List Mgmt. Contract, Trade and Draft Discussions - 2024 Edition

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Latest news and rumours:

• Tom Barrass officially requests trade to Hawthorn
  • Duffield: Eagles want two first round picks - "It may have to be in this year’s draft rather than a future pick."
  • Morris: Josh Battle is set to join Barrass at Hawthorn in 2025 - Ralph: Unclear if Hawks will pay enough for Band 1

• Kysaiah Pickett interested in a trade
  • "Club and management are confident they can work through his concerns"
  • Daniels: Pickett’s preference is Fremantle. Fremantle are keen, but Bolton the priority. Getting both “not impossible”. West Coast “an option if things get complicated.”

• Jai Culley, Coen Livingstone, Loch Rawlinson in line for one-year deals (The West)
  
  
• Liam Baker and Shai Bolton
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  Shai Bolton

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  26

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  176cm

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  77kg

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  12.3

  3star

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  6.9

  3star

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  5.4

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  2.8

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  2.9

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  1.4

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  12.7

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  9.2

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  3.5

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  3.0

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  2.7

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  1.8

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  9.2

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  4.6

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  4.6

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  2.0

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  2.6

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  0.0

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  officially request trades to WA
  • Daniels: Bolton is Fremantle’s priority

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

And there's your loser mentality.

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Now you are just inventing reasons to be outraged

I said we need to keep on winning

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Maybe you need to be supporting the Kangaroos who are only interested in getting good picks and not winning or being competitive.

I literally said the opposite. Read closer before you shoot from the hip mate

Winning and being competitive is much more important then the pick this year

 

[JackOutback]

Lol I warned you it was going to be an unpopular opinion.

There's unpopular and then there's whatever that was

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

Yeah it was not a good feeling late last year not wanting your team to win.

Don't wanna be in that position again.

Get as many wins as possible in 2024 and if that means we have pick 6 or 7 (unlikely) then so be it.

think we still have more downs than up to come in 24 and would be quite, sort of ok with 5/6 wins and 15th/16th and pick 3/4

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Last year was a slight outlier but Hawthorn won 7 games and still had pick 3, which ended up pick 5 on draft night.

At the moment the best case scenario for us is finishing above Hawks and St Kilda who look to be in a hole.

Keep in mind there are no Band 1 worthy RFA in teams from bottom 4-5 teams or academy bids in top 4-5.

Pick 5 at worst even if we win 6-7 games and finish above Saints and Hawthorn.

 

[new breed]

Thought we could play finals , need an upset win against the Crows .
Pretty easy draw second half of the year I expect .

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Yeah it was not a good feeling late last year not wanting your team to win.

Don't wanna be in that position again.

Get as many wins as possible in 2024 and if that means we have pick 6 or 7 (unlikely) then so be it.

think we still have more downs than up to come in 24 and would be quite, sort of ok with 5/6 wins and 15th/16th and pick 3/4

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For sure but it just had to happen. Think its the only draft in the last 10+ years thats been that way.

Dont think we need to go through that again also so thats nice.

As ive said before, even if we had pick 1 this year, id take Sid Draper with it anyway who will probably be there at pick 5 anyway so no thanks on winning that spoon for me this year

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Last year was a slight outlier but Hawthorn won 7 games and still had pick 3, which ended up pick 5 on draft night.

At the moment the best case scenario for us is finishing above Hawks and St Kilda who look to be in a hole.

Keep in mind there are no Band 1 worthy RFA in teams from bottom 4-5 teams or academy bids in top 4-5.

Pick 5 at worst even if we win 6-7 games and finish above Saints and Hawthorn.

Levi Ashcroft will 100% be a top 3 bid. Not academy but one that is taken from the pot and goes into a good team

 

[twce13]

If we win 5 that will be 10 wins in 3 years .
That is 100% priority pick levels especially when our wins are coming off the back of 30+ year olds having great seasons
Yeo McGovern Kelly cripps Hunt (29) barrass ( almost 29)

It would be in the afls interest to help us get a couple more senior players to help the transition otherwise we drop again

Also you just know Richmond will get handouts irrespective of if we get them or not. They sound like they will gut their list for picks and spend a few years at the bottom

This is the afl were talking about.
If you think eagles are any chance at a PP you need to pay more attention.

Best case scenario is PP are just put to bed forever. What a ridicilious concept.

 

[Forward Press]

We've already won 3 - 2 of them being big wins over finals-bound sides. We aren't getting a priority pick and I don't want one.

