List Mgmt. Contracts, trades, draft - 2022 superstar edition

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The Contracts Thread

Current contract status (Updated 31/10/25) : Total 38 Players - Main List (33) Rookie List (4) Cat B (1) Contracted to 2029 (4) : Jake Waterman (6/5/98) - Signed a 4 year extension (2026-29) on an existing contract due to expire 2025 in October 2024 Liam Baker (27/1/98) - Signed a 5 year...

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[Godfather32]

Hi folks,
How is Oscar Allen progressing with his injury?
I have him in 2 keeper leagues and it hurt having him missing all season.
Cheers.

Don't expect us to know, the club won't even tell us how long our coach is contracted for

 

[Happy Mastenator]

That doesn't work for us though.

We can only take as many picks to the draft as we have available list spots.

We can't take 8 or 9 third and fourth rounders in. At best we might have room for 1 third rounder, and we have Ports already. And not to many other teams will be looking for picks this draft (maybe Essendon, but they will be hoping to use their first two picks before bids come for their father son twins).

My understanding is that we have ports 2nd rounder. The trade I set out would leave us with pick 2, our second rounder, ports second rounder and Brisbane’s fourth. That’s only four picks, and brisbanes fourth is a take it or leave it depending on what quality is left.

 

[briztoon]

My understanding is that we have ports 2nd rounder. The trade I set out would leave us with pick 2, our second rounder, ports second rounder and Brisbane’s fourth. That’s only four picks, and brisbanes fourth is a take it or leave it depending on what quality is left.

I’m a Brisbane supporter, talking about the proposed trade from a Brisbane perspective.

We’ll be looking for mid to late second round picks.

 

[plays tall 1]

I’m a Brisbane supporter, talking about the proposed trade from a Brisbane perspective.

We’ll be looking for mid to late second round picks.

Out of interest, if you were West Coast’s recruiting manager, how would you play our draft hand? Trades and drafts. I’m interested to hear an independent view.

 

[Obeanie1]

Its a conundrum isnt it.
Some on here saying that traditionally we dont bottom out for long and can build a good list very quickly while others are saying they have no faith in our club to draft the best players available in positions of need.


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It just means that done right it wont take 5 years.

If we stuff it up it will.

A bit of an obvious statement I know but thats the crux of it.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

I’m a Brisbane supporter, talking about the proposed trade from a Brisbane perspective.

We’ll be looking for mid to late second round picks.

That’s the thing though, it is the equivalent of a mid second rounder. You need points, how they all add up doesn’t matter as long as they do add up.

There’s no restrictions on the number of picks you can take in.

 

[Feeling Groovy]

That’s the thing though, it is the equivalent of a mid second rounder. You need points, how they all add up doesn’t matter as long as they do add up.

There’s no restrictions on the number of picks you can take in.

You can only take picks if you have the list space to take them.

 

[briztoon]

That’s the thing though, it is the equivalent of a mid second rounder. You need points, how they all add up doesn’t matter as long as they do add up.

There’s no restrictions on the number of picks you can take in.

Yes there is. You can only take the same number of picks to the draft as you have available list spots.

 

[Altum Volantes]

Yes there is. You can only take the same number of picks to the draft as you have available list spots.

In terms of assembling the required amount of points though?

 

[Bender_]

Elijah Wood already our shortest player

Godfather32 could you step up with some LOTR based boardisms please?

I would chip in with something but I'm not a nerd, and the board's most repetitive poindexter (Dark Sharks) refuses to return (of the king).

 

[Happy Mastenator]

You can only take picks if you have the list space to take them.

Yes there is. You can only take the same number of picks to the draft as you have available list spots.

Apologies. Guess have learnt something new today.

 

[Obeanie1]

That doesn't work for us though.

We can only take as many picks to the draft as we have available list spots.

We can't take 8 or 9 third and fourth rounders in. At best we might have room for 1 third rounder, and we have Ports already. And not to many other teams will be looking for picks this draft (maybe Essendon, but they will be hoping to use their first two picks before bids come for their father son

How many list spots will open up?

Say McStay and Robertson move, Berry as well.

Then you have the dead wood. Say 6 spots, two FS in and they cost close to 3000 points after the discount.

 

[squashface]

Frodo to mid(dle earth)field

 

[Chad in Vegas]

Frodo to mid(dle earth)field

Needs to pull his finger out of his ring and stop disappearing when the game is on the line.

