List Mgmt. 2025 Trade/FA Thread

[Peters_Nuts]

Wilkie is a player I’d happily pay overs for.

 

[granniewolf]

The biggest hit though was to finances and there’s no way we sign Grundy for more than about 700, so he probably takes a shorter deal until the worst passed.

But whilst we complain about his deal, at the end of the day if we hadn’t signed him on a ridiculous deal, Fly may not have cut him and we definitely don’t win the flag if he’s still there.

His form has been fantastic this year, he's playing his best this year.
He's out this week, I think he was concussed.
Big shame as I was hoping Sydney might take out Geelong this week.

 

[Jen2310]

Cal Wilkie is a spectacular player and very likely the next captain at St Kilda as soon as next year.
How would he feel about TDK coming in on double his salary?
Someone with knowledge of his opinions this week suggested “bemused” would be the right way to categorise his feelings.
Wilkie has two years left on his deal and is clearly going nowhere.

Even though a rival club recently told him to name his price if he would consider leaving.

He will have to swallow his pride – and hopefully secure an off-season extension – but GWS defender Leek Aleer coming in on very similar money (four years, $750,000 a season) might not ease the pain.

Not when in six completed seasons Wilkie’s best and fairest finishes read 7th, 6th, 4th, 2nd, 2nd and first and he has not missed a game since debuting.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/wreck-it-ralph-pull-and-push-of-list-management-where-everyone-knows-what-the-stars-are-paid/news-story/f94dd1c287adfd7b6aafba1673db05b2

 

[BillyElliott]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/wreck-it-ralph-pull-and-push-of-list-management-where-everyone-knows-what-the-stars-are-paid/news-story/f94dd1c287adfd7b6aafba1673db05b2

Haha, looks like they've moved onto Saints players getting antsy over other player contracts

 

[Jen2310]

Haha, looks like they've moved onto Saints players getting antsy over other player contracts

ralphy lol

 

[Peters_Nuts]

Probably all made up but would hope we call Windhager too

 

[Exambolor]

Probably all made up but would hope we call Windhager too

Wilkie and Windy would be the most likely to stay, Steele and RoMa would 100% be considering their options

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Probably all made up but would hope we call Windhager too

Obviously I’d be expecting us to make calls on every single player in that list

But after all the muckraking that was just done on our club that turned out to be bullshit, I’m inclined to believe this too is bullshit

 

[HFF]

Unless via free agency only we should be prioritising balancing the list with some quality youth and keep our powder dry in terms of picks in futures.
There is very little to be moving future picks out for currently

 

[TradeDraft]

Happy with the Cameron re-signing, structurally too important, highly rated by Fly, has zero cover within the list as Cox is too far down the decline for a #1 ruck role.

That said, our job going into next year shouldn’t be to try and keep the list happy, give all our OOC players what they want and go again with a tighter salary cap. We need to make a move to sort out our midfield problem. We missed out on Rowell and we’re not getting a quality midfield partner to Nick without any sacrifice.

So turning Bobby and dare I say it Elliott into something should be on the card (as painful as it is to write because Elliott is one my all time faves). Or someone unexpected on the list that has currency. I just think we have to lose some to get some and if we’re serious we cannot go into next season with our current midfield mix.

Hill won't be leaving this Off-Season

Only Concerns of leaving at the moment is Elliot Miocheck

 

[Exambolor]

Obviously I’d be expecting us to make calls on every single player in that list

But after all the muckraking that was just done on our club that turned out to be bullshit, I’m inclined to believe this too is bullshit

It very likely is, Rucci is a bit of a laughing stock in the SA footy media, is a Port mouthpiece, so he's Kane basically if he was a washed up journalist

And how appropriate he's working on SEN SA which barely rates, so he probably has to do nonsense like this to get attention

 

[BillyElliott]

Hill won't be leaving this Off-Season

Only Concerns of leaving at the moment is Elliot Miocheck

They won't leave either.

 

[Vankri]

Hill won't be leaving this Off-Season

Only Concerns of leaving at the moment is Elliot Miocheck

We could encourage him depending on where his family situation is at and what the mysterious personal reasons are about. All I’m saying is that we need to be bolder and accept that we need more top end quality in the middle which won’t come free, at least I don’t see it in this year or next year’s realistic FA list. If I start putting names down then posters will come down if it’s one of their favourites. Let’s not forget how ruthlessly we built the list that got us the 23 flag, by design and by constraint. That’s the downside of not going to the draft as much and not building from the ground up with a bunch of kids who will stick together eventually if they’re good enough.

