List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 2

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Harley Reid extends to 2028

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List Changes - 2025

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• Oscar Allen advises intention to explore Free Agency
• Jayden Hunt announces retirement
• Jack Petruccelle
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  Jack Petruccelle

  Age

  27

  Ht

  188cm

  Wt

  83kg

  Pos.

  Fwd

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  9.2

  2star

  K

  6.2

  2star

  HB

  3.0

  3star

  M

  3.0

  3star

  T

  1.8

  4star

  G

  1.0

  4star

  D

  6.7

  1star

  K

  4.0

  1star

  HB

  2.7

  2star

  M

  1.7

  2star

  T

  1.3

  2star

  G

  0.7

  4star

  D

  7.8

  2star

  K

  4.6

  2star

  HB

  3.2

  3star

  M

  2.8

  3star

  T

  1.6

  4star

  G

  0.6

  3star

  , Callum Jamieson and Loch Rawlinson not offered new contracts
• Liam Ryan has requested a trade to St Kilda but is contracted for 2026
• Campbell Chesser (uncontracted) has requested a trade to Carlton
• List would be 37 (31 main, 4 rookie, 2 Cat B)

Players out of Contract 2025 (5)

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• Oscar Allen (19/3/99) - Signed a 3 year extension (2023-25) on an existing contract due to expire 2022 in May 2021
• Campbell Chesser (27/4/03) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) on an existing contract due to expire 2023 in May 2022
• Jamie Cripps (23/4/92) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) in August 2023
• (R-B) Coen Livingstone (25/5/05) - Signed a 1 year extension (2025) in September 2024
• (R-B) Malakai Champion (17/5/06) - Automatic 1 year contract (2025) when added as a Cat B Rookie in November 2024

Provisional 2025 Draft order

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Key Offseason Dates

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Fri Oct 3 - Fri Oct 10: 2025 Free Agency Period
Mon Oct 6 - Wed Oct 15: 2025 AFL Trade Period
Wed Nov 19 - Thu Nov 20: 2025 AFL Draft

 

[FDH16]

Owies not being able to kick over 45 metres as a small forward with no craft, no real speed is simply incredible.

 

[Barrybran]

It’s not shitting on Cripps to say the worst team in the competition by a mile shouldn’t be recontracting a player who will turn 34 in April at the expense of a player who’s finally showing something that turns 23 on the same day.

Run Brockman, Long, Champion etc through that position and decide if they get another contract. Williams and even Walley might also need a run through there.

If we draft properly there will also be a postion on a HFF for players like Sharp and Cumming as well as Hewett, Harley, Davis and Graham rotating through there.

I'm not sure who you're referring to as the 23 year old.

Brockman is best 23 now. I don't think there is any question around that.

I would like to see more of Long but there's a reason why Mini hasn't played him.

Champion, Williams and Walley are going to be small and raw. We've had games this year where we've literally played the kids and we got beaten badly. Not just on the scoreboard but in the contest. Mini has clearly avoided playing too many kids beyond a certain point this season. I don't see him going back to that well to be honest. If anything, I see us trying to bring more senior players in and allowing these kids time to physically develop.

We've tried Hutchinson, Gross, Dewar and Davis through there as well. None of them have stuck, though all have shown something at AFL level.

Your last comment is where I see us going. Bringing in that Sharp/Cumming type with a view to rotating them through for Harley and Hewett. That gives us a better player in the forward line to work with the likes of Brockman and, if he stays, Ryan. It's why I also see Baker down forward eventually. We have a good number of defenders and are eyeing more off, both in the draft with Duursma, and through trade and free agency, with Starcevich and McVee.

 

[twce13]

Owies not being able to kick over 45 metres as a small forward with no craft, no real speed is simply incredible.

He’s the gift that keeps on giving

 

[FDH16]

Stop shitting on Cripps. The only thing he's guilty of is being better than the spuds that were supposed to make him redundant. He's slowing down but he's still one of our better and more reliable forwards. Brockman is literally the only small forward guaranteed to be on the list next year that is performing better than Cripps.

Cripps is now completely redundant as a footballer at AFL level.

 

[Barrybran]

Cripps is now completely redundant as a footballer at AFL level.

Welcome to the board. Would you like Matt Owies? You can have him for free.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Who are we replacing each with who are going to do a better job next year and into the future? Don't forget we also need to improve our depth in case of injury.

All 3 have no future. I can rattle of 200 players who would be more worthy of a deal. Find one of them in reality...

 

[FDH16]

Welcome to the board. Would you like Matt Owies? You can have him for free.

I would genuinely pay good money, to never have to see him in the AFL, for any side, ever again.

It is incredible that he's on a list, let alone playing each week.

 

[Cornelius Roy]

I would genuinely pay good money, to never have to see him in the AFL, for any side, ever again.

