List Mgmt. 2022 List Management: Draft, Trade and FA

[King Tenz]

Pardon my intrusion, but gee that swamp rat Colin Young is going to really throw his toys out of the cot after reading this

Can't wait for the Colin Young response via Jon Ralph tomorrow lmao

 

[FreoGirl]

as expected, they got nothing

 

[Kapow!!!]

Seems like we really keen on Sharp too given how much we keep getting linked there

I get the feeling Gold Coast may want nothing to do with us given the opportunistic punishment we've inflicted on them historically. You would hate to be the Gold Coast list manager and see you have to deal with Freo

 

[Purple Suit]

Lol at Jackson just simply not responding to the questions from the reporters. It reminded me of this:

I can’t believe you posted that! Freomaniac will be triggered

 

[Walkingwounded]

Seems like we really keen on Sharp too given how much we keep getting linked there

Is Sharp managed by Colon…?

 

[Quokka]

If Lobb wants out I'd rather we trade him and there's nothing negative about it. He wanted to leave last year, had to stay and had his best year with us. As long as a resonable deal is agreed upon happy to wish him all the best and move on.

 

[WaywardSonSon]

I can’t believe you posted that! Freomaniac will be triggered

It's got to be the singe funniest interview from a Prime Minister ever committed to film!

 

[Docker82]

Gold Coast should have their list cut back, they have extra spots.

Gold Coast had 38 senior listed players, ten rookies and a Category B rookie.

I believe it was five extra rookies but there’s an extra rookie atm due to a MSD selection.

Now they’re at 38 senior listed players, six rookies and a Category B rookie.

We’ve seen most clubs favour the 36 and 6 (plus Category Bs) model when they’ve got a standard sized list. I think Gold Coast will revert to this model to keep a little bit of money outside the salary cap.

They’ll need to move on five to have three National Draft picks, assuming they revert back to standard list size. More if they trade in someone like Jason Johannisen.

I’m thinking Corbett especially will be very cheap potentially a DFA. Sharp probably similar but he’s contracted so we’ll have to trade for him.

 

[Purple Suit]

If Lobb wants out I'd rather we trade him and there's nothing negative about it. He wanted to leave last year, had to stay and had his best year with us. As long as a resonable deal is agreed upon happy to wish him all the best and move on.

I think we’re just playing Colin at his own game. We don’t want to lose all our key forward options and end up with no replacements. Hold the contracted players if we lose all our uncontracted ones.

 

[Pommie Docker]

I get the feeling Gold Coast may want nothing to do with us given the opportunistic punishment we've inflicted on them historically. You would hate to be the Gold Coast list manager and see you have to deal with Freo

I'd be interested in a gold coast position on this but surely they'd have far more problem with teams that pillage their required stars than get lucky with their depth.

 

[freo_leo29]

Lol at Jackson just simply not responding to the questions from the reporters. It reminded me of this:

He is gonna be Freomaniacs new favourite player then!

 

[Descent]

If Lobb wants out I'd rather we trade him and there's nothing negative about it. He wanted to leave last year, had to stay and had his best year with us. As long as a resonable deal is agreed upon happy to wish him all the best and move on.

To be fair, nobody forced him to sign his contract. Personally, I think players should have the option to break their contract (with a big penalty to them and the club they go to). At present, I don’t see a problem with the club making him honour his commitment if they see him as a required player.

 

[fnerd]

Finally, something interesting from us

Jake Niall
Fremantle say they intend to keep tall forward Rory Lobb, who is likely to seek a trade to the Bulldogs, if tall utility Griffin Logue leaves the club.

Industry sources said that the Dockers have made known that if Logue leaves to take up an offer with another club, then they would hold Lobb to his contract. Lobb is contracted for one season only and has long been linked with a move to the Western Bulldogs, the ex-Giant also having recently bought a home in Melbourne.

Logue has been offered a four-year deal, estimated at slightly under $500,000 per season, but would earn more if he took up an offer with another club in Melbourne. The Kangaroos are among the Melbourne clubs to have expressed interest in Logue, whose flexibility - more known as a tall defender, he can also play forward - is among his attractions.

