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

 

[omgfridge]

Inside Mids are high on our needs list.

Ben Hobbs - inside mid

"Nah, not for us".



He's a classic 25+, 5 clearances avge insider....

Hes gone over 25 disposals twice in 65 games.

He's a VFL/WAFL mid who isn't at the level.

 

[Underdog]

Inside Mids are high on our needs list.

Ben Hobbs - inside mid

"Nah, not for us".



He's a classic 25+, 5 clearances avge insider....

He's only got 25+ disposals twice in his 65 game career.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Hes gone over 25 disposals twice in 65 games.

He's a VFL/WAFL mid who isn't at the level.

So a step up from what we have?

 

[6285sutto]

Would we say that?

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Pretty sure Hobbs has been playing wing, half forward and sub most of the time at Ess. Not sure if his past stats would reflect his future potential as inside mid.

 

[Bestbird]

Ben Hobbs Draft Profile

central.rookieme.com

SNAPSHOT: “A hard-nosed, hard-working inside midfielder who loves to compete both defensively and in a ball winning sense."

Ben Hobbs is a prototype inside midfielder who thrives on the contested ball and never takes a backwards step. A readymade midfielder who could step straight into a lineup from Round 1, Hobbs has been likened to Collingwood's Taylor Adams for his fierce attack on the ball, and high levels of defensive pressure, ball-winning abilities and consistency across the board. Like Adams, the knock on Hobbs is his outside game and primarily further improving his kicking to be more potent, but as a whole, Hobbs' ability to dominate around the stoppages is rarely matched in this draft crop.



Interesting draft profile when looking at Sharp where you can see why some have a worry

Still think Sharp is a couple of levels above as an inside mid

 

[Hap Hapablap]

no to hobbs

no thanka

just no

 

[squashface]

Hobbs blows.

And I was huge on him pre-draft.

 

[bzparkes]

Hobbs blows.

And I was huge on him pre-draft.

Remember the melts when we took Chesser instead of him...

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Hes gone over 25 disposals twice in 65 games.

He's a VFL/WAFL mid who isn't at the level.

I'd take VFL'ers at this stage. I know our season finished some months ago, but you do remember we won ONE game this year right?

 

[Farmer Lister]

He was in the top 5 for tipping cars over but he has no vertical leap.

An underrated stat

 

[Farmer Lister]

Not sure its an attitude thing at all

Hes just not very good

 

[Farmer Lister]

It must be an attitude thing otherwise the bombers have lost their mind

 

[Cursedsword02]

"In four seasons, Keays only crossed 20+ disposals twice. We'd be stupid to consider picking him up."

- An Adelaide fan in 2019, probably.

 

[bzparkes]

"In four seasons, Keays only crossed 20+ disposals twice. We'd be stupid to consider picking him up."

- An Adelaide fan in 2019, probably.

I take it you've never watched Hobbs play?

 

[WCErevival]

A good rule of thumb is if they have been delisted by Essendon and their name isn't Merrett, then we don't want them

 

[eaglesnutcase]

We'll surely match any bid on him

Exactly the sort of player we need

Kicking lack’s depth.Short options good but long not so good

 

[Shueygod]

It must be an attitude thing otherwise the bombers have lost their mind

Nah they’ve just actually seen him
Play, he’s genuinely awful.

 

[Rowan18]

Ben Hobbs been delisted too! Bit of a surprise - though officially means we got more return for Chesser than they did for Hobbs.

Attitude problems have obviously been flagged as a thing but on talent and position would be worth it as a rookie spot IMO. Especially if being delisted and getting away from Melbourne mates was the mindset change he needed.

Really puts into perspective all the arguments we had over selecting Chesser. As I recall, the widely held view was we could have had Hobbs or Johnston from Freo. Well, Chesser has fled us after 4 very average seasons, Hobbs has been delisted and Johnston seems to be in and out of the side (not sure why - too slow?). Looks like it was just an average draft for mid/late R1.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

I’m not sure we can realistically recruit more than one “inside midfielder who can’t crack his team’s CBD rotation and has had zero impact playing off a flank”. And we’re already committed to Dev.

 

[amazingjoshy]

Really puts into perspective all the arguments we had over selecting Chesser. As I recall, the widely held view was we could have had Hobbs or Johnston from Freo. Well, Chesser has fled us after 4 very average seasons, Hobbs has been delisted and Johnston seems to be in and out of the side (not sure why - too slow?). Looks like it was just an average draft for mid/late R1.

Johnson is a level above both, he plays regularly in Freos midfield when hes fit

 

[Wce17]

Johnson is a level above both, he plays regularly in Freos midfield when hes fit

He's also a turnover merchant

 

[amazingjoshy]

He's also a turnover merchant

Yet he averaged less turnovers this year and has a much higher DE% than Chesser

 

[kane249]

A good rule of thumb is if they have been delisted by Essendon and their name isn't Merrett, then we don't want them

 

[Shueygod]

Yet he averaged less turnovers this year and has a much higher DE% than Chesser

Chesser takes harder options, even in a year where Chesser’s kicking was below his standard (adjusting to the pace of the level?), his threat and retention ratings were better than Johnsons.

Johnson is not very good, although I would prefer him to pick 41

 

[shooshka]

I’m not sure we can realistically recruit more than one “inside midfielder who can’t crack his team’s CBD rotation and has had zero impact playing off a flank”. And we’re already committed to Dev.

I get we have Hall, but he is 50/50 at best to make it as our slower clearance + defensive mid.


As we are talking extra rookie spots (rather than high end draft picks) we probably can look at 2x guys for that position (as they will adequately support our WAFL development at worst).

But, if we take Sharp then no.

And no point if we want one to play HFF, inside mid or bust with Hall, Dev, Hobbs.