2026 Trade / FA Thread

[manicpie]

Agreed

Both would come for free. Add Walter and we're back in the game

 

[AmericanMustard]

IF Jed Walter decides to move it won't be for a bundle of second round picks, and when that doesn't happen you can then admit defeat, will bookmark for future reference.

A underwhelming draftee has their most value on draft night.

Walter would be a pick in the early 20s, maybe high teens at most. An out of contract draftee is not going from pick 2 to multiple firsts two years later under any circumstance without showing anything of substance

 

[gouki88]

Don't go policing people on how to voice their opinions. If you don't like it , you either disagree politely or just ignore.

Don't have to become a condescending ass and drag it out.

No one here is the wiser about how these things play out, but it won't stop us from speculating on an online public forum for fans.

So get off your high horse and move on.

That ship sailed long ago

 

[GreekLunatic]

I’d go after Toby and Neale also we should chase riccardi from gws

 

[gouki88]

Both would come for free. Add Walter and we're back in the game

Toby & Neale would be an incredible push for next year. Go full mercenary

 

[GreekLunatic]

Toby & Neale would be an incredible push for next year. Go full mercenary

Could u imagine how much hate we would cop lol love it

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Could u imagine how much hate we would cop lol love it

Toby was already close to the most hated player in the league, LOL.

 

[GreekLunatic]

Toby was already close to the most hated player in the league, LOL.

He will be hated More if it happens

 

[Go Woods]

Terrible news for Jamie, last thing we needed and more importantly for him.
He'll be back.
JDG needs to play the Jamie role.

 

[satty]

Terrible news for Jamie, last thing we needed and more importantly for him.
He'll be back.
JDG needs to play the Jamie role.

We don't have midfielders

 

[Soups]

You’d have to ask the question about Greene now Jamie has gone down. Straight into his general fwd role.

 

[gouki88]

You’d have to ask the question about Greene now Jamie has gone down. Straight into his general fwd role.

Jeez that'd be some pivot. Both guns, but going from a universally liked and respected player to one of the biggest villains in footy. I'd love to get Toby down. Imagine if Elliott teamed up with him in the back half of 2027

 

[TradeDraft]

Terrible news for Jamie, last thing we needed and more importantly for him.
He'll be back.
JDG needs to play the Jamie role.

I highly doubt he be back as it's a 12 Month Injury and wrong side of 30

 

[gouki88]

I highly doubt he be back as it's a 12 Month Injury and wrong side of 30

He’s come back from pretty bad and bizarre things before. Wasn’t his foot falling off 2 years ago?

 

[TradeDraft]

He’s come back from pretty bad and bizarre things before. Wasn’t his foot falling off 2 years ago?

He be 34 so be up against it.

Might come back next year for a Farewell Game

 

[Go Woods]

We don't have midfielders

Got to get Jaicos in there, Jordy's impact as a mid hasn't set the world on fire, although he has had more impact over the last couple of weeks.

 

[Carlthetruth]

That ship sailed long ago

From the guy who said there was a consensus around the league Tom McGuane wasn't good enough and then the SAME DAY Cal Twomey reports clubs are looking at him for the MSD including Hawthorn, how embarrassing!!

 

[sr36]

If it's this one, hard to say how this suggests we're leading the race. One mention of us and it's alongside Essendon

Doesn't even say we're keen - "monitoring his progress."

 

[satty]

Keen to seen who will be this years Archie may.

 

[satty]

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if target players with a lot of speed .

We are such a slow side who are incredibly vulnerable when defending large space.

I predict we go for 1 ruck and 2 speedsters.

Ruck on 18 month contract, the other 2 on 6 month contracts.

 

[Vankri]

I would be super cautious on Greene and lean towards no. I didn’t watch the Giants game today but from all accounts that third quarter is an outlier.

In previous games Greene to me seems to have slowed down. He’s lost a yard of pace and he didn’t that many to begin with and is more hesitant with the ball (eg anecdotally seems to get caught HTB more frequently).

In our team that’s going to compound problems we can’t afford to worsen. We need speed. For the Cats it makes total sense. You can afford this version of Greene if you have speedsters like Holmes and Smith around him, let alone Mannagh, Humpries and others. Same deal with Ginnivan at Hawthorn.

For that half forward role we need pace or at least dynamism / explosiveness. Unless someone can guarantee the 2023 version of Bobby is coming back for the next 5 years.

And that’s not judging the age of the player on paper. Neale, I’m a 100% emphatic yes.

 

[CollingwoodBoots]

I mentioned a few weeks ago we should be all over Sam Marshall from Brisbane, will be out of contract at seasons end, pick 25 in the ‘super draft’ a couple of years ago. Has the potential of an elite mid, thought he was one of Brisbane’s best today.

Gettable has mentioned he’s highly likely to come back to Victoria after this season.

 

[Thinking Magpie]

If we are going to take 2, 3 or 4 players in the mid season draft, then we will need to address some serious list questions as the injured players would all appear to be part of our best 25, are under contract and would be part of our future going forward.

If we do take 3+ players, do we still need 3 vacant list positions to take to the 2027 draft? If this is the case and we selected 3 players for the MSD, then we would need to make at least 6 list changes by the end of the year. The players who IMO are most vulnerable would include:

1. Tew Jiath
2. Lido Smit
3. Jakob Ryan
4. Tim Membrey
5. Lachlan Sullivan
6. Harry Demetria (may need to be paid out to release him from the additional year - is this even possible?)

We also have a couple of senior guys who must be weighing up 2027 and I can imagine these two will like to go on if their form and body are both meeting what is required of an AFL player. Our list experience might also influence the roles these guys might play from both a club and player perspective. They include:

7. Jeremy Howe

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Jeremy Howe

Age

35

Ht

190cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.7

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

2.1

4star

MG

318.1

4star

D

21.5

5star

K

16.5

5star

HB

5.0

3star

M

6.5

5star

T

2.0

3star

MG

433.3

5star

D

15.2

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

6.8

5star

T

1.6

4star

8. Steel Sidebottom

These decisions will then influence any other trades we want or need to take during the 2027 trade period and 2027 draft.

Interesting times ahead....

 

[35Daicos]

If we are going to take 2, 3 or 4 players in the mid season draft, then we will need to address some serious list questions as the injured players would all appear to be part of our best 25, are under contract and would be part of our future going forward.

If we do take 3+ players, do we still need 3 vacant list positions to take to the 2027 draft? If this is the case and we selected 3 players for the MSD, then we would need to make at least 6 list changes by the end of the year. The players who IMO are most vulnerable would include:

1. Tew Jiath
2. Lido Smit
3. Jakob Ryan
4. Tim Membrey
5. Lachlan Sullivan
6. Harry Demetria (may need to be paid out to release him from the additional year - is this even possible?)

We also have a couple of senior guys who must be weighing up 2027 and I can imagine these two will like to go on if their form and body are both meeting what is required of an AFL player. Our list experience might also influence the roles these guys might play from both a club and player perspective. They include:

7. Jeremy Howe
8. Steel Sidebottom

These decisions will then influence any other trades we want or need to take during the 2027 trade period and 2027 draft.

Interesting times ahead....

Jiath, like DeMattia, is under contract until the end of 2027. Two rather lucky lads, I'd say!

 

[sr36]

I mentioned a few weeks ago we should be all over Sam Marshall from Brisbane, will be out of contract at seasons end, pick 25 in the ‘super draft’ a couple of years ago. Has the potential of an elite mid, thought he was one of Brisbane’s best today.

Gettable has mentioned he’s highly likely to come back to Victoria after this season.

He was Brisbane acadmey - don't think it would be back to Victoria?