List Mgmt. 2024 GWS Giants List Management - Academy, Free Agent, Trade & Draft

[Giant Strides]

I was thinking simple F1 for 15 & 16

I know Norths will expect to rise up the ladder next year, but I doubt that your recruiting team would be that bullish on your prospects!

That we'd probably do. I know there's a suggestion that next year's draft isn't as good, but such judgements a year out are prone to be inaccurate.

 

[the big lebowski]

I know Norths will expect to rise up the ladder next year, but I doubt that your recruiting team would be that bullish on your prospects!

That we'd probably do. I know there's a suggestion that next year's draft isn't as good, but such judgements a year out are prone to be inaccurate.

Oh we’re not really expecting to rocket up the ladder.

Win more games is a must. But we could triple our wins and still give you pick 3.

On paper it would be a bad trade but we have got ourselves in a position where we need KPP and there are a large even group in this draft. If we can grab Shanahan and Trainor it might be better long term than another top 4 mid.

 

[Andre the Giant]

There's no bigger fan of Xavier Lindsay than me, he's a player that does a lot well without any clear weaknesses that'll stop him being a good player at AFL level, he is in my view the ultimate pick for us this year given his ability to play as either a mid or defender to a high level. Personally if we got him, I'd love to see his inclusion release Whitfield up to the Wing again because I think that fixes two of our biggest issues in the Attacking phase (Quality of F50 entries in general and reliability of our Wingers). Whilst there's obviously differences, Lindsay's ball use out of the defensive half is very much Whitfield like as well which means we're not copping a massive hit in our ability to hurt on the rebound, and Lindsay is far more capable defensively as well. I'd happily trade two of our picks into the 5-10 region to secure Lindsay, that's how much I rate him.

Clearance players around where our picks are situated aren't great to be honest, I'm a fan of Tom Gross despite the fact most have jumped off him, and I think he's got a lot of Toby Greene traits in his game so who better to help unlock that than the man himself, but hard as a cats head at the contest and able to take some ridiculous marks up forward for a smaller player, I'd be bringing him in and just plopping him in the midfield group. Has some real power as well so is able to clear congestion post clearance pretty well.

I like Jack Whitlock and think he's a perfect Keefe replacement, albeit a fair way off consistently impacting at AFL level, but I'm not a fan of Matt

To me, the perfect draft would be;
15 - Xavier Lindsay, starts as a defender then moves into the midfield over time
16 - Joe Berry, excellent dual sided user with speed and endurance, mostly played as a small forward but has a lot of traits I like for a wing role as well
21 - Harrison Oliver, similar to Lindsay he's a really good user of the footy whilst balancing his defensive responsibility's with his rebound game well, I'd see him as our Pez like-for-like
Bid - Match Logan Smith, will be our Keeffe replacement long term

With the evenness from 8 onwards there's bound to be some sliders if any of these guys went earlier, so this is 'perfect' within what I think is realistic, but Bo Allan, Ollie Hannaford, Murphy Reid and Jesse Dattoli are others that could be in that range that suit us, I'd also not be surprised if we make a move up for Alix Tauru because he's a Caruso pick to a tee.
I'd also say that Floyd Burmeister and Jack Ough are two for fans to look out for or read up on, there's supposedly early interest in both and I wouldn't be surprised if we're the club leading that, they're two of the many I'd love for us to take if available later on, with Will Hayes, Gabriel Stumpf and Lennox Hofman (Saints NGA) others that fit the bracket

How elite is this bloke! Love it

Cheers mate, great intel and something for us to digest in the draft lead up

 

[Giant Strides]

Who will find a new home? The recycled players clubs are eyeing

Josh Gabelich takes a look at the players looking for new homes during the delisted free agency window, and pre-season supplemental selection period

www.afl.com.au

DFAs available whom we could look at:

• Ben Paton (defender) & Jack Carroll (mid) are linked to GWS
• Jaxon Prior from Brisbane (defender)
• Riley Bonner (defender)
• Brandan Parfitt (mid)
• Mitch Hardie (mid)
• Jack Bytel (mid)
• James Willis (mid)
• Coby Burgiel (mid/fwd)

 

[Bjo187]

Who will find a new home? The recycled players clubs are eyeing

Josh Gabelich takes a look at the players looking for new homes during the delisted free agency window, and pre-season supplemental selection period

www.afl.com.au

DFAs available whom we could look at:

• Ben Paton (defender) & Jack Carroll (mid) are linked to GWS
• Jaxon Prior from Brisbane (defender)
• Riley Bonner (defender)
• Brandan Parfitt (mid)
• Mitch Hardie (mid)
• Jack Bytel (mid)
• James Willis (mid)
• Coby Burgiel (mid/fwd)

Parfitt could be ok midfield depth, there is a lack of goals from the midfield which he could help with too. He's not the best player, but I think he'd help the team in getting through a long tough season, at least as back up.

