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

[Keys]

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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

 

[Hook461123]

I think you will find he transitions to the midfield in due course.

Yeah maybe and that would be the hope but he hasn't really played a lot there. We always complain about drafting HBF and trying to turn them into mids rather than drafting actual midfielders.

Don't get me wrong I think he will be a good player just not one I would want at pick 2

 

[Keys]

Petoro hugging Roughead in the Hawthorn bunker

Deal for Merrett must be done

 

[Elite Pete]

Who

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

We don't want inside mids, the game has gone past the need for them.

We also don't want outside mids, we need contested players.

You c*nts don't know what you want.

One kid really likes Speedo man though

 

[archiemoses]

Steele to Dees for F3. Would’ve been nice imo

We got more for Liam Ryan and Chesser than Jack Steele.

Matt Clarke a genius!

 

[Bestbird]

Geez that's a good deal, he was worth a 2nd round pick to someone including us, sounds like a salary dump by STK and get get out of here?

Definitely a salary dump IMO

 

[NeedForTheReids]

Who

Peak trade period

 

[Ochre]

Who

Cats delisted him a few weeks ago. Their cheating knows no limit

 

[Hook461123]

McCarthy is a better mid than half back, I think he will be a very good mid for us.
Duursma and Patterson are mids long term imo, they just start as outside players like most youngsters with pace do.
Allan still unknown but id consider him a mid before a defender.

Whatever you think about my feelings about mids is irrelevant, we have mids and we lack a running half back.

It was never that I dont rate mids, it was that I understand transition is more important than pure stoppage players like Sharp

Like I said we have different views on what a midfield looks like.
I thought McCarthy looked a lot better running of the HBF then the midfield. Looked reactive around stoppage and clearances. Great with ball in hand and breaking lines but not a great stoppage player.
Maybe he can be taught that with a preseason and more experience, but I'd rather have him as an A grade HBF then a B grade mid

 

[Barrybran]

Petracca deal done

 

[06Premiers]

Cats delisted him a few weeks ago. Their cheating knows no limit

If you're allowed to trade players not on your list, can we trade Judd again?

 

[mattyc75]

Jed Walter has now liked multiple comments on Instagram from WC fans telling him to come here.

If he’s in and out of the team in 2026, you’d think we’ll be there waiting.

If we think its a chance really load up on mids and small forwards this year(i assume we're doing that anyway)

 

[Mop]

The last line on JUH’s move to the GC on the dogs website

“Today’s trade means the Bulldogs’ contractual relationship with Ugle-Hagan ends and no ongoing obligations exist. ”

 

[eaglespremiers]

Suns have now officially conceded their two top 10 picks. It's on.

 

[Barrybran]

The last line on JUH’s move to the GC on the dogs website

“Today’s trade means the Bulldogs’ contractual relationship with Ugle-Hagan ends and no ongoing obligations exist. ”

"He's their problem now"

 

[mattyc75]

Pick 19 for Walter and we don't bid on Robert Pattinson.

Oh you're out for blood aren't you

 

[archiemoses]

Surely it is going to be huge challenge for Suns to match given they have traded their F1 as well?

 

[eaglespremiers]

Oh you're out for blood aren't you

We're in the twilight zone now.

 

[mattyc75]

Obviously didn't word that right, a couple of responses incoming.
He would be a better get next year when OOC and unhappy if JUH takes his spot.
Lowers the price and more of a need then with someone longer term to replace Waterman who will be done in 4 years.

Ok, here's the question is JUH better than Walter?
As someone touted as a generational forward i was never overly impressed by JUH
On the flip side I've seen next to nothing at all so I cant say who's better or projecting better

 

[WCE777]

Surely it is going to be huge challenge for Suns to match given they have traded their F1 as well?

this is the bit that me thinks there is 1 of their 4 academy players being left on the table

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

Geez there’s a bit of jealousy how quickly Richmond have and Melbourne and potentially Essendon are going to be able to rebuild by trading a few senior players while we languish at the bottom having carried ours until retirement age

 

[plays tall 1]

Maybe Hardwick is delivering the message that the time to strike is now and they have to be prepared to miss young talent if they’re serious about challenging for the flag.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

So we bidding on all of Gold Coast's Academy players or only some of them?

Or will we let whoever has pick 5 or 6 or whatever bid on them so Gold Coast have another win

 

[Broken_Chairs]

Not sure how GC get both Patterson & Unwald without picks 7, 8 & a F1

Who knows the bidding rules and can he arsed to do the math to figure out what they can do if we bid 1 vs 2 on them?

 

[Altum Volantes]

Maybe Hardwick is delivering the message that the time to strike is now and they have to be prepared to miss young talent if they’re serious about challenging for the flag.

Well yeah, god knows they just end up trading back half them to same handful of Vic clubs anyway...