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

 

[RanaNaved]

Evidence is overwhelming, Reid to Essendon for F1st

 

[bzparkes]

Evidence is overwhelming, Reid to Essendon for F1st

Agreed.

There's zero chance someone would take a random pic of Harley and make shit up for internet clout.



Right?

 

[Knifey Spoony]

Harley strikes me as someone who likes playing in, and winning, finals. I don't think Essendon would be a team he would ever consider.

 

[amazingjoshy]

How many pages is this crap going to take up on here?

Under/over 15?

 

[RanaNaved]

Agreed.

There's zero chance someone would take a random pic of Harley and make shit up for internet clout.



Right?

Yeah, I was taking the piss. If it actually happened the stalker photographer would've taken a photo of the 'meeting'.

 

[robbo 39]

Langford isn't quick of body, he's quick of mind it's why his first few steps look fast while guys like Ginbey or Chesser have a slow first few steps imo.

His 20m time earlier in the year was 3.2 however whilst not there I was told he stumbled the first step. Has a low max speed but a solid cruising speed.

His agility is actually quite good.

People should not be surprised if he all things stay as they are now that he's a top 3 pick.

Lalor is nowhere near even top tier Coates league fitness atm let alone AFL fitness so that will have a bearing and if drafted he will need a couple of years. He has a huge ceiling but is also a chance of being a bust as a mid.

Harvey Langford has a bit of Bont about him.

 

[bzparkes]

Yeah, I was taking the piss. If it actually happened the stalker photographer would've taken a photo of the 'meeting'.

I know you were taking the piss mate.

 

[RanaNaved]

I know you were taking the piss mate.

I didn't know it was you bzparkes, thought it was someone who takes my posts at face value haha

 

[Big_Birdy]

List managers don’t meet directly with players post draft.

 

[Big_Birdy]

I mean let’s actually think about this for a second.

Why would Rosa be meeting with Harley Reid?

To work out if he is a good fit? Can they fit in his AFL determined salary? Because Harley will be convinced to go there based on what the list Manager says (as opposed to you know, the coach, the captain, a senior player)?

Sigh I’m glad it sounds like Harley is sick of this shit too.

 

[Ghossein]

HARLEY BUMPED INTO MATT ROSA NEAR A CAFE

 

[Yippy Yi Yeo]

You've got to be ******ed to believe it, so the guy hung around long enough to see him meet matt rosa and didn't get a photo, just of him sitting in the cafe with a random? Laughable

Bombers fans are desperate

 

[random260]

As likely as that wce poster that said they spotted Harley reid at pies HQ.

Stop looking at twitter/facebook of all places for trade news.

And they call Perth stalkers when you have melb people pulling that shit.

My oh my. Totally legit as well

 

[eaglevision]

Hopefully this is nothing, but people are saying Reid met with Rosa (Essendon’s list manager).

Could be someone just starting rumours of course.

Yeah this is bullshit.

As much as I would love Harley to sign on, I'd love Archer to sign on almost as much. He could be a pretty special KF imo.
be someone just starting rumours of course.

Zach Reid is off to Qatar after a run with poorly managed injuries. I wouldn’t mind the club reaching out to bring him over with his little brother with a view to a KPD role.

 

[Ghossein]

Yeah this is bullshit.

Zach Reid is off to Qatar after a run with poorly managed injuries. I wouldn’t mind the club reaching out to bring him over with his little brother with a view to a KPD role.

Zach Reid for HReid confirmed

 

[Bender_]

Guys you've got it all wrong, apparently Harley Reid left a cafe and tripped over Dodoro's eyebrow, which stretched over 3 suburbs and whilst trying to detangle himself from the vine-like structure he found the emaciated corpse of Matt Rosa who had expired whilst trying to escape his own entanglement with the great beast eyebrow.

 

[pantskyle]

Reid going absolutely nowhere.

 

[MKMatty]

Imagine moving to a club that hasn't won a final since before you were born.. We're going to make and win another finals match before Essendon does. Bookmark it.

