Rumour GFC 2025 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 2

[Tony Barber]

Im surprised considering the TDK & his Clan were up and about us all Friday night after the game. I hear the talk that TDK was well and truly ribbed harassed and goaded into coming down to Torquay and play for Cups instead of cash.
Sit back and watch it all pan out.
I reckon there will be more than one u-turn to come in this Trade/Free Agency period.

ha ha ha ha.

Not an effing chance.

 

[Turbocat]

True, but I guess they're not banking on Conway's health. At the very least, Rhys will be an on field coach for the kids in the VFL, so I don't mind it.

With the 5 man bench likely to come in next year, it wouldn't surprise me if we start pumping games into a couple of Molier, Edwards, or Polk and open up the VFL slots too.

Expecting Scott to get creative with that. With Kolo back, moving COS into a Dan Curtin like role wouldn't surprise me either.

To me Stanley is an ideal backup. He has been solid most of the year ..and having him on the list doesn't mean he has to play each week in the afl or the VFL. Just having him at the club to help develop the younger guys and play if required would seem ideal. If one looked the likes of Goldstein he still could be useful ..one really doesn't know how things play out in a bad luck year. The perfect outcome would be all our talls are all perfectly fit and capable of selection but we know it rarely happens. Just seems a cheap , break glass type choice.

 

[Gee Class Loco]

ha ha ha ha.

Not an effing chance.

Those words have bit many on the proverbial... History tends to repeat its self. Haha.

 

[Strange Cat]

As comical as it would be for TDK to do a U turn and end with us leaving a very bitter Marshall at the saints

It won’t happen

 

[Turbocat]

When you mentioned we could use the pick in the SDK deal to look at some premium mids, who do you reckon? '26 picks for Butters?

Or have I got my wires crossed.

Its all pollywaffle I know ..pre GF nerves etc and maybe just a bit of early trade days speculation .

....but would we theoretically trade in a pre-agent ? My guess it would depend on whether they see a chance to make it happen rather than wait and hope it happens. We are still the only club that has trade for FA’s arent we?

There was a theory earlier in the year about clearing out of R1’s so Port would not match … perhaps they have assessed that Port would match just about anything and the margarine replacement would not be be gettable as a FA till 2028 trad period.

Id also wonder if I was dealing with Port if I could leverage their potential academy pick and FSon player in 2026 Picks then would not be as valuable to them ..as they would get eaten up. ..

deals with deals…. it not far away from the silly season

 

[Tony Barber]

As comical as it would be for TDK to do a U turn and end with us leaving a very bitter Marshall at the saints

It won’t happen

Yep, I was mates with Freeborn when Carlton got him from north.

An 80k contract became 200k overnight.
And he said he had an offer in on a property in Carton.

"How can you do that so quick? You haven't even played"
'I've got a contract, thats all the bank cares about'.

So, TDK has probably already bought 3 houses

 

[OzeSparky]

He did but can still ask for a trade

Why would he ask for a trade if he just signed on? Could just let his contract expire and walk anywhere.

 

[catempire]

You're right it is odd that he would be talking about it openly if it wasn't plausible, but is he though? There was one report where he apparently had a preference for us and contacted us. Nothing from his camp since then.

It sounds more to me like the one takeaway that has just been regurgitated by the media so that they can get a couple more clicks in.

Seems like one solid report and multiple
questionable ones.

 

[cats_09]

Page 357 of this thread is the stuff of nightmares when it comes to player names

 

[cats_09]

To me Stanley is an ideal backup. He has been solid most of the year ..and having him on the list doesn't mean he has to play each week in the afl or the VFL. Just having him at the club to help develop the younger guys and play if required would seem ideal. If one looked the likes of Goldstein he still could be useful ..one really doesn't know how things play out in a bad luck year. The perfect outcome would be all our talls are all perfectly fit and capable of selection but we know it rarely happens. Just seems a cheap , break glass type choice.

The other benefit of retaining Stanley for another year is that he can act a pseudo ruck coach for the likes of Edwards, Conway (when fit), Molier - with King moving on to Melbourne, we'd def benefit from being able to use Stanley in a player/coach/mentor role

 

[MisterMarcus]

Suppose the SDK to Saints rumours have legs.

