List Mgmt. 2024 Draft/Trade/FA Thread

[Topkent]

Fletcher Roberts is the worst premiership FB of the modern era.

Dale Morris was your true FB

And you cheated with the umps

 

[LittleG]

Dale Morris was your true FB

And you cheated with the umps

Dale played at CHB on Franklin because he was better than the other two. FB line was Fletcher (stationary) Roberts and Joel (still injured) Hamling…. who combined played about 7 good games of AFL at the Dogs.

 

[Topkent]

Dale played at CHB on Franklin because he was better than the other two. FB line was Fletcher (stationary) Roberts and Joel (still injured) Hamling…. who combined played about 7 good games of AFL at the Dogs.

Dale Morris was your FB exactly, Jake Lever wouldn't follow Buddy around cause he's not a FB. I did think of the dogs but Morris was your main key defender, still miles better than what we have after May

 

[SugarHealey]

6yr contract? Sheesh. We'd have to offer 7 with more $$ to get him I reckon. That's crazy for Josh Battle. Good player but worth that much? I guess that's what it's gonna take to shake some talent loose, but man it's risky.

No I don't think so (7 yrs), but we could with a contract heavily front loaded for a nearly 26Yr old, Josh battle.

I'd also offer the 6 Yrs as Saints and Hawks are... but go extremely heavy on sign-on first Yr of well over the 1M$ mark, because the time is right for us with our window of defenders.

We are holding TMc, Tomlinson, BBB, Hunter, etc as depth, so we should be getting a LOT of salary cap relief at end of this season.
Spend big now over the 1st yr, and his subsequent yrs could be normal salary for his talent, tapering down.

In near coming seasons, we will get relief in salary from the retirements of Maxy, May, Viney, Salem. to spend on others.

UFA player types in the position we really need is rare... and will always be hotly contested by other clubs.

Spend it now as Jed Adams is not ready yet, and TMC and Tommo are at the end, with Maysie within 2Yrs of it.
Jed Adams probably needs another year or two to develop.

Lever is a 3rd tall at best. Weak at man o man.
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The Saints are really in need of a powerful inside mid, as are the Tigers.
Tigers are likely to get more than one pick for Liam Baker, and he would also look very good in a red and blue jumper.

Where I'm going with this is:- Oli to either the Saints or Tigers would likely get us two 1st Rnd picks from Saints, And IF we traded with tigers for Baker, we would likely get an early pick with the player, IF we could persuade him to come over.

Other mids are about, like lParker, LDU, players on our own list... and a 2024 draft powerful and deep with mids.

We could use our current situation, to set us up for the next 10 yrs. Without bottoming out.
.

 

[The Dr]

So we'll probably trade pick 6 for Sean Darcy

Only if they throw in Will Brodie too.

We can chuck in a future first.


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[The Dr]

Give it a rest

That's not very nice.


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[Crusty Demon]

No I don't think so (7 yrs), but we could with a contract heavily front loaded for a nearly 26Yr old, Josh battle.

I'd also offer the 6 Yrs as Saints and Hawks are... but go extremely heavy on sign-on first Yr of well over the 1M$ mark, because the time is right for us with our window of defenders.

We are holding TMc, Tomlinson, BBB, Hunter, etc as depth, so we should be getting a LOT of salary cap relief at end of this season.
Spend big now over the 1st yr, and his subsequent yrs could be normal salary for his talent, tapering down.

In near coming seasons, we will get relief in salary from the retirements of Maxy, May, Viney, Salem. to spend on others.

UFA player types in the position we really need is rare... and will always be hotly contested by other clubs.

Spend it now as Jed Adams is not ready yet, and TMC and Tommo are at the end, with Maysie within 2Yrs of it.
Jed Adams probably needs another year or two to develop.

Lever is a 3rd tall at best. Weak at man o man.
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The Saints are really in need of a powerful inside mid, as are the Tigers.
Tigers are likely to get more than one pick for Liam Baker, and he would also look very good in a red and blue jumper.

Where I'm going with this is:- Oli to either the Saints or Tigers would likely get us two 1st Rnd picks from Saints, And IF we traded with tigers for Baker, we would likely get an early pick with the player, IF we could persuade him to come over.

Other mids are about, like lParker, LDU, players on our own list... and a 2024 draft powerful and deep with mids.

We could use our current situation, to set us up for the next 10 yrs. Without bottoming out.
.

Unfortunately we have Tim Lamb in charge of the list, so we're screwed.

 

[Mich0]

Maybe we can offer up our first rounder this year, first rounder next year and Swans 2nd rounder to move up 2-3 spots in this years draft.

 

[Crusty Demon]

Maybe we can offer up our first rounder this year, first rounder next year and Swans 2nd rounder to move up 2-3 spots in this years draft.

Classic Tim Lamb move. Probably move up to grab an inside plodding mid too

 

[TheBoss]

If the market for Josh Battle

26

Josh Battle

Age

25

Ht

193cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.9

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

2.4

4star

MG

196.8

3star

D

11.0

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.8

3star

MG

142.8

3star

D

10.8

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

4.6

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

175.6

3star

is $5m over 6 years then it is hard pass for me.

