Rumour GFC 2024 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 1

[BORIS332]

From Cowan to Kroeger...

Does this mean we're looking to use all of our draft picks?

We have a minimum of five senior list spots to fill now. As it stands, we'd have to use 8, 25, 76, 87 and 94 unless we upgrade a rookie or two.

 

[cats_09]

And confirmation we'll see more of Mitch next season

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Kroeger delisted

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

I wouldn't have delisted Kroeger, he has talent. Maybe his hip injury is too severe.

I know Isaiah Thomas - who was a star at Boston - never recovered after his hip injury. Lost his speed and agility.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Can only think that they've decided his injury issues are degenerative cause Kroeger looked good in the last VFL game.

 

[Footy Smarts]

So we have 6 senior list spots?

We have to bring in a mature key defender or ruck. Arguably both. Then 4-5 picks at the draft with perhaps one of those in the rookie draft and one of our rookies upgraded.

 

[cats_09]

 

[Gee Class Loco]

Could've had him for pick 99... weird.

 

[BORIS332]

Can only think that they've decided his injury issues are degenerative cause Kroeger looked good in the last VFL game.

Three VFL games in two years is not enough to justify another year.

 

[Shadow89]

Flynn Kroeger delisted.

7 spots to fill now it seems

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

They don't have to use the draft, he's been delisted.

 

[BORIS332]

From the Herald Sun:

Clubs get to work on VFL bolter

A rebounding defender from Werribee is firmly in the sights of multiple AFL clubs as he looks to join his younger brother in the big league.

Sam Clohesy – the older brother of 2022 Geelong draftee Ted – won the Fothergill-Round-Mitchell Medal as the VFL’s most promising player this year, adding to a wave of late AFL interest.

Some recruiters believe that Clohesy could now be an early second-round pick in next month’s national draft.

“Clubs are doing a lot of work on him,” one recruiter said.

“The Fothergill-Round-Mitchell medallist has a good history of getting drafted.”

Last year’s winner of that award – Ethan Phillips – was the first player in the past 16 years not to be drafted to an AFL club.

Clohesy, 20, averaged 16.8 disposals and 5.6 marks across 21 games for Werribee this season, including racking up 22 disposals, seven marks and six rebound 50s in a losing VFL grand final last month.

“He’s driven, competitive, tough,” outgoing Werribee coach Michael Barlow said of Clohesy earlier this month.

“He played for his team, got the trust of his teammates, then he had some fun in the back half of the year when he was playing freely and running off halfback.”

 

[geelong_crazy26]

This 100%

Is there such thing as a speculative bolter?? If your recruiter rates someone at pick 8, then they are rated the 8th best player.

Who is to say they know more than wells?

I think wells just simply backs himself in and doesn’t act sheep like and follow what everyone else says

 

[geelong_crazy26]

From the Herald Sun:

Runs in the family. They seem to love a scrap and fight in the contest

 

[moond0g]

why would they bother using a draft pick on him?

 

[moond0g]

On the bright side, it's good to see the club making tough calls when it has to. Gone are the days of keeping blokes on the list just to spend their career in the medical room.

I'm not sure if delisting a third round pick who's not played a game is a 'tough call'?

 

[dangerwood]

Actually we did. In his first year. Was considered one of the best of our youngsters. Then bulked up and was never the same

Oh righto, I must of got it wrong.

 

[CHAWKTS]

I wouldn't have delisted Kroeger, he has talent. Maybe his hip injury is too severe.

I know Isaiah Thomas - who was a star at Boston - never recovered after his hip injury. Lost his speed and agility.

I think that is it. They held on the decision given the glimpse he gave - but are resigned I think to him never going to have a real crack. I also understand that the strain of constant rehab hasn’t been great

 

[CatsDoItBetter]

On the bright side, it's good to see the club making tough calls when it has to. Gone are the days of keeping blokes on the list just to spend their career in the medical room.

Agree, sad to see these guys go but I think we’ve held on to a few too long that we could’ve let go.
Hopefully we can find some good players to replace them.

 

[Turbocat]

Vdubs will be a little down about this ... bad luck and all the best to FK

 

[BORIS332]

I'm not sure if delisting a third round pick who's not played a game is a 'tough call'?

If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

I think that is it. They held on the decision given the glimpse he gave - but are resigned I think to him never going to have a real crack. I also understand that the strain of constant rehab hasn’t been great

We oddly seem to draft ALOT of kids who are heavily injury prone…

I wonder if there is something going on with our fitness and conditioning that is overloading or under loading the kids early on?? It seems to be too often a trend with us… just off memory recently the injury prone draftees have been:

Kroeger, Willis, Conway, clark, Freddy Krueger, cooper stephens,Shannon neale…

You can go back further for players like cockatoo lang brown etc…

 

[rocker_oz33]

Wow just seen Flynn .
Got the boot ..

 

[rocker_oz33]

I agree Johnson's was at the lighter end of the scale especially once the full details came out. It was as much that he didn't tell the club that really put him in it. Geelong definitely looked the other way with Stokes.

Point being all clubs do it. And will continue to.

Yes all clubs do it.

Just don't get caught.
Leave ya fones at home .
No silly videos of doing nose beers

 

[cats_09]

I think that is it. They held on the decision given the glimpse he gave - but are resigned I think to him never going to have a real crack. I also understand that the strain of constant rehab hasn’t been great

My impression of things from during the season (like when he dropped off the injury list), was that there was a fair bit of uncertainty around his ability to train freely, let alone actually getting on the park in a competitive aspect

I think it's great he was able to play a game at the end of the season, and the chance to go out on a high