List Mgmt. 2026 List Management

Tonga Bob · 2026-01-07T13:07:36+1100

Time to talk list management for this year (2026).

This was the list management talk for last year (2025):

List Mgmt. - 2025 List Management

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Taylor · 2026-01-07T13:40:30+1100

Currently Out of Contract Players - End of 2026:

Sam Sturt (FA)
Jaeger O'Meara
Hugh Davies
Leon Kickett (R)
Oscar McDonald (UFA)
Charlie Nicholls
Toby Whan (R)
Nathan O'Driscoll
Ollie Murphy
Corey Wagner (UFA)
Jaren Carr
Sam Switkowski (FA)
Ryda Luke (R)
Bailey Banfield
Aiden Riddle (R)
Isiah Dudley (R)
Matthew Johnson

Freo Shark · 2026-01-07T14:30:50+1100

Do we know the fate of the two train-on players yet?

ignoramus · 2026-01-07T15:28:32+1100

Taylor said:
Currently Out of Contract Players - End of 2026:

Sam Sturt (FA)
Jaeger O'Meara
Hugh Davies
Leon Kickett (R)
Oscar McDonald (UFA)
Charlie Nicholls
Toby Whan (R)
Nathan O'Driscoll
Ollie Murphy
Corey Wagner (UFA)
Jaren Carr
Sam Switkowski (FA)
Ryda Luke (R)
Bailey Banfield
Aiden Riddle (R)
Isiah Dudley (R)
Matthew Johnson

List management have done well to have so few priority signings / trade targets on that list.

Docker82 · 2026-01-07T15:34:23+1100

Freo Shark said:
Do we know the fate of the two train-on players yet?

Train on stints have been extended past the new year.

Outside of that no.

theGav56 · 2026-01-07T15:38:45+1100

ignoramus said:
List management have done well to have so few priority signings / trade targets on that list.

Yes they have.

Interesting that we have 5 talls there.

Wouldn't mind re-signing them all,l: wouldn't be a disaster if they were let go of.

King Huskii · 2026-01-07T16:01:16+1100

Taylor said:
Currently Out of Contract Players - End of 2026:

Sam Sturt (FA)
Jaeger O'Meara
Hugh Davies
Leon Kickett (R)
Oscar McDonald (UFA)
Charlie Nicholls
Toby Whan (R)
Nathan O'Driscoll
Ollie Murphy
Corey Wagner (UFA)
Jaren Carr
Sam Switkowski (FA)
Ryda Luke (R)
Bailey Banfield
Aiden Riddle (R)
Isiah Dudley (R)
Matthew Johnson

A few delistings needed to go to the draft this year.

Possibly 4

O'Meara Davies Murphy and Banfield need to have a big year.

Sherriff Incorporated · 2026-01-07T16:26:45+1100

Taylor said:
Currently Out of Contract Players - End of 2026:

Sam Sturt (FA)
Jaeger O'Meara
Hugh Davies
Leon Kickett (R)
Oscar McDonald (UFA)
Charlie Nicholls
Toby Whan (R)
Nathan O'Driscoll
Ollie Murphy
Corey Wagner (UFA)
Jaren Carr
Sam Switkowski (FA)
Ryda Luke (R)
Bailey Banfield
Aiden Riddle (R)
Isiah Dudley (R)
Matthew Johnson

Wagner will be considered a key resigning by Round 4 is my prediction. Looks set for a big year.

_007_ · 2026-01-07T16:28:03+1100

Sam Sturt (FA) - Delist
Jaeger O'Meara - Delist
Hugh Davies - Delist
Leon Kickett (R) - Retain
Oscar McDonald (UFA) - Delist
Charlie Nicholls - Retain
Toby Whan (R) - Retain
Nathan O'Driscoll - Delist
Ollie Murphy - Delist
Corey Wagner (UFA) - Retain
Jaren Carr - Delist
Sam Switkowski (FA) - Retain
Ryda Luke (R) - Retain
Bailey Banfield - Delist
Aiden Riddle (R) - Delist
Isiah Dudley (R) - Delist
Matthew Johnson - Retain

There ya go Wallsy saved you some stress.

Sherriff Incorporated · 2026-01-07T16:30:50+1100

_007_ said:
Sam Sturt (FA) - Delist
Jaeger O'Meara - Delist
Hugh Davies - Delist
Leon Kickett (R) - Retain
Oscar McDonald (UFA) - Delist
Charlie Nicholls - Retain
Toby Whan (R) - Retain
Nathan O'Driscoll - Delist
Ollie Murphy - Delist
Corey Wagner (UFA) - Retain
Jaren Carr - Delist
Sam Switkowski (FA) - Retain
Ryda Luke (R) - Retain
Bailey Banfield - Delist
Aiden Riddle (R) - Delist
Isiah Dudley (R) - Delist
Matthew Johnson - Retain

There ya go Wallsy saved you some stress.

Dudley's not getting delisted. Looking terrific so far this preseason. I think he'll be promoted to the main list. Riddle shown enough promise to stay too.

_007_ · 2026-01-07T16:32:15+1100

Sherriff Incorporated said:
Dudley's not getting delisted. Looking terrific so far this preseason.

Sorry mate, I have spoken.

King Huskii · 2026-01-07T16:32:42+1100

_007_ said:
Sam Sturt (FA) - Delist
Jaeger O'Meara - Delist
Hugh Davies - Delist
Leon Kickett (R) - Retain
Oscar McDonald (UFA) - Delist
Charlie Nicholls - Retain
Toby Whan (R) - Retain
Nathan O'Driscoll - Delist
Ollie Murphy - Delist
Corey Wagner (UFA) - Retain
Jaren Carr - Delist
Sam Switkowski (FA) - Retain
Ryda Luke (R) - Retain
Bailey Banfield - Delist
Aiden Riddle (R) - Delist
Isiah Dudley (R) - Delist
Matthew Johnson - Retain

There ya go Wallsy saved you some stress.

