List Mgmt. 2024 Trade Thread - No.1

[g_TRAIN]

There doesn't seem to be any solid information available to support completely writing Crouch off forever like some here are suggesting.







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[LeonardHayes87]

Crouch’s knee is shot unfortunately. Heard from someone close to him today that he won’t play again. Sad because he played his best footy for us in the last 12-24 months.

 

[sammm]

Brad Crouch will not play in 2025. Neither will Jack Hayes.

M they won't pay out Brad crouch
Unfortunately, Jack Hayes keeps getting injured.

 

[sammm]

I would be refusing to mow the lawns and take out the garbage

Lucky I don't mow lawns

 

[seasonedsainter]

Wow it's all happening.

To me, with Battle it feels like if the Hawks can't pony up more money/longer contract, he stays. Perhaps they feel like for his height/position they already have options. Reckon they might need some cash for Bailey Smith

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Bailey Smith

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

too.

Marshall well Clubs would be mad to not be sniffing around, but again I reckon he stays. And GAGF Geelong.

 

[ScrappyDo]

I saw Bruce got likes from ex teammates on his return from his knee rehab so he mustn't have made that bad an impression on them all. He seemed to be in a little clique with Lonie, Sincs, Newnes, Billings, Matress etc. There seemed to be some fracture in the friendship but they were all gone not long after that.

I think he made a bad impression on the adults.

 

[PoppedCorn]

hayes just had fluid around the knee wasn't it after games?
i don't think he is done unless he has completely broken down in the last month or so

 

[TheJackal]

Wow it's all happening.

To me, with Battle it feels like if the Hawks can't pony up more money/longer contract, he stays. Perhaps they feel like for his height/position they already have options. Reckon they might need some cash for Bailey Smith too.

Marshall well Clubs would be mad to not be sniffing around, but again I reckon he stays. And GAGF Geelong.

I get that it's not a Woolies where we can just pick players off shelves, but I'm not entirely sure why we'd not be looking at Smith ourselves.

 

[seasonedsainter]

I get that it's not a Woolies where we can just pick players off shelves, but I'm not entirely sure why we'd not be looking at Smith ourselves.

We don't have a Clubcard? Dunno actually, but at a guess I'd think Smith wouldn't want to go from one 'small Club' to another, perhaps he's looking for something marquee.

 

[gringo2011]

I get that it's not a Woolies where we can just pick players off shelves, but I'm not entirely sure why we'd not be looking at Smith ourselves.

He's a star but probably not what we need. He plays more running outside mid than an extractor which we need more of. Probably prefer to sink two first rounders into LDU or similar.

 

[ScrappyDo]

Crouch’s knee is shot unfortunately. Heard from someone close to him today that he won’t play again. Sad because he played his best footy for us in the last 12-24 months.

If that's the case, hopefully they can reach favourable terms and he can retire. Since it doesn't look like we can spend our war chest they can pay him out to the minimum value of 2025.

 

[seasonedsainter]

LDU has once again entered beast-mode. Love the way he plays. Would be just huge for our midfield!

 

[ScrappyDo]

He's a star but probably not what we need. He plays more running outside mid than an extractor which we need more of. Probably prefer to sink two first rounders into LDU or similar.

Smith's currency is probably the lowest it will get unless he totally bombs in the future. We should be right into him if possible

 

[Nutsngum]

Crouch’s knee is shot unfortunately. Heard from someone close to him today that he won’t play again. Sad because he played his best footy for us in the last 12-24 months.

If you honestly believe that Ive got a bridge you might be interested in.

 

[joydivision22]

Not being chips in on Caldwell as a priority can probably be chalked up to another diabolical mistake. You can only play what's in front of you and obviously we still should've signed Crouch but if signing Crouch put off Caldwell as was reported, thats a shitouse.

 

[Saint Watto]

LDU has once again entered beast-mode. Love the way he plays. Would be just huge for our midfield!

He would be one hell of a get.

 

[Miha]

Agent H Clark is on the LDU mission

 

[TheJackal]

stavro#4 weren't we into Liam Duggan

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Liam Duggan

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.4

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

5.3

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

283.7

4star

D

16.0

4star

K

12.0

5star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.7

5star

T

1.1

2star

MG

283.7

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.2

3star

as a pre-agent last year? Or was that just an unsubstantiated rumour during trade week?

 

[Miha]

We’re past the bye and still have 20 players OOC, interesting times ahead

 

[LeonardHayes87]

If you honestly believe that Ive got a bridge you might be interested in.

What?

 

[stfan]

Isn't Brad contracted after hitting the trigger?

Well yes, but:

1/ His knee if it as bad as rumoured/speculated may not allow him to
2/ The club and/or could opt to pay him out

Having said that the lack of Crouch this season is one of the key reasons why we have won less games this season.

He has the talent and ability to play on next year that is for sure. He might just be short one serviceable knee. Personally I would like it they can get his knee good enough for him to play a whole season again. But, they may not be able to.

 

[PandaG]

Fin Callinan should also be on our radar.
Shame about Crouch

Membrey is toast, was never dynamic but now looks well past it.

I am embarrassed when I watch Billings play even for Melbourne, he was our ace…turned joker

 

[PandaG]

Agent H Clark is on the LDU mission

It was always meant to be
almost like a prophecy

 

[Joffaboy]

We’re past the bye and still have 20 players OOC, interesting times ahead

North like. Going for compo picks, 4 first rounders plus first dibs on Harley Reid will do.

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[akaifu]

He's a good tap ruck but not much else IMO. Pretty much moving sideways from Campbell. I thought Campbell played a good game against the Lions. We won clearance against a better midfield and a lot was his tap work giving us an easier ride.

The danger with replacing Marshall is that he's our most competitive player and our only guy that sees to be able to tempo shift and power us up. It's also only a positive if to replace him with someone as good , ist doesn't end up costing more than we receive.

This draft is very average and not one you'd get too excited about having too much skin in. Clubs would be happy to trade out of high picks IMO.

I agree, but Pitt has a couple years more than Campbell and when he plays for the Blues as solo ruck, they play very well - obviously before TDK broke out. I remember hearing something late last year about how good Pitt is at giving his mids first use. He's 100% a decent AFL ruckman and if we can get him for cheap, we must consider it

Campbell is done next year, if not this year, and we're going to have to find some sort of cover anyways if Heath's development stalls and we can't find a young replacement.

The draft is average but beggers cant be choosers, we have a clear plan of action and this plan would've been developed by SOS etc knowing the standard of this draft - they chose to hit the draft this year only a year in advance where you'd have a decent idea how good it is. And its a midfielders draft, which suits our list profile to a tee. We are almost guaranteed one of Smith, Draper, Lalor. If a key tall jumps high and Battle leaves us with band 1, we'll get two of them