 

[Giant Strides]

Parfitt could be ok midfield depth, there is a lack of goals from the midfield which he could help with too. He's not the best player, but I think he'd help the team in getting through a long tough season, at least as back up.

Yep, I'm thinking similarly. Not a huge fan of him, but if we want to grab someone on the rookie list with a bit of experience for depth while we use our draft picks for the long term talent, he'd be an option.

 

[Giant Strides]

Bonner is the other option who we could look at if we wanted to replace Perryman with an experienced player (or at least have him in reserve in case Conor Stone doesn't work out). I know we've been linked to Ben Paton, but Bonner played more games than him in 2024 (at the same club!), and to me is the better player. Of course he has flaws - that's why he's been delisted twice, and available for us to grab him as a short-term plug & play.

 

[GWS Goose]

We wanted to take Konstanty but those " cats", I.e. the Swans bid on Rowston, Caruso thought we should pass on him but McCartney overruled and we ended up taking Rowston with pick 16.
We thankfully ended up with Jones instead.
And in live trading, Swans traded out the pick to Hawthorn they used to get Josh Weddle.

That is very different to how I was told the story.
I heard they had the shits with the blackmail, but were always taking him and ended up with the exact players they wanted but in a different order.
They were hoping to get those guys and get some value from the first pick of night 2, but the early Rpwsten bid made that too big a risk to miss a guy they wanted.
But they aren't necessarily going to say we actually much preferred player x, but we got stuck with whoever we got.

 

[GWS Goose]

Hi giants

Would norths future 1 be an attractive trade target for you?

It’s been either pick 1 or pick 2 the last 4 years.

You'd think so.
North will.be better.

 

[Orange crush]

Bonner is the other option who we could look at if we wanted to replace Perryman with an experienced player (or at least have him in reserve in case Conor Stone doesn't work out). I know we've been linked to Ben Paton, but Bonner played more games than him in 2024 (at the same club!), and to me is the better player. Of course he has flaws - that's why he's been delisted twice, and available for us to grab him as a short-term plug & play.

Bonner is a cat

 

[Giant Strides]

Bonner is a cat

 

[sydney_gws]

I think it is good to have players from other clubs arrive, exposes players to different ideas, including hopefully it is " better for you" at the Giants than some other clubs.
I like the idea of a DLFA from another club.
I am not sure what position though.

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

You can almost always find value with your 2nd/3rd/4th picks ect. But nailing your first draft pick is important - and unless we trade up this will be our lowest first pick ever & we haven’t always nailed our first. In fact there have been some shockers.

Here’s a list of our first draft picks over the years.

2011 - pick 1 - Jonathan Patton - cruelled by injury - still a pass though
2012 - 1 - Lachie Whitfield

6

Lachie Whitfield

Age

30

Ht

185cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

13.4

5star

HB

9.3

5star

M

6.3

5star

T

2.7

4star

MG

411.8

5star

D

21.4

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

8.9

4star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.8

3star

MG

350.6

5star

D

17.6

5star

K

8.2

4star

HB

9.4

5star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.4

4star

- multiple AAs & B&Fs - more than a pass
2013 - 1 - Tom Boyd - tosspot - fail
2014 - 4 - Jarrod Pickett

