List Mgmt. 2023 Draft/Trade/FA thread

[Scythe94]

Seems a good time to pin this:


OOC players:

• Michael Hibberd (retired)
• Deakyn Smith (delisted)
• Andy Moniz-Wakefield
• Jake Melksham (delisted, will be re-drafted as a rookie)
• Luke Dunstan (retired)
• James Jordon (signed with Sydney as a Free Agent)
• Kye Turner (delisted)

Traded out:

• James Harmes (Bulldogs)
• Brodie Grundy (Sydney)

Traded in:

• Tom Fullarton (Brisbane)
• Jack Billings (St Kilda)
• Shane McAdam (Adelaide)

Drafted:

• Caleb Windsor (Pick 7)
• Koltyn Tholstrup (Pick 13)
• Kynan Brown (Rookie)

 

[Mich0]

"Also in the mix for Essendon at 9". Mich0 this is the point I was making about 'reaching' – the market and draft order dictates the player's value, not phantom drafts from journos. Obviously rated fairly highly as Essendon and Adelaide are linked to him with their first picks, too. Had we not made the trade for 11*, good chance he wouldn't have been on the board come our pick.

Hope they take him at 9 but I think there is next to no chance of that happening.

Scott just came out on SEN and said they were looking at Caddy/O Sullivan and Leake for there pick.

Absolutely zero mention of Tholstrupp.

The slider Scott says Dons would be “delighted” to draft with first-round pick

“If he’s there at our pick we’d be delighted.”

bit.ly

 

[Daemon]

Purchased a big bag of popcorn for tonight. This thread is going to the most entertaining thing footy-wise all year.

 

[LarryDavidNeitz]

Purchased a big bag of popcorn for tonight. This thread is going to the most entertaining thing footy-wise all year.

It’s almost worth hoping we trade 6 and 11 for pick 5 and then take Sanders.

Can’t buy entertainment like that

 

[Scythe94]

It’s almost worth hoping we trade 6 and 11 for pick 5 and then take Sanders.

Can’t buy entertainment like that

 

[Lord Nev]

 

[Scythe94]

Hope they take him at 9 but I think there is next to no chance of that happening.

Scott just came out on SEN and said they were looking at Caddy/O Sullivan and Leake for there pick.

Absolutely zero mention of Tholstrupp.

The slider Scott says Dons would be “delighted” to draft with first-round pick

“If he’s there at our pick we’d be delighted.”

bit.ly

Why though? Because some journalists had him going a few picks later? Offers some more x-factor in our forward line, can't see how that's a particularly bad thing.

There's no real standout likely to be at #11* – if Leake somehow made it through, sure, but Tholstrup is as good (or better) of an option as the likes of Wilson, DeMattia, Edwards etc. Caddy and O'Sullivan very unlikely to make it to our second.

Edit: if Ess did pick him at 9*, then one of Caddy/O'Sullivan/Leake would make it through, so I get that. Just don't really understand the disdain for Tholstrup considering who's likely to be available at that pick.

 

[Mich0]

Why though? Because some journalists had him going a few picks later? Offers some more x-factor in our forward line, can't see how that's a particularly bad thing.

There's no real standout likely to be at #11* – if Leake somehow made it through, sure, but Tholstrup is as good (or better) of an option as the likes of Wilson, DeMattia, Edwards etc. Caddy and O'Sullivan very unlikely to make it to our second.

Edit: if Ess did pick him at 9*, then one of Caddy/O'Sullivan/Leake would make it through, so I get that. Just don't really understand the disdain for Tholstrup considering who's likely to be available at that pick.

We don’t need more mid-sized forwards. We already have Smith, Melksham, McAdam, Fritsch, Petracca.

Whose spot in the team would he take?

I am already picturing this bloke trying to take on 3 tacklers to kick Hail Mary goals from a pack only for it to come off the side of the boot, fly 30m high in the air and out on the foul like Zurhaar and Petracca do 5 times a match.

 

[Scythe94]

We don’t need more mid-sized forwards. We already have Smith, Melksham, McAdam, Fritsch, Petracca.

Whose spot in the team would he take?

I am already picturing this bloke trying to take on 3 tacklers to kick Hail Mary goals from a pack only for it to come off the side of the boot, fly 30m high in the air and out on the foul like Zurhaar and Petracca do 5 times a match.

