List Mgmt. 2025 List Management Discussion - Part V

[Hubnester]

2025 List Management Discussion - Part 5

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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[stfan]

Staying!

This gives us a Squad in 2026 with exceptional depth, versatility, improved ready to go talent, young emerging talent and a much improved midfield than we started 2025 with.

Nas and Hall both revealed that they have real hurt factor when played on ball, both deadly ball use that results in goals.

 

[Sully111]

We still have a Premiership Ruckman that came from St Kilda

 

[phantom13]

Gee whiz there's gonna be a lot of stressed out Geelong fans getting on the crystal pistol this evening.

Crystal pistol is elite stuff.

You might have won trade week imo

 

[botts]

Swans no first rounders for three years. They can afford to take these risks as they have the luxury of academies.

Not if the rules change

 

[Lightsxo]

Ross with the usual absolute distaste for the media. ****ing love it.

 

[triggering bro]

RTB ready to throw cut lunches

 

[bird_man]

Very long media conference from Ross

 

[SaintersUnite]

So… how about that exodus?

 

[BrutThough]

Didn't he say we might be after someone else?

It was vague enough that we dont have to count that

 

[StCicatriz]

B Stocker Caminiti Wilkie
HF Sinclair JSOS NAS
C Hill Macrae Hall
HF Ryan Marshall Owens
F Higgins King Sharman
R TDK Flanders Windhager
I/C Wilson Pou Henry Boxshall Wood

 

[phantom13]

Glad we didn’t do that Roma deal, man a lot of deals didn’t get done, clubs holding contracted players, honestly love to see it

 

[SainterinSydney]

The masterpiece was complete albeit Steeley went--Marshall stays, Hawks get worse and no Merrett, and Geelong get absolutely f#$% ALL!

 

[Minga]

ST KILDA TRADE & FREE AGENCY 2025:

TDK
RYAN
JSOS
FLANDERS

RETAINED NAS
RETAINED WINDY
RETAINED WILKIE

HELD MARSHALL

SET STEELE FREE
SET MOOSE FREE

MINGA’S GRADE: A

 

[Greg1853]

Deals are worth what they are worth. Dogs signed Macrae up to a huge wage on a long contract and then moved past him. They genuinely needed to off load him.

If Steele really was paid most of his wage front loaded it was quite a different situation. Oliver is probably a closer situation minus the off field stuff.

Has been reported for a long time that Steele's deal was back ended. Agree with your comments. More than happy for a young Flanders as an upgrade on an older Steele, despite having the utmost respect for Steele. I believe too many people focus on draft picks swapped for players, when the whole package needs to be taken into account. Even if Steele has injury luck and a good career at Demons, doubtful his output matches the wage we have pushed out.

 

[CHBench]

Glad we didn’t do that Roma deal, man a lot of deals didn’t get done, clubs holding contracted players, honestly love to see it

Arrogant clubs too - Hawthorn's offer was trash. Pick 10 and essentially 2 2nd round picks + a VFL player

 

[Mowman]

Would you steal in PSD?

I thought that is what David King said on Fox, might have miss heard

 

[Broski]

Sad to see Steele go. Was a shining light for many years.

We ultimately didn’t have a role for him next year and we wanted to do the right thing by him. Great fella and goes with best wishes. Not a salary cap issue.

His departure will be an interesting part of the doco we are making surely lol.

 

[hangdog]

i actually thought a F1, and F2 was a good deal

Nnnnnope.

It'll end up pick 25ish in a bad draft plus a pick in the mid-late 30's in a good draft. Rubbish

 

[Greg1853]

Maybe Lyon really does want two rucks. He's been pretty badly underrated after a quiet year.

This is the only thing I struggle to understand. Imagine if one of TDK or Marshall goes down with an injury next year. Will then appear a masterstroke

 

[Joffaboy]

Mackie looks like he is going to cry.

Insult to Marshall.

 

[Hayes4PM]

If anyone wants to have a good laugh, head over to the Geelong board and have a look at them claiming Rowan is not that good and it was a shit deal for them. They then proceed to debate whether to pick up Harry Boyd hahahahah

 

[bird_man]

Glad we didn’t do that Roma deal, man a lot of deals didn’t get done, clubs holding contracted players, honestly love to see it

Good to see. A lot of carrying on about how contracts mean nothing these days but at the end of the day it's up to the club's to our their footy down.

 

[Saintpav]

They thought they were getting Marshall. They got Buckleys instead!

 

[gringo2011]

Thats very different to a few reports from today but who knows what is right.

Some suggesting he's on 900k and that we will be paying some of his salary.

Time will tell I guess but at the end of the day, he likely wasn't best 22. He was an aging mid that was being pushed out. Very similar to MaCrae.

Looks pretty horrendous on paper. Off-loading your captain for a pick that probably doesn't get used in two years and paying for the privilege looks pretty yuck to a lot of fans.

At least it adds pressure for them to perform next year. We need a rocket up us.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Do we have an emerging fs or academy player coming up in 27???