List Mgmt. 2025 Trade/FA Thread

[TradeDraft]

We need to do everything in our favour to land Rowell. ****ing perfect player for us.

I would sacrifice our rights to McGuane, Saxena and McCarthy to land the glorious ranga.

No way we should Sacrafice 2 Top 20 Picks when we don't have a Ton of Kids coming Thru

Ned Long can play that Role and do a Good Job. Not at Rowell's Level but I would not Sacrifice that for 1 Player

Try and Find Another Inside Bull from another club on the Cheap

 

[Pistol Night]

No way we should Sacrafice 2 Top 20 Picks when we don't have a Ton of Kids coming Thru

Ned Long can play that Role and do a Good Job. Not at Rowell's Level but I would not Sacrifice that for 1 Player

Try and Find Another Inside Bull from another club on the Cheap

Yeah I agree mate. If Tommy Maguane turns out a superstar we’d never forgive ourselves

 

[nahnah]

Would anyone offer up the rights to a Josh Daicos

7

Josh Daicos

Age

27

Ht

178cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.6

5star

MG

230.5

4star

D

16.2

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.5

4star

MG

230.5

4star

D

13.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

4.2

5star

first born son for Rowell?

 

[TradeDraft]

Yeah I agree mate. If Tommy Maguane turns out a superstar we’d never forgive ourselves

or Zac McCarthy

 

[Pistol Night]

Would anyone offer up the rights to a Josh Daicos first born son for Rowell?

Can we give them 2 x Brown brothers instead? Seems a stronger deal with 2 players for them

 

[unplugged]

Would anyone offer up the rights to a Josh Daicos first born son for Rowell?

Yes

But only if we could organise an arranged marriage between the Daicos daughter and Rowelly

 

[Pistol Night]

Yes

But only if we could organise an arranged marriage between the Daicos daughter and Rowelly

Jeepers. She would have to be one of those “He’s got a great personality” type girls

 

[JuniorB]

He is a Very Good Mark around the Ground and has taken some big Marks up forward as well.

Smit is the one that has some Worry. Been Average in the Ruck this season and looks lost around the Ground at VFL Level

Smit is 19 FFS!

 

[TradeDraft]

Smit is 19 FFS!

Steene is only 20 FFS

 

[nahnah]

Steene is only 20 FFS

Steene is almost 22

 

[Pistol Night]

Steene is almost 22

Steene is 21 FFS

 

[JuniorB]

Steene is only 20 FFS

Oscar is almost 2 years older - he's 21

 

[Jen2310]

Oscar is almost 2 years older - he's 21

He also lost a whole year of development tbf. I'd have some patience.

 

[Pistol Night]

He also lost a whole year of development tbf. I'd have some patience.

I’m struggling to remember any ruckman that was anywhere near ready at 21-22. Gawn, English, Grundy, Xerri etc, etc all really took 4 years plus to be consistent performers. The old fellas are way too cunning at the craft

 

[TradeDraft]

Steene is 21 FFS

Well he still has looked lot better then Smit in 2025

I am not the 1st Person on here to say Smit could leave at seasons end

 

[nahnah]

I’m struggling to remember any ruckman that was anywhere near ready at 21-22. Gawn, English, Grundy, Xerri etc, etc all really took 4 years plus to be consistent performers. The old fellas are way too cunning at the craft

He got dominated by a 19 year old Lachlan Smith 2 weeks ago though

 

[Jen2310]

I’m struggling to remember any ruckman that was anywhere near ready at 21-22. Gawn, English, Grundy, Xerri etc, etc all really took 4 years plus to be consistent performers. The old fellas are way too cunning at the craft

For sure. Most rucks, especially ones that were drafted or put on a list as skinny 19 year olds take time. Unable to play last year didn't help, but he's a but stronger now and is starting to have some influence in games.
Another 12-18 months with more time bulking up will help. Get him to 23-24.

 

[Pistol Night]

He got dominated by a 19 year old Lachlan Smith 2 weeks ago though

I don’t watch enough VFL to be able to counter this bit hopefully he makes the step up. He looked really promising from what I saw early on. A promising apprentice to DC is something we really need in the works

 

[manicpie]

He also lost a whole year of development tbf. I'd have some patience.

He was terrific last game.

 

[nahnah]

I don’t watch enough VFL to be able to counter this bit hopefully he makes the step up. He looked really promising from that I saw early on. A promising apprentice to DC is something we really need in the works

I agree with this, I think Smit deserves more time, I am not sold on Steene and think he will need to show big improvement over the next few months to stay. I think we need another one with real promise. Maybe the NGA guy will be that

 

[Jen2310]

He was terrific last game.

He's had a few good games recently. Getting more of the ball, clearances. If he kicked those two goals last week, it would have been a perfect game.

 

[Dtennent94]

Ed Richards

20

Ed Richards

Age

26

Ht

188cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.4

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.4

4star

CL

0.7

3star

D

11.3

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

5.3

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

2.5

3star

CL

1.1

3star

D

14.6

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

4.8

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.2

2star

must be devastated that we turned him down.

 

[Apex36]

Would anyone offer up the rights to a Josh Daicos first born son for Rowell?

Reported for hate speech

 

[Pencil case]

Ed Richards must be devastated that we turned him down.

#1 rated player in the comp this year based on AFL ratings and champion data, I think he’ll survive

 

[nahnah]

some players just seem to prefer to play at grounds like Ballarat over the MCG, not Bailey Smith

3

Bailey Smith

Age

25

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

though, he prefers to play on a cows paddock