Rumour GFC 2025 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 3

[cats_09]

2025 AFL Draft and Trade Dates:​

Fri Oct 3 - Fri Oct 10: 2025 Free Agency Period
Mon Oct 6 - Wed Oct 15: 2025 Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period
Wed Nov 19 - Thu Nov 20: 2025 Telstra AFL Draft

 

[Lana]

Agree. He struck me as sullen or moody. If correct he may have pissed the boys' club off or somesuch.

As far as I can tell his biggest crime was wearing sunglasses during the 07 grand final

 

[joe444]

As far as I can tell his biggest crime was wearing sunglasses during the 07 grand final

iirc he leads Geelong for least kicks per handball ever. (1 kick for every 3.5 handballs or something)

 

[The rabbi]

Just wait until you see who we draft with pick #99

I thought that we were using that draft pick for the AFLW, and we were looking to draft Barbara Feldon.

 

[Lana]

iirc he leads Geelong for least kicks per handball ever. (1 kick for every 3.5 handballs or something)

That gets you eight years in Barwon Prison! doesn't sound fair to me

 

[year of the cat]

I'll win the lotto before this kid swings onto his right side... and I don't buy a ticket.

Most left footers are very one sided. Don’t think that’s too much of an impediment to drafting him.

 

[joe444]

That gets you eight years in Barwon Prison! doesn't sound fair to me

No, Lana - that's 1k for every 8ball.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

Bews get… Guthrie.. I just can’t see it.. 3 years no games and can’t get on the track rally let alone game conditions.

I’m all for. Giving him his chances.. and Josh Cowan got 7 years on the list.. but maybe if wants a rookie spot?

Go Catters

When our biggest weakness is our midfield, it makes sense to give cam guthrie another roll of the dice… who will he be holding back??

He is an area of dire need, and if he can get fit will be a huge asset. Big mature body to throw into the midfield rotations.

If he can have a big summer.. who knows.

What was the end of year status on his injury?? Was he officially recovered??

Maybe he is roaring to go rnd 1 and to dive into a big pre season

 

[Footy Smarts]

I'm looking forward to us taking our picks to the draft. I think the draft is strong in the 20-40 range where our first two picks will fall. The talk of this being a week draft is driven by academy picks poking the eyes out of the top 10, which doesn't effect us. In a clean draft they weren't lasting to 20 anyway.

We're going to end up with our first 2 picks being very close together too.

The new points system means all the teams with academy prospects are going to need picks in the 20s and 30s to give enough points to match.

We could end up with picks 25 and 30 or something like that.

 

[Burtyl78]

Let’s get the Southport ruckman

 

[Lana]

We're going to end up with our first 2 picks being very close together too.

The new points system means all the teams with academy prospects are going to need picks in the 20s and 30s to give enough points to match.

We could end up with picks 25 and 30 or something like that.

I don't think it will be that drastic, I think our picks will roughly hold their position. I did a test run yesterday we moved back like 2 places on each pick. It depends on how much pick cycling happens. North, Essendon and Sydney would be prime targets. DVI might be understated for those pick 20s relative to their fair value. There is a difference between bundling three pick 40s for an early 20s pick, compared to 3 pick 20s for a pick 18

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Add Oskar Taylor to the list of players that might be worth watching.

He's who I'm expecting we pick up tbh.

I doubt any of the gun mids will be available at our pick, and we'll be in line for the second stringers (whoever the Lang, Stephens, Brodie Kemp types of this draft are).

Pick up a half back flanker with pace and precision ball use, train him up to be ready to go by 2027 to somewhat succeed Stewart, and hopefully we've picked up our A-grade mid in trade/FA.

 

[foxdog50]

Crazy to think that Jesse Mellor our NGA player was named in the All Australian team this year, and isn't even named in the top 40 mock draft...
Also Hunter Holmes looks like to be a rookie position at best..

Hope once we get Mellor, he be our diamond in the rough

 

[Cattas_21]

By my calcs we currently don't have any list spots free to use in the draft, and we have 4 uncontracted players (Guthrie, Bews, Stevens and Wiltshire). Our delistings of Ivisic and Retschko give us two picks in the rookie draft currently.

How many picks do we use in the draft? Is it still a rule that we need to make 3 draft selections including rookie upgrades? If so, this means at least 3 of Guthrie, Bews, Stevens and Wiltshire will be delisted/retire. Possibly all 4 if we upgrade anyone from the rookie list.

Is there anything I've missed here?

 

[iameviljez]

When our biggest weakness is our midfield, it makes sense to give cam guthrie another roll of the dice… who will he be holding back??

Stevens, Knevitt and Clark all showed good enough form in the VFL to be given more AFL games than they actually were - just that our team was winning too much to drop anyone.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

... or we bite the bullet and remember that we recruited Neale as a ruckman.

....And not a very good one.

The kid should kick 50+ goals next year if he just carries his from from May onwards into a full season.

You don't trade that off for him to be a mediocre ruck. We've already tried it. Maybe if we got Curnow. Not now.

 

[year of the cat]

He's who I'm expecting we pick up tbh.

I doubt any of the gun mids will be available at our pick, and we'll be in line for the second stringers (whoever the Lang, Stephens, Brodie Kemp types of this draft are).

Pick up a half back flanker with pace and precision ball use, train him up to be ready to go by 2027 to somewhat succeed Stewart, and hopefully we've picked up our A-grade mid in trade/FA.

I wouldn’t mind him. Has pace, great kick and looks to have toughness. We need another small defender with Bews on the way out. Taylor, from a 5 mins highlight package, looks a decent option.

As you say, all the decent mids (of which there are very few from what I can see), will be gone. Better off looking to replace amother positional need.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

When our biggest weakness is our midfield, it makes sense to give cam guthrie another roll of the dice… who will he be holding back??

