List Mgmt. 2025 Trade/FA Thread (Cont’d)

[partypie]

As a March DOB he would have been 17 by the time it was found to be an issue. For context Ben Reid was on an AFL list with SOB at a similar age.

My guess is that every 17yo in the country that has a dairy intolerance significant enough to require a parent to help manage it should be on top of it as a prospective professional athlete. If he were a swimmer or gymnast by the same age he could have competed at an Olympic Games. Dietary needs are a non issue it’s the need for the support of the parent to help manage it that raises the red flag.

I'm pretty sure that kids looking to play professional sport aren't robots that all look and think in the same way, especially the Gen Z'ers we are now discussing, so comparing them to other kids who started their career even only 20-ish years ago would be an exercise in folly.

There are also countless stories of how young players have leant on the support of their family or a "sponsor" family (not sure if that's the right term for it) to get this stuff right leading up to and after being drafted, so I'm not even sure why you're chipping this kid for being the same really because the only difference here is the details of how much support other prospects may or may not have needed to get to this point / will need going forward is not at all visible to you.

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

Look at you. At it again.

Thanks for engaging in good faith conversations. You told a user to not have any input or opinion on a topic of conversation that has been a topic in this thread for well over a week, almost two.

 

[sideswipe]

Thanks for engaging in good faith conversations. You told a user to not have any input or opinion on a topic of conversation that has been a topic in this thread for well over a week, almost two.

Maybe don’t engage with me.

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

Maybe don’t engage with me.

Absolute scenes! Very well, your wish is my command grumpy bum!

 

[Pistol Night]

Maybe don’t engage with me.

Im guna try this exact line on the wife when im losing another argument from an unlosable position again. Then just walk off like Ive taken the high ground

 

[BillyElliott]

Im guna try this exact line on the wife when im losing another argument from an unlosable position again. Then just walk off like Ive taken the high ground

 

[sideswipe]

Im guna try this exact line on the wife when im losing another argument from an unlosable position again. Then just walk off like Ive taken the high ground

Go for it. She must be doing well to still have hope.

 

[Pistol Night]

Go for it. She must be doing well to still have hope.

I hope not

 

[Jen2310]

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

I think he stays personally but would be a really good pick-up.

 

[granniewolf]

Im guna try this exact line on the wife when im losing another argument from an unlosable position again. Then just walk off like Ive taken the high ground

Good luck with that

 

[BigVic]

Would be a good get

 

[soreplums]

So it’s down to us and Brisbane

 

[Jen2310]

So it’s down to us and Brisbane

Why do you say that?
He’s from Adelaide so those two clubs would be in contention
I think he stays though

 

[35Daicos]

Why do you say that?
He’s from Adelaide so those two clubs would be in contention
I think he stays though

He's really from the NT, just spent a bit of time there (Adelaide) in his younger days.

 

[Sea fog]

So it’s down to us and Brisbane

I heard Zander say that Port and Crows are interested in him.

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

I heard Zander say that Port and Crows are interested in him.

I mean he literally wrote that in the tweet that has been posted in this thread.

 

[sr36]

He's really from the NT, just spent a bit of time there (Adelaide) in his younger days.

I think it was only a year at Prince Alfred to increase his chances of being drafted.

Going to be interesting. You wouldn't want to have recruited Oscar Allen and that Essendon bloke on a million a year each and then not be able to afford to keep Zac Bailey.

 

[magpies42]

I think it was only a year at Prince Alfred to increase his chances of being drafted.

Going to be interesting. You wouldn't want to have recruited Oscar Allen and that Essendon bloke on a million a year each and then not be able to afford to keep Zac Bailey.

Do Brisbane have the option to match his contract?

 

[sr36]

Do Brisbane have the option to match his contract?

I assume so, but it won't be cheap.

 

[nickyds35]

Xander’s mail has been pretty poor to date.

Expect Bailey to re-sign in the near future off the back of this.

 

[Scodog10]

Do Brisbane have the option to match his contract?

They will, barely as a 9 year FA, assuming he’s currently in their top 10 highest paid. Can they though? Maybe, depending on how hard you go. For instance Butters will get TDK/ NWM money, but Port will match whereas Brisbane can’t do that (neither can we really).

This move is an absolute no brainer because best case you bring in a deadset gun in his prime and worst case you’re messing with their cap and spilling out Wilmot/ Lohman/ Morris etc.

 

[WalterBlaknWhte]

He's really from the NT, just spent a bit of time there (Adelaide) in his younger days.

It's like he slipped down the map

 

[NMBB]

It's like he slipped down the map

Or up - depends how you look at it

 

[Robroy22]

I assume so, but it won't be cheap.

This is the managers new ploy of squeezing $$$ out of clubs, start the rumours early....squeeze em all year and then whack the club at the end.