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

 

[amazingjoshy]

Mitchell would rack up 50 touches a week in the WAFL at the very least (let's be honest he'd be playing afl for us though)

Wouldn't be totally against it tbh

 

[Peptide Pig]

Jaxxon Binns delisted Z Langdon style in contract. No mention of Hollands.

I wonder what happened with Binns. Had a couple of monster games in the VFL in 2024 (47 and 43 touches) but looks like he went backwards this year. Hollands will be a curious wait and see

 

[Peptide Pig]

Mitchell would rack up 50 touches a week in the WAFL at the very least (let's be honest he'd be playing afl for us though)

Wouldn't be totally against it tbh

Is he still that guy? Titch from 2-3 years ago would’ve been great. One of the all time accumulators. Hard worker, professional, brownlow medalist etc. But for a guy that used to rack up 40+ in his sleep (once got 64 in NEAFL and 54 in the AFL) his last two VFL returns were 17 and 21 disposals which puts him right back in the pack. Unless he was still lacking fitness or playing a different role. Better to target a younger fringe accumulator like some of the inside mids mentioned and hope they step up. Would love him for the professional standards aspect but if we didn’t even ask the question of Steele it would be surprising to go after Mitchell.

 

[Boohemian]

If Mitchell was playing AFL for us, it would be at the expense of game time for Hall or Gross.

No thanks.

 

[eaglevision]

If Mitchell was playing AFL for us, it would be at the expense of game time for Hall or Gross.

No thanks.

Exactly. I’d prefer a strategy of kids with a couple of years under their belt and upside. Hollands, Lual, Clohesy, Phillips, Evans and now have a look at Binns.

 

[flamingEMBERS]

Isn’t Mitchell in business with Neale? Maybe it’s a medium term view to potentially link them up next season. I don’t mind it. We’re bereft of senior mids. If he’s not up to AFL he sets serious training standards. If he is then we’re getting 30 touches we otherwise wouldn’t.

One vet recruit would be quite handy

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Isn’t Mitchell in business with Neale? Maybe it’s a medium term view to potentially link them up next season. I don’t mind it. We’re bereft of senior mids. If he’s not up to AFL he sets serious training standards. If he is then we’re getting 30 touches we otherwise wouldn’t.

One vet recruit would be quite handy

You spelt rehab standards wrong.

 

[southcoast]

You can add Ginbey and Waterman to the high training standards by Baker and Graham. Not sure who else though, Cripps I think. I'm sure there would be some others. But understandable that most kids just glide by at training and we are full of kids atm.

Hough's development over the past three (?) years looks like he is a serious trainer.

If correct Gibney and Hough as younger leaders on the training track will be invaluable.

I wonder how much of Dewars progress over past three (?) is years is training based or simply natural. He may also be a leader of sorts.

But having said that I do agree your primary mentions would be the obvious ones.

 

[Goroyals22]

Good interview with Dursma on Sen this morning, interesting with the news about Dean coming out he was asked who he would draft at number 1 if he wasn’t that pick and he said Charlie Dean

 

[Elite Pete]

If Mitchell was playing AFL for us, it would be at the expense of game time for Hall or Gross.

No thanks.

Being competitive helps with a lot of things. Pretty open on Mitchell and not saying it must be him. Same age as Neale and stats compare not to bad from a small sample size for a free hit but one stands out and that’s metres gained. Titchell has been a sideways player and can he change that to suit Minis game plan? I’m not sure

I’m trusting the list team to select the right option as they should’ve watched a lot more of these delisted players from other clubs than most of us. They clearly ain’t rushing into any mature mid just to get one. Steele ect.

 

[Elite Pete]

Good interview with Dursma on Sen this morning, interesting with the news about Dean coming out he was asked who he would draft at number 1 if he wasn’t that pick and he said Charlie Dean

Korn is a big fan from the 15mins of highlights he has watched. Baby Bont (version 15?)

 

[bzparkes]

Good interview with Dursma on Sen this morning, interesting with the news about Dean coming out he was asked who he would draft at number 1 if he wasn’t that pick and he said Charlie Dean

Impressive kid. Eagles should have no qualms calling his name out first on draft night.

Certainly sounds quite mature already. Doesn't seem like he'll have any issues moving. Sounded sick of being asked the question.

I liked how he highlighted Dean's traits he liked the most, being his work rate, competitiveness and how he puts his body on the line. Should quieten down those who seem to think he's soft, I reckon.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

It feels to me we have zero strategy when it comes to our rookie picks. We should get moving and do something insane like communicate our intentions with them.

Whats their to hide exactly? To me it just looks like they got NFI what they are doing

 

[eaglevision]

It feels to me we have zero strategy when it comes to our rookie picks. We should get moving and do something insane like communicate our intentions with them.

Whats their to hide exactly? To me it just looks like they got NFI what they are doing

Why would we communicate our list strategy? The players we are after will know and that’s all we really need.

