List Mgmt. 2024 Trade & List Management Thread - Part II

[bzparkes]

Would prefer to see Jack get to 300 at WCE(from a sentimental viewpoint) but probably a good bit of business between the 2 clubs if he's open to moving.

Bloke is durable and an elite trainer.

Obviously winding down from his younger lofty heights but you won't get someone half-arsing their way for a paycheck from him. He's a competitor.

 

[bzparkes]

Because what North really need is more 2nd fiddle forwards who can't hold a grab or consistently kick straight...

Darling's a dead-eye dick bro. This would be the least of your worries if he comes to your club.

 

[Its a Process]

Darling is well and truly cooked - I really don’t want him.

 

[giantroo]

 

[koshari]

Omg

 

[zoomba23]

This club makes it ****ing hard sometimes. 191cm, 343 next year, as mobile as a bag of cement. Can we seriously not do any better than that

 

[The Nostradamus]

2 years I’m assuming for darling?

 

[Skarrz]

If you’re the list strategy team you’d be prioritising the holes in the list and doing everything you can to get premium

Because what North really need is more 2nd fiddle forwards who can't hold a grab or consistently kick straight...

500 goal premiership player as a stop gap and teacher, do you think we can attract Curnow and King in our current form?

 

[Hatchy1992]

I'd definitely be ok with this deal. Brings some good leadership up in the forward line. Past his use by date but would still be good value for a year or two.

 

[Daniltchenko You Beauty]

This club makes it ****ing hard sometimes. 191cm, 343 next year, as mobile as a bag of cement. Can we seriously not do any better than that

Seen us play lately?

 

[roos 10]

I'd definitely be ok with this deal. Brings some good leadership up in the forward line. Past his use by date but would still be good value for a year or two.

As long it’s a 4 rounder it should be ok

 

[shinboner magic]

Let’s hope his manager is making up shit - the guy is cooked

 

[zoomba23]

Seen us play lately?

Yes. I've also seen darling play. Body's on the verge of giving up the ghost. Fine with it from a leadership point of view, but we're gonna be cursing Rawlings again if we get Darling and play him

 

[Makeshift Park]

This club makes it ****ing hard sometimes. 191cm, 343 next year, as mobile as a bag of cement. Can we seriously not do any better than that

Imma hoping the idea is that we grab a couple good KPFs from the draft this year, and get an experienced key forward to show ‘em the ropes along with Larks. (tho they would be inevitably flawed given the idea is we spend minimal draft cap on them)

I’d rather Day, but Darling would fit into that mold too.

 

[trooroo4life]

Just a never ending cycle of shitness. The bloke has been cooked for 24 months, the eagles fans absolutely loathe that he kept getting picked. Give him 5 years Snoz!

 

[Warrboy]

Makes sense with Sheils retiring … we needed a Premiership player at the club

 

[Psi-Roos]

In 13 seasons Darling has kicked more than 2 goals a game avg 4 times.... 4.

From a "KPF"

He kicked less goals than Paul Curtis and Cam Zurhaar this this year. And Bulls been bog average for most of the year.

North is truly cooked if we pursue this.

This guy, on the season stats below. In a team that moved the ball better into the forward line than North

Yeah hes kicked 500 goals. Hes 33 years old.

If you’re the list strategy team you’d be prioritising the holes in the list and doing everything you can to get premium

500 goal premiership player as a stop gap and teacher, do you think we can attract Curnow and King in our current form?

 

[trooroo4life]

“The Roos are believed to be willing to offer a multi year deal to Darling”.

 

[HBFlanker]

Absolutely not on Darling.

This is very alarming. Id say the club is concerned about Choms shoulder and have essentially put a line through CCJ returning at all.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

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Rawlings doing his best to look after a fella he liked while he was at Wet Toast.

A huge backward step if we choose to go down that path, Darling is absolutely cooked.

 

[Makeshift Park]

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Darling is more cooked than Charlie sheen.

 

[ChairmanZia]

Great get, a cooked darling will still be a fantastic target. Look at walker, with him at crows, fogarty tilthorpe are thriving.

Has at least 3 more season if he can be soft tissue injury free.

 

[krakouers]

Apparently in tomorrows wa paper

TRADE EXCLUSIVE: North again targeting Darling

North Melbourne is believed to be targeting veteran West Coast forward Jack Darling for the second time in as many off-seasons.

thewest.com.au

“North Melbourne is targeting veteran West Coast forward Jack Darling for the second time in as many off-seasons.

The Kangaroos were unsuccessful in pulling off a trade with the Eagles at the same time last year, but want to add experience and depth to their forward line.

Darling, 32, is about to enter the final 12 months of a five-year deal with the Eagles worth an estimated $800,000 but the forward believes he has more than one season left in his ageing frame.

The Eagles are believed to have rejected North Melbourne’s demand that they pay $200,000 of Darling’s 2025 salary.

The Roos are believed to be willing to offer a multi-year deal to Darling and possibly a late-round draft pick to the Eagles.

That would allow West Coast to create another spot on its list – and free up a spot in attack with Oscar Allen, Jake Waterman and Jack Williams now the preferred key forwards.

They also have to find room for Bailey Williams when Matt Flynn returns from injury to slot in to the No. 1 ruck position.

The Eagles, who are in the early stages of a major list rebuild, are also keen to play 2023 draftee Archer Reid, who finished the WAFL season in strong form. He kicked 17 goals in 15 games.

North Melbourne has picks 2, 22, 40, 58, 67 and 76 in this year’s draft.

Darling has kicked 532 goals from 298 games with the Eagles, ranking him second of all-time behind Josh Kennedy (714), but this year’s tally of 22 was his lowest in 14 seasons.

Darling could be an ideal addition to the North Melbourne attack alongside Nick Larkey as the Kangaroos look to add experience, guile and another weapon to their attack.

Larkey has kicked hauls of 46 and 71 over the past two seasons.Working in Darling’s favour is his proven recovery from and ability to play through injury.

The Roos had the youngest list in 2024 and are stacked with first-round selections.

The Roos were the third lowest scoring team in 2024 wtih 1619 points, ahead of only West Coast (1594) and Richmond (1505).

Darling was firm in his belief he wanted to remain a one-club player when he re-signed in 2019.

“I grew up supporting the Eagles, so to be here for my entire career is something I’ll look back on proudly,” Darling told the West Coast website.

“I always thought I was going to be a one-club player. I’m just really excited that the club has backed me in like they have my whole career.”“

 

[King Hansen]

**** me. We've won 15 games in 5 years and have no tall forwards that hit the scoreboard other than Larkey.

If Darling can at least half a contest and kick one or 2 goals a game for 24 months, that's a win and takes the pressure off Larkey.