Jarrod Pickett

Age

28

Ht

178cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.8

2star

K

5.6

2star

HB

3.1

3star

M

1.9

2star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

8.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.4

3star

- the less said the better - fail
2015 - 7 - Jacob Hopper

2

Jacob Hopper

Age

27

Ht

187cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.0

5star

K

9.9

4star

HB

11.1

5star

M

2.9

3star

T

4.5

5star

CL

4.3

5star

D

17.6

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

8.9

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.6

5star

CL

4.0

5star

D

18.6

5star

K

8.4

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.8

5star

CL

3.4

5star

- serviceable- pass
2016 - 2 - Tim Taranto

14

Tim Taranto

Age

26

Ht

188cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.3

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

9.5

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

4.1

5star

D

17.0

4star

K

12.0

5star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

3.0

4star

CL

5.5

5star

D

15.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

8.0

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

4.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

- B&F winner - pass
2017 - 11 - Aiden Bonar

16

Aiden Bonar

Age

25

Ht

188cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

4.8

2star

HB

5.3

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.8

5star

MG

101.0

2star

D

9.5

2star

K

4.0

1star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.5

4star

MG

101.0

2star

D

10.8

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

4.2

5star

- nope - fail
2018 - 11 - Jye Caldwell

6

Jye Caldwell

Age

24

Ht

183cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.3

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

6.5

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.7

5star

CL

1.8

4star

D

14.3

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

7.3

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.3

4star

CL

1.8

4star

D

13.6

4star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.8

5star

CL

1.6

4star

- nope - fail
2019 - 4 - Lachie Ash - serviceable- pass
2020 - 12 - Tanner Bruhn - nope - fail
2021 - 3 - Finn Callaghan - getting better - pass if he re-signs
2022 - 1 - Aaron Cadman - getting better - tentative pass but jury is not completely back yet.
2023 - 12 - Phoenix Gothard - jury still out.
2024 - 15 - ???

Thoughts?

 

[Giant Strides]

Here's an interesting mock draft ... and like the outcome for GWS!

 

[captainMyCaptain]

Here's an interesting mock draft ... and like the outcome for GWS!

Really like Hotton despite the injury issues and the chatter about being a flight risk but maybe with 3 year contracts for top 20 picks the club might think his high-end talent outweighs the risks.

 

[Adam Giant]

2022 - 1 - Aaron Cadman - getting better - tentative pass but jury is not completely back yet.

His back end of the year was very impressive for a young man playing in a position that often takes players years to find their feet in. I'm very excited to watch him in 2025.

 

[PaythePerryman]

His back end of the year was very impressive for a young man playing in a position that often takes players years to find their feet in. I'm very excited to watch him in 2025.

I thought he was fantastic and looks like he's gonna be a star. Not playing the main role but has become a weapon leading a defender away from Hogan. Huge leap. Hands getting stickier. I think we could see him become a problem next year

 

[Giant Strides]

I thought he was fantastic and looks like he's gonna be a star. Not playing the main role but has become a weapon leading a defender away from Hogan. Huge leap. Hands getting stickier. I think we could see him become a problem next year

Particularly if we can integrate Stringer into the foward line. They all play different game styles, with different strengths. We need to ensure we use those points of difference to good effect.

 

[PaythePerryman]

Particularly if we can integrate Stringer into the foward line. They all play different game styles, with different strengths. We need to ensure we use those points of difference to good effect.

Yeah I'd agree with that. If we can push stringer up the ground like a Daniels role and put pressure on he will be dangerous on the way back.
I think we have the most dangerous forward line in the comp.
If our mids can win a bit more contested ball next year I think we are a big chance.

 

[GWS Goose]

Really like Hotton despite the injury issues and the chatter about being a flight risk but maybe with 3 year contracts for top 20 picks the club might think his high-end talent outweighs the risks.

If we got those 3 I'd be over the moon.

 

[Bjo187]

Yeah I'd agree with that. If we can push stringer up the ground like a Daniels role and put pressure on he will be dangerous on the way back.
I think we have the most dangerous forward line in the comp.
If our mids can win a bit more contested ball next year I think we are a big chance.

Jai culley delisted by the eagles their supporter base are filthy. He was coming off an acl this year, I always think you give guys with that injury the second year after you prove themselves. He would help with contested ball and is only 21. That part of the ground really needs beefing up.

 

[Orange crush]

Jai culley delisted by the eagles their supporter base are filthy. He was coming off an acl this year, I always think you give guys with that injury the second year after you prove themselves. He would help with contested ball and is only 21. That part of the ground really needs beefing up.

I like culley

 

[captainMyCaptain]

 

[Mors]

Traitor. Never liked him that much...
(Jk, wish him the best)

 

[GWS Goose]

Jai culley delisted by the eagles their supporter base are filthy. He was coming off an acl this year, I always think you give guys with that injury the second year after you prove themselves. He would help with contested ball and is only 21. That part of the ground really needs beefing up.

I thought he looked pretty good, given where they are at, there must be a reason they didnt persevere