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

 

[flamingEMBERS]

**** I hate Vic Metro.

Ban them all for draft tampering.

Would love them to make an example of a VM kid one day

 

[eaglevision]

3. Cal must be hearing Norf are warming to Langford since he has them as the 2nd best option for them.

Who would have thought Norf chasing a midfielder/HFF.

 

[Chris_6678]

Cal said we are 1 of 3 clubs into Peatling.

 

[pantskyle]

Twomey seems to regularly rate Langford higher than everyone else. I wonder why that is?

Romance.

 

[pantskyle]

Cal said we are 1 of 3 clubs into Peatling.

Interesting.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Romance.

Interesting.

Stop being circumlocutory.

 

[pantskyle]

Stop being circumlocutory.

Noted.

 

[Monsterdarlz]

Twomey seems to regularly rate Langford higher than everyone else. I wonder why that is?

Twomey I’m fairly sure stated in the last episode of gettable last week said he watched his first Coates league game for the year.

%100 percent getting info from recruiters you would have to think north

 

[eaglespremiers]

Twomey I’m fairly sure stated in the last episode of gettable last week said he watched his first Coates league game for the year.

%100 percent getting info from recruiters you would have to think north

Are you sure about that?
I definitely saw Cal at about 4-5 Talent League games last year (and not all of them were in Melbourne).
I would be surprised if he had cut down substantially from last year.

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

Going by Cal's latest phantom guide and assuming Hawks offer up 12 and 27 for Barrass, we could go to the draft and get
3 - a true midfielder in Draper or Lalor or M Reid (I would want these 3 above Smillie)
12 - another mid like Lindsay or a mid forward like Hotton (I prefer the former)
23 - a half back like Oliver (assuming we just miss on Travaglia)
27 - a KPD like Mraz (assuming foot OK) or Dennis or Gerryn
59 - Davis as an outside wing
NGA match may not be needed on Champion as a small forward/high half forward

 

[Convocation]

Cal said we are 1 of 3 clubs into Peatling.

Also said they have offered (I think he said upped) the contract to 2 years.
Would people be happy offering him a 3 or 4 year contract, and undoubtedly more money then GWS could offer?

 

[Eastcoasteagle]

You would think with Langford at 2 on Cal’s rankings that it means a couple of the clubs near the top of the draft have indicated that they are very keen.

Yeah I was thinking that, must have plenty of interest. Easy to understand why.

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

I’d also love to get pick 6 or 7 for Barrass. You could then go

3 - FOS
6/7 - Lalor

Even if FOS ends up on the HBF at AFL level & doesn’t make it as a full time mid you still end up with Lalor. We need more weapons off the backline with good footskills, run & power. Fixes a couple of areas of need at the same time.

Would then focus on smalls & talls later in the draft.

I would be more than happy to pocket a F2 to drop back for Crows to take Draper and we take Lalor. I am not sure how we are going to get pick 6 or 7 for Barrass. I am forecasting Dees to get 6 and Freo 7 (Pies) and Dons 8. The Drug Rats need to get a pick in before Kako and I see them finishing with pick to get them ahead well inside that.

Question is - would we take Lalor at 3 to partner up Harley and have the dynamic duo hard nuts leading our midfield? Tempting.

 

[Eastcoasteagle]

Hotton I think will continue to slide. He’s a talent but just like Brayden George in his draft year clubs will be hesitant to take a kid coming off an ACL. George ended up at pick 26.

He's one I think would be a massive flight risk, lives local to me and close to his old man. Mines purely a hunch.

 

[random260]

He'll no. There's nothing crows can offer us to not pick draper. He's the least riskiest mid out there and a need. Unless only a future first

Lalor at 3 would be ballsy. I like it. However, it's a huge risk but high ceiling. Lalor is a boom or bust type player. If we get Lalor at 3 we need some insurance.

If Lalor was to bust as a mid then the insurance of a tier 2 mid being the mid we gain in this draft is not ideal.

But a tier 2 mid + Tobie (slow burn mid) is the golden insurance

 

[WCEswift]

Smillie could be an interesting one with his size and strength alone, as a coach i called them 2 tackler players they draw 2 to the tackle, seeing as i already have Reid in this category it could create nightmares for other midfields match up wise

 

[Monsterdarlz]

Are you sure about that?
I definitely saw Cal at about 4-5 Talent League games last year (and not all of them were in Melbourne).
I would be surprised if he had cut down substantially from last year.

Could of sworn I heard him say it somewhere I could be wrong as well however I’d be inclined to believe that his mail about Langford is from recruiters

 

[THE A5]

Im on the fence about Graham but clurey is so yuck.

 

[Bender_]

Stop being circumlocutory.

Gerard Whately's BF account confirmed.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

The good thing about having Reid as the explosive game changing mid, we can pick an accumulator type if they are the best, we don't need to reach for a potential game changer.

 

[WCEswift]

Stop being circumlocutory.

you leave their dick skin outta this

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Also said they have offered (I think he said upped) the contract to 2 years.
Would people be happy offering him a 3 or 4 year contract, and undoubtedly more money then GWS could offer?

Peatling is a no brainer if he is in fact available and interested. Right age profile at 24 to fill a gap in the list.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

He's one I think would be a massive flight risk, lives local to me and close to his old man. Mines purely a hunch.

You've got a couple of months to bully him into hating Melbourne. Get to it.

 

[mat11]

He'll no. There's nothing crows can offer us to not pick draper. He's the least riskiest mid out there and a need. Unless only a future first

Lalor at 3 would be ballsy. I like it. However, it's a huge risk but high ceiling. Lalor is a boom or bust type player. If we get Lalor at 3 we need some insurance.

If Lalor was to bust as a mid then the insurance of a tier 2 mid being the mid we gain in this draft is not ideal.

But a tier 2 mid + Tobie (slow burn mid) is the golden insurance

We have to remember we have hewett coming back so hewett and fos/draper is awesome. If we could somehow muster up that other top 10 pick a player with something unique like travaglia/lindsay/berry would be preferred but in saying that it'd be hard to pass on lalor if he was available

 

[maverick001]

Would love them to make an example of a VM kid one day

Exactly what I was going to say
Draft him