List Mgmt. 2025 List Management Discussion - Part 3

[Hubnester]

2025 List Management Discussion - Part 3

Now that our season is over, and news is starting to break - it's time for a fresh thread.

This thread is to discuss all things list management - trades, draft, free agency, delistings and more.
As we are now officially in our off-season, we'll be wanting to keep this thread more strictly on-topic than the previous iterations.
Be respectful. You are allowed to disagree with someone - but play the ball, not the man. Repeat offenders will have their posting rights revoked.

Thanks to Lore once again for this incredibly useful spreadsheet.

2025 KEY DATES
Free Agency Period: Friday, October 3rd - Friday, October 10th
Trade Period: Monday, October 6th - Wednesday, October 15th
AFL Draft: Wednesday, November 19th - Thursday, November 20th

See Also:
2025 Year in Review Rumours & Confirmed Movements 2025 Draft Discussion
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[beside the seaside]

Those Hardwick comments suggest Flanders is gone.

 

[SainterinSydney]

Those Hardwick comments suggest Flanders is gone.

Good, good! Hopefully Neddy ends up being our Dion Prestia.

 

[Tasmanian saint]

Something to consider as well is that the changes to the points value index have made it much more difficult to match the earliest of bids. Suns have 2 players who should absolutely be top 5 picks so they are going to need a lot of points to match those 2.

The new points system doesn’t start till next year

 

[TheJackal]

The new points system doesn’t start till next year

Nah mate, starts this year.

 

[beside the seaside]

Seems like a few clubs are in for Flanders. Surely we're due to miss someone.

 

[akaifu]

Our little ounce of hope is gone

 

[Miha]

Our little ounce of hope is gone

Good good did not want

 

[Saints4ever]

Merrett will cost 2 first rounders and he’s 30.

If he was 25-28 I’d want to be all in.

He’s no loss for us doesn’t fit the profile and would cost way to much.

 

[stavro#4]

Gets a few things right.

 

[Diehard Saint]

Seems like a few clubs are in for Flanders. Surely we're due to miss someone.

Wash your mouth out!

 

[akaifu]

Gets a few things right.

Not used to seeing us get rejected by two players in one day

 

[SainterinSydney]

Not used to seeing us get rejected by two players in one day

Still Cmac

 

[Dr Spaceman]

Gets a few things right.

 

[Xxxx66]

Merrett will cost 2 first rounders and he’s 30.

If he was 25-28 I’d want to be all in.

He’s no loss for us doesn’t fit the profile and would cost way to much.

Operated.

 

[beside the seaside]

Merrett will cost 2 first rounders and he’s 30.

If he was 25-28 I’d want to be all in.

He’s no loss for us doesn’t fit the profile and would cost way to much.

Makes zero sense for us. The Hawks are playing in a prelim, they are a top four side and are all in. We need to take quite a few steps before we're looking at guys like Merrett to be the icing.

 

[TheJackal]

Not used to seeing us get rejected by two players in one day

Boo, Demons or the city Melbourne? I guess he'd say Victoria if not the club.

 

[hayes]

Our little ounce of hope is gone

Nobody would be picking us over the Hawks right now. They look destined for a flag at some point. Frustrating.

 

[stfan]

Seems like a few clubs are in for Flanders. Surely we're due to miss someone.

Well main determinant will be who Flanders chooses.

He would have a better chance of featuring in our midfield than at some other clubs.

 

[stavro#4]

Not used to seeing us get rejected by two players in one day

He doesn’t have a 100% strike rate.

But he does get some things right

 

[akaifu]

He doesn’t have a 100% strike rate.

But he does get some things right

Am aware

 

[nikkig98]

Gets a few things right.

think its way too early to get a proper gauge so far, gettable announced he had interest from the dogs (lol why), dees and us and their season literally ended last night, im still backing us in as cal has put us as more of a favourite

 

[nikkig98]

Am aware

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All due respect, this seems like more of a Rahul Dravid strike rate

 

[Anythings_sipposible]

Don't know if I'd be choosing Melbourne over us at the moment, but apparently Flanders has a good relationship with King, so would make sense. It does seem like we've been working on him for a while though

 

[TheJackal]

Am aware

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Dudes playin darts blindfolded

 

[Joffaboy]

Gets a few things right.

Read this he is off to Melbourne, the city not the club.