Recruiting AFL Trade & Free Agency IX

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AFL TRADE, DRAFT AND FREE AGENCY DATES 2021

Grand Final
Saturday September 25


Draft Combine – Vic Country
Friday October 1

Restricted and Unrestricted Free Agency Window
Friday October 1 – Friday October 8


Delisted Free Agency Window 1
Wednesday October 3 - Monday October 15

Trade Period (picks and players)
Monday October 4 (9am) – Wednesday October 13 (7.30pm)


Draft Combines (States and Regions)
VM: Saturday October 9 (tbc)
Qld: Sunday October 10

Tas: Monday October 11
SA: Saturday October 16

WA: Sunday October 17
NSW&ACT: tbc
NT: will join SA or Qld


Trade Period (picks only)
Monday October 18 – Monday November 15

List Lodgement 1
Friday October 29


Delisted Free Agency Window 1
Wednesday November 3 (9am) – Tuesday November 9 (5pm)

List Lodgement 2 (Final date for primary list delistings)
Wednesday November 10 (2pm)


Delisted Free Agency Window 2
Thursday November 11 (9am) – Monday November 15 (5pm)

Draft Nominations Due
Wednesday November 17 (3pm)

Pre-Season Commences (First to fourth year players)
Monday November 22


National Draft
Round 1: Wednesday November 24 (7pm)
Round 2–end: Thursday November 25 (7pm)

Rookie Upgrade Period
Thursday November 25 (10pm) - Thursday November 25 (11pm)


Delisted Free Agency Window 3
Thursday November 25 (10pm) - Thursday November 25 (11pm)

Pre-Selected Rookie Nominations Due (Includes Academy, Father/Son)
Friday November 26 (12pm) - Friday November 26 (12.30pm)


Preseason Draft
Friday November 26 (3pm)


Pre-Selected Rookie Notification
Friday November 26 (3.15pm)

Rookie Draft
Friday November 26 (3.20pm)

Final List Lodgement
Monday November 29 (4pm)


Pre-Season Commences (All other players)
Monday December 6


Pre-Season Supplemental Selection Period (SSP)
December - March (tbc)
Current Contract Status
2021 Draft Watch
Father/Son and NGA
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BrunoV

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Now that the VFL side has signed Kyle Dunkley and Joe Atley, I can't wait for the brother trade speculation all year...only for us to go and get Shaun Atley.



It's a sign of where the main list is at that the first 2 players signed are inside pigs.

By my count the only genuine inside midfielder/extractor/first touch distributor on the list is Clarke.
 
It's a sign of where the main list is at that the first 2 players signed are inside pigs.

By my count the only genuine inside midfielder/extractor/first touch distributor on the list is Clarke.
Caldwell?
 
It's a sign of where the main list is at that the first 2 players signed are inside pigs.

By my count the only genuine inside midfielder/extractor/first touch distributor on the list is Clarke.
I think it's more of a sign that we've lost most of our inside mids from 2019 (Heppell, McKenna, Hocking, possibly Aylett) and are trying to replace them
 

BrunoV

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I think it's more of a sign that we've lost most of our inside mids from 2019 (Heppell, McKenna, Hocking, possibly Aylett) and are trying to replace them


The most important parts of the VFL list will always be what we don't have in the reserve in the AFL list.

It's also the selling point for players who would have high values.

Hey Kyle, Jo, come and play for us. You wont even be competing with anyone for a game each week.

Meaning that they get maximum opportunity to try to get themselves back on AFL lists.
 
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The most important parts of the VFL list will always be what we don't have in the reserve in the AFL list.

It's also the selling point for players who would have high values.

Hey Kyle, Jo, come and play for us. You wont even be competing with anyone for a game each week.

Meaning that they get maximum opportunity to try to get themselves back on AFL lists.

I was talking to eth-dog earlier today and we’d hoped to sign a former vic country representative to “play a role” for us. He’d declined more on the basis that the season won’t go ahead but as you suggest, merely a sign we need players to fill those roles at the level below.


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It's a sign of where the main list is at that the first 2 players signed are inside pigs.

By my count the only genuine inside midfielder/extractor/first touch distributor on the list is Clarke.
Caldwell?
11kgm obviously meant to say Ham.
 
Anyone is eligible, just about every player going for those last list spots around club land are already signed to lower grades.
I think they're not eligible via SSP/MSD if they're in one of the northern academies as a 19yo. But that's the only rule I can think of that might apply, unless there's something similar with WA/SA colts.
 
4 goals, 3 in the last quarter iirc. Looks a unit.

I didn't realise he was actually a f/s for West Coast – son of Chris, a dual-premiership player.

 
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Yeah he's Jake Waterman's older brother. He'd definitely still be at West Coast if he hadn't gotten glandular fever years ago when he was on their list.
Their loss is our gain...assuming we do the right thing and sign him.
 
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