List Mgmt. 2025 Draft & Trade Hypotheticals

[TheGoatBaron]

Has Curnow requested a trade to Sydney? If not, will come back tomorrow

 

[Caj]

We need to stop bringing up Weddle, he pulled an Archie Perkins and told the interstate teams not to pick him so that’s that.

But we can melt over every other good player that we didn’t pick.

Dattoli has to come good though, otherwise I’ll be seething as we had so many good talls to choose from last year.

where was the Weddle thing ever reported aside from on this board? I’m yet to see one article that suggests that was the case

In any event, who cares? What was he going to, sit out for 2 years and not play? Back your club to be good enough

 

[Punts]

Buller would get us absolutely nothing

 

[FreeAgent1]

Has Curnow requested a trade to Sydney? If not, will come back tomorrow

The way I read it as soon as dzario thinks he has a reasonable and “overs” trade ready through about 4 different clubs mega offer he will tell Curnow.

Curnow then goes public requesting a trade to heap pressure on blues to accept.

 

[joeykanga]

Buller would get us absolutely nothing

Buller was one of the bright spots emerging in the latter rounds of the season.
Really enjoyed his marking and effort and intensity and I know people arent impressed with his kicking but it was OK. Especially the more difficult kicks.
I rate him and after an injury interrupted time with us, id hate to lose him for nothing. I'd prefer to keep him. I think we'll regret losing him at this stage of his development

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Buller was one of the bright spots emerging in the latter rounds of the season.
Really enjoyed his marking and effort and intensity and I know people arent impressed with his kicking but it was OK. Especially the more difficult kicks.
I rate him and after an injury interrupted time with us, id hate to lose him for nothing. I'd prefer to keep him. I think we'll regret losing him at this stage of his development

Definitely i was calling to give him a chance at the midpoint of the season.
Punts is right tho Buller would net us a pick in the 40-50s

 

[Slingshot Footy]

Buller was one of the bright spots emerging in the latter rounds of the season.
Really enjoyed his marking and effort and intensity and I know people arent impressed with his kicking but it was OK. Especially the more difficult kicks.
I rate him and after an injury interrupted time with us, id hate to lose him for nothing. I'd prefer to keep him. I think we'll regret losing him at this stage of his development

Amartey is also extremely prone to soft tissue injuries and McLean has proven to be pretty poor when out of shape so we can’t exactly shed key forwards at the moment. We can’t lose any of them really unless we are assured of an upgrade.

 

[Neverwas]

If we haven't made an offer for Buller, we are a pack of nuff nuffs.

 

[Jack2Jack]

We were a KF short on the list all year. I would've thought any KF added would be in addition to the stocks we have, not to replace any of them on the list. Unless they genuinely class Max King

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as a KF not a mid.

I thought we must've had a KF already locked in last year (that we knew about pre-draft) to have not to drafted a KF in a very strong KF draft last year.
It starting sounds like that's not the case at all....Diabolical piece of list management not to take one last year if that's the case, especially since we already knew Logan was going to have a limited pre-season and knowing Amartey's injury history....and Buller was coming off a frickin serious back injury.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

If we haven't made an offer for Buller, we are a pack of nuff nuffs.

If nothing is coming in yep

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Are we back on Curnow now after watching Jezza

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Amartey is also extremely prone to soft tissue injuries and McLean has proven to be pretty poor when out of shape so we can’t exactly shed key forwards at the moment. We can’t lose any of them really unless we are assured of an upgrade.

Thats the reality of the situation Amartey and Logan can they get through at least 80% of the season?

 

[Kiama Chris]

No idea why you would want to keep a player like that tho.

Papley and going way back Rok both wanted out but never looked desperate to get the heck out of the club.

Papley was worried about his Dad and wanted to be close. The club found ways to help. ROK I don't know.

 

[TheMase]

TheMase just liking posts and going about his day refusing to get his hands dirty

I see you

Haha I’ll just lurk otherwise.

Don’t have much time these days so I just do a quick scroll to catch up on the goss

 

[hairy biker]

Papley was worried about his Dad and wanted to be close. The club found ways to help. ROK I don't know.

ROK was disappointed with our contract offer (3 years instead of the 4 he wanted) and then bizarrely Roos publicly stated we would pursue Daniel Kerr and that we recognised 2 1st rd picks would be required (and ROK was our only OOC player likely to bring in the extra pick we would have needed).

So ROK had his nose out of joint and was 'exploring his options'.
It was never about homesickness or any other 'personal' reason.

Kerr almost immediately re-signed with WCE, ROK got his 4 year deal and eventually the midfield minutes that he was seeking and ultimately a Norm Smith Medal to boot.

 

[Kiama Chris]

ROK was disappointed with our contract offer (3 years instead of the 4 he wanted) and then bizarrely Roos publicly stated we would pursue Daniel Kerr and that we recognised 2 1st rd picks would be required (and ROK was our only OOC player likely to bring in the extra pick we would have needed).

So ROK had his nose out of joint and was 'exploring his options'.
It was never about homesickness or any other 'personal' reason.

Kerr almost immediately re-signed with WCE, ROK got his 4 year deal and eventually the midfield minutes that he was seeking and ultimately a Norm Smith Medal to boot.

