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

 

[Hillsy13]

Saints compo is ridiculous but creates opportunity.
3+ 23 (24 now) for 7 +8
Keep 14 from hawks
Trade hawks f1 for baker
Hit the draft with 7,8 and 14
Could be Draper, TT and Lindsay


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[Barrybran]

Saints compo is ridiculous but creates opportunity.
3+ 23 (24 now) for 7 +8
Keep 14 from hawks
Trade hawks f1 for baker
Hit the draft with 7,8 and 14
Could be Draper, TT and Lindsay


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The Saints aren't giving up 7 + 8 for 3 + 24

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Battle is a good player, but from what I've seen doesn't really take responsibility for key opposition talls and prefers to float around as a poor man's Sicily.

Pick 8 is a complete rort. Will their CEO be consistent and call this out, or only when it favours other clubs?

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

Spot on. People don't like to hear it but he is worth more in a trade than he's been to us in 7 years.

If we got Bolton and pick 6 I'd sign in an instant.

Thank God your not making decisions at wc then, cause if Richmond offered that, you would be stupid not to take it.
Allen is not as good as you think, he's only kicked 139 goals in 7 years and he's always injured.
He's got great draft value now so trade him now before he breaks down again

I just don’t rate Bolton that highly for a team in our situation.

Equal 5th In Richmond’s fairest and best in a wooden spoon year. If he’s not being fed the ball by quality inside mids then he’s not that great

 

[Monocle]

Saints compo is ridiculous but creates opportunity.
3+ 23 (24 now) for 7 +8
Keep 14 from hawks
Trade hawks f1 for baker
Hit the draft with 7,8 and 14
Could be Draper, TT and Lindsay


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**** that idea.

Much rather we keep that pick for either a Warner raid next year ,or trading a significantly better player than Baker next year.

 

[Schtinker]

Me

Your lack of faith in the PieMan is bewildering.

 

[Hillsy13]

The Saints aren't giving up 7 + 8 for 3 + 24

Chuck a future second in as well then. Something along those lines to manufacture us having those picks would be great, really can’t afford to have another draft like last years.


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[BartBart]

Now we have pick 14 ... becoming 15 or 16 on draft night - does it fit in the 2nd band of draft picks or slide into thd 3rd band?

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

Saints compo is ridiculous but creates opportunity.
3+ 23 (24 now) for 7 +8
Keep 14 from hawks
Trade hawks f1 for baker
Hit the draft with 7,8 and 14
Could be Draper, TT and Lindsay


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F1 for Baker? Hell no. Absolutely best case scenario for us is that’s pick 18 which is overpaying in itself. Competition was so even this year they could easily pull a Collingwood and just miss finals

F2 or he can stay at Richmond or walk to the PSD and we take our chances there

 

[Bender_]

Does anyone take this league seriously anymore?

 

[Jupes]

PICK 8 COMPO GO AND GET ****ED

 

[Schtinker]

24 and future 2nd for Baker I could live with.

 

[CountryLad]

Barrass is a far better player and better KPD than Battle. Also contracted for 3 years as opposed to Battle who is a free agent.

Yet the Saints get the pick we want whilst we wonder if we will get pick 14 which blows out to pick 16 and some scraps….

Sounds fair.

Could we restructure TBs contract. Give him a one year deal on big bucks to hang around so he then exercises free agency next year? Or is that against the VFL rules?

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

24 and future 2nd for Baker I could live with.

1 second round should be enough.
Worst case scenario is a 2nd round pick & a 3rd rounder.

 

[Monocle]

Does anyone take this league seriously anymore?

This pictorial sort of sums up well those running the league.



And my personal favourite, the star of the shit show.
The number 1 attraction.



The only thing that they have done well in the rebranding of the logo.

 

[Obeanie1]

Then who is realistically going to be an option for splitting with if this is all true?

The team I mentioned who is chasing either pick 2 or 3.

And who we are tradi g Baker from and will likely hold picks 6 Rioli and 9 Bolton trades.

There is only one club who will potentially hold the picks AND has a desire to trade for pick 3.

 

[eaglevision]

Now we have pick 14 ... becoming 15 or 16 on draft night - does it fit in the 2nd band of draft picks or slide into thd 3rd band?

Next band IMO depending how you rate Bo Allan. Unless Hotton or Whitlock get taken (probably to Richmond) then 14 is likely to get Bo, just missing Berry and Lindsay. 14 to 22 and Baker would look less shit now. But still shit. We should sell it off like GCS.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

We need to lose some mediocre players like McKay or Battle and get pick 4.

 

[JohnW]

Would barass be a unrestricted free agent if he was out of contract now? If so what a complete Sheet Show. With out being totally selfish he could of told us he wanted to leave and we could of got pick 4 as compo.

Instead we sign him for 4 more years, giving him security, he ops out anyway, forces a trade and we get less.

Surely the AFL can see the problem, I still hpe they take steps to fix something such as priority picks etc

 

[Barrybran]

Now we have pick 14 ... becoming 15 or 16 on draft night - does it fit in the 2nd band of draft picks or slide into thd 3rd band?

I've been working on the assumption that pick 14 would be in the third band of players based on discussions on this board. The Battle compensation doesn't change that. The only other move that could affect things is Gold Coast trading what is now pick 13.

 

[JackOutback]

The Pieman continued to draft half backs thinking they would make midfielders.

Given half back flankers are the new midfielders, maybe Pieman was just ahead of his time.

 

[CountryLad]

Time for Clarke to ring TBs manager and tell him they need to find a club that has the picks to get a deal done. Hawks options are starting to look rubbish.

 

[JohnW]

Can someone explain why TB and the club cant mutually agree to end his contract. Making him out of contact and a free agent? Then Hawks can sign him as a free agent.

 

[ghostbat12]

Have we folded yet?

 

[new breed]

WC have been all over the shop past 3-4 years so not surprising we keep getting battered .
Drafted some good players last draft .
Reid ×2 , Hall , Johnston ...just need to add a few more and Baker , maybe Graham .
This isn't a quick fix.