List Mgmt. Contracts, trades, draft - 2021 offseason edition

[Keys]

So the 2021 season is officially done and dusted.

It’s time now to fully turn our attention to the off season and what we can do through the trade period/draft to chase down Melbourne in 2022.

List and personnel changes have already been made and I’ll update this OP as and when any further changes are made.

As it stands these are our official list changes :

Out -
• Venables (R) - retired
• Vardy - retired
• Hutchings (R) - delisted
• Ah Chee (R) - delisted
• Ainsworth - delisted
• Johnson - delisted
• Collins (R) - delisted
• Brander - cluster*
• Cameron - retired/delisted not that it was officially acknowledged by the club
• Sheppard - retired

Inactive listed -
• Cole
• Chesser

In -
• Petrevski-Seton - traded for pick 52
• Chesser - Pick 14
• Hough - Pick 31
• Bazzo - Pick 37
• Williams (Jack) - Pick 57
• Clark - Pick 62
• Dixon - SSP
• Joyce - SSP
• Strnadica - SSP
• Naish - SSP

Players on main list - 37 (Including 2 inactive)
Players on rookie list - 7

Future trade picks :
In - Port Adelaide future 2nd
Out - Future 4th

Assistant Coaches :
• Out - Graham, Hickmott
• In - Schofield (Strategy and Stoppage), Knights (Midfield), Wiley (WAFL coach), Brennan (development)

Link to contract status of all players -

The Contracts Thread

Updated (20/3/24) the status of all contracts for people’s reference : Overall List - 44 Players : Main List(37), Rookie List(5), Cat B(2) Contracted until the end of 2027 (2) : Tom Barrass (8/10/95) - Signed a 5 year extension (2023,2024,2025,2026,2027) on an existing contract set to...

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[eagles rule]

Savage!

too soon ?

 

[maverick001]

So at this stage all the "Train On" players are as follows:



Tom Joyce. 181 cm 85 kg - Midfielder.

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Kade Dittmar. 186 cm 90 kg- Midfielder.

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Josh Browne. 185 cm 78 kg - Midfielder.

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Logan Young. 190 cm 85 kg - Midfielder.

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Luke Strnadica. 203 cm 103 kg - Ruckman.

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Love that all the prospects are looking West.

Personally I'd prefer Browne>Dittmar. Wins heaps more of the ball, and if Browne can catch up in the kg department then he may close the gap in contested ball

 

[maverick001]

Sad to say but 95% of people on this site would have no idea who this hero is. They don't teach this anymore!

Not true.
I'm an 80s baby and know all about

 

[Wild Kelly]

Not true.
I'm an 80s baby and know all about

One of the 5%....

 

[Wce17]

Looking at the free agents list I wouldn’t be against trying to snag Bailey Dale

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Bailey Dale

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

1.6

4star

MG

117.4

2star

D

9.0

2star

K

5.1

2star

HB

3.9

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

1.7

3star

MG

117.4

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

1.4

2star

T

2.0

4star

. Losing Shepard and then Hurn he would be a good replacement for those guys.

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

Looking at the free agents list I wouldn’t be against trying to snag Bailey Dale. Losing Shepard and then Hurn he would be a good replacement for those guys.

Eh, Vic boy playing in Vic and winning AA selection.
Not sure how we entice him over, short of throwing ridiculous cash at him.

Our HBF post Hurn & Sheppard are Duggan, Nelson, Cole, Witherden, Foley, Rotham & Chesser. Do we want to blow huge money on another HBF to lure him west?

 

[THE A5]

I’d love Dittmar cause his attributes alone in the midfield we lack. Even as a B or C grade mid he’d be one of those barometer type players

 

[Wce17]

Eh, Vic boy playing in Vic and winning AA selection.
Not sure how we entice him over, short of throwing ridiculous cash at him.

Our HBF post Hurn & Sheppard are Duggan, Nelson, Cole, Witherden, Foley, Rotham & Chesser. Do we want to blow huge money on another HBF to lure him west?

Chesser isn’t a HBF. Clearly been stated he will start as an outside mid.

You can only ask right. Good Chance it wouldn’t happen for the reasons you stated but you never know. He’s also better than most of those players you mentioned so would be an upgrade.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

If we needed a half back flanker for 2023, we'd be better off checking to see if Daniel Rich

10

Daniel Rich

Age

33

Ht

183cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.7

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.2

5star

MG

430.3

5star

D

14.9

4star

K

13.1

5star

HB

1.8

1star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.0

2star

MG

384.3

5star

D

16.2

4star

K

10.4

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

5.2

5star

wanted to come home and play his final year or two in Perth. He's unrestricted and would come a lot cheaper.

