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

 

[MeltMan]

Threaten to bash them if they don't.

That only works if you can back up the threat. Which club legends untimely passing gets us that win next year?

 

[rebel23]

To put Jamie Cripps on there.

Duh.

Very good

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

Looks like we are waiting til the last moments to the deadline to announce the delistings.

 

[Rowan18]

I understand why we're targetting/been linked to all these experienced players, but it really does highlight how ****ed up our drafting and trading has been.

Imagine if Sheed missed and we lost in 2018? Absolute beggar club territory.

We've always fallen off a cliff at the end of a flag window, grabbed top end talent and then won another flag. I think the reason it is taking longer now is:
1. We had terrible injury management (partly circumstances through travel and fast game, partly bad luck through concussion, partly bad management) so lost our top end talent early
2. Compromised draft so it is harder to get enough top end talent in. Finishing last and getting pick 1 then pick 30 is the equivalent of pick 1 and around end of 2R back in 16 team days

The silver lining is this rebuild may give us more talented depth than we've had since the 90s flag teams. 2006 had a rubbish forward line, 2018 had a thin midfield, 2030 might have guns across the park (maybe we win more than 1 in the window?)

As a final thought, the injury crisis may have been a blessing in disguise. Imagine if we coasted around 10th-14th for the last 3 years, selecting a bunch of OK players but nothing amazing. That's Essendon levels of purgatory.

 

[MrAsh7777]

2, 13 and our future second for 5, 6 and their future first?

I read the article as Bombers only want to trade one of 5 or 6 not both.

2+F2 for 5+F1?

 

[Rowan18]

2, 13 and our future second for 5, 6 and their future first?

Maybe they'll throw in a threesome with Margot Robbie and Sydney Sweeney (seeing as we're dreaming)?

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

List lodgement deadline is today, but I can't find a specific time. Does that mean 11:59pm?

 

[archiemoses]

If we don't move cripps to the rookie list then it will be another feather in Matt Clarke's hat

 

[WCErevival]

We're taking Cripps with our 2nd pick in the draft.

 

[amazingjoshy]

Ready for the blowback for the question...

But are we completely certain we need to even delist Cripps (or anyone) to do what we need to do?

Very hard to find actual solid info of our list situation, especially with the extra rookie spots

 

[NeedForTheReids]

 

[FKASC]

Poor Coen

 

[WCE777]

Hope he stays as a WAFL player.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Come back to Perth mate.

 

[bzparkes]

They waited as long as possible to kill Bambi

 

[Lucev23]

Tylah Williams has told people he expects to land at Geelong and not West Coast.

 

[Elite Pete]

Ready for the blowback for the question...

But are we completely certain we need to even delist Cripps (or anyone) to do what we need to do?

Very hard to find actual solid info of our list situation, especially with the extra rookie spots

Depends what they want to do? Matt Clarke has said we have 5 list spots in his previous interviews.

They might only wish to have Walley and Banfield or Evans on the list if they are Cat b or rookie listed.

Moving Cripps would’ve helped with flexibility to take as many of our NGA/FS as possible or even have a pick in the draft of Rodriguez or Curtin type if they are there at our 4th or 5th pick.

 

[bzparkes]

Tylah Williams has told people he expects to land at Geelong and not West Coast.

You can drink as much as you want down there. He'll get to know Dillon real well.

 

[Elite Pete]

Tylah Williams has told people he expects to land at Geelong and not West Coast.

Would be a brave team not to match at Cats bid. They saw something in Gallop last year when he wasn’t even on most teams radar. Lawson Humphries ect

 

[jdisc]

Barnett must have the Epstein files or something

 

[Elite Pete]

I understand the tightening of the rules and the first round goes to the high 20s these days but has there ever been a bid on a player in the first round and the team didn’t match?

We have nominated our NGAs and FS can they say they don’t want to come still or was that cut off today’s as well?

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Assuming the Williams bid comes after our first 3 picks, why wouldn't we match?

Looks a real talent.

 

[WCErevival]

Tylah Williams has told people he expects to land at Geelong and not West Coast.

Not sure if that's a piss take but would be a pick in the 20s.

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

Don't see what the point is with the extra rookie list spots.
Hopefully this is only the first announcement.

 

[jdisc]

Don't see what the point is with the extra rookie list spots.

opening space for an NGA or another rookie prospect the recruiters feel has more upside