It is incredible that he's on a list, let alone playing each week.

Excuse your intrusion sir but that was the crown jewel of our 2024 offseason mega trade thankyou very much.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Neither Cripps nor Owies should be on the list next year, yet you'd bet your house that they're both in our Round 1 side for next year. Disturbing.

 

[Smotie2]

Owies not being able to kick over 45 metres as a small forward with no craft, no real speed is simply incredible.

Carlton were laughing and celebrating when we took him.

 

[eaglevision]

I'm not sure who you're referring to as the 23 year old.

Mini has clearly avoided playing too many kids beyond a certain point this season. I don't see him going back to that well to be honest. If anything, I see us trying to bring more senior players in and allowing these kids time to physically develop.

We've tried Hutchinson, Gross, Dewar and Davis through there as well. None of them have stuck, though all have shown something at AFL level.

Your last comment is where I see us going. Bringing in that Sharp/Cumming type with a view to rotating them through for Harley and Hewett. That gives us a better player in the forward line to work with the likes of Brockman and, if he stays, Ryan. It's why I also see Baker down forward eventually. We have a good number of defenders and are eyeing more off, both in the draft with Duursma, and through trade and free agency, with Starcevich and McVee.

The player is Chesser.

We can bring senior players in sure but at what cost? Sugar hit for a few extra wins? What are we trying to achieve here?

Out of the four you’ve mentioned, Gross is the only one I see as regular B22 moving forwards, the rest are likely to be fringe at best so I do take your point that blokes haven’t stepped up for that role.

Sharp and Hewett are likely to start on HFFs with a starting midfield of Harley, Graham and Yeo. I’d love to have Cumming in the squad too.

I honestly don’t think we’ll get any trades done other than Davies if we’re lucky.

The rest would be DFAs or geriatric UFAs, of which only Blight and Knobel are players I’d want on the list at this point.

I do agree with you about players like Baker being pushed forward.

 

[UseR2006]

with Crippa, i suspect the club thought this year would be his last but Owies has completely shat the bed so the club is probably just giving him the extra year, both on form and in case Owies continues to crap the bed in year 2.

 

[Barrybran]

The player is Chesser.

We can bring senior players in sure but at what cost? Sugar hit for a few extra wins? What are we trying to achieve here?

Out of the four you’ve mentioned, Gross is the only one I see as regular B22 moving forwards, the rest are likely to be fringe at best so I do take your point that blokes haven’t stepped up for that role.

Sharp and Hewett are likely to start on HFFs with a starting midfield of Harley, Graham and Yeo. I’d love to have Cumming in the squad too.

I honestly don’t think we’ll get any trades done other than Davies if we’re lucky.

The rest would be DFAs or geriatric UFAs, of which only Blight and Knobel are players I’d want on the list at this point.

I do agree with you about players like Baker being pushed forward.

Chesser isn't playing forward. His contract situation is independent of Cripps and even Cole.

We're getting beaten up around the ball. The idea behind bringing senior bodies in is to help the kids. Harley is the #1 mid when he'd be #3 or #4 in a mature midfield. Hewett is playing predominantly midfield where he'd be playing predominantly forward rotating through the midfield in a team with a mature midfield. Bring senior bodies into the middle, kids spill into the forward and defensive lines, less ready kids spill into WAFL.

 

[eaglevision]

Chesser isn't playing forward. His contract situation is independent of Cripps and even Cole.

We're getting beaten up around the ball. The idea behind bringing senior bodies in is to help the kids. Harley is the #1 mid when he'd be #3 or #4 in a mature midfield. Hewett is playing predominantly midfield where he'd be playing predominantly forward rotating through the midfield in a team with a mature midfield. Bring senior bodies into the middle, kids spill into the forward and defensive lines, less ready kids spill into WAFL.

He isn’t but list spots matter. We have a pipeline of forwards coming through our NGA, I wouldn’t bat an eyelid with we delisted Cripps and Blowies then traded Ryan. Got it covered.

The bigger bodies are fine but who are you talking about bringing in that puts Harley back to #3 or #4?

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

with Crippa, i suspect the club thought this year would be his last but Owies has completely shat the bed so the club is probably just giving him the extra year, both on form and in case Owies continues to crap the bed in year 2.

Cripps could be a floating head in a jar and still get a new deal. He got a boys club extension

 

[bombard]

Cripps could be a floating head in a jar and still get a new deal. He got a boys club extension

lol



(Nothing against Crippa, just love the image)

 

[chaddy22]

I would genuinely pay good money, to never have to see him in the AFL, for any side, ever again.

It is incredible that he's on a list, let alone playing each week.

How is Will Brodie going by the way

 

[txbyhull]

Just a couple players, not necessarily organised into realistic or not.