He is an area of dire need, and if he can get fit will be a huge asset. Big mature body to throw into the midfield rotations.

If he can have a big summer.. who knows.

What was the end of year status on his injury?? Was he officially recovered??

Maybe he is roaring to go rnd 1 and to dive into a big pre season

We don't lack midfield depth.

Our midfield isn't a weakness against most of the league, it's a weakness against the team we need to beat to win the thing: Brisbane.

A crippled Cam doesn't help that after 3 years out of the game. We don't need another support cast member, we need an A-grader to join Smith and Holmes to beat Brisbane, and probably Gold Coast.

We've said the same thing you're saying now for three off-seasons. At some point enough is enough. At least Menzel was a kid. This bloke is turning 34.

Plus, we need to delist some names even if we want to only take the token 3 picks. It's over.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

We don't lack midfield depth.

Our midfield isn't a weakness against most of the league, it's a weakness against the team we need to beat to win the thing: Brisbane.

A crippled Cam doesn't help that after 3 years out of the game. We don't need another support cast member, we need an A-grader to join Smith and Holmes to beat Brisbane, and probably Gold Coast.

We've said the same thing you're saying now for three off-seasons. At some point enough is enough. At least Menzel was a kid. This bloke is turning 34.

Plus, we need to delist some names even if we want to only take the token 3 picks. It's over.

I disagree it isn’t a weakness, we just have an elite coach who was able to paper over deficiencies to the point of almost snatching the flag.

We have two A grade mids, in holmes and smith.. both outside players as well.

After that it is very thin and all role players or C-B graders.

We don’t have many players who can genuinely rotate thru there either and do a quality job.

Do you honestly feel comfortable seeing a midfield setup of knevitt, Clark, mullin, Stanley???

We run very thin and fast in our midfield rotations compared to a lot of other sides.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

Let’s get the Southport ruckman

Is that Brayden crossley??

 

[FootyLad0]

Love those highlights but I don't reckon he'll be at our pick there

He was projected at the 15-20 range. That’s including players who get picked academy/father son.

He may go slightly before us or around our pick but there’s plenty around our pick to like as well.
He’s just the one that stands out for me.

 

[BennyGan]

He’s not interested in going to the team he will get more money at and grew up supporting in the Dogs?

Bailey Smith had the exact same option too, and chose us

 

[FootyLad0]

I'd be delighted to get Sam at the Cats, but I think he'll go before we get a pick. Will go in top 5-10 picks.

That would be a crazy big jump if he did go that high. Twomey had him in 15-20 range and he’s usually spot on the money but the talent is there so I could see why

I hope and fingers crossed he gets to us but I’ll be happy with whoever we take. Trust in Wells and Mack

 

[Kobe Gryant]

I disagree it isn’t a weakness, we just have an elite coach who was able to paper over deficiencies to the point of almost snatching the flag.

We have two A grade mids, in holmes and smith.. both outside players as well.

After that it is very thin and all role players or C-B graders.

We don’t have many players who can genuinely rotate thru there either and do a quality job.

Do you honestly feel comfortable seeing a midfield setup of knevitt, Clark, mullin, Stanley???

We run very thin and fast in our midfield rotations compared to a lot of other sides.

Barring the greatest injury crisis the game has ever seen, we will literally never run the set up you're mentioning. It's disingenuous to ask that question.

I know you adore Chris Scott, but it's okay to admit to what our midfield actually is: A solid group, about 5th-10th in the league that relies on efficiency rather than weight of numbers, and lacks the extra A-grader to beat Brisbane H2H, and elevate it to a top 4 group.

That doesn't reflect badly on Scott at all. He doesn't have the talent to beat them, and nobody else does.

The group will be Stanley/Blicavs/SDK, Holmes, Smith, Bruhn, Worpel, Atkins, and Dempsey, with Miers as a pinch hitter, Mullin as a tagging rotation, and Mannagh as an extra number at stoppages.

That group doesn't lack another B-grader, let alone a player who can't even jog without getting injured in 34 year old Cam Guthrie.

It lacks Zak Butters or Sam Walsh to truly bridge the gap on Brisbane, and the club will hopefully amend that next year.

Look around the league. Hawthorn are planning on running spuds/bit part players like Nash, Mackenzie, and Josh Ward through their midfield regularly.

Adelaide the same with Berry, Peatling, and Soligo. GWS with Bedford, O'Halloran, Rowston, and a cooked Coniglio. Collingwood with Ned Long, a cooked Tom Mitchell, Pendlebury, and Sidebottom.

Our group can't stop Brisbane (and now Gold Coast IMO) H2H, and it either beats everyone else, or will hold their own.

Two things can be true, and Cam Guthrie certainly isn't going to be the solution to our predicament.

 

[BennyGan]

Anybody heard of Sullivan Robey? Eastern Ranges. Came from nowhere. Big call, but better than Petracca from my vision. mWill now go top 10 unfortunately. Ready to play accumulator and match winner

assume you mean potential to be better than this current version of Trac?
Trac is maybe the best mid/fwd junior prospect theres been.
and people forgetting how good he was at his best.

 

[allrighty]

Yes, at that exact moment. It has "break glass in case of emergency vibes", I admit.

I, on the other hand, have an instinct based on the years of watching that he'll never quite be that forward. Or, more importantly, he could be a serious weapon working as a 60/40 split duties.

But I'm also in the camp that is far more forgiving of OHenry and would like to see what can happen when they're not always in the same space.

Good point. The forgotten Ollie.

Has talent, composure and x factor. Just needs to get the mojo back. Maybe the TB situation being settled will help with that.