List Mgmt. 2024 Draft/Trade/FA Thread – Pick 9, and big fishes Tom Campbell and Harry Sharp in 🎣🐟, ANB departs to the Crows for Pick 28 😢

[Scythe94]

Confirmed outs:

• Alex Neal-Bullen (Traded to Adelaide)
• Angus Brayshaw (Retired)
• Ben Brown (Retired)
• Lachie Hunter (Retired)
• Adam Tomlinson (Delisted)
• Josh Schache (Delisted)
• Kyah Farris-White (Delisted)
• Future First (Traded to Essendon)
• Future Third (Traded to Adelaide)
• Picks 40, 54, 65 (Traded to Essendon)
• Pick 49 (Traded to Brisbane)

Confirmed ins:

• Tom Campbell (Free Agent from St Kilda)
• Pick 9 (Traded from Essendon)
• Harry Sharp (Traded from Brisbane)
• Future Third (Traded from Brisbane)

On-traded:

• Pick 28 (from Adelaide, to Essendon)
• Pick 46 (from Adelaide, to Essendon)
• Future Third (from Essendon, to Brisbane)

 

[mrmonkey]

Trading a top pick for Houston is fine if the team is on the way up, but our team is on the decline. We've seen it all before with teams desperately trying to stay up the top, it inevitably ends up in more pain. (Geelong are an exception). It's pretty obvious that the team needs to go into rebuild mode, not full on 07-13 style but start to bring in and play some youth.

 

[Scythe94]

I wouldn’t even give up 1 first for a bloke who probably has never even copped a tag before. (Houston)

Imagine we piss off a top 10 pick, he comes in and is rendered useless in his first game by a Cincotta or Bedford running a tag on him because tagging HBFs are now in lieu.

He's been tagged plenty of times, lol.

 

[mores]

I wouldn’t even give up 1 first for a bloke who probably has never even copped a tag before. (Houston)

Imagine we piss off a top 10 pick, he comes in and is rendered useless in his first game by a Cincotta or Bedford running a tag on him because tagging HBFs are now in lieu.

No risk no reward

 

[Topkent]

No risk no reward

 

[Mich0]

He's been tagged plenty of times, lol.

What round was he tagged and by who? Keen to look up his stats for said round.

 

[philthy05]

What round was he tagged and by who? Keen to look up his stats for said round.

He’s played 166 games and been a gun for a long time.


His ball use is key to us and he’s one of our best players.

If he could be tagged he would be getting tagged.

 

[Demon 16]

With limited access to picks coming up when Tassie comes into the draft, it feels a bit silly to go looking to top up with senior players just now.

 

[Demon Attack]

It doesn't get more DEMON SPIRIT than doing things that feels a bit silly

 

[Topkent]

Remember when Richmond thought they could top up with Taranto and Hopper and now they look a decade away from a flag.
.yeah let's get Houston see what happens.

Their 25 and unders are as good as ours

 

[ABray10]

We have far too many holes to fill to trade our first for anyone. I think we need 2 years of hitting the draft and then another year after that lost to development before we are serious again.

Unfortunate but it is where we are at.

 

[omit]

There have been a lot of dumb ideas being floated around about what to do in the off season. But the stupidest I've heard so far is Damian Barrett suggesting that Melbourne should target Taylor Walker

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Taylor Walker

Age

34

Ht

194cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.7

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

8.0

2star

K

6.4

3star

HB

1.6

2star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.6

5star

to fix our forward line

 

[Demon Attack]

Tom Hawkins

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Tom Hawkins

Age

36

Ht

197cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.2

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

5.5

5star

T

1.9

4star

G

2.1

5star

D

12.7

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

5.1

5star

T

2.1

3star

G

1.6

5star

D

7.8

2star

K

5.6

3star

HB

2.2

2star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.0

3star

G

2.2

5star

vibes from last year.

 

[Scythe94]

Tom Hawkins vibes from last year.

Mich0 also wanted to offer Hawkins three years. Tim Lamb takes a big L again!

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Tom Hawkins vibes from last year.

What a genius move that would have been, before the injury Hawkins looked cooked. Don't think he kicked a goal for a 4 week patch.

 

[Mich0]

Mich0 also wanted to offer Hawkins three years. Tim Lamb takes a big L again!

Waiting for you to respond about what rounds Houston got tagged. Nice subject change.

 

[Scythe94]

Waiting for you to respond about what rounds Houston got tagged. Nice subject change.

Oh, I thought you received a perfectly adequate reply from a Port Adelaide supporter who watches him every week.

 

[Mich0]

He’s played 166 games and been a gun for a long time.


His ball use is key to us and he’s one of our best players.

If he could be tagged he would be getting tagged.

Why would any teams send there best tagger to Houston when you got Butter, Rozee and Horne Francis running around.

Look at Bulldogs with Brambles or Geelong with Humphries, can pick up decent defenders a lot easier on the cheap than mids.

 

[Mich0]

Oh, I thought you received a perfectly adequate reply from a Port Adelaide supporter who watches him every week.

Didn’t see any round mentioned and details on who tagged him, just more spitballing.

 

[Bluelegs]

Mich0 also wanted to offer Hawkins three years. Tim Lamb takes a big L again!

What a genius move that would have been, before the injury Hawkins looked cooked. Don't think he kicked a goal for a 4 week patch.

 

[Mich0]

Remember when Richmond thought they could top up with Taranto and Hopper and now they look a decade away from a flag.
.yeah let's get Houston see what happens.

Their 25 and unders are as good as ours

Until this draft where they will have 5 first rounders. Then there’s will shit all over ours.

 

[Mich0]

Mich0 also wanted to offer Hawkins three years. Tim Lamb takes a big L again!

Would take Hawkins 15 goals this season over Pettys 6…or Kentfields/Fullerton/Schache’s 0

Don’t let the facts get in the way though

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Would take Hawkins 15 goals this season over Pettys 6…or Kentfields/Fullertom/Schache’s 0

Don’t let the facts get in the way though

Paying someone ~750k a year for 15 goals and 2 more years to come. Nearly half of them came in one game against Essendon. Just brilliant cap management. Put him in washed up forwards stable with Brown and TMac.

 

[Demon Attack]

15 goals @ $1m = $66,666 per goal.

WAKE UP TIM LAMB

 

[Mich0]

Paying someone ~750k a year for 15 goals and 2 more years to come. Nearly half of them came in one game against Essendon. Just brilliant cap management. Put him in washed up forwards stable with Brown and TMac.

You are aware he has significant forwardcraft experience and could also double as a goal kicking / forwards coach over the next few years right?

Whoever mentioned 750k btw, I don’t recall any dollar figure mentioned.

Rather him on the list than Kentfield or Shcache or Fullerton, begs belief if you think they will add more value but anyway.

 

[SugarHealey]

If I could clone an AFL player to help Melbourne's needs going forward. It would be this fella.



A real crash/bash follower who sorted them out; whether against much bigger rucks, or flying through packs up forward, with an Iron will and vice hands.


The ideal 2nd fiddle to a Max Gawn

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Max Gawn

Age

32

Ht

209cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.7

4star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

35.3

5star

D

18.5

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

7.0

4star

CL

3.5

4star

HO

29.2

5star

D

8.4

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

15.6

5star

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