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

 

[Rowan18]

Here's the link you can actually read

https://archive.md/yWxt8

 

[WCE777]

Again WC have asked everyone, totally different approach in 2025 then previous list management.
Got a firm NO and Marshall wasn't interested in talking to anyone except Geelong.

 

[Elite Pete]

Not sure if we have any regular VFL watches but Flynn Riley from Carlton is one we should maybe looking at. Numbers look pretty good, is a good size.

There was a little bit of talk the Blues rate him highly.

 

[FatPizza]

Can't believe we didn't send ninjas to kidnap his girlfriend as a negotiating tactic. Shows how soft this club has become.

 

[Cuzz09]

I find it hard to believe Rhino and all the journos didnt know about this as it happened?

Seems made up

 

[rfarlz]

The last update on CDT was that he is now 204cm, same as Tim English in hid draft year. So lack of hieght is not really a valid argument.

looked at his VFL and talent league videos and he is a great mark. Has the speed to separate and gets in good positions. A number of slick hand off's for goals.

I don't see why you don't like him. Am I missing something?

What update is that? The throaway comment from Archie Ludowyke? I've not seen any other reference to him being over 200cm.

I don't think he's a great overhead mark, and he definitely has speed, but doesn't seem to have great positioning when playing forward. I think he has potential to be a great footballer, but the Luke Jackson comparisons are a hell of a stretch.

-He's not a good ruck, and if we did want a ruck we have BVR and Axel Walsh to target next year.
-He doesn't look to be a great key forward at this stage, and if we did want a kpf we could split the pick and end up with Schubert, who looks much better as a kpf. We've also got a lot of kpf options, and the rumous about Jed Walter for next year may also be true.
-He has a lot of attributes of a good midfielder, but wouldn't we be better with someone like Sharp or Cumming if we want a midfielder? The no ruck/extra midfielder strategy has been a failure for other teams in the past.

I just don't see how he fits into the plan for our rebuild. I'd love it if he actually has grown to 204cm and he becomes a clearer option for pick 2, but only because it will mean that we can get more value for splitting the pick.

 

[Bender_]

So sick of the Eagles not doing anything. That's it for me for the year, lads. I'm only coming back to post AFLW Eagles stuff but as far as the mens side goes I'm scorched.

Catch everyone come finals time

 

[Priddis Is Done]

I would rather teach someone ruck work than try and get a ruckman to become an athletic beast. Unless they are Nic Nat quality tap ruckman, it can easily be trained. Never seen a 200cm player get top 10 ten in the 20m sprint and top ten in 2km time trial.

Never seen a ruckman get 10th best leap and called a ruckma

It's Brendar all over again

 

[Elite Pete]

I find it hard to believe Rhino and all the journos didnt know about this as it happened?

Seems made up

Was reported over east during the trade period. Ralphy and Cleary I think

 

[Cuzz09]

Was reported over east during the trade period. Ralphy and Cleary I think

Oh OK, never heard anything on here which regurgitates all things WCE

 

[Priddis Is Done]

Are we looking at CDT through the wrong lens? Instead of Jackson/Blicavs, is Tim English a better comparison?

No because CDT is not a ruckmans ar$$hole

 

[TerryFilk]

More quotes from Willem

“I’ve been pretty close to Harley since he was in the under-12s playing with Zane,” Duursma said.

“He’s a good man. He’s a lot more mature than when he started in the AFL. He’ll be a good leader eventually. It’d be nice to play with him … he’s certainly been asking me to try and come over, but we’ll see what happens.”

 

[Elite Pete]

More quotes from Willem

“I’ve been pretty close to Harley since he was in the under-12s playing with Zane,” Duursma said.

“He’s a good man. He’s a lot more mature than when he started in the AFL. He’ll be a good leader eventually. It’d be nice to play with him … he’s certainly been asking me to try and come over, but we’ll see what happens.”

