Recommitted Sam Walsh [RFA 2026] - name was floated for a move in 2025, stayed

[Chaisa]

RFA next year. Links to Geelong, Hawthorn and St Kilda. Has supposedly fallen out with Voss.

Any chance of going this year or nah?

 

[Sonny Hayes]

Hope the Hawks stick clear of him, do not trust his body at the cost it would take to get him.

 

[Jatz]

RFA next year. Links to Geelong, Hawthorn and St Kilda. Has supposedly fallen out with Voss.

Any chance of going this year or nah?

Reckon there could be. Especially if Voss stays on.

He’s being played in a role that doesn’t suit him at all.

 

[BIGHAWK23]

Imagine trading back Carlton's first for Walsh

 

[go_the_dockers]

Hope the Hawks stick clear of him, do not trust his body at the cost it would take to get him.

He has not had a good preseason in 3 or 4 years, but he still gets to a reasonable level as a mid even with no preseason.


Someone will pay a lot to get him as a free agent.

 

[Bostonian]

Trade him and then go after Butters.

 

[THE_GUN]

RFA next year. Links to Geelong, Hawthorn and St Kilda. Has supposedly fallen out with Voss.

Any chance of going this year or nah?

I would betting Voss is gone before Walsh

 

[HairyO]

Hope the Hawks stick clear of him, do not trust his body at the cost it would take to get him.

The injury to Day also shows that we need actual class in the midfield. Walsh is a ball magnet but a total hack with the ball.

 

[Atomboy]

The injury to Day also shows that we need actual class in the midfield. Walsh is a ball magnet but a total hack with the ball.

His polarity is somewhat reversed at the moment

 

[Hamingja]

Hope the Hawks stick clear of him, do not trust his body at the cost it would take to get him.

If they are willing to let him go this year it is definitely caveat emptor

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Blues fans what is the reason why he could be traded?

Hard to think Walsh will leave tbh.

 

[THE_GUN]

If they are willing to let him go this year it is definitely caveat emptor

With the way Carlton is going they will get a better compo pick than in a trade

 

[Jatz]

Blues fans what is the reason why he could be traded?

Hard to think Walsh will leave tbh.

Doesnt see eye to eye with Voss on how he’s being played. Has lead to him being unhappy, allegedly.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Walsh and TDK out the door to bring in Reid I could live with. Otherwise rather keep him. Gun when he can get his body right, still a handy accumulator when he can't.

 

[KnaveyBlue]

Blues fans what is the reason why he could be traded?

He's either not getting the midfield minutes he wants, or he's sick of playing the dumbest gameplan in the league.

Or both. It's probably both.

 

[groggm]

Doesnt see eye to eye with Voss on how he’s being played. Has lead to him being unhappy, allegedly.

Understandably.. he's not being played to his strengths, unless he is playing injured. He's a much better player than his current form suggests.

 

[Bostonian]

Doesnt see eye to eye with Voss on how he’s being played. Has lead to him being unhappy, allegedly.

Kennedy mk2 if true.

 

[RCAB]

He's more likely gone than staying, with at least half a dozen clubs looking to sign him.

 

[Jeremias]

He's more likely gone than staying, with at least half a dozen clubs looking to sign him.

Might be a long thread, so to clarify for those wondering, this is opinion only rather than based on any sort of inside word.

 

[DopeMaster]

Would be a risk with his injury issues, hard to know what he’s worth tbh.

His best is v good but it hasn’t been showcased in some time.

 

[Elixuh]

I’d be interested to know how clubs judge the risk with him given the back will never full come good and will need to be managed.

I’d be happy for Sam to get a fresh start somewhere. Think he could show much more than he currently is.

Watching Crippa waste away his career with no success might also be part of it psychologically, I wonder.

Would actually like to see him play for Geelong. Think he would suit them.

 

[Tanami]

How many coaches meetings has he sat in and thought this coach is a plonk.....

Voss ...Teague

Labelled as the 'best pure midfielder in the draft', Walsh also played in the NAB Under 18 Championships, where he represented Vic Country as captain. He amassed an average of 29 disposals in the tournament.

If your label is best pure midfielder in his draft why is being played away from the ball ?

You can blame some clubs for ruining players....this is the case.

Probably lost all confidence.
Started out as a jet with a huge potential to be the best 5 mids in the comp.

And as the changes in coaches happen and the lack of a game plan and blues being blues........lost all the form.

Yes injured...but he is a midfielder through and through.



Time will tell who Graham Wright rates and who he puts in the shop window.
Adam Cerra was a bust...so,,,,,,

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

How many coaches meetings has he sat in and thought this coach is a plonk.....

Voss ...Teague

Labelled as the 'best pure midfielder in the draft', Walsh also played in the NAB Under 18 Championships, where he represented Vic Country as captain. He amassed an average of 29 disposals in the tournament.

If your label is best pure midfielder in his draft why is being played away from the ball ?

You can blame some clubs for ruining players....this is the case.

Probably lost all confidence.
Started out as a jet with a huge potential to be the best 5 mids in the comp.

And as the changes in coaches happen and the lack of a game plan and blues being blues........lost all the form.

Yes injured...but he is a midfielder through and through.

Is he being played away from the ball?

 

[Daka]

If TDK leaves which looks likely, they can pay Walsh what he wants will be hard to say no to, I think Carlton will be able to pay more than the clubs after him.

It just depends if money is everything for Walsh.

 

[nahnah]

Pies?

I’d be interested to know how clubs judge the risk with him given the back will never full come good and will need to be managed.

Hawks traded for Barrass with a bad back