List Mgmt. Contract, Trade and Draft Discussions - 2024 Post Season

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Trade period
In: 12, F1, F2, F3, 73, Baker, Owies, Graham*
Out: 3, 63, F4, Barrass, Darling

*Free agent

Done deals

• Jai Culley, Alex Witherden
  23

  Alex Witherden

  Age

  26

  Ht

  188cm

  Wt

  85kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  20.7

  5star

  K

  15.2

  5star

  HB

  5.5

  4star

  M

  6.2

  5star

  T

  1.8

  4star

  MG

  386.5

  5star

  D

  13.0

  3star

  K

  10.0

  4star

  HB

  3.0

  2star

  M

  7.0

  5star

  T

  0.0

  1star

  MG

  201.0

  3star

  D

  24.0

  5star

  K

  15.4

  5star

  HB

  8.6

  5star

  M

  5.8

  5star

  T

  2.2

  4star

  MG

  380.2

  5star

  and Coby Burgiel delisted
  • Burgiel to be considered as a train on player

• Tom Barrass traded to Hawthorn
  • In: F1, F2, F3 (HAW)
  • Out: Barrass, F4

• Liam Baker and Matt Owies join West Coast in Pick 3 trade
  • In: Baker, Owies, 12, 73
  • Out: 3, 63, 68

• Jack Darling traded to North Melbourne for Pick 67

• Jack Graham joins West Coast as UFA

• Jake Waterman re-signs with West Coast until at least 2029

• Zane Trew, Jamaine Jones
  31

  Jamaine Jones

  Age

  26

  Ht

  180cm

  Wt

  80kg

  Pos.

  D/F

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  9.0

  2star

  K

  4.8

  2star

  HB

  4.2

  3star

  M

  2.1

  2star

  T

  3.8

  5star

  MG

  159.6

  3star

  D

  10.5

  3star

  K

  6.5

  3star

  HB

  4.0

  3star

  M

  2.5

  3star

  T

  4.0

  5star

  MG

  196.5

  3star

  D

  9.0

  3star

  K

  4.2

  2star

  HB

  4.8

  4star

  M

  2.4

  3star

  T

  4.2

  5star

  MG

  166.0

  3star

  and Jordyn Baker delisted

• Archer Reid (2027), Loch Rawlinson (2025), and Coen Livingstone (2025) sign extensions

 

[stallon]

Warner is not leaving this off season .
Better to bank hawks future 1st and target warner next off season .

We can offer our first + future 1st for warner + ? But still hit the draft next season with the hawks 1st .

Freo will blow their wad this season with Bolton and not have enough capital and salary for warner next season .

Hopefully freo take Baker also and we take some younger role players this trade period like peatling , garcia and maybe a Dev salary dump

Im not expecting or hoping for Warner this year.

Im just saying that anymore than 1 of our 1st rounders is too much, our list isnt ready to go like Freo or the Hawks that we can blow multiple first rounders on a single player.

Warner is no Chris Judd or anything

 

[stallon]

Perhaps he's referring to Baker?

There isnt a single person in the world who would classify Baker as an A-grader

 

[Eastcoasteagle]

Not 100% confident but let's hope. Not happy with his lack of integrity - can we trust him ?

Think he's just like any draftee, desperate to live out his dream. So probably tried to play through it and ignore it.

 

[ep2018]

There isnt a single person in the world who would classify Baker as an A-grader

I know but Simmo being nice might?

 

[Barrybran]

Perhaps he's referring to Baker?

He's not referring to Baker

 

[bombard]

Baker is a grade, not A Grade. Trololol okay I'll go.

 

[stallon]

I know but Simmo being nice might?

Unlikely.
He wouldnt mention "A-grade players" if it was just Baker, hed just mention "players".
Even then its not even really worth bringing up if its just Baker. He did say that the queries died down after round 10 too, definitely doesnt sound like Baker

 

[ArdentEagle]

Wade Derksen, who some here had expressed an interest in, is seeking a trade to a Victorian club

Bit of a bummer...I was really hoping we'd land him.

 

[Wooshaaaa]

If someone can mount a case for why he’d make something like that up, I’d like to hear it

That said, I’m undecided whether him letting that out is a good or bad thing - feels like something the club would have preferred to stay in house

Or, it does us a favour!

FOMO is a real thing in elite sports. Now the players are asking amongst themselves....who. 'mmmm I wouldn't mind playing with Harley too'

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[Spooky17]

There isnt a single person in the world who would classify Baker as an A-grader

Mrs Baker?

 

[Cuzz09]

I reckon that comment was by Petracca after we beat them.



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[Boohemian]

There isnt a single person in the world who would classify Baker as an A-grader

Dopey Jon Ralph does.

 

[Peptide Pig]

Standard VIC media subtly trying to devalue our trade currency.

‘Eagles won’t play hard ball’
- Heard this exact line with Barass. Trying to precondition the public to us taking unders and make us sound greedy if we don’t

‘Not all Roos fans are rapt about recruiting Darling’

• Firstly they have 10 fans so pretty poor sample size, and who cares what they think.
• Secondly, why has no one reported that plenty of Eagles fans ‘wouldn’t be rapt’ with Baker or Graham?

