List Mgmt. 2025 List Mismanagement and Trading

[Mutineer]

In all honesty - how are we different than Sydney, Brisbane and Collingwood?

If you think Brisbane lost Darcy Fort to a LTI they wouldn't be scrambling to get another player like McAndrew in? Or would they be happy to go into their season with just big O and Ruck/Fwd Henry Smith to ruck all season.

If Collingwood lose Mason Cox to a LTI - you think they aren't scrambling to get McAndrew? Or are they happy with Smit/Steene who have zero AFL games between em?

What about Sydney.... If they lose Ladhams to a LTI you dont think they are scrambling to bring McAndrew? Or are they happy having 19 year old Will Green shoulder the load if Grundy also goes down.

No I don't, why would any club restrict themselves to just McAndrew as the only option when there are other options out there in the State Leagues like Brayden Crossley or even East Fremantle's dominant WAFL ruck Lachlan Blakiston etc and 4 or 5 ruck prospects that didn't get drafted but have been picked up by State League Clubs and several invited back to their CTL teams when not required for their VFL teams.

 

[Danger in Texas]

We did. He went at 4 and we took Harry Schoenberg at 3.

Sorry, a rookie pick that we hadn’t already committed to someone else

 

[AFC979810]

No I don't, why would any club restrict themselves to just McAndrew as the only option when there are other options out there in the State Leagues like Brayden Crossley or even East Fremantle's dominant WAFL ruck Lachlan Blakiston etc and 4 or 5 ruck prospects that didn't get drafted but have been picked up by State League Clubs and several invited back to their CTL teams when not required for their VFL teams.

Because the club has clearly identified him as the best option - which is why he is training with the club.

Keep in mind that this is to possibly cover an injury to Strachan (who is our 2nd Ruck) for the first part of the year.

So we have ROB as our Ruck. If we lose ROB in the first 11 rounds we would need to use McAndrew/Murray until we get Strachan back and can pick another ruckman in the midseason draft.

You dont think any AFL would be in a hell of a lot of trouble if they lost their 2 best pure ruckman?

 

[Danger in Texas]

Because the club has clearly identified him as the best option - which is why he is training with the club.

How do you know that, for certain?

It seems a little sus that the ‘best option’ was someone that had already agreed to play in SA

 

[AFC979810]

How do you know that, for certain?

It seems a little sus that the ‘best option’ was someone that had already agreed to play in SA

I should have clarified - best available option.

We would need immediate cover to play AFL football in the first 11 rounds if ROB goes down and Strachan is still out.

Not too many available Ruckman who could do that. Was with the Swans Academy since 2019 then joined the AFL ranks in 2021. Since he is training with us - he would have had 4 full AFL preseasons and he has a couple of AFL games under his belt.

Would be far more ready made than Blakiston who has only managed 14 State League Games in the past 3 years.

Other ones the clubs would have considered would be Crossley and Pruest. Perhaps the club reached out to them and they knocked it back due to not wanting to relocate interstate with no guarantee of ending up on an AFL list.

 

[George Kramer]

Because the club has clearly identified him as the best option - which is why he is training with the club.

Keep in mind that this is to possibly cover an injury to Strachan (who is our 2nd Ruck) for the first part of the year.

So we have ROB as our Ruck. If we lose ROB in the first 11 rounds we would need to use McAndrew/Murray until we get Strachan back and can pick another ruckman in the midseason draft.

You dont think any AFL would be in a hell of a lot of trouble if they lost their 2 best pure ruckman?

He’s not on our list yet and can only get on our list if we have a long term injury, what’s the rules surrounding it? How long does Strachan have to be out for?

 

[Crow till I die]

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