Rounder (2026)
• Melbourne Fourth-Rounder (2026)
• Melbourne Fourth-Rounder (2027)

In:

• Jack Steele
• Changkuoth Jiath
• Brody Mihocek
• Max Heath
• Oscar Berry (Rookie)
• Picks 7, 8, 37 and 71 (2025)
• GC First-Rounder (2026)
• GWS Third-Rounder (2026)
• GC Third-Rounder (2027)

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

schmuttt's C4-whatever-the-hell-his-name-is mate says Port Adelaide for Rogers

No one wants to play for Melbourne.

 

[Scythe]

Collingwood recruiters flying to Sydney today to meet with Oliver

 

[Demon Attack]

He'll smack us on Kings Birthday

Sorry Tracc but we know you're a pro can't get ripped off there he will come back and play well for us if Suns are silly and don't make him their top priority.

 

[McQueen]

Crows seem desperate to re-shape the narrative for every missed opportunity lol

Oliver was overheard saying "**** off mate, I ****en hate those campaigners".

 

[Scythe]

He'll smack us on Kings Birthday

Could be the first time he hits a Melbourne player on the chest in years

 

[I Love Lamb]

Wonder if we can package Chaplin with Oliver for a F1 from Collingwood.

 

[Scythe]

Wonder if we can package Chaplin with Oliver for a F1 from Collingwood.

The Celtics traded Doc Rivers (head coach) to the Clippers for a first-rounder in 2013, why not

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Wonder if we can package Chaplin with Oliver for a F1 from Collingwood.

Oliver and Tim Lamb for a future 7th

 

[Duke of Windso]

Just had a quick look at the 2024 and 2025 combine results, and if anything the 2025 guys have better numbers. Obviously pure athleticism isn't everything, but if they're just as good athletically how exactly is it being determined that the 2025 class is poor? i.e. have they not performed as well against VFL players?

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Just had a quick look at the 2024 and 2025 combine results, and if anything the 2025 guys have better numbers. Obviously pure athleticism isn't everything, but if they're just as good athletically how exactly is it being determined that the 2025 class is poor? i.e. have they not performed as well against VFL players?

Film/in game performance > Combine Results.

 

[I Love Lamb]

Film/in game performance > Combine Results.

Wouldn’t every game have the same % of star/stand out players?

 

[Demon Attack]

Plus lots of the best players are academy?

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Wouldn’t every game have the same % of star/stand out players?

Na, different classes have different skill levels and talent.

 

[I Love Lamb]

Na, different classes have different skill levels and talent.

How can you tell? 2 shit players go for a mark and one wins vs 2 good players go for a mark and one wins.

The shit player who got the mark looks better than the good player who lost.

 

[Bluelegs]

How can you tell? 2 shit players go for a mark and one wins vs 2 good players go for a mark and one wins.

The shit player who got the mark looks better than the good player who lost.

Ever notice how VFL games aren't the same quality as AFL games?

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

How can you tell? 2 shit players go for a mark and one wins vs 2 good players go for a mark and one wins.

The shit player who got the mark looks better than the good player who lost.

its not that hard if you watch every game and not just highlights.

 

[Johnny Karate]

body language expert here. Tim Lamb is so easy to read. The lip compressions and tongue juts speaks volumes throughout his media conference. Lips compressing typically means 'withheld information' i.e. the body trying to stop the mouth from sharing information. It's when there is a internal dialogue and the speaker knows that there is insincerity occurring.

Do yourselves a favour and go straight to 1.30 of his media conference. The question put to him regarding Oliver:
"Is there any world in which he can stay? "Yep" followed with a clear lip compression and a tongue jut (tongue slipping out of the mouth quickly).

What this means: Most likely, he is telling a lie at this point. The lip compression tells me that he is withholding information. And the tongue jut tells us that he is internally aware of his insincerity with the information that he just provided (the 'yep' response). And the tongue jut is a way to 'cleanse'. Ultimately he knows that the words coming out of his mouth doesn't match the reality of what is happening.

Not to even mention his stance. One hand grabbing his other wrist is a self-comfort gesture. It just shows that he is containing tension and the amount of tongue juts that he does in only 8 minutes tells me that this is a long standing self-regulation behaviour. So it doesn't always mean deception but in fact high tension. It's his version of fidgeting.

5.00. Question 'why weren't you invited on the walk with Bailey Humphrey alongside Steven King and Nathan Jones?'. A clear shift in tension due to it being a light-hearted question. HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF.

Anyway, I could go on for days. No wonder he gets getting screwed at the trade desks. His feelings are written on his face.

Chief it’s probably time to down tools. BigFooty has officially peaked.

 

[Duke of Windso]

How can you tell? 2 shit players go for a mark and one wins vs 2 good players go for a mark and one wins.

The shit player who got the mark looks better than the good player who lost.

Yeah, that's that's sort of what I'm getting at. I mentioned VFL because it's a way of comparing draftees from different years against the same kind of opposition.

 

[I Love Lamb]

Ever notice how VFL games aren't the same quality as AFL games?

Doubt one year of u18s varies from looking from AFL to looking like VFL the next because that’s an all of class level.

U18s would have a mixture of good and not so good players both year so there isn’t a clear class divide which impacts the overall look of the game.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Doubt one year of u18s varies from looking from AFL to looking like VFL the next because that’s an all of class level.

U18s would have a mixture of good and not so good players both year so there isn’t a clear class divide which impacts the overall look of the game.

Why do we even have scouts, clubs should stop wasting money and just get combine results off twitter and watch YouTube highlights.

 

[Bluelegs]

Doubt one year of u18s varies from looking from AFL to looking like VFL the next because that’s an all of class level.

U18s would have a mixture of good and not so good players both year so there isn’t a clear class divide which impacts the overall look of the game.

The point is talent tends to be pretty obvious when you apply the eye test. Skills, composure under pressure, footy smarts etc. It's not that hard to see it.

 

[Lord Nev]

 

[Bluelegs]

Wasn't Oliver supposed to be going to the States for a Holiday, lol?

 

[Scythe]

Collingwood recruiters flying to Sydney today to meet with Oliver

53-minute Sandra, tut-tut

 

[Lord Nev]

53-minute Sandra, tut-tut

Well yours was just 'trust me bro', I gave a sauce...

Plus, can't possibly keep up with all the informative and well-reasoned posts in this thread atm.