List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade/Draft Thread - 2025 Edition

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Players out of Contract 2025 (16)

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• Tim Kelly (26/7/94) - Signed a 6 year contract (2020-25) in October 2019
• Dom Sheed (10/4/95) - Signed a 4 year extension (2022-25) in April 2021*
• Oscar Allen (19/3/99) - Signed a 3 year extension (2023-25) on an existing contract due to expire 2022 in May 2021
• Campbell Chesser (27/4/03) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) on an existing contract due to expire 2023 in May 2022
• Tom Cole (28/5/97) - Signed a 3 year extension (2023-25) in May 2022
• Rhett Bazzo (17/10/03) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) on an existing contract due to expire 2023 in September 2022
• Jayden Hunt (3/4/95) - Signed a 3 year contract (2023-25) in October 2022
• Callum Jamieson (31/7/00) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) in March 2023
• Jamie Cripps (23/4/92) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) in August 2023
• Jack Petruccelle (12/4/99) - Signed a 2 year extension (2024-25) in August 2023
• (R) Jack Hutchinson (10/11/01) - Automatic 18 month contract (2024-25) when drafted in May 2024
• (R) Tyrell Dewar (27/3/04) - Signed a 1 year extension (2025) in June 2024
• (R) Loch Rawlinson (1/6/05) - Signed a 1 year extension (2025) in September 2024
• (R-B) Coen Livingstone (25/5/05) - Signed a 1 year extension (2025) in September 2024
• (R-B) Malakai Champion (17/5/06) - Automatic 1 year contract (2025) when added as a Cat B Rookie in November 2024
• (R) Sandy Brock (14/12/02) - Signed a 1 year contract (2025) when recruited as a SSP signing in February 2025

 

[Ruben Grubarb]

reckon you have nailed it

There's a lot that points towards him coming home:

1. Every off season, he spends in Perth. He seemed to have some deal with the Swans to do his footy clinics in Perth. I'd imagine they are contract obligations and he told the Swans he'd be in Perth, so sort it for Perth.
2. Even last week, he stayed the extra few days in Perth after the Freo game.
3. He bought a house in Perth. It could be for his parents, but I suspect it's for him.
4. He golfed with Pyke and Jack.
5. After it was reported he's going to sign, his answer was "not yet decided".

I don't think he's the type to try and milk Sydney for a bit more. The offer they have made is very generous. He could just be playing his cards close to his chest (a good life strategy). Or he could be, "I was always leaving, and I'm still leaving".

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

There's a lot that points towards him coming home:

1. Every off season, he spends in Perth. He seemed to have some deal with the Swans to do his footy clinics in Perth. I'd imagine they are contract obligations and he told the Swans he'd be in Perth, so sort it for Perth.
2. Even last week, he stayed the extra few days in Perth after the Freo game.
3. He bought a house in Perth. It could be for his parents, but I suspect it's for him.
4. He golfed with Pyke and Jack.
5. After it was reported he's going to sign, his answer was "not yet decided".

I don't think he's the type to try and milk Sydney for a bit more. The offer they have made is very generous. He could just be playing his cards close to his chest (a good life strategy). Or he could be, "I was always leaving, and I'm still leaving".

1 This has been a thing for both Chad and Logan since COVID lockdowns and we had the border up. Border came down but they still let the WA boys have a few luxuries as they go home less during the season
2 All the WA boys (including the ones not in the AFL squad) came home. Logan, Sheldrick, Corey, Buller were all home for the 4 days.
3 Yep
4 Yep
5 This is super interesting. He might be making Sydney sweat and see if they up their offer by another 50-100k or maybe we upped our offer, or maybe he has made up his mind to come home and is just playing along.

I will say that interview at the airport was interesting. I did not expect him to answer the questions in that way.

 

[WCE777]

There's a lot that points towards him coming home:

1. Every off season, he spends in Perth. He seemed to have some deal with the Swans to do his footy clinics in Perth. I'd imagine they are contract obligations and he told the Swans he'd be in Perth, so sort it for Perth.
2. Even last week, he stayed the extra few days in Perth after the Freo game.
3. He bought a house in Perth. It could be for his parents, but I suspect it's for him.
4. He golfed with Pyke and Jack.
5. After it was reported he's going to sign, his answer was "not yet decided".

I don't think he's the type to try and milk Sydney for a bit more. The offer they have made is very generous. He could just be playing his cards close to his chest (a good life strategy). Or he could be, "I was always leaving, and I'm still leaving".

All this and what Phil said, there is still a bit playing out.
I don't think he is trying to milk Sydney for a bit more, they threw their last and biggest offer at him in the reported 2 year deal recently to change his mind.

If Phil is correct and I suspect he is, if Sydney won the GF last year he might already be here!
WC offer is very significant and long term, as soon as Oscar signs his deal I think WC would be feeling fairly confident Warner's commitment won't be too far away.

"I was always leaving, and I'm still leaving at end 2025" has been very much on the cards since last trade period imo.
Would take the wheels to massively fall off WC for something to turn against us imo.

