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

Remove this Banner Ad

Log in to remove this ad.

Mors said:
Horrible trade if we do that
Click to expand...
I think 8,47, f3, for 16,21 f2 is a fairer trade, but I hope we do better than that. It depends are we driving it, or are they.

They get who they want at 7 ahead of us at 8.
16,21 is 100 points ahead of 8,47 after bids that widens considerably.
Also f3 f2 swap means a guaranteed pick swap in their favour for 2025.
 
Last edited:
sydney_gws said:
How do we think a trade looks.
8,32 for 15,16,21 according to their board.
Surely not.
I would rather do 16,37 for F1,62 with North.
Click to expand...
No chance we trade 3 first rounders for 8.
 
There are plenty of options for GWS to be involved in pick trades this year; I just hope that if they do one it's reasonable.

I think it will be a straightforward one (if it occurs):
  • with Saints, around their #8 for our 15 & 16
  • with Melbourne, around their #9 for our 15 & 16 (Demons have been suspiciously quiet ... they always seem to make bold trades, and I would not be surprised if they manoeuvred for Norths #2 pick)
  • with Eagles, Port or Freo, who want a tall and would be happy to get an extra pick off us to slide down a few spots
  • a straight swap into a F1.
I'm still big on Xavier Lindsay and Harrison Oliver, close to the two best kicks in the draft. We've got the speedsters; what we need to add is some class.
 
I know that these are just puff pieces that afl.com.au do each year, but this one's interesting. Hugh Boxshall is definitely likely to go later in the draft, and isn't "notable" except for some good (though not outstanding IMHO) results in the WA state combine - and I don't mean that disrespectfully to the lad, but being realistic.

However, I just wonder whether he might be the kind of lad that Adrian Caruso looks at with #37 (if that's still live) ... gives me vibes similar to Joe Fonti from last year.

www.afl.com.au

From 'gutted' to glory? WA draft bolter looms as one out of the box

Hugh Boxshall is determined to turn his disappointment at missing the national Combine into something far greater
www.afl.com.au www.afl.com.au

WESTERN Australian midfielder Hugh Boxshall is shaping as this year's draft bolter after pushing aside the disappointment of missing an invite to the national Combine and finding another way to put his name up in lights.

A big-bodied midfielder in the mould of Elliot Yeo, Boxshall's season had been interrupted by untimely injuries, but the teenager still believed he had done enough to earn a chance to showcase his physical attributes on the national stage. Gutted to just miss out, he dusted himself off and instead produced an outstanding performance at the WA State Combine to rank top five nationally in the 2km time trial (No.2), agility test (No.3), standing vertical jump (No.2) and running vertical jump (No.4).

Boxshall's Combine performance came after a patch of excellent form late in the year with Claremont's colts team, culminating in 30 disposals in the premiership-winning Tigers' Grand Final against Swan Districts. "I played as an intercepting half-back all my junior years, and then all of a sudden this year I've just kind of tried the new role early in the season to go into midfield and I really liked it and I flourished in that role," Boxshall said. "I always wanted to play in the midfield and I felt like I had it, but my colts coach got me in there and also said at that stage in the pre-season, 'I reckon we can get you into the state team'. Off that form in the midfield, I got selected and played a couple of good games and then returned from state and played a couple of good games as well. So that's kind of where it came from."

Through Boxshall's form late in the year and his combination with co-captains Hamish Davis and Austin Van Der Struyf, the Tigers midfield turned from an Achilles heel into one of the competition's weapons.
 
Last edited:
What we need is an extractor and a connector and both need to have composure. I’m sick of seeing our blokes trying to do things 1000 miles an hour and then fumbling and screwing it up.

We need composure, clean hands, and good foot skills, a person that can feed the stars.

We also need somebody that puts his head over the ball and gets clearances, a person that takes some pressure off Tom Green.

The rest we have.
 
Andre the Giant said:
What we need is an extractor and a connector and both need to have composure. I’m sick of seeing our blokes trying to do things 1000 miles an hour and then fumbling and screwing it up.

We need composure, clean hands, and good foot skills, a person that can feed the stars.

We also need somebody that puts his head over the ball and gets clearances, a person that takes some pressure off Tom Green.

The rest we have.
Click to expand...
Friendly reminder that Rowston is a very strong clearance player.
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

Giant Pete said:
Friendly reminder that Rowston is a very strong clearance player.
Click to expand...
GP he was a talented junior and has shown it sometimes in the twos but he never showed anything in 1sts particularly at clearance.

That is not to say I disagree but he first needs to have a big pre season and stay non-injured but even then we need more depth.

If you only have one elite bull the oppo can disarm you by tagging him out, you need multiple options and blokes like Kelly and Callaghan are frankly more silk than grunt. We need grunt players.
 
Andre the Giant said:
GP he was a talented junior and has shown it sometimes in the twos but he never showed anything in 1sts particularly at clearance.

That is not to say I disagree but he first needs to have a big pre season and stay non-injured but even then we need more depth.

If you only have one elite bull the oppo can disarm you by tagging him out, you need multiple options and blokes like Kelly and Callaghan are frankly more silk than grunt. We need grunt players.
Click to expand...

I agree and the annoying thing is there were a few decent ones getting around for cheap in the off season.
 
Danny88 said:
Wonder if Leake overtakes him in 2025

Big internal wraps on both and there is a spot up for grabs
Click to expand...
I dont think it is an either/or situation. They are talking up both of them quite alot.
 
GWS Goose said:
I dont think it is an either/or situation. They are talking up both of them quite alot.
Click to expand...
From what I've seen Rowston certainly has the intensity and tackling ability to be a weapon in the middle. Love to see him get his hands to the ball first in the 1s more.
Struggled big time with injury this year so I'm expecting him to break out next year.
 

Remove this Banner Ad

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

Similar threads

Giant Strides
List Mgmt. 2023 GWS Giants List Management - Academy, Free Agent, Trade, Draft
110 111 112 113 114
Replies
3K
Views
100K
Giant Strides
Giant Strides
Giant Strides
Autopsy 2024 1st Qualifying Final - Sydney Swans v GWS Giants, Sat 7 September, 3.20 pm @ SCG
5 6 7 8 9
Replies
212
Views
6K
Giant Strides
Giant Strides
Giant Strides
  • Locked
Preview 2024 1st Qualifying Final - Sydney Swans v GWS Giants, Sat 7 September, 3.20 pm @ SCG
2 3 4 5
Replies
119
Views
4K
Giant Strides
Giant Strides
Giant Strides
Autopsy Round 24 2024 – Western Bulldogs vs GWS Giants, Sunday August 25, 12.30pm AEST, MARS Stadium
6 7 8 9 10
Replies
232
Views
5K
Colonial
Colonial
Giant Strides
Autopsy Round 22 2024 - Brisbane Lions vs GWS Giants, 1.45pm AEST Sat 10th August, Gabba
2 3 4 5 6
Replies
138
Views
3K
Ichabod Noodle
Ichabod Noodle
Giant Strides
  • Locked
Preview Round 22 2024 - Brisbane Lions vs GWS Giants, 1.45pm AEST Sat 10th August, Gabba
2 3 4 5 6
Replies
126
Views
4K
Giant Strides
Giant Strides
Land of the Giants
  • Locked
Preview Round 24 2024 – Western Bulldogs vs GWS Giants, Sunday August 25, 12.30pm AEST, MARS Stadium
2 3 4 5
Replies
114
Views
4K
Giant Strides
Giant Strides

Remove this Banner Ad

Back
Top