2026 Trade / FA Thread

[Bussie]

Gees I can't stand the journos talking absolute shit about every single team and their drafts/trade potentials/contracts...I accept they have to keep busy, but boy oh boy George, they ramble and speculate well beyond their wisdom. ND is OOC in 2029, give it a rest!

 

[JLC]

Well he is played when available lol

 

[larrikan]

Are there any players on the list we could trade out for draft capital? Developing players to play but also looking to capitalise on opportunities. It seems to me other than our obvious best players, we seem to have a list of role players that are not needed in other teams.

Our list build is interesting

 

[JLC]

Are there any players on the list we could trade out for draft capital? Developing players to play but also looking to capitalise on opportunities. It seems to me other than our obvious best players, we seem to have a list of role players that are not needed in other teams.

Our list build is interesting

If you mean our list in general as opposed to a specific list that someone has released?

My list for various reasons would include

De Goey
Long
McStay
McCreery
Bobby Hill
Lipinski
Crisp

Some of these are more get rid of to clear cap space. Others are about trade capital.

Beau is the one that would attract most interest.

There are others I could add but don't want to melt down the board

 

[larrikan]

If you mean our list in general as opposed to a specific list that someone has released?

My list for various reasons would include

De Goey
Long
McStay
McCreery
Bobby Hill
Lipinski
Crisp

Some of these are more get rid of to clear cap space. Others are about trade capital.

Beau is the one that would attract most interest.

There are others I could add but don't want to melt down the board

Clearing cap space has a natural progression about it but trade capital to improve the list is interesting. It seems like players we have traded recently gave us unders for various reasons.

Do we reward role players for their loyalty or do we trade them to grow? We have players that may get us late 2nd or 3rd rounders. Yet we have been a top four team recently. We are a team built of role players and that says a lot.

Alternatively we have to give up a lot to bring in players that make us better. We seem to pay overs compared to say Geelong.

I’d like to see some balance with list management.

 

[Fruit]

Do we need to free up a list spot to take anyone in the mid season draft? If so, would another tall defender be our priority?

 

[sr36]

Do we need to free up a list spot to take anyone in the mid season draft? If so, would another tall defender be our priority?

I think we'd be mad to narrow the field of prospects down by just looking at one player type.

Beyond this year, what do we need?

Mid - yes
KPD - yes
KPF - yes
Flankers - yes

 

[manicpie]

Do we need to free up a list spot to take anyone in the mid season draft? If so, would another tall defender be our priority?

Yes we do. We don't have a spare spot unfortunately

 

[Apex36]

Cal really is a bit of a loser these days. Way too much exposure for a draft nerd

He’s the same as every other flog in the afl media. Nobody knows how to stay in their lane anymore

 

[stormskye]

I think we'd be mad to narrow the field of prospects down by just looking at one player type.

Beyond this year, what do we need?

Mid - yes
KPD - yes
KPF - yes
Flankers - yes

Agree. The MSD isn’t deep enough to be picky with positions. Take whatever’s best available