List Mgmt. 2025 List Management Discussion - Part IV

[Hubnester]

2025 List Management Discussion - Part 4

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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[Sainter62]

Essendon offered the equivalent of pick 12/13 in dvi got Flanders

do you mean fiorini?

 

[Remboy]

Curious what the context was here.

Was he referring to injuries or restrictions put in place by the selection committee? ie. player X in role A for the season

More in terms of the playing list. We were so far under the cap that we had less depth across the list.

 

[saintmike65]

If Humphreys is available surely we want him to come to us, not hope he goes to another team so we can get the bloke he forces out.

Cmac is an ok player but i wouldn't be too disappointed if we didn't get him

 

[projectv]

Prefer the straight swap. 18 would only be palatable if it was used in a trade - even still I'd rather just keep F1.

Same here, but the deal might need to wriggle to get over the line.

If Curnow nominates Geelong, it's going to get wild.

 

[BrutThough]

Talk now on the Carlton and Cats boards about Marshall + F1 for SDK and 18. So a slight downgrade on 1st rounder. I don't love it, I don't hate it either.

This draft is poor. I wouldnt want to be trading out of next years so we can pick late 20s this year instead.

 

[Flandersss]

Stoked with Flanders nominating us. Bloke is a jet & will compliment NAS hugely

 

[RWB4life]

do you mean fiorini?

Apparently offered 2x 20s picks for Flanders and more money than us. Just shows Flanders actual value

 

[Moquo]

BUILD THE MAN A STATUE

 

[Sainter62]

Apparently offered 2x 20s picks for Flanders and more money than us. Just shows Flanders actual value

oh ok thanks for clarifying

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Never ever trade away a future first.

 

[saintmike65]

GWS wanting a F2 for Aleer. Nice try

That's ok as long as we get F3 back

 

[Armoooo]

Talk now on the Carlton and Cats boards about Marshall + F1 for SDK and 18. So a slight downgrade on 1st rounder. I don't love it, I don't hate it either.

Yeah i don't love that.

I dont think we should be adding to Marshall for SDK.

 

[saintmike65]

not having a go here, but this isn't about the spectators. Players and clubs want that time so they can get the details completed.

It's been longer and shorter; 10 days seems like a decent compromise

Spot on..some of the deals involving multiple clubs need time

 

[projectv]

Yeah i don't love that.

I dont think we should be adding to Marshall for SDK.

It's good in a sense that Geelong haven't immediately come out and squashed the idea. If losing SDK helps them get Curnow we can use that to our advantage.

 

[Armoooo]

Never ever trade away a future first.

I dont agree with this as a hard and fast rule, but if you're going to do it, you should value in that you will have a worst case scenario year and it will turn out to be a good draft.

So in our case, id be valuing our future first as a top 6 pick. Would take an absolute gun being involved to be willing to part with that.

 

[Tommy Wigs]

Apparently offered 2x 20s picks for Flanders and more money than us. Just shows Flanders actual value

They would have had to haggle more. We have been surprisingly upfront with the Flanders trade.

 

[Armoooo]

It's good in a sense that Geelong haven't immediately come out and squashed the idea. If losing SDK helps them get Curnow we can use that to our advantage.

I dont know how to value players, but i know that every fan bases projected trades are basically always biased.

So if accounting for their bias means we replace our future 1st with our future 2nd, I'd jump at the trade.

 

[Tommy Wigs]

This draft is poor. I wouldnt want to be trading out of next years so we can pick late 20s this year instead.

Yep, me too.

 

[Armoooo]

They would have had to haggle more. We have been surprisingly upfront with the Flanders trade.

I would rather we do it that way. The endless posturing never seems to achieve much.

 

[saintmike65]

As Gubby said "we think he's an elite player, simple as that"

Anyone having doubts about Ned's worth check out his highlights...he's ready to become a terrific player for us

 

[saintmike65]

Gubby had a joint this morning 100%.

He's a man of few words much like SOS

 

[SainterinSydney]

Lol salty Blue's supporter on trade radio re changes to academy and father son rules.

 

[saintmike65]

Tim Lamb has such a punchable head

So has Damian Barrett

 

[St Neil]

Make it F2 instead of F1 and I'd be interested.

According to Gubby, our spending spree will continue next year, so we need to keep our F1

Geelong will demand the F1 as part of a push for Curnow.

However, maybe a F2 if the two clubs swapped F1. That is compromise.

Not sure Geelong would do that though.

 

[stavro#4]

do you mean fiorini?

No. That was there offer for Flanders