List Mgmt. Contracts, trades, draft - 2021 offseason edition

[Keys]

So the 2021 season is officially done and dusted.

It’s time now to fully turn our attention to the off season and what we can do through the trade period/draft to chase down Melbourne in 2022.

List and personnel changes have already been made and I’ll update this OP as and when any further changes are made.

As it stands these are our official list changes :

Out -
• Venables (R) - retired
• Vardy - retired
• Hutchings (R) - delisted
• Ah Chee (R) - delisted
• Ainsworth - delisted
• Johnson - delisted
• Collins (R) - delisted
• Brander - cluster****
• Cameron - retired/delisted not that it was officially acknowledged by the club
• Sheppard - retired

Inactive listed -
• Cole
• Chesser

In -
• Petrevski-Seton - traded for pick 52
• Chesser - Pick 14
• Hough - Pick 31
• Bazzo - Pick 37
• Williams (Jack) - Pick 57
• Clark - Pick 62
• Dixon - SSP
• Joyce - SSP
• Strnadica - SSP
• Naish - SSP

Players on main list - 37 (Including 2 inactive)
Players on rookie list - 7

Future trade picks :
In - Port Adelaide future 2nd
Out - Future 4th

Assistant Coaches :
• Out - Graham, Hickmott
• In - Schofield (Strategy and Stoppage), Knights (Midfield), Wiley (WAFL coach), Brennan (development)

Link to contract status of all players -

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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[Ridge Renegade]

It's not like GWS to play silly buggers. Either they made a late offer to him that turned out better than the other offers he had or he didn't have any other offers, I feel.

Least he didn't end up at the cattery. That would have hurt more......

 

[dajesmac]

Hopefully he cracks 2 disappointing games for them and is then delisted

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Hopefully he cracks 2 disappointing games for them and is then delisted

Hopefully he plays well and has a long AFL career.

 

[mattyc75]

Brander wont be getting a run in their midfield

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[Wild Kelly]

Some of the Eastern State mids may be hard to access this year due to lack of exposure to footy. Will find some bargains late that will come good once they are in an AFL list.

With the borders coming down access shouldn't be a problem. I just hope we have decent talent scouts in the other states who have been able to assess potential draft candidates.

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

With the borders coming down access shouldn't be a problem. I just hope we have decent talent scouts in the other states who have been able to assess potential draft candidates.

We have the Pieman and Steve Nash in Melbourne and I think we still have a part timer in Duane Massey in Adelaide.

So we have good coverage outside of WA. Whether they want to prioritise contested football and pick some inside or balanced mids with our early picks is a different matter. Not a strong track record

 

[Illeagle]

I direct messaged Will Schofields podcast to ask him about the Brander situation and ask wtf is going on at West Coast. He covered it in depth on the podcast. His guest Oscar Allen

12

Oscar Allen

Age

25

Ht

196cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.6

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.2

4star

seemed pretty upset with it all imo... Will wrote back to my inbox saying that "the club has lost its focus on people and you don't have to be a big name or superstar to be an important part of a footy team". Interesting insights.

 

[Altum Volantes]

I direct messaged Will Schofields podcast to ask him about the Brander situation and ask wtf is going on at West Coast. He covered it in depth on the podcast. His guest Oscar Allen seemed pretty upset with it all imo... Will wrote back to my inbox saying that "the club has lost its focus on people and you don't have to be a big name or superstar to be an important part of a footy team". Interesting insights.

Will’s still a bit salty he got the nudge though…

 

[shooshka]

Our need is current players to play with maximum intensity.

Up there you are placing a lot of hope on a player that was a borderline delisting.

For sure, but you can't fix mindset or game plan through trading and drafting. Bringing in more talented players for the positions we have open (or will have open in the near future) is good business at this time of year.

Whether - the squad turns up in shape, the game plan is modified, or the desire is there to win another premiership isn't really up to SPS or pick 12 from the 2021 draft.... (other than their individual preparation)

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[THE A5]

I love Will but I can see him becoming another Carl Langdon down the line

 

[Monocle]

I love Will but I can see him becoming another Carl Langdon down the line

Scary ...... one is already one to many.

 

[Bacchus]

If we pick Sinn instead of Johnson I will blow a gasket. That would just be ridiculous but it would be a very WC thing to do with these current recruiters. Pass on a Pendlebury like talent right under our nose, wow I hope not.

 

[Altum Volantes]

If we pick Sinn instead of Johnson I will blow a gasket. That would just be ridiculous but it would be a very WC thing to do with these current recruiters. Pass on a Pendlebury like talent right under our nose, wow I hope not.

Pendlebury you say?…

How’s this guy’s mid range jumper tho?..

 

[Mulldogg]

I love Will but I can see him becoming another Carl Langdon down the line

Right on cue…

 

[Spange]

He’s butter from 18 feet is MJ

I can see both WA boys gone and we commit to Sinn

 

[Matera92]

Cant blame anyone but WC incompetence for the Brander situation.

Coming out prior to the trade period and canning him publicly meant every team knew they could sit on him.

Absolute stupidity of the highest order, there's some serious issues going on internally at the moment.

 

[JDWCE]

He’s butter from 18 feet is MJ

I can see both WA boys gone and we commit to Sinn

I’ve seen half a dozen phantoms so far and 50% of them have Johnson and Erasmus gone by our first pick. Don’t like those odds when this entire board is expecting Johnson

 

[Goroyals22]

Cant blame anyone but WC incompetence for the Brander situation.

Coming out prior to the trade period and canning him publicly meant every team knew that could sit on him.

Absolute stupidity of the highest order, there's some serious issues going on internally at the moment.

Its ok to say that but what was is value? A third rounder or fourth we probably wouldn’t use??

He is just a bog average player and probably wont have much of a career at gws.

 

[dajesmac]

Cant blame anyone but WC incompetence for the Brander situation.

Coming out prior to the trade period and canning him publicly meant every team knew that could sit on him.

Absolute stupidity of the highest order, there's some serious issues going on internally at the moment.

Him quitting mid season didn’t help

 

[Get_The_Gaff]

Him quitting mid season didn’t help

He got shit canned back to the wafl after the essendon game and threw the toys out of the cot .

 

[Wedgetailed Westerner]

That IMO would be a very brave draft selection.
There was nothing in Sinn’s game this year, that would have me take him over MJ.

MJ’s two matches against SA ( in particular) were heads and shoulders above Sinn.

Even forgetting the ethnocentric of WA bias and just going best player available, I would take Goater Vic Metro, Knevitt Vic Country and Draper SA ahead of Sinn.

Good player is Sinn, so I am not intending to dish him, but I think there will be better players available to us with our first pick.

It would be a sin to take Sinn.

I'll see myself out....

 

[THE A5]

It would be a sin to take Sinn.

I'll see myself out....

already used that gag champ

 

[THE A5]

Honestly rather go for that Ranga Matty Roberts that Sinn.

 

[Dark Sharks]

None of them are fit to hold Sheldrick jock. He proved that multiple times.

If Erasmus and Johnno are gone I say we get out of dodge with that pick 10 and trade it away for a teens pick + change before we do something stupid like take Rachele or a HBF like Sinn with it.

Teens pick we "reach" for Angus Beef knowing he fills a massive hole on our list as a contested clearance winning midfielder, and enjoy the change upgrade.

 

[ArdentEagle]

Honestly rather go for that Ranga Matty Roberts that Sinn.

Knevitt?