List Mgmt. 2024 List Management Part 2 📃

[Sector 7G]

With Fanta contracted for one more year. Doubt very much, if they would decide to pay him out.

He played a role this season, certainly did not play up to his former standards. However, has endured a lot of injuries.

More an indictment on our other small forwards, that he still found himself in the side.

We desperately need Rosas and Konstanty to bolster this area imo.

It would be poor form to pay out Orazio after doing it to LOB last year. For whatever people might think of LOB he played reasonable footy in 2023 when uncontracted and may have got a 2 year contract somewhere else. Has a down year with form, opportunity and injury and gets punted. Who knows if he could have turned it around this year. This is not a good way to treat people. If as a club you are not committed to the player for the 2year only give a single year.

 

[bradfisher14]

C'mon Blues List Management: Ruthless, Uncompromising, Creative,

Can any of them run through the midfield?

 

[woof39]

I never saw the hype that others had for Cunningham. However, I thought he was skillful in a team that at times lacked it, but I am still surprised he lasted so long on the list. Maybe his injuries kept him on for so long in the hope he would get his body right (masked his mediocracy).

 

[Bletch]

Nothing really surprising so far. 5 delistings is the bare minimum - 2 needed for Lord and Duffy. 3 for pick 11 and the Camporeale brothers. Expect there will be more during trade period.

 

[Aphrodite]

Loved Cunners but unfortunately just couldn't get his body right, and we can no longer afford to carry too many of those types of injury prone players as this year has shown. As for Marchbank and Martin, their bodies are clearly cooked as well, let someone else have that headache.

STILL amazed Owies hasn't been resigned, if we keep Fantasia into 2025 over Owies I will spit chips.

Re-signed

Fantasia is contracted until end of 2025

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

No, to keeping Matt Carroll. If their is one lesson that we have to learn from 24, it is injury prone players cannot be kept on

the list. Matt will have to go, unfortunately.

I guess it depends on our list strategy as to how many we end up delisting. No point in delisting him if we don't think there's anything better at the bottom end of the draft pool.

If list spots are that tight, you'd think there's a possibility of delisting him but offering him a spot on our VFL list, similar to what we did with Luke Parks a few years back.

 

[Opium]

How has S. Durdin survived the first cull

Insurance if Weitering goes down. Haynes is not a KPD

 

[Soapy V]

We will hear a few more soon.

As happens every year a few being asked to wait depending on what else we can do

 

[Sweet Seventeen]

Getting OP in his first year doesn't mean he's necessarily injury prone though.

Yeah, true. Maybe he will be persevered with. Could become another Philp though.

When we get Haynes, maybe they will let go of Carroll then.

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

Nothing really surprising so far. 5 delistings is the bare minimum - 2 needed for Lord and Duffy. 3 for pick 11 and the Camporeale brothers. Expect there will be more during trade period.

Duffy should come in as a Cat B now that Dom has been delisted.

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

Lewis Young fails in the one thing he can't improve - football IQ and decision making. You can't teach that. He's an anxious, dumb footballer. You can't fix that after I dunno, Under 14's.

The last 2 kicks in the vid show he has iq/decision making skills.
Just needs to build consistency.

 

[Soapy V]

Durdin is getting shoulder fixed in next few days.Apparently his shoulder is stuffed. I think he will be staying.Brave to keep playing and tackling.Did put in a shocker in final.

I doubt Corey is going anyhwere. Just needs to get fit

 

[Arr0w]

No surprises whatsoever with those delistings, many of the 5 were pencilled some time ago

Next batch will be interesting

 

[ctwenty1]

No surprises whatsoever with those delistings, many of the 5 we pencilled some time ago

Next batch will be interesting

And who we trade out, that’s what is most interesting for me

 

[Opium]

5 confirmed departing. Owies, Carroll potential trade. Leaves 7 spots at this stage.

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

hes also arguably the best fwd in the comp which helps

he's the best player in the comp when not managing concussions.

