List Mgmt. Contract, Trade & Draftee Discussion - 2022 Off Season Edition

[Keys]

Contract status of all players now fully updated

The Contracts Thread

2024 List Changes : Out: Retired- Gaff Delisted - Jones, Trew(R), Baker(R), Witherden, Burgiel, Culley(R) Traded - Darling (NM) Barrass (Hawthorn) In: Trade/FA acquisitions - Graham (Richmond) Baker (Richmond) Owies (Carlton) Current contract status (Updated 18/10/24) : Total 39 Players -...

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[new breed]

Smallwood ( Claremont ) doesn't do a lot wrong , small forward great skill and pace.
Buller talented KPF also .

 

[Dark Sharks]

Ben Edwards, his jib, I like the cut of it.

 

[Kegs15]

Hopefully we play both Hunt and Jones (and maybe even Cole) in defence at the same time. It will be chaotic but fun

Honestly, am still iffy on the Hunt pickup but if we were contending I'd be bloody excited about our backline. If we had say Melbourne's midfield then

Cole Barrass Jones
Hunt McGovern Yeo

Would surely be the most attacking backline we've ever played. Defending schmefending.

 

[Cursedsword02]

I must say, this is unexpected.

 

[Bender_]

Melbourne bleeding A grade talent; first Jackson, then Hunt and now Bedford.

Worrying signs. Likely to get the spoon next year.

/ep2006

 

[CountryLad]

I must say, this is unexpected.

Dees not making the same mistake we did after 2019 & 20 and making some changes to freshen the list up.

 

[Eastcoasteagle]

A 3-year deal for Hunt?If true, we are building quite the record of substandard list management decisions (and a wafl level side in the process).

Hunt is one of the biggest ball butchers in the league. 28 at the start of next year with a 3 year deal on a what is likely to be reasonable coin.

While we do lack run off HB (which is surely inhibiting our transition to a modernised game plan), is the solution simply plugging-in-and-playing a severely limited D-grader?

This points to a broader strategic failure of the club. We have not adequately anticipated and planned for the tactical developments observed in the past few years. Consequently, we are forced into making reactionary decisions, like Jones to HB, or paying overs (in contractual terms) for a mediocre player. Contrast this with Brisbane's foresight in shipping off a promising but slow half back flanker (who was performing well at the time) in favour of promoting faster but less established players (and it is no coincidence who was duped in this deal). And having not positioned our list and cap adequately (more consequences of the Kelly trade), we were not able to make a substatial play for an ideal, long-term, flexible candidate for the role when the opportunity arose (i.e. J.Clark).

Rather than poaching Hunt, I would have rather persisted with Jones, trained/played Hough or Chesser in the role, or at the absolute worst, tried Petch off HB. He has a similar "skillset" to Hunt in that he has one useful attribute. Perhaps Rioli leaving unexpectedly and thinning our options at HF has tied Jones and Petch to HF.

Saw someone write this today (from Dees fan), and thought this was pretty spot on:

"I bet West Coasts forwards are absolutely licking there lips having Jayden Hunts floating helicopters breaking there thumbs every time he butchers the ball inside 50!
Yes he is fast and has a red hot crack, but he’s decision making and foot skills are a liability."

 

[WCEswift]

Jackson Broadbent won the medal for best afield in the colts grand final. I know some on here we’re talking about him as a potential late pick up for our ruck future.

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[Priddis Is Done]

Saw someone write this today (from Dees fan), and thought this was pretty spot on:

"I bet West Coasts forwards are absolutely licking there lips having Jayden Hunts floating helicopters breaking there thumbs every time he butchers the ball inside 50!
Yes he is fast and has a red hot crack, but he’s decision making and foot skills are a liability."

He'll fit right in then

 

[Keys]

I must say, this is unexpected.

I’ll say

Staggered he didn’t nominate Geelong

 

[Lazzas]

Saw someone write this today (from Dees fan), and thought this was pretty spot on:

"I bet West Coasts forwards are absolutely licking there lips having Jayden Hunts floating helicopters breaking there thumbs every time he butchers the ball inside 50!
Yes he is fast and has a red hot crack, but he’s decision making and foot skills are a liability."

Much better to have the ball kicked backwards and move into the forward line slowly so the opposition can flood back. The forwards love that more.

 

[THE A5]

Welcome Maui GIF - Welcome Maui - Discover & Share GIFs

is Jackson your nephew?

 

[WCEswift]

is Jackson your nephew?

Nah, nephew had to give up the game after blowing his ankle apart, coaches under 11s now

 

[dajesmac]

Boys we’ve finally signed our next Tim Houlihan

Tim Houlihan

Age

35

Ht

189cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.3

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

9.0

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

11.0

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

Smallwood ( Claremont ) doesn't do a lot wrong , small forward great skill and pace.
Buller talented KPF also .

Good WAFL but neither afl standard (I’ve seen a lot of them and am an avid Claremont member)

 

[BeornJ]

Saw someone write this today (from Dees fan), and thought this was pretty spot on:

"I bet West Coasts forwards are absolutely licking there lips having Jayden Hunts floating helicopters breaking there thumbs every time he butchers the ball inside 50!
Yes he is fast and has a red hot crack, but he’s decision making and foot skills are a liability."

I was worried about there assessment, but they're was something not quite right their.

 

[Bender_]

I was worried about there assessment, but they're was something not quite right their.

But he is decision making, that's gotta be good, right?

 

[BeornJ]

But he is decision making, that's gotta be good, right?

Yep, recruiters are definitely on the look out for players who are the corporeal embodiment of abstract concepts.

 

[Monocle]

Smallwood ( Claremont ) doesn't do a lot wrong , small forward great skill and pace.
Buller talented KPF also .

Neither are AFL quality.

 

[Tugga27]

Dees not making the same mistake we did after 2019 & 20 and making some changes to freshen the list up.

Not sure if Melbourne have done anything TBH.
The three players so far have all decided to leave.
Two of them are very young as well.

 

[Deplorable trumpster]

I don’t think it will cost them quite all of that but it’s a big cost and not far off what we gave for Kelly


It was more just an example of how Fremantle might be able to get what Melbourne are after - no knowledge of whether Port would entertain that

It would be pretty stressful being Peter Bell right now. All these balls in the air. One deal is contingent on what you get from another deal. So they are all interlinked and interdependent as opposed to seperate compartmentalised negotiations you can conduct in parallel. I think us having second pick in the PSD is a bonus for Freo. Gives them extra leverage over Melbourne unfortunately.

 

[Snowball81]

Neither are AFL quality.

I completely agree. I was at the game today and not one player on both teams stood out as having afl quality.

Jason Carter was the only one that when he got it produced some beautiful afl quality kicks, but he had very few possessions.

 

[Schtinker]

Boys we’ve finally signed our next Tim Houlihan

Tim never had the audacity to wear a headband.

 

[Deplorable trumpster]

We will get slagged on trade radio if we are not active in many trades. They always seem to think that whichever club was most active in trade week "won" trade week. But when you almost a spooner then it is hard to get players to want to come to your club without offering massive coin. If there is nothing there worth pursuing or in our interests then i would rather the club just do nothing and take the picks to the draft.

 

[KERRPOW]

Saw someone write this today (from Dees fan), and thought this was pretty spot on:

"I bet West Coasts forwards are absolutely licking there lips having Jayden Hunts floating helicopters breaking there thumbs every time he butchers the ball inside 50!
Yes he is fast and has a red hot crack, but he’s decision making and foot skills are a liability."

Better to have helicopters entering our F50 than to have 90% of the game played in our defensive half like 2022.