List Mgmt. 2025 List Management

[serial_thrilla]

 

[The Lobbster]

I'd have thought Dudley's performances would have warranted at least 2 years.

Always the concern with SSP selections is that they work really hard to get on the list and then sorta fall off once they get a bit of security. Given a 2 year deal was apparently pretty close as per the AFL, I wonder if we’ve done a games played clause or something.

 

[largebus]

Not the first time in recent memory we've cheaped out on a small forward.

 

[theGav56]

Yep,
The 1m for Bolton a year now looking like another bargain. We're on the way to turning into Geelong, I hope we have some farming land lined up and some Dale Alcott house packages.

Spudshed franchise?

 

[theGav56]

Separate issue here but it’s interesting.
Surely these players aren’t paying all that tax without some serious (legal) tax breaks and offsets and negative gearing etc to bring it down as much as possible?

You’d be finding a financial advisor to go full Kerry Packer on it and absolutely minimise the amount of tax that has to be paid on those massive 7 figure salaries

Pretty sure that the club would provide financial and tax advice.

 

[Wray27]

Pretty sure that the club would provide financial and tax advice.

ALFPA does

 

[go_the_dockers]

Separate issue here but it’s interesting.
Surely these players aren’t paying all that tax without some serious (legal) tax breaks and offsets and negative gearing etc to bring it down as much as possible?

You’d be finding a financial advisor to go full Kerry Packer on it and absolutely minimise the amount of tax that has to be paid on those massive 7 figure salaries

Port and Crows players (a large amount from what I understand) both go to Hood Sweeney for Tax and Investment advice.

Not sure if the clubs pushes them towards them, or other players do, and I would guess Fremantle and Eagles would have a similar local company to go to.

 

[theGav56]

ALFPA does

My former board of management's Chairman was also Chairman at WC and another board member was their accountant.

They said they put a lot of work into the financial future of players, and it included discounted investment opportunities brought to the club by board members and sponsors.

That's a while ago, but they were always good at retaining players. Would be surprised/disappointed if we don't do similar.

 

[Diverbelow]

Dudley was brought in as a replacement for Odin Jones on the LTI. I assume this means that Jones is delisted at the end of his contract or if his surgery and recovery is going well could Jones be retained on a rookie list?. Does anyone have any info on how his recovery is going?. If he is delisted and makes it back in the WAFL (probably west perth) then if he performs well then he could be a SSP or MSD. He turns 20 in September.

 

[theGav56]

Dudley was brought in as a replacement for Odin Jones on the LTI. I assume this means that Jones is delisted at the end of his contract or if his surgery and recovery is going well could Jones be retained on a rookie list?. Does anyone have any info on how his recovery is going?. If he is delisted and makes it back in the WAFL (probably west perth) then if he performs well then he could be a SSP or MSD. He turns 20 in September.

Riddle seems equipped for the same position as Odin and just got extended. We also drafted Nicholls

 

[nurries]

I'd have thought Dudley's performances would have warranted at least 2 years.

The wording here might be a clue...

We look forward to what he can do with more work - there's real room for growth and improvement.”

 

[Docker82]

Dudley was brought in as a replacement for Odin Jones on the LTI. I assume this means that Jones is delisted at the end of his contract or if his surgery and recovery is going well could Jones be retained on a rookie list?. Does anyone have any info on how his recovery is going?. If he is delisted and makes it back in the WAFL (probably west perth) then if he performs well then he could be a SSP or MSD. He turns 20 in September.

A decision on whether Jones gets another year will be completely independent of the decision to extend Dudley.

We need to get back to a list of 42 (Senior List and Category A rookies) or less at the time the rookie draft is completed. I think that puts Jones at risk because we'll generally draft in at least four across the National and Rookie Dtafts. Draper has been outside of our list of 42 until now and needs to come onto it next year so that's another spot gone already.

 

[MadMundy]

I will be bummed if we miss out on Pickett, but I'm quite happy with how our forward line is progressing at the moment.

 

[theGav56]

I will be bummed if we miss out on Pickett, but I'm quite happy with how our forward line is progressing at the moment.

It would be thrilling to add Pickett, but the line up below should be able to get it done:

KPFs: Treacy, Amiss, Voss
General forwards: Reid, Frederick (Sturt)
Small forwards: Bolton, Switkowski, Dudley

 

[Righteo]

Good luck to Kozzie. Take the money young man, I cannot fault you for that and you would be doing your family an injustice not to take it.

Viney is broken, Clarry gone, Gawn and May are no spring chickens and well there is Fritsch..

Honestly we should at least be glad he's re-signing at a club about to hit the wall big time and not a fellow contender. Cannot fault the bloke for looking after himself, at the end of the day we had our chance to draft him and we blew it. such is life.

 

[Bender571]

Honestly we should at least be glad he's re-signing at a club about to hit the wall big time and not a fellow contender. Cannot fault the bloke for looking after himself, at the end of the day we had our chance to draft him and we blew it. such is life.

I don't think you can call getting Serong and Young "blowing it"

 

[mattis117]

Honestly we should at least be glad he's re-signing at a club about to hit the wall big time and not a fellow contender. Cannot fault the bloke for looking after himself, at the end of the day we had our chance to draft him and we blew it. such is life.

Lol what?

 

[DQ 4EVER]

I want nothing to do with Warner the bloke drinks his own bathwater. Nothing about him screams team it’s all about him. And quite frankly he’s not that good, kick is horrible he’s selfish and defensively terrible

You obviously have never met him.
Brilliant fella, just super competitive

 

[FD2646]

Luke Jackson is the sort of guy who would accidentally and with honest intentions mention during a press conference that Geelong offered him a farm for free as part of the deal and it brings the whole scam down.

Similar to how a Freo player went to Carlton and their under the table payments were exposed.

I will always thank Stephen O'Reilly for that!

 

[FD2646]

Congrats to Dudley and my buddy Riddle on their extensions! Hopefully both continue to work hard and further improve on their output in 2026.

 

[freodog]

Pickett's gone

Good he's a hack never wanted him anyway!!

 

[Purple dynamite]

 

[noise36]

Crazy that Kosi will be getting massively overpaid to stop him coming to Freo, how long until their club is bottom 4 and home sickness rumours start up? how long before he is at Freo with half his contract paid by them?

 

[One_Wing]

So how about that Warner aye

 

[Wizard]

Crazy that Kosi will be getting massively overpaid to stop him coming to Freo, how long until their club is bottom 4 and home sickness rumours start up? how long before he is at Freo with half his contract paid by them?

Yeah if the Dees and their fans genuinely think this is the end of the story i think they will be very disappointed.

I would be very surprised if within the next three years this discussion doesn't occur again, the only difference this time around is that they have absolute contract control for eternity.

 

[masai tu]

Spudshed franchise?

The Lathlain facility is going cheap.

Good through put of spuds at present.