List Mgmt. 2024 Draft/Trade/FA Thread – Early Draft Poll Added

[Scythe94]

Confirmed outs:

• Angus Brayshaw (Retired)
• Ben Brown (Retired)
• Lachie Hunter (Retired)
• Josh Schache (Delisted)
• Kyah Farris-White (Delisted)

Confirmed ins:

 

[Bluelegs]

Speaking of Chol



McDonald is younger sure, but considering the offers he's getting you'd probably be wanting a bit more bang for your buck.

 

[Bluelegs]

Hawks traded Brissy's second rounder this year for Chol. We traded our second rounder this year for McAdam

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Hawks traded Brissy's second rounder this year for Chol. We traded our second rounder this year for McAdam

You and me said we should have gone after Chol last offseason but no one wants to listen

 

[Bluelegs]

You and me said we should have gone after Chol last offseason but no one wants to listen

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

I wouldn't say doing him I'd say doing us a favour, bloke doesn't wanna be here and tries to leave multiple times I say piss him off. Can't have that stink around the locker room.

I reckon he can, Ben McKay still made 900k or whatever without being that good at North. Heaps of clubs would still take him as a FA after his deal, I think we just get a deal done and **** him off. In reality he's had two good seasons as a back and a handful of good games as a forward. He's not that valuable anyway

Hes a defender, no doubt in my mind people wouldnt be talking about him like hes a dud if we played him in his natural position. Could easily be having the year TMac is if not better. Amazing how both of Tmac and Petty look shot as KPFs hey, ALMOST like we dont know how to use a forward line.

 

[Topkent]

Hes a defender, no doubt in my mind people wouldnt be talking about him like hes a dud if we played him in his natural position. Could easily be having the year TMac is if not better. Amazing how both of Tmac and Petty look shot as KPFs hey, ALMOST like we dont know how to use a forward line.

Difference between what we think he could be vs his output though, we can't sit at the table and say he's an elite key defender then play him as a crap forward all year

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Difference between what we think he could be vs his output though, we can't sit at the table and say he's an elite key defender then play him as a crap forward all year

I said it on the trade board, if someone traded for him this year at his current price and played him as a KPD next year they will get an epic return on investment. I know wed get **** all back now, we have driven his trade value into the ground this year, sort of like what we did with Grundy. MFC the kings of self sabotage.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Speaking of, Swans will take Petty for another second, play him in the backline in 2025 and make us look stupid again.

 

[Lord Nev]

If you can find a great KPF they're fun to watch but I reckon we'd be wasting capital trying to bring one in over other needs. They really are a cream position these days. Just find someone who can be serviceable and actually move properly.

It's why I was so keen on Chol last year.

No chance Bolton gets traded imo.

Yeah I'm not saying we have to chase a gun forward, they rarely change clubs anyway, but just someone good enough that they'd be best 22 for us. If we want to improve the forward connection then we need to have a stable lineup.

Would be very surprised if Bolton gets traded too, but we can dream hey? Would be a great fit for us attributes wise.

 

[Bluelegs]

I said it on the trade board, if someone traded for him this year at his current price and played him as a KPD next year they will get an epic return on investment. I know wed get **** all back now, we have driven his trade value into the ground this year, sort of like what we did with Grundy. MFC the kings of self sabotage.

Which is exactly why I'd just hold him to contract and play him as a defender next year.

 

[Scythe94]

You and me said we should have gone after Chol last offseason but no one wants to listen

Hey

Apparently Mabior Chol may be looking for a new home, so there's another option that won't cost the world. 44 goals last year and isn't too bad in the ruck. Still only 26, too.

That's a decent enough forward group to work with next year. If we could add a solid forward/ruck like Chol, I'd be more than comfortable with that.

I wouldn't have minded us going for Chol, but who knows, maybe we asked the question and got rejected.

Still would've liked us to pursue Chol as an interim measure

Had we added a Chol type, I would've been more than happy.