We are not in a flag window and I think we will be a midtable team for the next 2-3 years until we have the sense to blow it up.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

If the market for Josh Battle is $5m over 6 years then it is hard pass for me.

We are not in a flag window and I think we will be a midtable team for the next 2-3 years until we have the sense to blow it up.

Get what you're saying but blowing it up when Tassie come in isn't sensible. Should be blowing it up already.

 

[The Dr]

Alex Davies from the Suns is apparently open to a move. A lot wouldn't know much about him but I've watched him a fair bit cos he's in my long-term fantasy keeper league.

I think he's a class act and clearly an AFL standard player. Has a good blend of inside/outside and is hard at it.

Might not cost the earth too.


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[Topkent]

Alex Davies from the Suns is apparently open to a move. A lot wouldn't know much about him but I've watched him a fair bit cos he's in my long-term fantasy keeper league.

I think he's a class act and clearly an AFL standard player. Has a good blend of inside/outside and is hard at it.

Might not cost the earth too.


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Never seen him so not gonna argue, his draft profile says he's 193cm and now 90kg and he's an inside beast with little outside game lol. Sounds like the exact type of player we don't need

 

[stEdy]

Yeah he had some very decent games for the Suns, was very tough over the footy. I think he's a good age to slot in between Trac/Clarry and our younger brigade of mids (Tholstrup, Windsor) so could provide some value.

Not sure he offers a point of difference to say a Tom Sparrow

32

Tom Sparrow

Age

24

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.0

4star

K

6.0

2star

HB

9.0

5star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.0

4star

CL

3.0

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

6.0

2star

HB

9.0

4star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.0

3star

CL

3.0

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

6.0

3star

HB

9.0

5star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.0

4star

CL

3.0

5star

though, but wouldn't be against it as a free hit as the GC midfield is stacked and I think he has some talent

 

[Topkent]

It's not a free hit if the morons at the club put him in and push rivers out of the midfield. No more inside types unless we get rid of Oliver

 

[Lord Nev]

Might have missed it, but has anyone brought up Isaac Cumming

13

Isaac Cumming

Age

25

Ht

188cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.3

4star

MG

158.0

2star

D

9.5

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.5

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

2.5

3star

MG

158.0

3star

D

10.6

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.6

4star

from GWS yet? Good skills, quick, unrestricted free agent.

EDIT - wingersclub mentioned him at one stage, others too I think.

If we're bold, we could potentially add Cumming, Battle, Davies as mentioned, Will Phillips and Jack Lukosius

13

Jack Lukosius

Age

23

Ht

195cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.8

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

3.3

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

MG

369.3

5star

D

14.8

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

3.3

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

369.3

5star

D

13.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

2.4

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.2

4star

MG

358.0

5star

and still keep our first rounder.

 

[Scythe94]

Logan McDonald re-signed, so we can stop the arguments about him

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Nev and I are on the same wavelength, every player is coming to Melbourne. We are the place to be.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Logan McDonald re-signed, so we can stop the arguments about him

Like Stengle this doesnt mean anything, he will still demand a trade to Melbourne at the end of the season.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Logan McDonald re-signed, so we can stop the arguments about him

Also, cue the "we should trade for Max King" talk now from the same people.

 

[Toump Ass]

Yes!!!! More Saint Kilda is what Melbourne Demons need!

 

[The Dr]

Yeah he had some very decent games for the Suns, was very tough over the footy. I think he's a good age to slot in between Trac/Clarry and our younger brigade of mids (Tholstrup, Windsor) so could provide some value.

Not sure he offers a point of difference to say a Tom Sparrow

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Tom Sparrow

Age

24

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.0

4star

K

6.0

2star

HB

9.0

5star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.0

4star

CL

3.0

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

6.0

2star

HB

9.0

4star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.0

3star

CL

3.0

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

6.0

3star

HB

9.0

5star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.0

4star

CL

3.0

5star

though, but wouldn't be against it as a free hit as the GC midfield is stacked and I think he has some talent

He's definitely better than Sparrow and has a stack more upside imo. Has a nice balance of inside/outside.


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[Demon 16]

Also, cue the "we should trade for Max King" talk now from the same people.

Would you do Oliver for King?

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Would you do Oliver for King?

Faster than you could ever imagine

 

[SugarHealey]

If the market for Josh Battle is $5m over 6 years then it is hard pass for me.

We are not in a flag window and I think we will be a midtable team for the next 2-3 years until we have the sense to blow it up.

IMO we need some 25yr olds to 26Yr olds, to tide over the gap in ages of our current list... so as to not drop over the next 2/3 years.

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We have a gaping hole of talent, between our 28Yrs olds to our 24yr olds. From there it strengthens again.
Oli is in the midst of this but I don't want to have to rely on him, when he becomes the Elder of our list. The leader.

And certainly do not want to rely on fritta to be a leader.

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