VFL 2026

[Yoda_]

Frankston may have lost another handy player in Harrison Jones. Announced as a Mt Eliza recruit yesterday and it seems he'll be there full-time.

Not panic time yet but our drawing power as a destination club may be put to the test this offseason.

Im counting Voss and Blamires as outs, fully expecting both to be drafted.

Massive losses for Dolphins. Need some kids to step up

 

[CFC1995]

Speaking of signings, all the hard work my impotent football club in targeted recruits has fallen to the way side.

Oskar Smartt is off the East Perth
Will Hoare and now Matt Foley are off to Coburg
Jordan Busutill off to Weribee

Discerning our inability to attract and retain VFL quality players

Good signings for Coburg

 

[Flyingleslieskite]

Good signings for Coburg

Yep some very good ones.
Starting to fufill its potential as a destination club

 

[AussieNick1999]

Im counting Voss and Blamires as outs, fully expecting both to be drafted.

Massive losses for Dolphins. Need some kids to step up

If Voss and Blamires go in addition to our confirmed departures, we're going to be set for a difficult year unless Jackson can pull off some miracle recruiting (not ruling out the possibility either, he took us to finals in 2024 with a list that everyone said was worse than the previous year.)

 

[Flyingleslieskite]

If Voss and Blamires go in addition to our confirmed departures, we're going to be set for a difficult year unless Jackson can pull off some miracle recruiting (not ruling out the possibility either, he took us to finals in 2024 with a list that everyone said was worse than the previous year.)

Frankstons 2025 success will see good players come, while others already there will be hungrier to step up.

 

[Spiny Norman]

Jimmy Miller is also departing Port Melbourne. Don't know where he's going, but he's originally from WA. He's another big loss, especially with AJ Kuol Mun leaving as well, and his departure makes it all the more important that we find both a ruck and a really good key forward (ideally one who can be a backup ruck as well like Miller).

 

[AussieNick1999]

Gotten confirmation tonight that Harrison Jones isn't going to Mt Eliza full-time. Their announcement post was a bit misleading.

 

[CFC1995]

Gotten confirmation tonight that Harrison Jones isn't going to Mt Eliza full-time. Their announcement post was a bit misleading.

It literally says in the post that he is Frankston VFL listed

 

[AussieNick1999]

It literally says in the post that he is Frankston VFL listed

Didn't explicitly say that he would be VFL-listed in 2026. Clubs don't normally make that big a deal of VFL-listed players who'll only play a couple of games so I wasn't sure if it was just mentioning his previous VFL career.

 

[Yoda_]

Obviously a big Frankston Nuffield but my AFL club's VFL list has been pillaged already

Will Hoare and Matt Foley are off to Coburg. Both MASSIVE gets. Foley I was hoping we would explore cat b listing him similarly to what Brisbane did with 22 year old Bruce Reville.

James Busutil is off to Weribee

Oskar Smartt after his AFL delisting has signed for two years at East Fremantle in the WAFL.

Couple of local footballers have signed but no one of note

 

[eth-dog]

Obviously a big Frankston Nuffield but my AFL club's VFL list has been pillaged already

Will Hoare and Matt Foley are off to Coburg. Both MASSIVE gets. Foley I was hoping we would explore cat b listing him similarly to what Brisbane did with 22 year old Bruce Reville.

James Busutil is off to Weribee

Oskar Smartt after his AFL delisting has signed for two years at East Fremantle in the WAFL.

Couple of local footballers have signed but no one of note

Bussitil played like 3 games and barely looked VFL standard.

 

[Yoda_]

Bussitil played like 3 games and barely looked VFL standard.

* 12 games
** averaged more possessions a game than Alwyn Davey

 

[bedford]

Good write up by Paul Amy on recruits going or changing clubs in the VFL

 

[bedford]

Jimmy Miller is also departing Port Melbourne. Don't know where he's going, but he's originally from WA. He's another big loss, especially with AJ Kuol Mun leaving as well, and his departure makes it all the more important that we find both a ruck and a really good key forward (ideally one who can be a backup ruck as well like Miller).

Montmerency

 

[bedford]

Im counting Voss and Blamires as outs, fully expecting both to be drafted.

Massive losses for Dolphins. Need some kids to step up

St Pauls announcing Voss , they are dreaming

 

[Flyingleslieskite]

Bussitil played like 3 games and barely looked VFL standard.

Terrible call

 

[eth-dog]

* 12 games
** averaged more possessions a game than Alwyn Davey

Who was one of two players not to play a game in the AFL last season. Not a big loss at all

Terrible call

Nah. Will be interesting to see how often he plays at Werribee.

 

[Flyingleslieskite]

Who was one of two players not to play a game in the AFL last season. Not a big loss at all

Nah. Will be interesting to see how often he plays at Werribee.

Okay. What does he do that doesn't make him VFL standard.

 

[eth-dog]

Okay. What does he do that doesn't make him VFL standard.

He's a winger/half forward who struggles to find the ball and be dangerous when entering forward 50. He had a good game against Sandy, I'll give him that but there's a reason he barely played before the AFL list had 1000 injuries.

Take away that last game (a clear outlier) and he averages 12.2 touches, 1.8 marks and 2.9 tackles a game. It's not a VFL signing that I'm losing sleep over. He might build on that Sandy performance and make it at VFL level but I personally don't see it.

Hoare is a loss, he's a good VFL level key defender, and Foley can play but half back is a role that you can fill relaticely easily, especially since guys like Zak Johnson, Jayden Nguyen, Jaxon Prior are all chances of playing more VFL than AFL next year.

 

[Flyingleslieskite]

He's a winger/half forward who struggles to find the ball and be dangerous when entering forward 50. He had a good game against Sandy, I'll give him that but there's a reason he barely played before the AFL list had 1000 injuries.

Take away that last game (a clear outlier) and he averages 12.2 touches, 1.8 marks and 2.9 tackles a game. It's not a VFL signing that I'm losing sleep over. He might build on that Sandy performance and make it at VFL level but I personally don't see it.

Hoare is a loss, he's a good VFL level key defender, and Foley can play but half back is a role that you can fill relaticely easily, especially since guys like Zak Johnson, Jayden Nguyen, Jaxon Prior are all chances of playing more VFL than AFL next year.

Fair enough. Maybe thats not his preffered position as a wing/half fwd? Hes actually an inside midfielder.

 

[niche]

Good write up by Paul Amy on recruits going or changing clubs in the VFL

Can you add screenshots by anychance?

 

[bedford]

Can you add screenshots by anychance?

No idea how to do that

 

[SeaSide]

Im counting Voss and Blamires as outs, fully expecting both to be drafted.

Massive losses for Dolphins. Need some kids to step up

If Frankston players are being drafted, then the Club should be seen as a 'go to' club.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

If Voss and Blamires go in addition to our confirmed departures, we're going to be set for a difficult year unless Jackson can pull off some miracle recruiting (not ruling out the possibility either, he took us to finals in 2024 with a list that everyone said was worse than the previous year.)

Kornberg is a really good coach-frankston will be a attractive destination club for young players in particular.

 

[Spiny Norman]

Montmerency

So Miller is staying in Melbourne? That's a bit concerning if we can't retain a key player and member of the leadership group despite him staying in Victoria (rather than returning home to WA).