Marshall + St Kilda's F1 for SDK as a starting point?

 

[Warhorse]

Suppose the SDK to Saints rumours have legs.

Marshall + St Kilda's F1 for SDK as a starting point?

Yep. And Marshall happy to take a pay cut to get to Geelong

 

[PzBlinky]

Suppose the SDK to Saints rumours have legs.

Marshall + St Kilda's F1 for SDK as a starting point?

In the words of Dr Evil...how about no?

With all their recruits, they could easily jump up the ladder and there's no way I'm taking pick 12-13 and a 30-year-old ruck for a KPD who could be the mainstay of our defence for another 9-10 years.

 

[Strange Cat]

Suppose the SDK to Saints rumours have legs.

Marshall + St Kilda's F1 for SDK as a starting point?

Mackie would show SOS how it’s really done

 

[year of the cat]

SDK is back playing good footy. Seems to have his confidence back. His body language is much better too. Why when with him and O'Sullivan we have our 2 KPD's for another decade would you just give that up?

 

[Del216647]

SDK is back playing good footy. Seems to have his confidence back. His body language is much better too. Why when with him and O'Sullivan we have our 2 KPD's for another decade would you just give that up?

Yeah you don't trade away good, young key position players. That is terrible list management.

Unless he asks for a trade, no way we'd be putting him on the table.

 

[Johanpetro]

I like how all the talk was “30 year old Marshall is contracted we aren’t letting him go” yet apparently we will let 24 year old contracted SDK go. I highly doubt Geelong will even consider for a second trading him for Marshall and a pick . Would make no sense unless Port have already said they will trade Butters with the saints pick included

 

[Strange Cat]

SDK is back playing good footy. Seems to have his confidence back. His body language is much better too. Why when with him and O'Sullivan we have our 2 KPD's for another decade would you just give that up?

It would have to be done by SDK request ..otherwise normal procedure in telling SOS and the saints to **** right off with that trade idea

 

[Kobe Gryant]

I like how all the talk was “30 year old Marshall is contracted we aren’t letting him go” yet apparently we will let 24 year old contracted SDK go. I highly doubt Geelong will even consider for a second trading him for Marshall and a pick . Would make no sense unless Port have already said they will trade Butters with the saints pick included

Yep, you'd have to have Butters lined up and a certainty to come here. Pointless otherwise.

We can get the deal done without involving SDK, and should we salute this Saturday, we've got the opportunity to have another great era here with our list profile.

You don't give a piece of this new core up when you don't have to.

 

[Cataholic]

Yeah you don't trade away good, young key position players. That is terrible list management.

Unless he asks for a trade, no way we'd be putting him on the table.

Maybe he'll want to play with his brother?

 

[Strange Cat]

Maybe he'll want to play with his brother?

Still contracted , still very young and is a future AA

You would try and work out something , however it’s still very much saints job to make it an appealing trade in that case

 

[Cataholic]

Still contracted , still very young and is a future AA

You would try and work out something , however it’s still very much saints job to make it an appealing trade in that case

Agreed, but I call Warhorse saying several times now that he's aware of names and moves that he can't allude to - though he did mention SDK - so it seems there's a bit going on behind the scenes and almost anything could happen.

But then, if I recall correctly, Gee Class Loco was here somewhere earlier and suggested TDK could yet change his mind, so who knows?!

 

[Del216647]

Maybe he'll want to play with his brother?

Well he only signed a two-year extension with us in March this year - so I'm thinking he doesn't as it was pretty clear TDK has been going to the Saints for some time now and SDK will have known this.

 

[Oisin_the_Goat]

Well he only signed a two-year extension with us in March this year - so I'm thinking he doesn't as it was pretty clear TDK has been going to the Saints for some time now and SDK will have known this.

Then again two years seems like a short extension for one of our young core players.

 

[Strange Cat]

Then again two years seems like a short extension for one of our young core players.

Sorry we don’t do 10 years blood pacts here unlike other clubs