I would like to see how Riddle goes

Raz · 2026-01-07T16:36:41+1100

So glad the club can rely on the experts here .

Go freo !

DocT · 2026-01-07T19:01:37+1100

_007_ said:
Sam Sturt (FA) - Delist
Jaeger O'Meara - Delist
Hugh Davies - Delist
Leon Kickett (R) - Retain
Oscar McDonald (UFA) - Delist
Charlie Nicholls - Retain
Toby Whan (R) - Retain
Nathan O'Driscoll - Delist
Ollie Murphy - Delist
Corey Wagner (UFA) - Retain
Jaren Carr - Delist
Sam Switkowski (FA) - Retain
Ryda Luke (R) - Retain
Bailey Banfield - Delist
Aiden Riddle (R) - Delist
Isiah Dudley (R) - Delist
Matthew Johnson - Retain

There ya go Wallsy saved you some stress.

pK75 · 2026-01-07T20:46:58+1100

_007_ said:
Sam Sturt (FA) - Delist
Jaeger O'Meara - Delist
Hugh Davies - Delist
Leon Kickett (R) - Retain
Oscar McDonald (UFA) - Delist
Charlie Nicholls - Retain
Toby Whan (R) - Retain
Nathan O'Driscoll - Delist
Ollie Murphy - Delist
Corey Wagner (UFA) - Retain
Jaren Carr - Delist
Sam Switkowski (FA) - Retain
Ryda Luke (R) - Retain
Bailey Banfield - Delist
Aiden Riddle (R) - Delist
Isiah Dudley (R) - Delist
Matthew Johnson - Retain

There ya go Wallsy saved you some stress.

It does make negotiations a lot easier when their managers come knocking for more $$$, Look mate you should just be happy with the base salary on offer, _007_ has your man penciled in as a “delist”

Barnabus · 2026-01-07T20:52:52+1100

_007_ said:
Sam Sturt (FA) - Delist
Jaeger O'Meara - Delist
Hugh Davies - Delist
Leon Kickett (R) - Retain
Oscar McDonald (UFA) - Delist
Charlie Nicholls - Retain
Toby Whan (R) - Retain
Nathan O'Driscoll - Delist
Ollie Murphy - Delist
Corey Wagner (UFA) - Retain
Jaren Carr - Delist
Sam Switkowski (FA) - Retain
Ryda Luke (R) - Retain
Bailey Banfield - Delist
Aiden Riddle (R) - Delist
Isiah Dudley (R) - Delist
Matthew Johnson - Retain

There ya go Wallsy saved you some stress.

Why is Essendon's list management team on Freo's big footy?

King Huskii · 2026-01-07T21:03:48+1100

Raz said:
So glad the club can rely on the experts here .

Go freo !

You're one of those everyone is awesome guys

CapitalA · 2026-01-07T22:01:04+1100

Barnabus said:
Why is Essendon's list management team on Freo's big footy?

Because we yoinked their best nga kid

Paracleet · 2026-01-07T22:31:08+1100

CapitalA said:
Because we yoinked their best nga kid

Yoink?!

Midnite65 · 2026-01-08T00:50:21+1100

_007_ said:
Sam Sturt (FA) - Delist
Jaeger O'Meara - Delist
Hugh Davies - Delist
Leon Kickett (R) - Retain
Oscar McDonald (UFA) - Delist
Charlie Nicholls - Retain
Toby Whan (R) - Retain
Nathan O'Driscoll - Delist
Ollie Murphy - Delist
Corey Wagner (UFA) - Retain
Jaren Carr - Delist
Sam Switkowski (FA) - Retain
Ryda Luke (R) - Retain
Bailey Banfield - Delist
Aiden Riddle (R) - Delist
Isiah Dudley (R) - Delist
Matthew Johnson - Retain

There ya go Wallsy saved you some stress.

Banfield won't be delisted.

Stevooo3940 · 2026-01-08T09:56:45+1100

One of McDonald, Davies and Murphy stay. Something about having McDonald as back up and a bit of a plug and play forward and back puts me at ease. I hope the other two come on and therefore make McDonald irrelevant.

Also, Dudley and NOD aint going nowhere. The rest I'm not fussed with.

Deathly · 2026-01-08T10:05:52+1100

Stevooo3940 said:
One of McDonald, Davies and Murphy stay. Something about having McDonald as back up and a bit of a plug and play forward and back puts me at ease. I hope the other two come on and therefore make McDonald irrelevant.

Also, Dudley and NOD aint going nowhere. The rest I'm not fussed with.

Why is NOD safe?

He needs to seriously improve his game.

Outside of a few flukey goals in his first string of games what of a consistent note has he actually done and provided at AFL level?

He should have taken the PA offer.

Taylor · 2026-01-08T10:13:16+1100

O'Driscoll looks a million bucks in preseason prior to an interruption, then takes until the off season to regain that momentum.

Docker82 · 2026-01-08T10:49:11+1100

Think we'll only delist 4-5 including retirements if we have a half decent year tbh.

There's obviously a lot more candidates than that at this time of year but let's just see how the season plays out.

Think this is the year we trim our KPD stocks. Hopefully Draper shows enough that we don’t really need McDonald anymore. Reckon they keep whoever is seen to have the highest ceiling out of Davies and Murphy.

Players in and around the best 30-odd will likely be kept if possible if we're competing. Especially if they're still in their 20s.

ImperialPurple · 2026-01-08T13:30:05+1100

Wags, Johnson and Switta should be the priorities. And Serong. He should be #1 priority. Give him the Hayden Young contract treatment.

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