Billy Dowling - MID/FWD (187cm, 2026)
Zane Zakostelsky - KPP/RUCK (196cm, 2026)
Wade Derksen - KPD (197(?)cm, 2025)
Jacob Blight - KPD (196cm, 2025)
Max Knobel - RUCK (206cm, 2025)
Max Heath - RUCK/KPF (204cm, 2025)
Zac Taylor - FWD/MID (180cm, 2025)
Liam Reidy - RUCK (204cm, 2025)
Alex Davies - MID (191cm, 2026)
Judd McVee - DEF (185cm, 2025)
Sam Berry - MID (181cm, 2026)
Will Brodie

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Will Brodie

Age

27

Ht

190cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.0

5star

K

8.2

3star

HB

10.8

5star

M

3.1

3star

T

4.9

5star

CL

4.1

5star

D

14.0

3star

K

4.0

1star

HB

10.0

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.0

2star

CL

3.0

4star

D

13.8

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

5.4

5star

CL

2.8

5star

- MID (190cm, 2026)
Ned Reeves - RUCK (210cm, 2026)
Darcy Wilson - MID (185cm, 2026)

 

[WCE777]

The player is Chesser.

We can bring senior players in sure but at what cost? Sugar hit for a few extra wins? What are we trying to achieve here?

Out of the four you’ve mentioned, Gross is the only one I see as regular B22 moving forwards, the rest are likely to be fringe at best so I do take your point that blokes haven’t stepped up for that role.

Sharp and Hewett are likely to start on HFFs with a starting midfield of Harley, Graham and Yeo. I’d love to have Cumming in the squad too.

I honestly don’t think we’ll get any trades done other than Davies if we’re lucky.

The rest would be DFAs or geriatric UFAs, of which only Blight and Knobel are players I’d want on the list at this point.

I do agree with you about players like Baker being pushed forward.

Chesser looks to have locked in a 1 year extension with his recent form, good for him and us.
Davis has already shown he has a future in the wing role, he runs really well and works hard, he also is not afraid of contact.
Agree with Gross.

Of the trades that are most likely this year Davies would be a good get, solid B grade inside mid.
McVee would be a better version of Chesser with his speed and disposal in a wing role.
If we cant get any KPD in a trade Blight might be the best cheap option.
Seriously, L Reidy would be a decent cheap ruck option, better than Knobel and better than BW.

 

[stallon]

Chesser looks to have locked in a 1 year extension with his recent form, good for him and us.
Davis has already shown he has a future in the wing role, he runs really well and works hard, he also is not afraid of contact.
Agree with Gross.

Id say we have to give Chesser multiple years, he will have other clubs interested based off his recent form

Of the trades that are most likely this year Davies would be a good get, solid B grade inside mid.
McVee would be a better version of Chesser with his speed and disposal in a wing role.
If we cant get any KPD in a trade Blight might be the best cheap option.
Seriously, L Reidy would be a decent cheap ruck option, better than Knobel and better than BW.

Id say Chessers speed and disposal is better than McVees tbh. McVee the better defender, but Chess over McVee on the wing for sure assuming he keeps going like he has been and builds on his game.

 

[Obeanie1]

With freo not making finals in feel they will take one especially farrow if available

All the more reason to trade for the Port, Suns, Blues or Swans 1st.

Someone may bid on Whan and take out their 1st depending if that slides into the late teens. Looked likely a while back however his stocks have cooled.

And do Freo use their 1st to trade in a player?

 

[WCErevival]

with Crippa, i suspect the club thought this year would be his last but Owies has completely shat the bed so the club is probably just giving him the extra year, both on form and in case Owies continues to crap the bed in year 2.

Might have gotten an extension because Ryan is on his way out.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Id say we have to give Chesser multiple years, he will have other clubs interested based off his recent form

Id say Chessers speed and disposal is better than McVees tbh. McVee the better defender, but Chess over McVee on the wing for sure assuming he keeps going like he has been and builds on his game.

I agree. I think the Blues and Dees would be sniffing around a player like Chesser. Looked really good the last few weeks in patches.

The two of us have the most plodderish list going around and anyone with speed and kicking skills would surely be of interest to us, especially an old VIC boy.

Out of curiosity, worst case scenario for you lot he asks to come home... What do you think you'd be wanting in return for him? Bit of a hard one to judge for mine as up until a month ago he seemed a likely delist option with his injury issues.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Cripps enters the final round with a one goal lead over Flyin' Ryan in our leading goalkicker award.

Currently on 23 goals. Will overtake Sumich's 33 in 1997 as the lowest number of goals needed to be leading goalkicker.

If Jack Williams plays next week he's a chance to overtake Waterman into third

 

[FDH16]

How is Will Brodie going by the way

About to get a run at Port.

Is at the level - just can't get in ahead of some other mids...