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

 

[KERRPOW]

Yeah I don't know why Pyke said we won't be selling the farm.

We've just sold the future

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If i see pyke waking through central park again, FK im gonna give it to him.

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[Ambrose Burnside]

Only person happy about this is Tim Kelly. We will now look back on that trade with fond affection

It's like looking back on Dubya with affection after Trump.

 

[footy_basis]

Just when you think someone couldn't get any lower.

You post that.

Tell us. Why would anyone with half a brain boo Baker?

If I'm at a game and someone starts booing Baker or Owies watch out. It's a walk down to Gate 3 for a little chat.

What a thug you are.

 

[footy_basis]

Look, I'm still desperately clinging to this idea as nothing has happened yet, but multiple sources in the media reporting on it makes it seem like it's done.

Your posts the other day look pretty silly now don't they.

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

That pick 73 sweatener is a real feather in Clarke's cap.

 

[Eaglemaniac]

If this deal goes through, heads need to roll. This is the worst deal in the history of AFL trading. You do not give up pick three for pick 12 and some guy who is about to be delisted. What a ****ing joke.

 

[oak79]

Don’t want to split pick 3 at all but if we have to why aren’t we splitting pick 3 with the Tigers. They will have pick 6 & 10.
It’s on them to get a deal for Baker done too. He wants to shift and has given good service to there club.

I just simply don’t understand pick 12 & 14

Yeh it makes no sense

3 for 6 and Baker - or even 3 for 10 and Baker - is better.

Why on earth would we effectively do 3 for 12 and Baker?

 

[GWeagles]

Splitting the pick hasn't worked well for us to far.

Missed on Sheezel/Wardlaw for Ginbey and Hewett. Ginbey has been OK and Hewett incomplete. Sheezel is AA contender already and Wardlaw > Ginbey.

I could care less if they didn't want to come West - pick them and make them, win them over. If all else fails, trade them out.

Split 3 for 12 and 14....???

Sheezel made it clear he was never leaving Melbourne. Would have been an enormous gamble to take him.

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

So not only are handing them a top line mid, but also helping them match f/s bids.
We are so f**king generous.

 

[KERRPOW]

Look, I'm still desperately clinging to this idea as nothing has happened yet, but multiple sources in the media reporting on it makes it seem like it's done.

You know its flipping dire when this guy cant even make a snarky or sarcastic remark to take the piss out of the moment.

 

[Mattman93]

This is like car crash watching stuff. I feel some need to urgently try to do something to reach the club and stop us, as though there's anything I or we could do.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

Ok I'm on team "move on" now

Can't do anything about it

Hope the new recruits all do well.

Hope we pick up a couple of gems in the draft.

Hope we get lucky with injuries.

Ah well

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Stoicism is a philosophy for losers.

 

[Smotie2]

So we are selling the farm for 2 players we could get in the PSD?

Well we had to top the Kelly deal. Cant keep that hanging over Kelly's head as the worst trade in history for us

 

[Cuzz09]

This reminds me of when wr got Sierakowski, Merenda, Prior and Collica

Aiming to be competitive but get crapola

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[Kaboodleer]

It's just a massive strategic failure.

Strategy should have been to maximize picks in top 30. Instead we get fixated on a 27 year on old and then for god knows what reason seem to have structured our whole trade period around securing him. Just insanity.

Then, even if you thought going after Baker was good idea the execution is horrific. We've got one of the worst versions I can think of of giving up draft capital to get Baker.

Never thought I would be this person by going to write the club an angry email...

 

[Astro7]

Look, I'm still desperately clinging to this idea as nothing has happened yet, but multiple sources in the media reporting on it makes it seem like it's done.

Agree, it does look like that. I admit, me no trade expert, far from it, but when I saw pick 3 split for 12+14 and a bag of Twisties I thought shirley that can't be right?

 

[fryzie]

I assume the plan, rightly or wrongly, is to try to create a side to get a couple of extra wins in the short term, both to placate the supporters and to assist with selling the dream to Warner (or similar) and Harley that we are on the rise. Otherwise another 4 to 5 win season suggests that the dead cat is not bouncing in trying to sell the dream.

If that's the plan, keeping Barrass and pick 3 is a better way of achieving it.

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[timeforanother22]

I assume the plan, rightly or wrongly, is to try to create a side to get a couple of extra wins in the short term, both to placate the supporters and to assist with selling the dream to Warner (or similar) and Harley that we are on the rise. Otherwise another 4 to 5 win season suggests that the dead cat is not bouncing in trying to sell the dream.

The supporters didn’t need to be placated, we were still turning up in numbers. We understood the assignment. The club didn’t.

 

[Cuzz09]

Stoicism is a philosophy for losers.

What can I do about it though, cry?

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[Eastern Rangers]

I can’t honestly fathom how we’ve got from a firm “no” (according to Rhino) to 3 for 12 + 14 to “yes” to the same with a soon-to-be delisted player thrown in. Something doesn’t stack up.

You’d hope with the amount of heads that have to tick this off for WCE, someone realised how absolutely ****ed this is and pull the gawd damn plug on this.

The best guess is that large elements of the trade are missing.

 

[sey666]

Matt Clarke or whoever is reposible for this proposed trade is an absolute idiot and does not have West Coast's best interests at heart.

 

[KERRPOW]

Heading down to MRP

 

[Cuzz09]

Tell TB to stay and play out his career here, tell everyone to get stuffed and keep pick 3.

Do it!

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[lmach]

So not only are handing them a top line mid, but also helping them match f/s bids.
We are so f**king generous.

I read it as Blues might be able to trade 14 & 12 for pick 2 instead so Norf can trade one of them for Houston now that the Pies don't have the capital to get him.

Can only hope.

 

[Ruben Grubarb]

This shit goes through and I'm done. I'm out for years maybe permanently.

And i was at games in 87

I'm not going to stop supporting the club, but I doubt I'll tune in all the time. I'll probably just watch from time to time. If we start to get good, I'll jump back on the bandwagon, but if we end up like Essendon with a team we know will never win a flag. I'll be out for an extended period. It's a bitter pill to swallow when some clown arrives at the club a runs the list into the ground.