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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[Tommy Wigs]

It's all about the steak knives; the regal steak knives

Must admit, it’s a weird thing for Gubby to say that it’s likely a straight swap and not to expect we ourselves will be throwing in steak knives. I know one bit is media and the real stuff is behind closed doors, but if I’m the Suns I’m saying ok cool, so it’s 7 minimum, what about a F3 too.

 

[Linton Street Saint]

Boooom!

DESTINATION CLUB CONFIRMED

 

[Falchoon]

Just heard on trade radio that Essendon are into Jack Steele

9

Jack Steele

Age

29

Ht

187cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

8.7

3star

HB

12.2

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

6.8

5star

CL

3.6

5star

D

21.3

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

11.3

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

5.8

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

16.8

4star

K

5.0

2star

HB

11.8

5star

M

2.6

3star

T

6.4

5star

CL

3.6

5star

. Interesting if so.

They are getting ready for trading Merrett. Will want a young player and a pick. Any young players we will be interested in? maybe Archie Roberts and a 2nd round pick

I'd give pick 7 for Archie Roberts.

No chance for Steele & steak knives.

 

[SainterinSydney]

DESTINATION CLUB CONFIRMED

Sack SOS and Gubby--Blue baggers beat us to the punch!

 

[CaptainRisky]

No I thought of one kid off the top of my head.

You're a touchy old grump aren't you?

Not all all Old mate

 

[Geezington]

Boooom!

Carlton gonna be scary good next year with that pick up

 

[Winmar2Lockett]

Carlton gonna be scary good next year with that pick up

Wait til they pair him with Buku

 

[Flandersss]

Liam Ryan Reidy done

 

[stavro#4]

DESTINATION CLUB CONFIRMED

Carlton gonna be scary good next year with that pick up

Huge improvement on 6th place BnF finishing TDK

 

[SainterinSydney]

Wait til they pair him with Buku

Labubu Khamis > Wilkie

 

[chris_h_11]

I still think when Ro requested a trade last year - we told him "we're not trading you with no replacement, give us 12 more months, we'll find someone to come in and then we'll look at doing a deal"

Bringing in TDK hasn't cost Ro his spot, it's freed him up to leave.

 

[SaintersFan]

Not sure he will make it?

Perhaps with some quality player development going on at the Saints, he might become a good afl player.

Plus, there is a Saints connection. He is a Grandson of our long time former sponsor at Moorabbin, the 'Jefferson, Jefferson, Jefferson Ford' man.

 

[True Believer]

A question for the 25 people who liked this post.

If St Kilda hadn't signed TDK, would Marshall be leaving?

If your answer is yes, then explain why the rumors of Marshall leaving emerged later in the season, once it was basically confirmed TDK was coming.

Was it merely a coincidence that our number 1 ruck just happened to decide he wanted out, immediately after it was confirmed he'd be replaced as our number 1 ruck?

So if we only got TDK this year, why did Roma request a trade to Geelong last year? Was it in anticipation of TDK's arrival? Or was it, the same as this year, a lifestyle choice for the boy from Portland!

As someone who lived in Portland for a number of years, I can tell you that these days he will have a 4.5 hour drive from the South east of Melbourne, or a 2.5 to 3 hour hour drive from a property on the west side of Geelong.

 

[NAS THE GOAT]

Boooom!

That will boost memberships at the Bloooos. Flag is almost a certainty now

 

[Sully111]

Voss speech was very very weird

How anyone can get inspired by that is beyond me.

 

[OxSaint]

A question for the 25 people who liked this post.

If St Kilda hadn't signed TDK, would Marshall be leaving?

If your answer is yes, then explain why the rumors of Marshall leaving emerged later in the season, once it was basically confirmed TDK was coming.

Was it merely a coincidence that our number 1 ruck just happened to decide he wanted out, immediately after it was confirmed he'd be replaced as our number 1 ruck?

Didn’t he ask the club if he could be traded last year?

 

[Dr Spaceman]

North may rocket up the latter into the top 14.

 

[ThomasR]

How about 2nd round pick this year and Future 1st next year

it's interesting that their first rounder (19) will blow out to ~25 and their second rounder (40) should come into ~35, due to the glut of second rounders that will be used to match bids. used to be 3rds/4ths but new DVI has changed things. so those two picks are really only 10 or so spots apart

in light of that I think F1 + 40 for Marshall + 50 is a reasonable deal. likely that we only take one live pick into the draft and that pick 40 is in a sweet spot for dealing with a potential Fincher bid (or otherwise).

even 19+40 isn't that bad, less upside than F1+40 but we can pick with the first one and then trade the other for a future 2nd if Fincher gets through

 

[magd2992]

That will boost memberships at the Bloooos. Flag is almost a certainty now

Agree.

Skip the draft and bring in a Reidy made ruckman. Voss clearly going all in on a 2026 flag.

 

[True Believer]

Liam Ryan Reidy done

Interested to understand why WCE are exiting their Liam position.

 

[St Neil]

Will watch the Gubby interview again just for the lolz

Tell you what we have 4 staunch people in RTB, SOS, Basset & Gubby leading the charge

Grumpy old men.

Do not mess with them.

 

[Broski]

Carlton gonna be scary good next year with that pick up

This trade is the equivalent of moving the deck chairs on the Titanic.

 

[Yawkey way]

Paton was a good trier but he didn't have any standout star qualities to him IMO

He was a quite achiever he had a patch where he keep the best in the business very quite.

He’s a big bigger than some think at 187cm and tested top 10 in the sprint and vertical leap in his draft year. He wasn’t a standout that’s for sure, a big loose by foot and not massive rebound but a very good stopper.

We have a few who could play that role, we just need one of them to stand up.

 

[NAS THE GOAT]

Saints media team: Can we take a video of Max back running again?

Ross: IF….there is no wind, nobody else on the field and they have cut the grass so he doesn’t trip over. You have 1 take cos he’s only doing ONE jog through. Then let him get back to his weights again

 

[stavro#4]

BOOOOOMM