 

[El Topo]

Huge opportunity to refresh the list with younger faster fitter more aggressive replacements. Camp Curnow may have papered over a lot of cracks but it won't matter if Austin can nail this off season.

 

[TrueQldBlue]

I like that we are aiming for 11 and another top 25 pick as the priority and some bargain trades. Pity Alir has gone quiet. Houston non essential for mine

Yeah nah....

Why would we want another All Australian ????



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[Beyond Blue]

Outsider here but I was shocked by Jack Martin being delisted. Admittedly, I haven't watched all that much in recent months but last I could remember was a valuable piece to the Blues. Has this view been shifted by Blues fans? Genuinely curious!

None of us have because he is always injured and therein lies the problem.

 

[TrueQldBlue]

Martin’s body must be broken if we’ve delisted him-i.e zero trade value.


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My thinking as well... otherwise we could have got late picks to use on Campo boys

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[TrueQldBlue]

Matthew Innes will be pretty bored now.

You funny...I'm pml

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[Beyond Blue]

How has S. Durdin survived the first cull

I’d imagine he survives unless we can sign a key position defender. Marchbank gone suggests Haynes is waiting in the wings, Martin gone might point to re-signing of Owies whilst Mirkov gone means there is little chance Pitto will be going where IMO.

 

[Blue__Balls]

David Cuningham

28

David Cuningham

Age

27

Ht

183cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.3

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.3

5star

G

0.5

3star

D

12.1

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

5.6

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.1

3star

G

0.4

3star

D

11.8

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

5.6

5star

G

0.4

3star

- unsurprising and ultimately necessary, was probably fortunate to stick around as long as he did on hope and potential.

Caleb Marchbank - also unsurprising and necessary, also lucky to have hung around this long, has shown it doesn't take him long to re-find the level when he plays, but only takes him about 1 week more to find another injury. Game is worse off for not having seen him fulfil his potential.

Jack Martin

21

Jack Martin

Age

29

Ht

186cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.2

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.7

5star

G

0.9

4star

D

14.9

4star

K

7.9

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

3.6

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.6

3star

- a little disappointing that we can't get anything for him, but we didn't give any picks up for him so maybe it's just karma. Reported to have done a medical at Freo, and to have garnered some small interest from GC - today's news probably indicates the medical wasn't great and those clubs have either withdrawn their interest or indicated he's only worth exploring as a DFA or SSP pick after other list changes have taken place. Same story as Marchy, he could have been a huge drawcard for the game but for his body.

Alex Mirkov - probably the right move, though it does make you wonder why we didn't pull the pin last year. Had ruck troubles at multiple stages throughout the season and we still didn't give him a crack despite his VFL form being OK (if limited to tapwork). Hopefully shows a vote of confidence in HOK though.

Dom Akuei - gave it a crack, showed some glimpses, more athlete than footballer and you can't hang on to those types too long. Makes way for the Irish lad I expect.

Still not convinced Owies is going, he might but I have suspicions that we're just keeping a few blokes on the hook while we work out the financial commitments required for other targets.

Jack Carrol probably in the same boat, though I think we'd be more comfortable losing him than Owies. Reckon Ben Campo has the potential to overtake Carroll within a season.

Matt Carroll and Big Durdin likely to be second round delistings as other recruitments progress.

Nothing groundbreaking in any of this, but I'm personally relieved to see that we've finally gotten our shit together when it comes to the number of inevitably-injured types on the list.

 

[AB_Blue]

Re-signed

Fantasia is contracted until end of 2025

Can he be moved to Rookie list ? Delist and re-rookie

 

[TrueQldBlue]

Re-signed

Fantasia is contracted until end of 2025

Fair go though....Vossy got Fanta to come down to us last year and it would be pretty shitty to delist him now after 12 months of re-arranging his life etc.

He's got 12 months left on his contract so we will see after that.

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