 

[Bluelegs]

Yeah I'm not saying we have to chase a gun forward, they rarely change clubs anyway, but just someone good enough that they'd be best 22 for us. If we want to improve the forward connection then we need to have a stable lineup.

Would be very surprised if Bolton gets traded too, but we can dream hey? Would be a great fit for us attributes wise.

If Bolton did want to leave we'd have to pay him Oliver/Petraacca money and give away at least 2 first rounders to Richmond. Probably have to trade Oliver out for it to work. Which I wouldn't hate but at that point just embrace the rebuild.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Hey

Yeah but you stole my "bad babysitting coaching" line from the GDT yesterday so get ZERO credit.

 

[Lord Nev]

Hey

Hey...

"Bundle up picks from Tomlinson and Harmes trades, plus maybe that future 3rd, to GC for Chol."

List Mgmt. - 2023 Draft/Trade/FA thread

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...

www.bigfooty.com

 

[Scythe94]

Would be very surprised if Bolton gets traded too, but we can dream hey? Would be a great fit for us attributes wise.

Bolton's about as much of a 'cherry on top' player as there is though. Just look at his form this year with a struggling team around him.

I don't think we're a great side just having a 'down year' at this point. We're a declining side that needs to be realistic about where we're at. Bolton would cost a ton of money and draft capital – were we legit contenders, then sure, but he'd struggle in our current lineup.

 

[Scythe94]

Yeah but you stole my "baby babysitting coaching" line from the GDT yesterday so get ZERO credit.

Oops, did I?

I retroactively credit A11dAtP0w3R for my GIF.

 

[Lord Nev]

Bolton's about as much of a 'cherry on top' player as there is though. Just look at his form this year with a struggling team around him.

I don't think we're a great side just having a 'down year' at this point. We're a declining side that needs to be realistic about where we're at. Bolton would cost a ton of money and draft capital – were we legit contenders, then sure, but he'd struggle in our current lineup.

I won't get into the whole 'where we're at' thing as that's probably for another board, but I reckon Bolton with Viney, Oliver, Petracca, Kozzy, Rivers around him is ooft.

 

[Topkent]

Getting Bolton won't happen and is a terrible idea, absolutely not in the place to burn high first rounders for a player who would probably play as a small forward for us because we only play Viney and Oliver in the midfield

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

While we are flexing from that thread....

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Oops, did I?

I retroactively credit A11dAtP0w3R for my GIF.

My diagnosis, BAD BABYSITTING COACHING

**** you Simon Goodwin.

 

[Topkent]

While we are flexing from that thread....

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I said the same thing about Billings, never gonna be a gun but you bring him in because your gonna have space in the half forward area and transition for him to use his kicking skills. Why the **** you'd recruit him and McAdam and then panic and switch back to a contested style which makes them completely useless shows how thin the planning is at Melbourne

 

[Lord Nev]

Speaking of Chol

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McDonald is younger sure, but considering the offers he's getting you'd probably be wanting a bit more bang for your buck.

Yeah looks like a lot of us were keen on Chol last year. No idea why we didn't seem to have a crack there.

To be fair though, Chol is 27 and at his peak, McDonald is probably 2-3 years away from that. Plus, Chol has no competition this year as primary forward with Mitchell out, McDonald has Amartey and McLean as options as well to share with.

Absolutely 0 doubt for me that McDonald will have better stats than Chol at the same age when he gets there.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

I said the same thing about Billings, never gonna be a gun but you bring him in because your gonna have space in the half forward area and transition for him to use his kicking skills. Why the **** you'd recruit him and McAdam and then panic and switch back to a contested style which makes them completely useless shows how thin the planning is at Melbourne

We love to be short sighted and panic, its what we do.

 

[Topkent]

We love to be short sighted and panic, its what we do.

Melbourne should hire some of us, I thought we were just flogs on a forum, now I see we are flogs on a forum who know what's happening at the club better than the 'professionals'

 

[schmuttt]

Great calls on Chol Scythe94 Bluelegs Lord Nev

Can’t believe you guys were the only ones on this board who called it at the time.