Another Docker, wingman Blake Acres, is expected to be traded to Carlton in what will likely be the Blues’ only significant aquisition during the trade period, while the Dockers try to bring in Luke Jackson from Melbourne and potentially Jeremy Sharp from the Gold Coast Suns. Jackson informed Melbourne of his wish to be traded to either Fremantle or West Coast on Tuesday, as The Age forecast.

Dockers ruckman Lloyd Meek, subject to trade speculation due to the potential arrival of Jackson, is under contract for next year.

None of the relevant Dockers have yet told the club that they wish to be traded, with their futures expected to be clarified in exit interviews this week.

Should Acres be traded to Carlton, as expected, the draft pick that the Dockers gain could help them acquire Sharp, or improve their draft position should Jackson choose Fremantle over West Coast.

Melbourne, which has met with Collingwood’s All-Australian ruckman Brodie Grundy, would open up room to pay for much of Grundy’s five-year contract if they lost Jackson, with the Magpies expected to a pay some portion of the contract should Grundy agree to be traded.

Logue, at 24-years-of-age and 194 centimetres, can play as a genuine key defender, depending on the opponent, but has effectively been Fremantle’s third key back behind Alex Pearce and the 195-cm Brennan Cox, hence the Dockers’ willingness to throw Logue forward.

Lobb, 29, was open to a trade to Greater Western Sydney, his original AFL club, during last year’s trade period. Lobb is on a substantial contract for next year, but as with most players who have a short deal, his next club could extend and flatten out his contract.

Was it the age and their journos also reporting “our side” of trade negotiations with regards to cerra last year?
Thought I remember one of the more major media outlets (surprisingly) giving us some info clearly based on how we were viewing negotiations.

If so Would indicate some one from the club having sources there.

 

[Bastyy]

my favourite part of this is the Jackson part, bloke stays absolutely silent but so does Reece Conca, who looks desperate to get away from the cameras but the bloke interviewing them keeps blocking him with his arm

 

[WaywardSonSon]

Snuffaluphagus I hope you're ready for hundreds of pages of going round in circles! It's not even trade period time yet! Lol

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Was it the age and their journos also reporting “our side” of trade negotiations with regards to cerra last year?
Thought I remember one of the more major media outlets (surprisingly) giving us some info clearly based on how we were viewing negotiations.

If so Would indicate some one from the club having sources there.

I feel like I dont detest The Age so quite possibly

 

[rgauci]

If Lobb wants out I'd rather we trade him and there's nothing negative about it. He wanted to leave last year, had to stay and had his best year with us. As long as a resonable deal is agreed upon happy to wish him all the best and move on.

It was rumoured that Young gave the club an ultimatum trade Lobb or Griffin walks.

This is the opposite ultimatum back. Trade Logue and we keep Lobb.

 

[FreoGirl]

the response from Acres makes me feel like he is 100% leaving, and have a bad feeling he was asked to leave

 

[Dockeroo]

Looking at Logue reaction in that 10 news piece, I think he will sign at freo.

 

[s_wd6]

the response from Acres makes me feel like he is 100% leaving, and have a bad feeling he was asked to leave

Not asked, but sort of been pushed out. It's a shame. He clearly loved the club. Seems like we've told him we're prioritising the youth over him

 

[Dockeroo]

I feel like I dont detest The Age so quite possibly

Best mainstream outlet in Vic. Journos are a bit fairer even if they don’t pass much heed on us.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Acres speeding out of the view of camera as they start asking Logue about trades is hilarious to me.

 

[King Tenz]

It was rumoured that Young gave the club an ultimatum trade Lobb or Griffin walks.

This is the opposite ultimatum back. Trade Logue and we keep Lobb.

Not even rumoured. Spelt out very clearly from Colin Young via Jon Ralph yesterday in an article he wrote.

Good on us for the strong response to that garbage.

Still though, I think Lobb does get traded at the end of all this.

 

[WaywardSonSon]

This isn't the vent thread, but why, oh why, do we have a revolving door of players at this time of year...EVERY YEAR?
Sigh, it's quite frustrating, when player retention and harmony within a playing group is one of the keys to winning premierships. A large proportion of West Coast's 2018 success can be credited to continuity within the playing group.

 

[eastfreo75]

It was rumoured that Young gave the club an ultimatum trade Lobb or Griffin walks.

This is the opposite ultimatum back. Trade Logue and we keep Lobb.

North Melbourne would have to be totally ruthless and lose a lot of goodwill.