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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[JG22]

it's a credit to the club that steele wants to stay, notwithstanding no guarantee of senior selection, because he thinks good things are coming.

He love's the club, it's like you or me, we can't imagine playing or supporting elsewhere.

 

[BucketsandBanger]

If Flanders falls for the Essendon old boys getting you in a room "I promise we are actually huge and come here you get to play on ANZAC day" shtick then he's far too dumb for us anyway.

 

[akaifu]

Does anyone recall where/who said that Tauru would train as a defender? Remember reading it somewhere but not sure if it was here or not

 

[stavro#4]

Does anyone recall where/who said that Tauru would train as a defender? Remember reading it somewhere but not sure if it was here or not

Me

 

[heynow85]

If Flanders falls for the Essendon old boys getting you in a room "I promise we are actually huge and come here you get to play on ANZAC day" shtick then he's far too dumb for us anyway.

Get him to ask Gresham how that’s panning out for him.

 

[akaifu]

Me

Is that still what you're hearing?

 

[stavro#4]

Is that still what you're hearing?

Has not changed.

I don’t have any other new info right now.

But the club is still actively recruiting apparently.

 

[Hysteria]

it's a credit to the club that steele wants to stay, notwithstanding no guarantee of senior selection, because he thinks good things are coming.

How important is the addition of the standalone VFL team in all of this.
Good players are going to find themselves playing VFL next year if we get a good run with injury.
The VFL team playing at Moorabbin in our colours sounds a lot more palatable than playing at TBBO with Sandy.
Great effort from the club to finally make this happen.

 

[Saintbloke]

How important is the addition of the standalone VFL team in all of this.
Good players are going to find themselves playing VFL next year if we get a good run with injury.
The VFL team playing at Moorabbin in our colours sounds a lot more palatable than playing at TBBO with Sandy.
Great effort from the club to finally make this happen.

Steele would probably make a great captain/ coach for the new VFL team, but who knows..not me.

 

[Remboy]

Yeesh

Self confidence is one thing but delusion is another thing completely. He wants to be careful. He’s burnt his bridges at Melbourne and now it looks like he’s making it hard to get to another club.

 

[SainterinSydney]

Self confidence is one thing but delusion is another thing completely. He wants to be careful. He’s burnt his bridges at Melbourne and now it looks like he’s making it hard to get to another club.

That Dan Gorringe story about Trac allegedly asking his teammates to pay him 13 bucks each for the beers before an event says alot about him. If true, of course.

 

[Remboy]

He love's the club, it's like you or me, we can't imagine playing or supporting elsewhere.

I don’t know. If I got offered $1 mill a year I could probably barrack for another club. Might have to draw the line at the Bombers though.

 

[Silkie]

How important is the addition of the standalone VFL team in all of this.
Good players are going to find themselves playing VFL next year if we get a good run with injury.
The VFL team playing at Moorabbin in our colours sounds a lot more palatable than playing at TBBO with Sandy.
Great effort from the club to finally make this happen.

Fully agree, arguably the most important thing we've done to become a proper club other than the redevelopment of Moorabbin. I wish Sandy the best but the previous setup with them was totally amateur hour and I believe would be enough to deter previous potential recruits who had multiple offers.

 

[Remboy]

If Flanders falls for the Essendon old boys getting you in a room "I promise we are actually huge and come here you get to play on ANZAC day" shtick then he's far too dumb for us anyway.

They probably offered him lead role in the movie they’re going to make.

 

[Fluttz]

Anyone else listening to this dribble on trade radio?

 

[Silkie]

They probably offered him lead role in the movie they’re going to make.

He'd look great alongside Dylan Shiel

 

[StPiper]

Spent 5 minutes listening to trade radio. That enough for me.

 

[SaintersUnite]

I don’t know. If I got offered $1 mill a year I could probably barrack for another club. Might have to draw the line at the Bombers though.

If I get paid to support Carlton can I spit on the players like their current fans do?

 

[Joffaboy]

I don’t know. If I got offered $1 mill a year I could probably barrack for another club. Might have to draw the line at the Bombers though.

I barrack and go to most Bulldogs AFLW matches as my niece plays for them. It's easy unless they play against the Saints, where I stay very quiet.

 

[Silkie]

I refuse to tune into trade radio this year. Mainly because it still annoys me that they haven't taken the golden opportunity that's right in front of them by calling it 'Tradio'

 

[Remboy]

If I get paid to support Carlton can I spit on the players like their current fans do?

You don’t have to get paid to do that.

 

[Remboy]

I refuse to tune into trade radio this year. Mainly because it still annoys me that they haven't taken the golden opportunity that's right in front of them by calling it 'Tradio'

I listened to a few minutes one day and thought I was better off coming here.

 

[L_W_P]

Self confidence is one thing but delusion is another thing completely. He wants to be careful. He’s burnt his bridges at Melbourne and now it looks like he’s making it hard to get to another club.

Suns will get him in and pay him with "Ambassador Allowance" putting Adelaide further behind.

****ing nepos...

 

[Silkie]

I listened to a few minutes one day and thought I was better off coming here.

It's basically 'how much can we filibuster before the next 10 minutes of continental tyres ads?'

 

[L_W_P]

He'd look great alongside Dylan Shiel

We should sign Shiel as a DFA, just to laugh at the Essendon posters who claimed we were trading the Gresham compo for him.