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

Levi Ashcroft will 100% be a top 3 bid. Not academy but one that is taken from the pot and goes into a good team

I did forget about Ashcroft.

But sliding back 1 is better than previous years.

 

[Cuzz09]

Draper is jumping out at me

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[kane249]

Draper is jumping out at me

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Do you startle easy?

 

[noobermensch]

Langford's consistent production at this level can't be denied, but this game from him was a little scrappier than usual. His normally strong kicking was off, and he seemed to struggle at times with the lack of space and time afforded to him due to the excellent pressure applied by the Lions players.

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Yeah but this is their first bad year. They'll need at least a couple more before any assistance is even remotely discussed.

I was more worried for us. If we are denied a PP - this might be the concession.

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[Wooshaaaa]

Will Patton a stand out in SA u18 v20 game.

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[Cuzz09]

Do you startle easy?

I was meant to say he's jumping out as the one I hope we take.

Seems professional

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[EdCurnowRules]

If Adelaide offered a wheelbarrow of money for 3 years I don't begrudge him for leaving and don't blame WC for not offering the same money or length of contract.

Elliot Yeo will still have made a fantastic contribution to the club and I'd wish him all the best.

Would feel exactly the same

 

[Chris_6678]

Please don’t Yeo! Eagles star responds to big money lures

Waalitj Marawar (West Coast) star Elliot Yeo has responded to rumours of a big money offer from rivals Adelaide ahead of the club’s clash with the Crows on Sunday.

thewest.com.au

 

[WCE_phil]

Anyone posting something that is paywalled should get a 1 week ban.

 

[Chris_6678]

Anyone posting something that is paywalled should get a 1 week ban.

https://archive.md/oqVk8

 

[bzparkes]

Anyone posting the West quoting player/coach interviews into a mash-up should be banned

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Anyone posting the West quoting player/coach interviews into a mash-up should be banned

That’d rule out 90 per cent of West content.

 

[bzparkes]

That’d rule out 90 per cent of West content.

Exactly.

 

[noobermensch]

Smillie struggled to get anything going in this game, one in which his Eastern team was comprehensively beaten by the Devils. He appeared to work from contest to contest as hard as usual, and perhaps applied even more defensive pressure, but he struggled mightily to get first hands on the ball at stoppage registering just one clearance for the game, and wasn't able to find much of it on the spread either.

 

[Hap Hapablap]

Waalitj Marawar (West Coast) star Elliot Yeo

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Elliot Yeo

Age

31

Ht

191cm

Wt

91kg

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Career

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Last 5

D

19.5

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.5

5star

MG

377.9

5star

D

18.9

4star

K

10.9

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

5.8

5star

MG

287.4

4star

D

16.6

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.2

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.6

3star

has responded to rumours of a big money offer from rivals Adelaide ahead of the club’s clash with the Crows on Sunday.

The 30-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season and is attracting interest from multiple clubs with Adelaide reportedly tabling a three-year deal believed to be worth around $2.7 million.

Yeo is firming to face the Crows at Adelaide Oval after two weeks sidelined by a groin injury and said his focus was purely on returning to play.

“That’s up to my manager to handle,” Yeo told 96FM when asked about his contract.

“For me, it’s just about trying to get back on the park and play football, really.

“All the external noise, you have to try and block it out because your main job and your main role is to play football.

“That’s all I’ve got to focus on and worry about because I’m hoping to get through a test at the end of the week and then hopefully be able to play.

“That’s my main focus and my main goal at the moment. Not anything else that’s going on around otherwise it can kind of fester and eat you up.”


It comes after Waalitj Marawar coach Adam Simpson said he would love to keep the two-time club champion at the Eagles beyond this season.

“We’re working through that, but from all reports he wants to stay, and we want to keep him so I’m hoping that’s just a matter of time,” Simpson told 7News.

In-form forward Jake Waterman

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Jake Waterman

Age

26

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.2

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.8

2star

K

7.8

3star

HB

2.0

1star

M

5.8

5star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.5

5star

D

12.2

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

4.6

4star

M

4.6

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.8

4star

said while he didn’t want to get involved in his teammate’s decision, he wanted Yeo to remain in blue and gold.

“All I know is, I bloody want him to stay,” Waterman said.

“What he’s been able to do this year is just unreal, he’s helped us transform back into the team we are now and I’m sure everything will take care of itself.

“He loves this club and he wants to be a part of the rebuild, so I’m sure that will take care of itself.”