List Mgmt. Draft thread - 2025 (remaining picks: 29, 34)

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Live draft hand
R1: 1 (Duursma), 4 (CDT), 19 (Lindsay)
R2: 29, 34
RD: 1

Draft picks pre-draft
R1: 1, 2, 13
R2: 34, 41
RD: 1

List spots available
Main list: 2 (includes Duursma, CDT, Lindsay)
Cat A Rookie list: 1 (expecting Robertson, Macrae and Schoenberg to join as SSP signings)
Cat B Rookie list: 1

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[PremiershipNo4]

This thread seems stuck on an eternal ring-a-ring-a-rosy.

Yep, other than the odd snippet of useful info. Less than 2 weeks to go, you beauty!

 

[ThePuma #9]

lol at the Hewett hate. Legit shows how impatient and short sighted some supporters are .

His return and season he put up was one of the biggest positives of 2025.

Some truly lousy takes.

Exactly. Had Covid and Glandular fever his draft year limiting the quality of his output.
Still plays 14 games his rookie year including the last 10 before missing all of 2024 with foot issues and then has a limited pre season in 2025 returning from the injury and surgery as he needs to slowly build his fitness back.

At the beginning of the year if someone had told me Elijah would play 20 games this year I would have been incredibly sceptical. He had plenty of promising moments throughout the year, quite often having a very good first half only to tire in the second half of the game and have less of an impact.

Hardly surprising for a player who has missed a season of football and is yet to have a full pre season since joining the club.

This time last year people were already writing him off and saying he’ll never come back from his foot problems, now we’re having a go at him for not being an A grader yet??

**** me people love to talk absolute shit on here sometimes

 

[Godfather32]

Whatever your thoughts on CDT vs Sharp are, there's some seriously shit takes on where our midfield is at in this thread the last 24 hours. You'd think the last few years of winning f**k all and getting absolutely smashed around the ball would have given people some sense of reality but apparently not.
Our midfield is the worst in the competition by a long way, a few flankers taken out of their best positions and thrown into the middle for a few games is not the future midfield of a premiership team, or hell even a top 8 team.

 

[WCE777]

Would love to have a crack at Blake Thredgold this year for our KPD. Think he could be a gun...

I think WC are keen on Curtin if he slips through late.

Thredgold would be decent as we need 2 KPD prospects over the next couple of years to develop and fill list needs.
He is probably just short of genuene KPD hieght unless he grows to 197 and can be a CHB type but seems to be more a lockdown KPD than CHB.

We need an H Edwards replacement for the big 200cm KPF's and an elite atheletic CHB like Gov at around 197 to take the more mobile KPF's over the next 2 years so they are ready for when we are finals bound.

The lack of KPD's this year just needs we need to target an elite next year, there are 3-4 decent prospects next year without D Shanahan as our NGA who may make it or not.
T Hodgson/Vic M, D Cochrane/SA, M Stirling/WA and there is always another couple who come from nowhere like Thredgold.

Bringing in T Young has meant we can push that further down the track.

 

[txbyhull]

Whatever your thoughts on CDT vs Sharp are, there's some seriously shit takes on where our midfield is at in this thread the last 24 hours. You'd think the last few years of winning f**k all and getting absolutely smashed around the ball would have given people some sense of reality but apparently not.
Our midfield is the worst in the competition by a long way, a few flankers taken out of their best positions and thrown into the middle for a few games is not the future midfield of a premiership team, or hell even a top 8 team.

You'd be thinking that every single west coast fan would be crying, shitting their pants, screaming and pleading for any midfielder thats top 5 worthy... but no.

 

[PRANKSTER666]

You would have thought that Hewett would get better as the year progressed with the opportunties afforded but due to his poor work ethic he became such a liability he had to be taken out of the midfield.

Given the severe lack of any quality or depth in our midfield that is a huge blight and the reason why I said he is the biggest disapointment for me this year.

I sure hope he comes out next year and dominates but I have serious doubts about him going forward unfortunately.

 

[txbyhull]

You would have thought that Hewett would get better as the year progressed with the opportunties afforded but due to his poor work ethic he became such a liability he had to be taken out of the midfield.

Given the severe lack of any quality or depth in our midfield that is a huge blight and the reason why I said he is the biggest disapointment for me this year.

I sure hope he comes out next year and dominates but I have serious doubts about him going forward unfortunately.

Holy shit I 60% thought you were joking with your original comments... This has got to be rage bait right?

 

[Carbine Chaos]

The offseason is way too long when you miss finals.

 

[Tugga27]

lol at the Hewett hate. Legit shows how impatient and short sighted some supporters are .

His return and season he put up was one of the biggest positives of 2025.

Some truly lousy takes.

As far as I can remember, one poster was unjustifiably hard on Hewett.
Let's not get carried away.

FWIW, him staying on the park was a huge positive.

 

[ThePuma #9]

You would have thought that Hewett would get better as the year progressed with the opportunties afforded but due to his poor work ethic he became such a liability he had to be taken out of the midfield.

