List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 3

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List Changes - 2025

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In:

• Brandon Starcevich arrives at West Coast in a three team deal
• Tylar Young (Richmond) arrived at West Coast in exchange for Pick 38.
• Deven Robertson (Brisbane) has agreed to join West Coast and will be signed on to the rookie list after being delisted by Brisbane

Out:

• Oscar Allen joins Brisbane as a FA - West Coast receive Pick 2 as compensation
• Liam Ryan and a 2027 R3 pick has been traded to St Kilda for a 2026 R2 pick
• Campbell Chesser has been traded to Carlton for Pick 41
• Jayden Hunt announces retirement
• Jack Petruccelle, Callum Jamieson and Loch Rawlinson not offered new contracts
• Coen Livingstone joins the list of players not offered a new contract

Players Out of Contract - 2025 (0)

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• Jamie Cripps and Malakai Champion seem to have been offered new contracts despite there being no official announcement. Means that all players out of contract for 2025 have been given new contracts despite or removed from the playing list

2025 Draft Order

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Current Draft Picks:
Round 1: 1, 2, 13
Round 2: 34, 41
Round 3: 53, 58 (These picks are in excess of available list spots so will be forfeited if we don’t consolidate our 2025 picks up the order or trade some for future picks)

List Spots Available (39 of 48):
• Main list (33 of 38) - 5* (in: Starcevich, Young out: Allen, Ryan, Chesser, Hunt, Petruccelle, Jamieson)
• Cat A rookie list (5 of 8) - 3* (in: Robertson (pending), out: Rawlinson)
• Cat B rookie list (1 of 2) - 2 (out: Livingstone)

* Based on Dewar being upgraded after the maximum 3 years on the rookie list. Hutchinson may also have been upgraded but this isn’t confirmed - if it is we will have 4 main and 4 rookie list spots open

* Matthew Clarke has stated we have 5 main list spots

Matt Clarke wraps up the trade period - 6PR

 

[amazingjoshy]

ideally Dev as a DFA so he doesn’t take a main list spot.

I suspect part of him picking us over the Dogs might’ve been a promise to be on the main list

Completely guessing on that though

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Oliver will net them pick 55 and they will be paying him 1 mill per year on their books while he plays elsewhere

We fumbled some stuff but atleast we are not the Melbourne Demons

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Good to see someone finally mentioning its a move and not free agency.

 

[Boohemian]

"Nine News can reveal he's experienced no symptoms since his Grand Final Concussion"

 

[Shuestar13]

 

[eaglevision]

If it's 23 for Starc they better do the right thing by Dev and do whatever we ask them to do.

Do you honestly think Clarke understands why we have to ask that let alone actually ask that? I bet we’ve also assured them we won’t bid on Annable saving them almost 900 points at a minimum. We are going to be reamed all trade period again then make shit draft choices. Bookmark it.

 

[Elite Pete]

I suspect part of him picking us over the Dogs might’ve been a promise to be on the main list

Completely guessing on that though

Rookie list isn’t like it use to be, you can play every week. I wasn’t sure about contract situation but someone mentioned earlier you can pay them what they want.

What’s the point of of rookie lists

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Oliver will net them pick 55 and they will be paying him 1 mill per year on their books while he plays elsewhere

We fumbled some stuff but atleast we are not the Melbourne Demons

Melbourne are at least doing what we should've done three years ago. Sack the coach and start stripping down the list.

 

[eagles rule]

I realise this

Pies obviously reckon Blight can play and so do I. Tbh Young is one of a handful of players in the league that I genuinely cannot remember seeing play at all....and maybe that mean he does his job with no fuss.

Just dont want us to overpay for a 27 year old out of contract guy who's played 30 odd games.

I was just looking for Young’s highlights package ,found nothing ..

 

[amazingjoshy]

If he can take that hit to the head and have no symptoms, surely thats a good thing

It was a very solid hit

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Melbourne are at least doing what we should've done three years ago. Sack the coach and start stripping down the list.

They are not striping down nothing. They are gifting away the list for little to no return

 

[KERRPOW]

If you base previous performance at the trade table.

If pick 3 gets you Baker () then pick 19 for starce is about right

 

[Shuestar13]

As long as it is a reasonable contract with provisions re concussion retirement, then all good. Good not to dilute OA’s compensation, that’s key.

 

[Yippy Yi Yeo]

Honestly wrapped with this. I promise if you watch Brisbane every week, you’ll see why the club is so into Starcevich. Quite possibly the best small/medium forward stopper in the league (and capable of playing defensive mid if required). Yes, concussion history is a worry but as long as games based triggers are there for later years of contracts then I think it’s a risk worth taking.