 

[TheBudgies]

WCE: Hey would you guys do Ryan and our F2 for Marshall?

STK: Nah


Media: ZOMG EAGLES TRIED TO POACH MARSHALL!!

We didn't even try kidnapping him or his loved ones.

EAGLES DON'T EVEN TRY POACH ANYONE

 

[Phas]

Do we have enough rookie spots for Robertson, Clohesy and Blamires?

All would dominate the WAFL and put some instant heat into match sims.

I kinda think they'd all be more valuable to the list build than a Wes Walley as an example if we had to choose between them.

I do get the appeal of Tom Berry too, but he's only kicked 3 goals in the last two years at VFL level (3 from 13 games).

Clohesy kicked 10 goals from his last 13 games as a mid/hff as a comparison.
Blamires 4/ last 13
Robertson 3/ last 13

 

[RustyShacklefordFalcon]

Never seen a ruckman get 10th best leap and called a ruckma

It's Brendar all over again

Drafting Brendar set us back years

 

[txbyhull]

Do we have enough rookie spots for Robertson, Clohesy and Blamires?

All would dominate the WAFL and put some instant heat into match sims.

I kinda think they'd all be more valuable to the list build than a Wes Walley as an example if we had to choose between them.

I do get the appeal of Tom Berry too, but he's only kicked 3 goals in the last two years at VFL level (3 from 13 games).

Clohesy kicked 10 goals from his last 13 games as a mid/hff as a comparison.
Blamires 4/ last 13
Robertson 3/ last 13

Berry would be coming in almost strictly as a f50 pressure machine now that Cripps is ancient and the kids are too young to have the tank or experience

 

[JADED]

I know it’s the field she’s studying, I just don’t know how I feel about players picking potential players. She’s more likely to bring in biases regarding the playing group, which I think shouldn’t impact recruiting.

FWIW, I don’t mind the players getting development at coaching across the different programs.

With Pick 1, The West Coast eagles & Bella Lewis select.
Mitch Brown.

 

[RustyShacklefordFalcon]

I have no qualms with taking this tap dancing bird nerd with pick 1.

 

[Farang83150]

So sick of the Eagles not doing anything. That's it for me for the year, lads. I'm only coming back to post AFLW Eagles stuff but as far as the mens side goes I'm scorched.

Catch everyone come finals time

I'm a bit the same but for a different reason.
Even though I'm not bothered who they take out of Dursma, Sharp and CDT, I'll just wait until after the draft to whinge continually about not getting one of them or whinge about the fact that they did pick one or two of them.

 

[PremiershipNo4]

Never seen a ruckman get 10th best leap and called a ruckma

It's Brendar all over again

is that right! Could you explain this all in detail, use ruck stats, combine testing etc.
Comparing existing ruckman, that’d be great.
Thanks

 

[6285sutto]

Can some one explain why Dev can “walk” to us as a delisted free agent through the pre season supplementary period but Ah chee cant do the same to Adelaide ? Seems odd.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Tylah Williams Draft Profile

West Coast NGA prospect Tylah Williams is an energetic small forward who uses his speed to hurt the opposition up and back.

central.rookieme.com

RookieMe got Tylah Williams going in the 15-30 range. Expect us to use our picks after 13 to bid on him...unless they don't wanna bid...I dunno what this club's up to these days.

 

[PremiershipNo4]

Can some one explain why Dev can “walk” to us as a delisted free agent through the pre season supplementary period but Ah chee cant do the same to Adelaide ? Seems odd.

Because we’ve got Pick 1 in that draft.

 

[amazingjoshy]

Can some one explain why Dev can “walk” to us as a delisted free agent through the pre season supplementary period but Ah chee cant do the same to Adelaide ? Seems odd.

Because once you get delisted (ie out of contract and not offered another one) you can go wherever you want as "delisted FA"

Ah Chee was out of contract but offered a new one so doesn't qualify hence has to be traded or go into a draft (ND or Psd)