Given the severe lack of any quality or depth in our midfield that is a huge blight and the reason why I said he is the biggest disapointment for me this year.

I sure hope he comes out next year and dominates but I have serious doubts about him going forward unfortunately.

You don’t build a tank during the season, that’s what pre-seasons are for.

 

[Underdog]

You'd be thinking that every single west coast fan would be crying, shitting their pants, screaming and pleading for any midfielder thats top 5 worthy... but no.

The problem is that Duursma is the only midfielder thats top 5 worthy that is also available to us

 

[Shueygod]

Whatever your thoughts on CDT vs Sharp are, there's some seriously shit takes on where our midfield is at in this thread the last 24 hours. You'd think the last few years of winning f**k all and getting absolutely smashed around the ball would have given people some sense of reality but apparently not.
Our midfield is the worst in the competition by a long way, a few flankers taken out of their best positions and thrown into the middle for a few games is not the future midfield of a premiership team, or hell even a top 8 team.

Four of our top 6 midfielders this season are 22, 21, 20 and 20 respectively. Not a single person in this thread has argued that our midfield is currently not the worst in the league.

The argument is that we have a bunch of players already on the list that have shown good signs for the future.

For a top 8 centre square midfield you need 1-3 A graders, 1-2 B graders and a pinch hitter or two.

I think we would be a fair chance of satisfying that from a group of Reid, Duursma, Hewett, Allan, Gross, Hall, Grego, McCarthy, Ginbey, Hough, Banfield, Evans.

I prefer both Ginbey and Hough in defence but if necessary for team structure either has the capability to be B grade mids.

Geelongs key midfield this year was:
Smith - Reid
Holmes - Hewett/Duursma
Atkins - Worst case Ginbey/Hough
Mullin - Literally any one of the above players making it

You would have thought that Hewett would get better as the year progressed with the opportunties afforded but due to his poor work ethic he became such a liability he had to be taken out of the midfield.

Given the severe lack of any quality or depth in our midfield that is a huge blight and the reason why I said he is the biggest disapointment for me this year.

I sure hope he comes out next year and dominates but I have serious doubts about him going forward unfortunately.

Young player in first full season in the midfield that hasnt had a full preseason tails off towards the back end of the year as his body suffers from wear.

What a shock.

 

[txbyhull]

The problem is that Duursma is the only midfielder thats top 5 worthy that is also available to us

I suppose, depends if you're one of the people that includes tied-talent in that. I don't, because its just petty to whinge about. There's no point getting up in arms about them imo, so I just wipe them off my board in instances like this.

If you DO include them you still have Robey, if you DON'T you've got Robey, Sharp, Grlj, or Cumming depending on if you have Cumming, Grlj or XT

 

[Underdog]

Whatever your thoughts on CDT vs Sharp are, there's some seriously shit takes on where our midfield is at in this thread the last 24 hours. You'd think the last few years of winning f**k all and getting absolutely smashed around the ball would have given people some sense of reality but apparently not.
Our midfield is the worst in the competition by a long way, a few flankers taken out of their best positions and thrown into the middle for a few games is not the future midfield of a premiership team, or hell even a top 8 team.

From all reports, we're going to select a minimum of 3 midfielders this draft (Duursma, Banfield and Evans). On top of our existing young stocks, we're already going to struggle to give them development opportunities.

 

[eaglesnutcase]

Just because someone played defence at some point in their life doesnt mean theyre a defender. They could just as easily be a mid who plays half back

We had Duggan kicking out of defence,Ginbey,Hough,Cole.
We finally get a guy who gives us speed ,skill, decision making, so naturally we put him somewhere else??

 

[ThePuma #9]

I’m not going to rage with whoever the club chooses to draft as long as we get two of Duursma, CDT, Robey and Sharp.

I don’t have the wealth of experience or the resources the club does and I haven’t seen as much of the kids live as Massey and the team have.

I have my preferences for sure but I could also make arguments for and against each of the candidates if I’m being truly objective.

Robey is my least preferred simply due to limited exposure with his current form but I can appreciate the upside. Since the main argument atm is CDT vs Sharp I’ll focus on this.



Sharp is probably the most ready to play AFL next year, this doesn’t mean he will dominate but he has the game and body to be able to hit the ground running.

CDT will take longer but being a team at the bottom we can afford to gift games to high prospects to fast track their development too.

So it comes down to this question for me.

If CDT has more upside but will take time to develop and Sharp is perfect for our needs and ready to start his career immediately what are the clubs priorities?

If improving immediately, particularly in the midfield then Sharp is our man. If they have concerns over Harley needing help then he will certainly help in this regard. He won’t be the answer but he does offer attributes we need more of and will certainly help in that regard.

However if we are not so urgent to improve asap and can play the long game for the best possible results then perhaps CDT is the way to go. Whether he becomes a ruck or a hybrid tall forward I don’t know but he has attributes that most players his size could only dream of. Once matured he could offer a point of difference very few players have and even fewer clubs.

This is not to say Sharp does not have upside or that CDT cannot impact early in his career but it does seem to be a case of now vs later, needs vs promise.

