List Mgmt. 2024 Trade & List Management Thread

[The Nostradamus]

Keen to hear what people think.

What should be our number one preference, a ready made key forward to help Larkey, or a ready made Key defender?

Im leaning towards forward.

Key forward the priority

Unless you get a gun key defender and move chom back forward

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Keen to hear what people think.

What should be our number one preference, a ready made key forward to help Larkey, or a ready made Key defender?

Im leaning towards forward.

Forward for me. Logue coming back and the eventual progression of Will Dawson will see guys like Chom, Corr, Kal Dawson, Pink and Biggie settle in their right roles (be that seniors or no).

If Larkey goes down we are in danger. Ideally we draft one and recruit an established one. Carlton have McKay and Curnow and it didn't stop them getting Lemmey in (now seemingly taking the Chom route). The Lions have even more depth there - Daniher and Hipwood roam the joint but Logan Morris, Brandon Ryan and Luke Lloyd are just chilling in reserve.

 

[cybercrab]

Would Yeo be a good pickup?

 

[The Nostradamus]

Would Yeo be a good pickup?

A good free agent but no way he would come to us

 

[ToxicMegaPunts]

Would Yeo be a good pickup?

Would be a decent pickup if there was a guarentee he could stay fit. In the 4 seasons previous to this one the most games he has managed in a single season is 12, so quite a risk for any team to offer a multi-year deal.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Mitch Lewis.

Was raised by Kingy this morning when talking about Hawthorn needing draft capital.

Lewis and Larkey for the next 7 years as key forward posts, with Duursma, Ford and Curtis lurking around seems a solid option.

Why would they trade their only key forward? That'd be like us without Larkey. I don't get it.

 

[The acurate one]

They say Ludicrous is available from the GC.

Let’s do it

 

[DesertRoo]

Keen to hear what people think.

What should be our number one preference, a ready made key forward to help Larkey, or a ready made Key defender?

Im leaning towards forward.

I’m personally leaning to getting a big bodied mid, to help at stoppages and two small forwards who can move up the ground to add pressure. Hoping to stop so much easy ball moving around.

 

[Makeshift Park]

They say Ludicrous is available from the GC.

Let’s do it

2026 his contract runs out.

Maybe he’s sick of playing as a defender?

They’ll want our first straight up.

 

[The acurate one]

2026 his contract runs out.

Maybe he’s sick of playing as a defender?

They’ll want our first straight up.

They say that is the reason

 

[Augustine]

2026 his contract runs out.

Maybe he’s sick of playing as a defender?

They’ll want our first straight up.

Do it. I'm sick of promising 18 year olds, even the amazingly talented ones. I'm ready for 23 year olds who have already played 100 games.

 

[Makeshift Park]

They say that is the reason

He was reportedly on $650k last year.

Same report suggested Ben King was on $850k.

I’d pay Lukosius 850k just so we could set and forget our key forwards for five years.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Lukosius? If you can't take "soft" Stephens you won't want him. He's not strong in the contest either.

 

[Harris 10]

2026 his contract runs out.

Maybe he’s sick of playing as a defender?

They’ll want our first straight up.

He is a defender, wouldn’t want him if he wants to play forward.

 

[Makeshift Park]

He is a defender, wouldn’t want him if he wants to play forward.

He was the second highest goal scorer for GC last year. One less than Ben King. Even tho he was playing third banana.
Drafted at #2 as a "potentially generational" tall forward.

And you wouldn't be able to find him a spot in our forward line? Please.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

We’d find a spot for Lukosius but he isn’t the answer to our issues. He plays like a third tall Gunston/Aaron Black type. Duursma will have that role covered in a few years time.

We need players who are contested marking threats.

 

[The Dingrel]

Key forward the priority

Unless you get a gun key defender and move chom back forward

Interesting....Chom is pretty much already our best key defender (Logue aside), I feel the next few months are about seeing who can stand up out of Biggie, K Dawson, and Pink until Logue gets back. I really liked what we saw from Biggie and think there's a lot of potential. I think K Dawson has looked serviceable and probably will be better with Griff back in the team. Who knows, Pink might be better too with Logue taking the best forwards. Hope we get a look at Will Dawson later in the year too. Corr is a placeholder for now Ideally, a mix of those guys can hold down key defence positions and we get to move Chom forward once Griff back. I think he's shown enough in 2 games to know he could be an elite Key Defender. Perhaps we get to see what sort of key forward he'd make later in the year as well.

 

[The Dingrel]

We’d find a spot for Lukosius but he isn’t the answer to our issues. He plays like a third tall Gunston/Aaron Black type. Duursma will have that role covered in a few years time.

We need players who are contested marking threats.

That could be Finnbar,,,,,, reckon his kicking needs work though.....high half forward, mark handball to the running sheezel, goal, or pin point laser guided pass to Souv, Curtis, Ford, Drury, Duursma....whoever gets separation from their man.

 

[ChairmanZia]

Hugh Greenwood was meant to change the culture

Tucker was meant to change the culture

Liam Shiels was meant to change the culture.


You know who is attempting to change the culture? Harry Sheezel.

I'd prefer 1 more Harry for 100 x Liam Shiels collecting a few final pay checks.

I don't know where you got that front, to quote from the horse's mouth, clarkson said these mature aged recruits are not there to lead but to facilitate the talented youngsters to real their own maturity - Clarkson in 2022

 

[Makeshift Park]

We’d find a spot for Lukosius but he isn’t the answer to our issues. He plays like a third tall Gunston/Aaron Black type. Duursma will have that role covered in a few years time.

We need players who are contested marking threats.

Don't need to crash packs when you can boot them from 70+ metres out for fun.

 

[ChairmanZia]

Interesting....Chom is pretty much already our best key defender (Logue aside), I feel the next few months are about seeing who can stand up out of Biggie, K Dawson, and Pink until Logue gets back. I really liked what we saw from Biggie and think there's a lot of potential. I think K Dawson has looked serviceable and probably will be better with Griff back in the team. Who knows, Pink might be better too with Logue taking the best forwards. Hope we get a look at Will Dawson later in the year too. Corr is a placeholder for now Ideally, a mix of those guys can hold down key defence positions and we get to move Chom forward once Griff back. I think he's shown enough in 2 games to know he could be an elite Key Defender. Perhaps we get to see what sort of key forward he'd make later in the year as well.

I agree and i think that was the original intention of having him at the club in the first place.

Comben is a no brainer and im glad we didnt wait 8 years to do so like tarrant and daw. Bignoa would be the huge bonus if he could establish, which i think is quite likely as playing in defense has a narrower scope of tasks to focus on.

Dawson, Pink are similar to Corr, all 3 are transitional players.

 

[kool kangas]

If we can turn Comben into a backman why cant we turn 1 of our backman into a forward....

 

[ChairmanZia]

If we can turn Comben into a backman why cant we turn 1 of our backman into a forward....

Completely different set of skill. It's much easier going back then moving forward.

 

[kool kangas]

Completely different set of skill. It's much easier going back then moving forward.

true but wasnt Pink originally a forward. maybe we could see how he goes ...

 

[The Dingrel]

If we can turn Comben into a backman why cant we turn 1 of our backman into a forward....

hmmmmm....Josh Walker.....several clubs tried, great set of hands, physical beast, but was 50/50 from the goal square.