 

[Eastcoasteagle]

I’d love Dittmar cause his attributes alone in the midfield we lack. Even as a B or C grade mid he’d be one of those barometer type players

He's definitely AFL quality, he was top 40 talent in that draft.
Has real impact on games, just because of his power in stoppages. But also reliable kick in open play (rather than congestion) and can kick a goal, but for someone who missed a lot of footy in previous years his output this year was exceptional so likely on that linear growth.

Plays like a Yeo, and Yeo almost won our big footy best player in 2021 off half a year showing how much we as fans value someone like Yeo's contribution in tight. Not saying he'll turn out like Yeo, but even if he's half as good we'll get a good player.

If he stays fit, he should be the winning candidate.

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

Chesser isn’t a HBF. Clearly been stated he will start as an outside mid.

You can only ask right. Good Chance it wouldn’t happen for the reasons you stated but you never know. He’s also better than most of those players you mentioned so would be an upgrade.

He's had one good season after several years struggling to even keep his spot in the bulldogs side.
Happy to back our guys in and use the money elsewhere. Agree with you that he's a good name coming up as a RFA, but probably not the right target for us.

Re Chesser, hope you're right. But I'd take what the club says about his place in the team with a grain of salt. They're the same guys who tried to play Brander on a wing, drafted Gorter while overlooking Kelly and think a forward line of JK, JD, Allen, Waterman and a resting "5-touch" Vardy wasn't at all too tall^.

If Chesser couldn't crack it as a mid in the underage comps, where presumably he's more talented than most of his peers if he is getting draft at #14, I don't expect much at AFL level.



^Tongue in cheek in case someone decides to point out all the positives.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I am 100% pencilling in Chesser as a HBF, and Hough as a HFF.

Hopefully the "for now" qualifier applies.

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

He's definitely AFL quality, he was top 40 talent in that draft.
Has real impact on games, just because of his power in stoppages. But also reliable kick in open play (rather than congestion) and can kick a goal, but for someone who missed a lot of footy in previous years his output this year was exceptional so likely on that linear growth.

Plays like a Yeo, and Yeo almost won our big footy best player in 2021 off half a year showing how much we as fans value someone like Yeo's contribution in tight. Not saying he'll turn out like Yeo, but even if he's half as good we'll get a good player.

If he stays fit, he should be the winning candidate.

Was he overlooked purely because of the previous back injury, or was there something else?
You make it sound like he should be on an AFL list, but the recruiters of 18 clubs thought otherwise. Curious what gives.

 

[mattyc75]

Eh, Vic boy playing in Vic and winning AA selection.
Not sure how we entice him over, short of throwing ridiculous cash at him.

Our HBF post Hurn & Sheppard are Duggan, Nelson, Cole, Witherden, Foley, Rotham & Chesser. Do we want to blow huge money on another HBF to lure him west?

If we've drafter chesser as a HBFer then ...

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[bombard]

The key to Chesser is to think of him as a rook or a bishop. Flanking his enemy from outside lines and swooping through, claiming victims. He's not some white knight for our midfield gais.

 

[FKASC]

The key to Chesser is to think of him as a rook or a bishop. Flanking his enemy from outside lines and swooping through, claiming victims. He's not some white knight for our midfield gais.

Checkmate

 

[squashface]

Checkmate

I can just imagine Dwayne Russell saying this when Chesser scores a goal

Oh baby! Checkmate from Chesser!

 

[DanWCE]

I can just imagine Dwayne Russell saying this when Chesser scores a goal

Oh baby! Checkmate from Chesser!

Chesser with the checkside checkmate?

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

How crazy and subtle are his angles though?

 

[Chad in Vegas]

How crazy and subtle are his angles though?

It's like he is taking one step forward and three steps to the side.

 

[Forward Press]

It's like he is taking one step forward and three steps to the side.

uhhhhh

 

[Chad in Vegas]

uhhhhh

Two, damn it.

Also, I cheat at chess.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Two, damn it.

Also, I cheat at chess.

It's just how crazy and subtle his angles are I guess.

 

[Eastcoasteagle]

Was he overlooked purely because of the previous back injury, or was there something else?
You make it sound like he should be on an AFL list, but the recruiters of 18 clubs thought otherwise. Curious what gives.

Led to believe it was previous back injury being the major reason, he mentioned stress fractures and had to give up cricket.

My thoughts are based on talent, and his impact on game compared to all the other draftees I saw. He's definitely top 40 in terms of quality, but off field I don't know him so that could've also been a reason like it was for a Sydney Stack. But based on the below interview (ignoring the little kid interviewing), he seems quite normal.
Training standard is another reason, but he was always travelling big distances to train each week so that can't be the reason here.



When you look at him, he's well developed but you can see he could still add plenty of size and strength so that combined with his growth this year you'd say he definitely AFL quality.

 

[Chris_6678]

How is a 12 year old getting all these interviews? 295 of them too lol