Regardless of who we choose all of our problems are not going to be fixed by this one selection. They will still only be 1 of 23 come game day.

 

[jdisc]

Absolutely massive trade, our club is finally back on track

Re-mortgaged the house and put it on our boys winning the flag in 2026

Up the bloody coasters

 

[Godfather32]

Four of our top 6 midfielders this season are 22, 21, 20 and 20 respectively. Not a single person in this thread has argued that our midfield is currently not the worst in the league.

The argument is that we have a bunch of players already on the list that have shown good signs for the future.

For a top 8 centre square midfield you need 1-3 A graders, 1-2 B graders and a pinch hitter or two.

I think we would be a fair chance of satisfying that from a group of Reid, Duursma, Hewett, Allan, Gross, Hall, Grego, McCarthy, Ginbey, Hough, Banfield, Evans.

I prefer both Ginbey and Hough in defence but if necessary for team structure either has the capability to be B grade mids.

Geelongs key midfield this year was:
Smith - Reid
Holmes - Hewett/Duursma
Atkins - Worst case Ginbey/Hough
Mullin - Literally any one of the above players making it



Young player in first full season in the midfield that hasnt had a full preseason tails off towards the back end of the year as his body suffers from wear.

What a shock.

You're absolutely dreaming imo.
Reid
Hewett could be a good midfielder if everything goes right
3 guys who aren't even on our list yet, 2 of which are very much project players (although admittedly Banfield will be the best player on our team in 3 years).
1 bloke who's absolute peak in a good team is probably as the first or second guy brought in if someone in the midfield is injured.
3 blokes who are very, very good...defenders
3 guys who have shown very little at AFL level

 

[Underdog]

I suppose, depends if you're one of the people that includes tied-talent in that. I don't, because its just petty to whinge about. There's no point getting up in arms about them imo, so I just wipe them off my board in instances like this.

If you DO include them you still have Robey, if you DON'T you've got Robey, Sharp, Grlj, or Cumming depending on if you have Cumming, Grlj or XT

Duursma, CDT, Uwland, Patterson and Annable sound like a pretty consensus top 5.

You can't just pretend players don't exist. Pick 6 being considered pick 3 in the open pool doesn't magically make them a better player.

 

[Godfather32]

Duursma, CDT, Uwland, Patterson and Annable sound like a pretty consensus top 5.

You can't just pretend players don't exist. Pick 6 being considered pick 3 in the open pool doesn't magically make them a better player.

I mean...you can if we don't actually have the ability to draft them.

 

[Underdog]

We had Duggan kicking out of defence,Ginbey,Hough,Cole.
We finally get a guy who gives us speed ,skill, decision making, so naturally we put him somewhere else??

Y'all got to stop thinking that it is binary. Very few players in the AFL are pure mids. Most swing through there in varying degrees. Its the best way to retain energy and run. If McCarthy can run through there for a handful of rotations in a game and be effective, it will be a significant boost.

 

[txbyhull]

Duursma, CDT, Uwland, Patterson and Annable sound like a pretty consensus top 5.

Agree to disagree. Don't have Annable top 5.

You can't just pretend players don't exist. Pick 6 being considered pick 3 in the open pool doesn't magically make them a better player.

No, it doesn't but the chances of getting a tied player at the top end is slim to none. I'm not saying we shouldn't bid on them, but for the sake of long-term list building you're not going to look at the draft and say yeah lets plan for the next 5 years with Uwland in mind. Unless there's a real concrete chance and talk with a prospect about leaving their tied club. Patterson spoke about it offhandedly and thats the most you ever really hear about. Its just silly.

 

[Shueygod]

In these discussions people vastly underestimate how young our midfield actually is.

No shit it’s the worst in the league.

Players 22 or younger with top 4 CBA’s for their team this year.
Soligo - 22 - 438
Will Ashcroft - 21 - 398
N.Daicos - 21 - 476
N.Long - 22 - 399
Humphrey - 21 - 242
Callaghan - 22 - 469
Ward - 21 - 299
Sheezel - 21 - 260
JHF - 22 - 250
Garcia - 20 - 245
Reid - 20 - 314
Hewett - 21 - 265
Hough - 22 - 258

There’s 13 total in the league, eagles have 3 of them.

 

[Underdog]

I mean...you can if we don't actually have the ability to draft them.

Sure, gaslight yourself then

 

[Shueygod]

You're absolutely dreaming imo.
Reid
Hewett could be a good midfielder if everything goes right
3 guys who aren't even on our list yet, 2 of which are very much project players (although admittedly Banfield will be the best player on our team in 3 years).
1 bloke who's absolute peak in a good team is probably as the first or second guy brought in if someone in the midfield is injured.
3 blokes who are very, very good...defenders
3 guys who have shown very little at AFL level

You think it’s dreaming to suggest one of Hewett/Duursma can reach the level of Holmes, Ginbey can play the role of Atkins (certainty), and one of the others can reach the lofty heights of Oisin Mullin?

How pessimistic can you be.