 

[Goroyals22]

Needs to pull his finger out of his ring and stop disappearing when the game is on the line.

Gimli will have to play forward pocket because dwarves are no good over long distances, they are natural sprinters

 

[Tugga27]

From the Herald Sun.

Richmond has upped its offer to Liam Baker

3

Liam Baker

Age

27

Ht

173cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

7.9

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.7

3star

D

14.6

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

7.9

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.8

3star

CL

0.5

3star

D

14.4

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

8.2

5star

M

1.6

2star

T

1.8

4star

CL

1.2

4star

as it tries to ward off a home-town assault from West Coast.

The Tigers are believed to have offered Baker around $600,000 over two years, which would reward his brilliant form as the Tigers’ jack-of-all-trades.
Richmond is attempting to reconfigure its midfield and while it has interest in both GWS midfielders Jacob Hopper

2

Jacob Hopper

Age

28

Ht

187cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.0

5star

K

9.9

4star

HB

11.1

5star

M

2.9

3star

T

4.5

5star

CL

4.3

5star

D

17.6

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

8.9

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.6

5star

CL

4.0

5star

D

18.6

5star

K

8.4

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.8

5star

CL

3.4

5star

and Tim Taranto

14

Tim Taranto

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.3

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

9.5

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

4.1

5star

D

17.0

4star

K

12.0

5star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

3.0

4star

CL

5.5

5star

D

15.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

8.0

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

4.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

, the Tigers are believed to favour Hopper.

Hopper has battled all year with a knee injury that required multiple surgeries but has a touch of class to go with his strong inside clearance game.
But there is no point the Tigers securing Hopper and losing Baker, who can easily play as a centre square midfielder as well as forward and back
Baker is considering whether to return to West Australia to be closer to family but is yet to make a decision on his future.
Richmond has its own first-rounder and North Melbourne’s second-rounder so is well stocked if it can retain Baker and offer early picks for Hopper.

 

[briztoon]

Out of interest, if you were West Coast’s recruiting manager, how would you play our draft hand? Trades and drafts. I’m interested to hear an independent view.

It’s pointless speculating on trades as I have no idea what your club wants to do, or if any clubs want any of your players you are happy to let go.

At your first pick I’d be looking at best mid available, one of Wardlaw, Hewitt or Phillipou.

I’d bid on Ashcroft if he is there.

If possible, best available KPF at your second pick.

Your third pick might simply be best available player on board. Possibly one of the rucks.

I wouldn’t be against moving a pick in to next year, if the opportunity arose. There might be an opportunity to trade for GC’s first round pick next year, if their academy kid is rated higher than where their first pick falls. (GC’s academy is loaded with talent for 2023 and 2024).

 

[Schtinker]

Simpson only drops old players when they perform poorly, that's the point.

What he needs to do is drop them preemptively after they've had a good game.

3 Brownlow votes and you're playing WAFL

 

[Bender_]

 

[briztoon]

In terms of assembling the required amount of points though?

Still can only take in the same number of picks as you have list spots.

Which is why I keep saying 4 or 5 second round picks. Maybe one third round pick.

 

[WCE1698]

This is what i would like to see heading into 2023. Originally i had 9 out with Hurn and Dixon also being delisted but i wasn't sure if that would be possible, so i have those two staying. Players like Langdon, Foley and Dixon are fortunate to get another year, while it does seem we're slowly getting to a point where midfielders are at a surplus particularly with our first rounder also most likely being a midfielder. This could potentially mean a surprise delisting like Clark, Winder or O'Neill.

Overall i think an off season like this would put the team into pretty good shape heading into next season, hopefully we get to see a rejuvenated a side with lots of young talent running through it next year.



WCE 2023


B:


Cole Barrass Baker


Yeo McGovern Duggan


C:


Kelly Sheed Chesser


R:


Naitanui L.Edwards Shuey


F:


Waterman Darling Cripps


Rioli Allen Ryan



B:


Hough, B.Williams, Culley, J.Jones




WAFL



B:

D.Jones Bazzo J.Baker

Rotham H.Edwards Foley


M:
O’Neill Clark West


R:
Jamieson, Redden, Phillipou


F:
Petrucelle Dixon Winder

Seton Barnett J.Williams

B: Z.Langdon Hurn*




Delist: Strnadica, Naish, Trew, Joyce



Retire: Kennedy



Traded/FA: Gaff, Nelson

In: Baker


Draft


2 Phillipou - bottom ager, bid bodied mid, classy disposal, kicks goals, most upside.



20 Traded for L.Baker - Premiership player, tough as nails, good kick and decision maker, knows how to find the footy



26 Barnett - don't know much about him, but seems like a good project ruckman with lots of upside



3rd rounder Darcy Jones - silky skills, quick, high risk high reward pick.



