List Mgmt. 2025 List Management 📃

[Bletch]

We won’t take DFAs in early November before the draft as we need the available list spots to keep our late picks.

sigh...

No, not true.

Doesn't mean we will, but we can. And I literally just spelled out how it could be done.

 

[HarryFlashman]

Problem is over recent history gun ruckman rarely win premierships.

Off the top of my head, Gawn and Cameron are the last ones I can think off.

Tom’s no doubt a required player and makes us better when he plays, but we need to think about the whole list and the future.

We have too many top shelf $1m players on the list, that hamper us each trade period.

I’d offer Tom a fair $800-$850k+ what ever years makes him happy. If Tom wants to go elsewhere, then we get compensated either by FA compo or forcing the club to trade.

100%
IMO a gun ruck is the “crown jewel” looks fantastic, get paraded around occasionally but spends most it’s time locked in the tower - but it’s a key symbol of wealth and power.

You don’t need a $1m ruck to win a flag - but on paper it seems like u do.

Don’t get me wrong TDK will be an amazing player & will turn games - but big, serviceable around the ground, doing the right things (floating forward, getting to the right spots in Defence/bail out kick) & taking a good contested grab will suffice.
TDK is likely to be in contention to take a grab to win a car - less spectacular but still taking the mark gets u the exact same field position.

End of the day - every player on the field for our side should have better disposal then our ruckman, we should want them with ball in hand over a $1m + ruck trying to do everything to “prove” there worth.

 

[NewDarkNavyBlues]

100%
IMO a gun ruck is the “crown jewel” looks fantastic, get paraded around occasionally but spends most it’s time locked in the tower - but it’s a key symbol of wealth and power.

You don’t need a $1m ruck to win a flag - but on paper it seems like u do.

Don’t get me wrong TDK will be an amazing player & will turn games - but big, serviceable around the ground, doing the right things (floating forward, getting to the right spots in Defence/bail out kick) & taking a good contested grab will suffice.
TDK is likely to be in contention to take a grab to win a car - less spectacular but still taking the mark gets u the exact same field position.

End of the day - every player on the field for our side should have better disposal then our ruckman, we should want them with ball in hand over a $1m + ruck trying to do everything to “prove” there worth.

Well I can tell you one thing, we aren’t winning a flag with Pitto. So it’s TDK or find someone else cheaper.

 

[HarryFlashman]

Well I can tell you one thing, we aren’t winning a flag with Pitto. So it’s TDK or find someone else cheaper.

Completely agree, I still don’t get why we gave him the contract we did.

 

[BlackGoanna]

sigh...

No, not true.

Doesn't mean we will, but we can. And I literally just spelled out how it could be done.

Just to confirm Bletch. Do we have a total of 8 list spots available?

Are we likely to take 5 on the main list via the draft and updating Boyd?

The remaining 3 spots to come from a combination of rookie, dfa, ssp and Duffy?


Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com

 

[Stamos]

Just to confirm Bletch. Do we have a total of 8 list spots available?

Are we likely to take 5 on the main list via the draft and updating Boyd?

The remaining 3 spots to come from a combination of rookie, dfa, ssp and Duffy?


Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com

7.
Boyd will move from the Rookie List to the Senior List at the end of the draft.
Taking that move into account gives us 4 Senior spots and 3 Rookie spots.

 

[Jimmae]

Just to confirm Bletch. Do we have a total of 8 list spots available?

Are we likely to take 5 on the main list via the draft and updating Boyd?

The remaining 3 spots to come from a combination of rookie, dfa, ssp and Duffy?


Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com

Duffy is cat B, there's a spot set aside for him.

Right now we're at 31/4/1, and once you account for Boyd being elevated and Duffy and Campo twins coming onboard, you're looking at either 34/3/2, or 33/4/2.

If you assume another 2 draft picks, you're at 36/3/2 or 35/4/2. So that's still 3 open list spots, and I have to assume we're not going to keep 2 open for SSP.

Expect at least one DFA signing tomorrow, and hopefully we don't do our usual low expectations addition.