 

[Big_Birdy]

As likely as that wce poster that said they spotted Harley reid at pies HQ.

Stop looking at twitter/facebook of all places for trade news.

And they call Perth stalkers when you have melb people pulling that shit.

My oh my. Totally legit as well

Merrett doing back to backs all day

 

[stallon]

Graham is free in draft picks, but we've offered him a four year deal. He's injury prone, we are clearly using salary cap space which you can bank over time with smart contract management and may eventually be able to use to buy picks or incentivise a chad type.

Harley, daicos, sheezel, JHF, weddle, mckercher, gulden, holmes.

It's a bit of a fallacy players can't impact in their first 1-3 years. If you have good picks, and draft well you can get players that impact almost immediately. I don't consider our second rounder "cheap" in this draft for peatling. He's 24 and still hasn't properly established himself in an admittedly very strong midfield. I would rather build a core around Harley.

Parfitt the best fit for us imo. Does the hard stuff to an afl level. Is a legit on-baller where we want an extra option (i.e better fit than graham) and is less likely imo to have his body fall apart next year than Graham.

Peatling's fine but not for a top 30 pick (which is what he will cost).

Just gotta point out, the young players almost exclusively impact offensively, and theyre all outside wing/half backs bar Reid and JHF.
None of them are known for their defensive efforts. They can run all day and can use the ball well, but ask them to play the defensive role at a stoppage and youre in trouble.

Thats where someone like Graham would come in. I dont think Parfitt is a better fit, hes probably a similar ability to graham but lacks the leadership and off-field traits Graham has.
Peatling would be better, but he costs picks too.

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Graham is free in draft picks, but we've offered him a four year deal. He's injury prone, we are clearly using salary cap space which you can bank over time with smart contract management and may eventually be able to use to buy picks or incentivise a chad type.

Harley, daicos, sheezel, JHF, weddle, mckercher, gulden, holmes.

It's a bit of a fallacy players can't impact in their first 1-3 years. If you have good picks, and draft well you can get players that impact almost immediately. I don't consider our second rounder "cheap" in this draft for peatling. He's 24 and still hasn't properly established himself in an admittedly very strong midfield. I would rather build a core around Harley.

Parfitt the best fit for us imo. Does the hard stuff to an afl level. Is a legit on-baller where we want an extra option (i.e better fit than graham) and is less likely imo to have his body fall apart next year than Graham.

Peatling's fine but not for a top 30 pick (which is what he will cost).

Graham is not injury prone. Obviously this year had a couple of niggles, but he isn't Prestia!!

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[eaglespremiers]

He may very well have bumped into him, he'd know every list manager in the country from the lead up to the draft last year.

If he was 'meeting' him, he'd have done it inside the cafe, not catch up with a mate then bump into a list manager.

Fake AF.

Heck I bumped into and chatted with Rosa earlier this year.
Maybe I'll get drafted by Essendon.

 

[Elite Pete]

Hopefully this is nothing, but people are saying Reid met with Rosa (Essendon’s list manager).

Could be someone just starting rumours of course.

100% made up.

Bloke who tweeted it is ‘mad Bombers fan’ and has deleted the tweet.

Why would he not get a picture of Harley with Rosa?

It’s been a Twitter thing for a the last 2 days, I’ve seen player X with person Y at place Z.

Never seen a fan base so obsessed with a player in my time in footy.

 

[RanaNaved]

Guys you've got it all wrong, apparently Harley Reid left a cafe and tripped over Dodoro's eyebrow, which stretched over 3 suburbs and whilst trying to detangle himself from the vine-like structure he found the emaciated corpse of Matt Rosa who had expired whilst trying to escape his own entanglement with the great beast eyebrow.

Imagine the gooch mat on Dodoro

 

[Godfather32]

With all this angst over Baker and his cost in draft terms;surely we have to take into account that we will/should get a p/p?. That is what we will trade for Baker.
Nesbit said we wouldn’t apply for one.Well he’s outta here and hopefully the new regime will demand one.
Baker May actually cost us buggar all! Here’s hoping!

Get over it !! It’s not gunna happen.