Dodged a bullet there! Thanks.

 

[SeanM]

where was the Weddle thing ever reported aside from on this board? I’m yet to see one article that suggests that was the case

In any event, who cares? What was he going to, sit out for 2 years and not play? Back your club to be good enough

In hindsight I wished we had selected Weddle. When a talented player is available, I think we should still consider picking them even if we are worried about the go home factor.

I remember Weddle in his draft year being rated for his ability to play on different sized opponents and his athleticism. So he may have got games early with us as a medium defender or half back flanker. Rather than needing to sit in the reserves as a KPD for a few seasons.

I wonder with the draft whether we usually lock in players early based on interviews. Which means we overlook players that slide to our pick. From recent drafts, Konstanty, Green and Dattoli were all strongly predicted to be our targets pre-draft. Though last draft, Faull and Trainor were the talls we were rumoured to be interested in but they were picked earlier than expected and Armstrong/Shanahan were available instead.

 

[Wheresbuddy]

Thoughts on Todd Marshall

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Todd Marshall

Age

27

Ht

198cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.0

2star

K

6.4

3star

HB

2.5

2star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

8.9

2star

K

7.1

3star

HB

1.8

1star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.0

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

9.6

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.6

5star

? Has been injury prone and issues with concussion but has also played good footy when he is fit. Possibly get him cheap, especially given the changing of the guard at Port. And as an added bonus, he is from Deniliquin, just like all time favourite, leaping Leo.

 

[momentbymoment]

We need to stop bringing up Weddle, he pulled an Archie Perkins and told the interstate teams not to pick him so that’s that.

But we can melt over every other good player that we didn’t pick.

Dattoli has to come good though, otherwise I’ll be seething as we had so many good talls to choose from last year.

And we will keep melting till something changes.

For me, it’s pretty simple.
Don’t reach in the first round.
Don’t be clever. Don’t look for a diamond in the rough. Don’t gamble. Just pick the best Available..

After that, do whatever.

 

[tombomb]

Thoughts on Todd Marshall? Has been injury prone and issues with concussion but has also played good footy when he is fit. Possibly get him cheap, especially given the changing of the guard at Port. And as an added bonus, he is from Deniliquin, just like all time favourite, leaping Leo.

I'm all for taking risks as we aren't going to get anyone decent unless we do. There is no perfect player about to announce they want to come to us as a free agent.

But I think Marshall's issues are too much of a risk.

 

[momentbymoment]

I can see Curnow definitely leaving regardless of what’s said about keeping him etc

That relationship looks shithouse , saying he is willing to take pay cuts etc. Hard to mend.

That relationship looks shithouse , saying he is willing to play for Geelong, etc. Hard to mend.

Fixed it for you …

 

[Wheresbuddy]

I'm all for taking risks as we aren't going to get anyone decent unless we do. There is no perfect player about to announce they want to come to us as a free agent.

But I think Marshall's issues are too much of a risk.

Fair enough. I looked him up and he is contracted until the end of 2029 so from his point of view, he would really only leave if he could get a comparable deal. Even if Port was to chip in for his contract, the length of his deal is very risky given his injury history, especially concussion.

Looks like it's CC or bust for us.

 

[Kbroome]

I continue to think what does this team needs moving forward and I keep coming back to 3 areas

1. KPF (Quality)
2. Small forwards (Depth)
3. KPD (Depth)
4. Height

1. We need a #1 Key Forward. Statistically we are basically a non factor in the premiership race if we don't have a goal scoring forward.
2. We have way too few small forwards on our list and non of them are quality. We have seen plenty of the great small forwards be selected very late in drafts and have immediate impact
3. We don't need a #1 Key Defender but we need more depth especially if we are losing all of Hamling, Rampe and Francis this off season. We are going to need a best 22-26 KPD to fill the gap there imo.
4. Height is a problem everywhere across the park, we are tiny in the midfield and tiny in the key position players across the park, time to get a couple of players that offer a little bit of height given some of the unicorn matches in the league.

If we can achieve these 4 goals whilst also drafting our top 3-4 academy guys then I think it will be a positive off-season

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Has Curnow requested a trade to Sydney yet or is he waiting for Geelong to win the flag before requesting a trade to them which will continue their rorting of the system?

No? I’ll come back tomorrow.

 

[Punts]

I continue to think what does this team needs moving forward and I keep coming back to 3 areas

1. KPF (Quality)
2. Small forwards (Depth)
3. KPD (Depth)
4. Height

1. We need a #1 Key Forward. Statistically we are basically a non factor in the premiership race if we don't have a goal scoring forward.
2. We have way too few small forwards on our list and non of them are quality. We have seen plenty of the great small forwards be selected very late in drafts and have immediate impact
3. We don't need a #1 Key Defender but we need more depth especially if we are losing all of Hamling, Rampe and Francis this off season. We are going to need a best 22-26 KPD to fill the gap there imo.
4. Height is a problem everywhere across the park, we are tiny in the midfield and tiny in the key position players across the park, time to get a couple of players that offer a little bit of height given some of the unicorn matches in the league.

If we can achieve these 4 goals whilst also drafting our top 3-4 academy guys then I think it will be a positive off-season

Bigger bodies around the ground