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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[SainterinSydney]

For an irrelevant club, appears to be a lot of intruders in this thread.

 

[Moquo]

Jeez l wouldn't want some here negotiating anything for me. It's a bad look wah wah wah, players won't trust us wah wah wah, mummy l pooped in my nappy again. FMD

I'm betting they're not Real Estate Agents

 

[St Steady]

GWS: We want your 2026 2nd round pick.

Saints: No. How about our future 3rd?

GWS: No deal. Come back when you're serious.

Saints: Understood.

Saints trade F2 to West Coast for Liam Ryan and their F3

Saints: How does two future third round picks sound...?

future future ones you mean

 

[Coconut_twirl]

Coffield was very good that year. Looked like he was going to kick on.

Injuries have really curtailed his career. No luck there.

 

[beside the seaside]

aleer will still happen we will end up finding a pick lmao

Really doesn't seem that way. Narrative seems to be that we're out.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Sad to see the big Mooza go. A lot of years of development for next to **** all really.

 

[stavro#4]

 

[Sheepey]

Never listen to trade radio but after seeing clips of Barrett and Jenkins talking shit about the fact that we have only dropped out interest in Aleer because we couldn't get Steele of our books, I couldn't help but call up. The campaigner Purple of course back tracked when presented with facts.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Won’t be long before some smart arse manager oversteps the mark and has his accreditation pulled. You would think the afl would be watching them fairly closely.

 

[Captain Paddy]

Crazy that no one on any of these shows talking about Aleer hasn’t even considered the

“… are we sure Aleer is worth a F2? He is out of contract and hasn’t set the world on fire, could this just be a bargaining position from the saints due to the Giants asking for too much?”

 

[Dr Spaceman]

Sad to see the big Mooza go. A lot of years of development for next to **** all really.

It’s all Dodson’s fault.

How dare the big, young, athletic Croweater be such a goddam footballin’ specimen

 

[Hayes4PM]

I reckon "the ring around" will result in "you want a future 2nd round pick for him? Nah...". Only ones who might overpay are the Dogs without a lot of tall defenders, but Aleer really isn't that big key position defender they need.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

It’s all Dodson’s fault.

How dare the big, young, athletic Croweater be such a goddam footballin’ specimen

True. I’m had we gave the big fella a couple of games but. He wasn’t disgraced.

 

[SainterinSydney]

Seems like we have pulled out completely.

 

[PJays]

Which old or cheap rucks are available to slot behind TDK and Dodson?

 

[stavro#4]

Crazy that no one on any of these shows talking about Aleer hasn’t even considered the

“… are we sure Aleer is worth a F2? He is out of contract and hasn’t set the world on fire, could this just be a bargaining position from the saints due to the Giants asking for too much?”

Look, I’ve never heard a club walk away 6 days out from the finish line because of a second rounder.

So for me, it’s one of 2 things:


1. The most likely option is us posturing. Giants drop the price and take a third rounder or something to this effect.

Or

2. The most unlikely option is that we have got another semi decent fish hooked and unless Marshall & Steele both go. We can’t do both.

 

[Pardon me]

We’re collecting 2027 picks like Thanos.
Do we have a few f/s selections we need to stock up for???

 

[projectv]

Which old or cheap rucks are available to slot behind TDK and Dodson?

SDK can be a backup ruck.

 

[akaifu]

 

[Jacks1411]

Which old or cheap rucks are available to slot behind TDK and Dodson?

Reckon Rowan Marshall would fit into that line up well

 

[Silkie]

Which old or cheap rucks are available to slot behind TDK and Dodson?

Why fling Moose off to bring in another cheap ruck?

 

[TheOsprey]

It’s ****ing hilarious (and also incredibly sad) that the Aleer deal or no deal is the best thing to happen to the Dogs, Blues and Bombers all year.

Personally I’m loving seeing how much everyone is rattled and hates the club. Can’t wait to see this blow up etc…

Amazing.

 

[Dr Spaceman]

Seems like we have pulled out completely.

Pity Damo’s dad didn’t.

 

[L_W_P]

Could the Aleer drop off be linked to getting SDK instead?

Maybe Geelong are actually open to making that work and we've decided it's a better play?

Geelong play RoMa in the ruck, move Blicavs to defense with Kolo, Henry & O'Sullivan. Stewart back in and they are looking pretty set again.

SDK has been a bit of a "Mr Fix It" for them so maybe there's a little more wiggle room given they will be getting a set and forgot ruck/mid for their current flag push.

 

[SainterinSydney]

It’s ****ing hilarious (and also incredibly sad) that the Aleer deal or no deal is the best thing to happen to the Dogs, Blues and Bombers all year.

Personally I’m loving seeing how much everyone is rattled and hates the club. Can’t wait to see this blow up etc…

Amazing.

They eat our scraps.