List Mgmt. 2026 Draft and Trade Thread

[Kbroome]

Yep who knows but comfortable with the call. It’s not so much Curnow but think how effective Amartey has been as the second tall

Its also remarkably easy to develop/draft a playable on baller for our needs whereas there are really only like 10 guys in the country that could have the impact that Curnow has and only like 2 of them were gettable

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Its also remarkably easy to develop/draft a playable on baller for our needs whereas there are really only like 10 guys in the country that could have the impact that Curnow has and only like 2 of them were gettable

Pretty much and let’s be real the only “asset” we missed was maybe the first this year in a year we are contending so it’s not as if it’s gunna be top 5. Next years is just a slide. We easily got our targets last year without our first rounder.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Yes. True enough.

In any event, Petracca is 30. Who knows when the slide / injuries will happen.

Yep and has already had a month off this year with injury. Look he’s a gun but is he lasting 3 years?

 

[bedford]

It was GWR that told Mellis to put his name up and then passed !

 

[Adnico26Parker]

It was GWR that told Mellis to put his name up and then passed !

Absolute jerks

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

It was GWR that told Mellis to put his name up and then passed !

That is absolute shitehouse

 

[Wheresbuddy]

It was GWR that told Mellis to put his name up and then passed !

Why would they do that? They're flushed with small forward / mids.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

It was GWR that told Mellis to put his name up and then passed !

Only thing I can think is a few of those smalls played well last week

Surprised they wanted a small forward thiugh

 

[GoTheSwannies]

We wouldn’t have got Curnow and we needed him way more

I'd argue that Petracca was a greater need. Our midfield has gotten pantsed on numerous occasions (in past GFs and against Geelong this year). Petracca would certainly have helped with that.

Having Petracca & Heeney rotating through the forward line and both going to the middle when needed would have been a sight to see.

I was hoping swans were secretly working on securing Petracca's services. But I guess they chose to put their eggs in the Curnow basket. Which in itself is a good signing, I just think Petracca would have been the better signing and I would have happily shipped Warner off to make it happen.

 

[melbournehammer]

I'd argue that Petracca was a greater need. Our midfield has gotten pantsed on numerous occasions (in past GFs and against Geelong this year). Petracca would certainly have helped with that.

Having Petracca & Heeney rotating through the forward line and both going to the middle when needed would have been a sight to see.

I was hoping swans were secretly working on securing Petracca's services. But I guess they chose to put their eggs in the Curnow basket. Which in itself is a good signing, I just think Petracca would have been the better signing and I would have happily shipped Warner off to make it happen.

i agree with every aspect of this other than the warner reference. its our midfield that needs bolstering and it has been obviously the case in every major match including both the 2022 and 2024 gfs. if you spend your entire match against the better sides with the ball beginning on your half back line youve got to get the ball going 2/3 of the ground while your opponent only needs one third.

Curnow may prove to be an inspired signing but i would have personally prioritised either oliver or petracca ahead of curnow in relation to what our team needs.

But i cant change the past and im not important enough to have influenced the decision when it counted so go swans and i still hope curnow will kick 250 goals for us over his career