I like him a lot as a player but that's a separate issue. We hold all the leverage in this situation given Brissy are gaining 2 free agents and would receive nothing if he went anywhere else. There is no reason for us to squander the priority pick on him given we could pick him up with any of our later picks as well and Brisbane can't do anything about it. The way Twomey talks about it as if it's a forgone conclusion suggests to me that he has inside info that the priority pick was given to WC on the proviso that we'd trade it for Starcevich, despite the fact Brisbane would get nothing in any other scenario. If it goes ahead as Twomey seems to think it will then it's essentially a priority pick for the B2B premiers who at the conclusion of this years draft will have picked up 3 pick 1/2s in the last 4 seasons for pennies on the dollar along with a few other handy players as FS/academy.

 

[bzparkes]

"Nine News can reveal he's experienced no symptoms since his Grand Final Concussion"

So, did he have a concussion or not?

Surely it would be preferable to say "He's had no issues since his GF hit". Saying it like they had implies he was concussed.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

I like him a lot as a player but that's a separate issue. We hold all the leverage in this situation given Brissy are gaining 2 free agents and would receive nothing if he went anywhere else. There is no reason for us to squander the priority pick on him given we could pick him up with any of our later picks as well and Brisbane can't do anything about it. The way Twomey talks about it as if it's a forgone conclusion suggests to me that he has inside info that the priority pick was given to WC on the proviso that we'd trade it for Starcevich, despite the fact Brisbane would get nothing in any other scenario. If it goes ahead as Twomey seems to think it will then it's essentially a priority pick for the B2B premiers who will have picked up 3 pick 1/2s in the last 4 seasons for pennies on the dollar along with a few other handy players as FS/academy.

Apart of me thinks Tunstil might come too and then we do pick 19 for Starcevich/Tunstil/Robertson as the deal

 

[rebel23]

Do you honestly think Clarke understands why we have to ask that let alone actually ask that? I bet we’ve also assured them we won’t bid on Annable saving them almost 900 points at a minimum. We are going to be reamed all trade period again then make shit draft choices. Bookmark it.

Agree... So dumb

 

[Jukes]

Very annoying we have to stump up Pick 19 for him given the situation (explained many times by Keys).

However, given the certainty in how AFL’s own Cal Twomey has reported it since the assistance package was announced, can’t help but feel the AFL has basically orchestrated all of this.

 

[Boohemian]

As long as it is a reasonable contract with provisions re concussion retirement, then all good. Good not to dilute OA’s compensation, that’s key.

Yeah, but the price to pay should also take into consideration the risk that we're taking.

Personally, I think Starcevich is a gun. I watch plenty of Brisbane games, I've been following them as my second team since I was ten and they were still the bears. Great at what he does, but repeated head knocks to the head don't care how good you are.

 

[Elite Pete]

Tunstill not delisted yet.

 

[Shuestar13]

Yeah, but the price to pay should also take into consideration the risk that we're taking.

Personally, I think Starcevich is a gun. Great at what he does, but repeated head knocks to the head don't care how good you are.

Don’t disagree. A chance it could all go bad, could be 100 games, could be 0…

Keeping positive. Getting a two time premiership player from a successful club who actually wants to be here, well it’s a good start

 

[WCE777]

Players develop at different rates. Kenh is incredibly talented and athletic. He could develop hugely next year and we're talking a 10-20 player in the draft or he could stay as he is or regress and go undrafted. Whatever way he goes I don't think it matters as he will be drafted as a project. He will almost certainly need 3-4 years in the system before he's ready to win his position week in, week out. So considering draft age we're talking 2029 which would be slightly early or more likely 2030.

Kenh is another one of the reasons why there should be no list cap on players (say you have 50). If these guys take years to develop and you pay the salary floor then it's fine trying to develop that talent over 4-5 years. If you have a list cap of 42 then it potentially means these guys are pushed too hard, too soon and don't make it.

Also who was the dickhead who said Evans had off field issues, it's the first i've heard of it and indigenous football development is what I do. (I'm not saying i'm any good or should be a recruiter but it is what I do)

Also good news on Kenh, he just looks a very exciting transition HB.
Also K Evans having no issues off field is good news, where do you see him playing?

I am watching the Indigenous Academy v Multicultural Academy and Kenh would be in the best players again.
WC NGA players R Farmer, Z Hately, K Lam look to have some good traits.
What is your opinion of their prospects?

 

[Yippy Yi Yeo]

Apart of me thinks Tunstil might come too and then we do pick 19 for Starcevich/Tunstil/Robertson as the deal

That would make it more palatable but when has 1 draft pick for 2 players ever been traded, let alone 1 for 3?

I can't see it.

 

[Goroyals22]

Unbelievable that people are having a sook that we will be trading our fourth pick in a shallow draft which will be in the 20s for a best 10 player in a back to back premiership side that instantly improves our team..

He was never going to be a third rounder

 

[Elite Pete]

So, did he have a concussion or not?

Surely it would be preferable to say "He's had no issues since his GF hit". Saying it like they had implies he was concussed.

Agreed it’s already gone from no concussion to he had concussion but no symptoms in 5 days from that post.