Late/Rookie J.Baker - liked what iv'e seen from him could develop him into a decent back pocket.


Two more spots left to fill, i'll leave those for the experts.. to sort out.

 

[Spooky17]

This is what i would like to see heading into 2023. Originally i had 9 out with Hurn and Dixon also being delisted but i wasn't sure if that would be possible, so i have those two staying. Players like Langdon, Foley and Dixon are fortunate to get another year, while it does seem we're slowly getting to a point where midfielders are at a surplus particularly with our first rounder also most likely being a midfielder. This could potentially mean a surprise delisting like Clark, Winder or O'Neill.

Overall i think an off season like this would put the team into pretty good shape heading into next season, hopefully we get to see a rejuvenated a side with lots of young talent running through it next year.



WCE 2023


B:


Cole Barrass Baker


Yeo McGovern Duggan


C:


Kelly Sheed Chesser


R:


Naitanui L.Edwards Shuey


F:


Waterman Darling Cripps


Rioli Allen Ryan



B:


Hough, B.Williams, Culley, J.Jones




WAFL



B:

D.Jones Bazzo J.Baker

Rotham H.Edwards Foley


M:
O’Neill Clark West


R:
Jamieson, Redden, Phillipou


F:
Petrucelle Dixon Winder

Seton Barnett J.Williams

B: Z.Langdon Hurn*




Delist: Strnadica, Naish, Trew, Joyce



Retire: Kennedy



Traded/FA: Gaff, Nelson

In: Baker


Draft


2 Phillipou - bottom ager, bid bodied mid, classy disposal, kicks goals, most upside.



20 Traded for L.Baker - Premiership player, tough as nails, good kick and decision maker, knows how to find the footy



26 Barnett - don't know much about him, but seems like a good project ruckman with lots of upside



3rd rounder Darcy Jones - silky skills, quick, high risk high reward pick.



Late/Rookie J.Baker - liked what iv'e seen from him could develop him into a decent back pocket.


Two more spots left to fill, i'll leave those for the experts.. to sort out.

You mention ‘J Baker’ twice (I assume you mean Liam Baker).

Apparently this guy is J Baker from the Mayo Clinic. He’s even got a PhD. I look forward to him leading our midfield into the future.

 

[Yeo_Check_Out_ma_Flow]

Just posted this on the changes thread before realising it was probably more suitable here;

OK gang, opinions...

Josh Ruckham tears it up on Sunday or at least performs decently for a second ruck option...does this change our draft strategy at all (with ruck stocks being covered), or does his career remain on thin ice?

He's without a permanent role anywhere at the moment, potentially playing for his career in these last few games. Could he reinvent himself as a smaller, mobile ruck?

For me personally, I can't make out whether this is purely a stop gap solution or if the club are looking at this as a new position for him [emoji848]

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[briztoon]

How many list spots will open up?

Say McStay and Robertson move, Berry as well.

Then you have the dead wood. Say 6 spots, two FS in and they cost close to 3000 points after the discount.

Mitch Robinson will retire (not be offered a new contract).

Ely Smith will be delisted.

Tom Berry likely delisted.

Connor McFadyen likely delisted.

Mitchell Cox (R) will be delisted, allowing us to move a player to the rookie list. Say Ryan Lester.

Uosis (cat b rookie will be delisted)(Darryl White jr will be signed as a cat b rookie)

So that’s 5 senior spots available.

We draft Ashcroft and Fletcher. If there’s a decent/project KPP at our third pick, draft that player. Or maybe we look at our academy kid Shadeau Brain.

We pass on our last two picks.

We could redraft Berry and Cox/MacFadyen in the PSD to one year contracts. Or redraft one player in the PSD, and keep one spot open for the SSP.

We don’t need to be loading up on speculative late draftees.

Take 3 players this year and redraft a couple of delisted players for depth on one year contracts.

Delist or retire 3 players next year and go to the draft with minimal picks.

2024 we’ll probably need a few list spots for Levi Ashcroft and we might have a couple (2-4) KPP prospects in our academy.

 

[kane249]

Might as well try Rotham as a second ruck, it might work.

Richmond have played Pickett and Griggs in previous years as second rucks and had success