 

[TradeDraft]

We could encourage him depending on where his family situation is at and what the mysterious personal reasons are about. All I’m saying is that we need to be bolder and accept that we need more top end quality in the middle which won’t come free, at least I don’t see it in this year or next year’s realistic FA list. If I start putting names down then posters will come down if it’s one of their favourites. Let’s not forget how ruthlessly we built the list that got us the 23 flag, by design and by constraint. That’s the downside of not going to the draft as much and not building from the ground up with a bunch of kids who will stick together eventually if they’re good enough.

So be better for the Club to send him back to WA so we can get a Possible 1st Round Pick for him?

 

[stormskye]

So be better for the Club to send him back to WA so we can get a Possible 1st Round Pick for him?

No.

 

[Vankri]

So be better for the Club to send him back to WA so we can get a Possible 1st Round Pick for him?

If we turn that pick + a F1 or value we get somewhere else from another player into an elite midfielder then yes. The more time goes the more annoyed I am that Rowell re-signed for the 2 years meaning he’s likely to leave after that anyway. And not just at his decision, even at myself (lol) as I was huge on Rowell and when the trade talk was at its hottest on him I and many others thought maybe Long’s arrival meant Rowell was less of a need. That line of thinking isn’t looking very bright right now. Hope it didn’t have anything to do with the ultimate decision eg us cooling or not offering as much. Anyway, onto the next target.

To me this off season is a success if we get a KPD/tall defender and a top line mid to partner with Nick (and IMO eventually Pez). If we lose players in less critical areas of need for us then so be it.

 

[TradeDraft]

If we turn that pick + a F1 or value we get somewhere else from another player into an elite midfielder then yes. The more time goes the more annoyed I am that Rowell re-signed for the 2 years meaning he’s likely to leave after that anyway. And not just at his decision, even at myself (lol) as I was huge on Rowell and when the trade talk was at its hottest on him I and many others thought maybe Long’s arrival meant Rowell was less of a need. That line of thinking isn’t looking very bright right now. Hope it didn’t have anything to do with the ultimate decision eg us cooling or not offering as much. Anyway, onto the next target.

To me this off season is a success if we get a KPD/tall defender and a top line mid to partner with Nick (and IMO eventually Pez). If we lose players in less critical areas of need for us then so be it.

Should we trade some of the Older Boys IF we can get something good for them Now instead of Waiting to they Retire?

By Doing this in a Season or 2 we have to go Backwards a bit to go Forwards

 

[Vankri]

Should we trade some of the Older Boys IF we can get something good for them Now instead of Waiting to they Retire?

By Doing this in a Season or 2 we have to go Backwards a bit to go Forwards

Depends on who and position. I would hope we’re working through it in a methodical way, not just trying to find space for everyone.

 

[Exambolor]

Not so sure about that. A lot has happened that destabilised the group, in particular the partners. But lets wait and see the fallout, one off the partners in questions wont be at the pies next year.

Second time today in this thread i think that someone has brought up "Something's Happened but I can't tell anyone"

Either say what happened or don't mention it....

 

[satty]

Should we trade some of the Older Boys IF we can get something good for them Now instead of Waiting to they Retire?

By Doing this in a Season or 2 we have to go Backwards a bit to go Forwards

This is what I am hoping for, but I guess time will tell. Would love for us to really invest in the draft and bring in top end mids.
Would love to give shane o bree the chance to see what he can do at the sharp end of the draft . After all he was mentored by stephen wells.

 

[TradeDraft]

This is what I am hoping for, but I guess time will tell. Would love for us to really invest in the draft and bring in top end mids.
Would love to give shane o bree the chance to see what he can do at the sharp end of the draft . After all he was mentored by stephen wells.

I say in 1-3 Seasons we be doing that more

 

[cfc19902010]

would love Wilkie
Would be exactly what we need

 

[lones37]

would love Wilkie
Would be exactly what we need

I reckon JSOS is already done.

 

[cfc19902010]

I reckon JSOS is already done.

Both

 

[satty]

I say in 1-3 Seasons we be doing that more

Would rather us not wait that long.