Kennedy is a better mid than Baker or Parfitt or anybody else even vaguely linked to us.
Hes 27, hes 190cm, and hes only on the outer at the blues because they have too many inside mids and they want him to play HFF which he isnt interested in.
He should be right at the top of our list next to Peatling as a defensive inside mid

Well said. If he was 1-2 years younger would be a perfect target for us. Even at 27 he fills a more specific need than Baker and is a better inside mid than Graham or Parfitt. When he has got an opportunity inside he is a very solid contributor, could quite easily see him providing similar service to Redden in his last couple of years. Would help us immensely as a big bodied extractor for a couple of years but sounds like he will stay in VIC. Interesting to see what the Blues would want for him…

 

[Mattman93]

The 21st and last video for Jagga Smith who's carried this channel for much of the year while other top prospects have been injured or playing school footy. He ends the season as he's played most of it, with elite consistency across four quarters punctuated with moments of brilliance. Whichever team pulls the trigger on Jagga up near the pointy end of the draft order will not regret their choice.

It's going to be intriguing to see whether Smith can translate that slipperiness and uncanny ability to gather the ball while evading bodies in traffic to AFL level.

He's one of the harder prospects in a while to come up with a good current player comparison for.

 

[Goroyals22]

Mrs Baker?

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[RanaNaved]

Standard VIC media subtly trying to devalue our trade currency.

‘Eagles won’t play hard ball’
- Heard this exact line with Barass. Trying to precondition the public to us taking unders and make us sound greedy if we don’t

‘Not all Roos fans are rapt about recruiting Darling’

• Firstly they have 10 fans so pretty poor sample size, and who cares what they think.
• Secondly, why has no one reported that plenty of Eagles fans ‘wouldn’t be rapt’ with Baker or Graham?

Well said. If he was 1-2 years younger would be a perfect target for us. Even at 27 he fills a more specific need than Baker and is a better inside mid than Graham or Parfitt. When he has got an opportunity inside he is a very solid contributor, could quite easily see him providing similar service to Redden in his last couple of years. Would help us immensely as a big bodied extractor for a couple of years but sounds like he will stay in VIC. Interesting to see what the Blues would want for him…

Come on. Why would WC play hardball? Darling is cooked - it's a miracle another club wants him. We have Waterman and Allen, and also need to get games in to Reid and JWilliams. On top of that we get rid of his salary

 

[eaglevision]

I’d be pushing Darling with salary contribution and F4 for 40 and 64

 

[Peptide Pig]

Come on. Why would WC play hardball? Darling is cooked - it's a miracle another club wants him. We have Waterman and Allen, and also need to get games in to Reid and JWilliams. On top of that we get rid of his salary

I’m glad JD is getting a gig elsewhere as he is not in our best 22. More a comment on the subtle anti-WCE spin on some of these headlines. Especially the NM fans not being ‘rapt’. Genuinely a bit bizarre and harsh on JD, haven’t seen a similar comment made as part of a headline that I can remember. Hence the comparison with plenty of WC fans being against recruiting Baker for example but the VIC media pushing for us to pay overs.

 

[RanaNaved]

I’m glad JD is getting a gig elsewhere as he is not in our best 22. More a comment on the subtle anti-WCE spin on some of these headlines. Especially the NM fans not being ‘rapt’. Genuinely a bit bizarre and harsh on JD, haven’t seen a similar comment made as part of a headline that I can remember. Hence the comparison with plenty of WC fans being against recruiting Baker for example but the VIC media pushing for us to pay overs.

Yeah fair enough, I get that pov

 

[ziad]

Come on. Why would WC play hardball? Darling is cooked - it's a miracle another club wants him. We have Waterman and Allen, and also need to get games in to Reid and JWilliams. On top of that we get rid of his salary

Nothing personal, it's just business.

 

[FKASC]

‘A-grade’ players to Eagles: ‘I want to play with Harley’

Former West Coast coach Adam Simpson has revealed several ‘A-grade’ AFL stars reached out to the Eagles in the first half of 2024 to express heavy interest in playing alongside young phenom Harley Reid.

thewest.com.au

Absolutely bizarre by Simmo to make this claim. Here's hoping it's true though!

It’s true. It was a player from Sunraysia Football and Netball League A Grade

 

[stallon]

Come on. Why would WC play hardball? Darling is cooked - it's a miracle another club wants him. We have Waterman and Allen, and also need to get games in to Reid and JWilliams. On top of that we get rid of his salary

I disagree that hes cooked, hes not his best but being the #2 instead of the #3/4 and having a midfield that can win a few clearances will make a huge difference to his output

 

[random260]

It's going to be intriguing to see whether Smith can translate that slipperiness and uncanny ability to gather the ball while evading bodies in traffic to AFL level.

He's one of the harder prospects in a while to come up with a good current player comparison for.

Yeah I agree.

Jagga with uncontested ball seems to be a beauty. I was impressed by his kicking in his last game particularly his short kicks.

 

[VicBased]

It’s true. It was a player from Sunraysia Football and Netball League A Grade

Pretty sure the headline is "Several A grade AFL players"

 

[BartBart]

There isnt a single person in the world who would classify Baker as an A-grader

Cough Ralph Cough