Melksham probably has five games at best left in his career. Smith has played over 10 games once in his career and has a lingering suspension (plus is a completely different player).

Could easily roll out a team each week that includes Petty, JVR, Pickett, Trac, McAdam, ANB, Tholstrup, Fritsch and maybe Chandler, considering that Trac will play a good chunk in the middle (as will Koz, ideally). They're all very different players.

 

[Lord Nev]

We don’t need more mid-sized forwards. We already have Smith, Melksham, McAdam, Fritsch, Petracca.

Whose spot in the team would he take?

I am already picturing this bloke trying to take on 3 tacklers to kick Hail Mary goals from a pack only for it to come off the side of the boot, fly 30m high in the air and out on the foul like Zurhaar and Petracca do 5 times a match.

Firstly, Smith might not even be able to play next year, Melksham will miss most of the year, McAdam and Fritsch are completely different types, Petracca playing more midfield time isn't exactly a loss.

Secondly, Tholstrup is a noted score involvement player who can deliver well inside 50. I'm going to assume just by the pure weight of numbers of your posts here that you actually watched us play a couple of times this year yeah? Don't think I need to expand on that.

 

[Scythe94]

Idk, feel like we could do with some of these traits.

 

[Mich0]

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Idk, feel like we could do with some of these traits.

I am not completely against him but if Essendon take him at 9 it will likely push a player I prefer (Caddy/Leake) out to our pick potentially.

 

[Scythe94]

I am not completely against him but if Essendon take him at 9 it will likely push a player I prefer (Caddy/Leake) out to our pick potentially.

That's fair. Just asking that you don't melt too hard if the choice is between Tholstrup, Wilson, Edwards and DeMattia etc, as his traits probably make him the best option of that bunch for us, and we wouldn't be passing up on a stand-out option.

I know you're wanting to bolster our midfield depth, and he definitely has the scope to make that shift later on. Think of him a bit like Trac-lite when he came into the league (with less midfield exposure to-date).

Big kid with good endurance (top 10 in the 2km at the combine, second in agility test), so chance that he impacts early, too.

 

[Demon 16]

Seems to be the ANB role.

Has a few different moves to ANB but looks like he covers similar parts of the ground and has that big running capacity.

 

[Dory_77]

I've been keen on Tholstrup for weeks as evident by my votes in the pick #11 thread. Knew he'd be a gun by his eccentric name

 

[Scythe94]

I've been keen on Tholstrup for weeks as evident by my votes in the pick #11 thread. Knew he'd be a gun by his eccentric name

He's definitely your boy! By being the first to vote for him, you ultimately take responsibility for his entire career.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

If Leake is on the board and we choose Tholstrup I will happily melt.

 

[Scythe94]

The only thing I don't really like about Tholstrup is that you just know the club's socials are going to roll out 'Kolt Hero' as soon as they get the chance, perhaps even tonight.

 

[Dory_77]

The only thing I don't really like about Tholstrup is that you just know the club's socials are going to roll out 'Kolt Hero' as soon as they get the chance, perhaps even tonight.

The bar for cult hero seems very low these days.
Kid has a mullet and some funky sunnies? What a loose unit!

 

[Makeshift Park]

Pardon the intrusion. Could you folks see your club agreeing to 6 + 11 for 3 and a third rounder?

 

[markm106]

If Watson falls to our pick I think we’ll take him. But can’t see him getting through to our pick. I’m not overly keen with such an early pick to take him. But he’s consensus top 6 pick.

 

[Mich0]

Pardon the intrusion. Could you folks see your club agreeing to 6 + 11 for 3 and a third rounder?

3 and a 2nd yes. 3rd is a bit far back for a 3 pick upgrade.

 

[Mich0]

I am more ok with Tholstrupp at 11 then I am with Windsor at 6.

Hopefully a team reaches for Wilson

 

[Demon 16]

Pardon the intrusion. Could you folks see your club agreeing to 6 + 11 for 3 and a third rounder?

Yes.

 

[Scythe94]

Pardon the intrusion. Could you folks see your club agreeing to 6 + 11 for 3 and a third rounder?

Would 100% do for McKercher - probably rather a second back if it was for Duursma (though I could be convinced).

 

[Lord Nev]