 

[ballsohard]

It feels to me we have zero strategy when it comes to our rookie picks. We should get moving and do something insane like communicate our intentions with them.

Whats their to hide exactly? To me it just looks like they got NFI what they are doing

What an odd thing to complain about

 

[Keys]

It feels to me we have zero strategy when it comes to our rookie picks. We should get moving and do something insane like communicate our intentions with them.

Whats their to hide exactly? To me it just looks like they got NFI what they are doing

It’s just you

SGIO island has a population of 1

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Why would we communicate our list strategy? The players we are after will know and that’s all we really need.

Because we want players to entertain us and not chase tails all the time?

Plenty of teams communicate list strategies. Hawks/Brisbane the main 2 who have had success just going after what they need. Before Dunlley joined they spoke for a good 2 years about wanting a big body in the middle and it sets the tone of where your club is going

Hiding behind secrets around list direction leads to nothing good. Infact its been a fairly common complaint from Gov/Barrass/Allen. The club is clearly directionless to the ffans and the players too

 

[Feeling Groovy]

Because we want players to entertain us and not chase tails all the time?

Plenty of teams communicate list strategies. Hawks/Brisbane the main 2 who have had success just going after what they need. Before Dunlley joined they spoke for a good 2 years about wanting a big body in the middle and it sets the tone of where your club is going

Hiding behind secrets around list direction leads to nothing good. Infact its been a fairly common complaint from Gov/Barrass/Allen. The club is clearly directionless to the ffans and the players too

You seem to think if they don’t personally communicate it to you, they aren’t communicating to anyone. I am sure they are speaking to the players/agents they are interested in. Whether those players are interested in us is another question.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

You seem to think if they don’t personally communicate it to you, they aren’t communicating to anyone. I am sure they are speaking to the players/agents they are interested in. Whether those players are interested in us is another question.

Well yes. Do you think they personally ring each player to tell them about our plans? Put it out in public so the AFL world knows what we want

Hiding it to everyone including our own players is amateur hour

Im genuinely surprised here how a 1 win team is seen as doing everything right by you lot

 

[Feeling Groovy]

Well yes. Do you think they personally ring each player to tell them about our plans? Put it out in public so the AFL world knows what we want

Hiding it to everyone including our own players is amateur hour

Im genuinely surprised here how a 1 win team is seen as doing everything right by you lot

This really makes no sense at all. I think they communicate with the player agents to assess levels of interest and the players if WC are really interested. I think they do that in a professional way, without hysterics and without playing it out in public for your benefit to avoid a tantrum.

I don't think they discuss our intentions directly with each of our players as it has fk all to do with them, other than the players would be fully informed of the direction the club is intending to go in.

I am very critical of WC drafting and recruitment strategy over the years, hanging on to players too long, unnecessarily contracting players on long term contracts who, if they left, would be no great loss, and failing to prioritise the midfield. However, the fact that WC do not play their strategy out in the media for your benefit is not one of the issues I am worried about.

 

[Lazzas]

Because we want players to entertain us and not chase tails all the time?

Plenty of teams communicate list strategies. Hawks/Brisbane the main 2 who have had success just going after what they need. Before Dunlley joined they spoke for a good 2 years about wanting a big body in the middle and it sets the tone of where your club is going

Hiding behind secrets around list direction leads to nothing good. Infact its been a fairly common complaint from Gov/Barrass/Allen. The club is clearly directionless to the ffans and the players too

And yet the club spoke to Starcevich twelve months ago. Not playing things out in public is a good thing.

Hawkes playing out potential trades in public hasn't exactly worked for them now has it?

 

[Luxor]

Well yes. Do you think they personally ring each player to tell them about our plans? Put it out in public so the AFL world knows what we want

Hiding it to everyone including our own players is amateur hour

Im genuinely surprised here how a 1 win team is seen as doing everything right by you lot

You complain about some pointless stuff, but this would seriously have to be up there.
Keeping our plans to ourselves is amateur hour? What a mental take.

 

[sey666]

It feels to me we have zero strategy when it comes to our rookie picks. We should get moving and do something insane like communicate our intentions with them.

Whats their to hide exactly? To me it just looks like they got NFI what they are doing

Yep, just like you have no idea how to use there, their and they are properly.

 

[Barrybran]

From the author of "why aren't we doing anything about our rucks" when we're quietly chasing Cameron and Marshall.

 

[Yeahnahmate]

Mitchell would rack up 50 touches a week in the WAFL at the very least (let's be honest he'd be playing afl for us though)

Wouldn't be totally against it tbh

There’d be plusses to that - increased success, leadership, standards etc for sure. Could it perhaps maybe stifle our biggest area of need at senior level though in developing our young onballers (Hall, Gross etc). By way of them then being more outside leaning mids as a result at WAFL level while Titch is in there