 

[Spod]

Beyond even what he said it's interesting that he chose to give an interview at all. Plenty of players manage to walk past a TV crew at an airport without stopping to give their tips for the weekend. Hard not to read into it as taking a chance to have his say after a bunch of people put words in his mouth earlier this week.

 

[mitchzz]

Very interesting, if he hasn't extended with the Swans next week the race is back on.

Why is next week so important?

 

[Ruben Grubarb]

Why is next week so important?

MAFS finale.

 

[pantskyle]

Why is next week so important?

With all the recent chatter of him staying and the rumored end of feb deadline Swans originally put on him id say it's a key week.

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

With all the recent chatter of him staying and the rumored end of feb deadline Swans originally put on him id say it's a key week.

Swans board has referenced an end of Feb deadline.... where did this originally come from?

 

[Elite Pete]

With all the recent chatter of him staying and the rumored end of feb deadline Swans originally put on him id say it's a key week.

If you were going to have a $1.4m a year to spend you’d love to know asap. Especially if a couple of key forwards are in play or a ruck they have thrown everything at before. TDK, Oscar and JUH

Does go against Cox saying he knows it’s a massive decision and he can takes as long as he needs. Pretty much what a Coach is going to say all the time.

 

[eagles rule]

Anyone know what’s happening with Busslinger at WB ?

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Anyone know what’s happening with Busslinger at WB ?

His kids have enrolled at Aquinas, FWIW.

 

[chaddy22]

Anyone know what’s happening with Busslinger at WB ?

Apparently he shot himself in the foot.
Seriously he made a dumb decision
With Lobb reinventing himself as a backman he is way back in the pack.
O'donnell played as a forward today but usually plays back and Buku is ahead of him as a third tall.
Unless Jones or Lobb gets inured or retires he will be in the wilderness.

 

[stallon]

Apparently he shot himself in the foot.
Seriously he made a dumb decision
With Lobb reinventing himself as a backman he is way back in the pack.
O'donnell played as a forward today but usually plays back and Buku is ahead of him as a third tall.
Unless Jones or Lobb gets inured or retires he will be in the wilderness.

Lobb and Jones are still playing great footy with no real signs of slowing yet either.

They have Croft who cant break into the side as it is too, and he may need to play as a KPD to get opportunities.

Rough for Busslinger

 

[Keys]

Dev Robertson Jed Busslinger could’ve come to West Coast and played AFL but stayed to play reserves at his existing club instead

 

[amazingjoshy]

Perths a small town and everyone knows everyone.... Busslinger wasn't coming back to Perth even if he left the Dogs last year

He considered leaving the Dogs (and staying in Victoria) but he doesn't want to come home...yet anyway. He quite simply enjoys living in Melbourne, for now.

 

[amazingjoshy]

liking WA?
in no rush?
tipping eagles?
big harley fan?

Thats very concerning if you are a Swans supporter

 

[We_The_West]

Dev Robertson Jed Busslinger could’ve come to West Coast and played AFL but stayed to play reserves at his existing club instead

Some poor advice from their player managers...

Dev could be well on his way to 100 games by now, instead he's lost in the VFL...

I wonder if we will have another go at the end of the year, could be a cheap swap of 3rd/4th rounders

 

[Lia]

I'd be doing 2 more years at the Swans if I were him, unless they fall off a cliff unexpectedly this year.

 

[Dylan82]

Certainly some interesting comments from Ch.Warner (perhaps most notably because there was no expectation for him to say anything at all).

Complete speculation, but it almost sounds like he is trying to work out what H.Reid's plans are before he makes his own decision.

 

[wadistance]

I don't think so. He's still easily worth our first pick plus a future first with Sydney's first coming back. I think there's a fair bit of playing about going on. I was there in the thick of it last year and he was coming if the Swans won the GF.

I think there's a lot to play out and a lot has to do with Oscar and Harley as well.

(His Mrs 100% wants to be back in WA and dislikes it there almost as much as I hate Victoria)

Not sure how one can dislike living in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. I did it from 2014-2018 and it was incredible

 

[kane249]

Anyone know what’s happening with Busslinger at WB ?

Think the scuttlebutt was he has an intense fear of flying, so was happy to stay in Victoria now he's settled there

 

[DRK_13]

Watched the Port game on Thursday.
Moraes would have been an excellent pick up for our team. Think we mightve missed one there.

Silky midfielder who already looks like hes been in thr AFL system for years

 

[Ruben Grubarb]

Watched the Port game on Thursday.
Moraes would have been an excellent pick up for our team. Think we mightve missed one there.

Silky midfielder who already looks like hes been in thr AFL system for years

What's his disposal like, though? In u18s, he certainly knew how to get the ball, but I think there was a knock on his disposal. If this is the case, when you're in the flag window, you don't want these players.

 

[ziad]

Why is next week so important?

Easter Bunny on the horizen?

 

[ziad]

Not sure how one can dislike living in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. I did it from 2014-2018 and it was incredible

Unfortunately it leaves Perth looking like Hicksville. particularly if you have cash.