Rumour GFC 2024 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 2

[cats_09]

Ask and we'll try our best to assist - so here's 2024 Provisional AFL Draft Order

As normal, would like to acknowledge & thank Lore for creating this, keeping it up to date and making it available for all users on BF to use and keep track of the picks ahead of the upcoming draft





I'll also sticky this post to ensure it's easily accessible for discussion of our hypothetical trader


Also,

2024 Free Agency Period​

The AFL introduced free agency at the end of the 2012 season, giving players another vehicle where they can transfer from one club to another. Free agency is a common form of player movement in major football and sporting codes around the world.

Free Agency Opens: Friday October 4 at 9.00am
Free Agency Closes: Friday October 11 at 5.00pm

Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period​

Trade Period Opens: Monday October 7 at 9.00am
Trade Period Closes: Wednesday October 16 at 7.30pm

 

[Pure_Ownage]

You've been able to have 3 category B's with AFL approval for quite a while now, we just as far as I know are the only club actually currently doing it.

You cant unless you leave a cat a rookie spot open and we have the full complement of cat As hence wondering if ted or mullin are sitting on the senior list. The afl used to announce the rookie elevations on draft night but its harder to work them out now.

 

[tielgaz]

They might be offering a much longer contract. Can't doubt his effort for a second. Tough as a cat's head. But I'd probably only offer him 1 year. I don't think he'll make it.

Kolo is uncontracted isn’t he?

 

[Baudolino]

Yeah he is going to look really good on our long term injury list

True dat, we're in a better position to win the "if only [permanently injured players] were available the whole season we'd have been amazing" premiership than we've been in years. Brings me to the good old days of the mid-2010s, when the likes of Menzel, McCarthy, Vardy, Cockatoo and Cowan could be counted on to represent an amazing hypothetical Cats side that never took the field but that we could nonetheless project all our hopes on to.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Martin is one I’d be happy to pass on - not sure why there’s the interest in a player who’s spent more time with the teams medical staff over recent years than with his teammates on the field

It’s similar with seeing some suggesting we should look at Preuss who after joing GWS, played 0 senior games in 3 of his 4 seniors systems with them due to injury and hasn’t played at senior level since round 21 2022

Somehow these guys who’ve been delisted by other teams & been battling significant injury concerns, are suddenly some sort of superstars just waiting for the right team to pick them up - don’t get it

I mean thats true but rohan was terribly injury prone at sydney and we got good availability from him so theres always exceptions.

 

[Baudolino]

Martin is one I’d be happy to pass on - not sure why there’s the interest in a player who’s spent more time with the teams medical staff over recent years than with his teammates on the field

It’s similar with seeing some suggesting we should look at Preuss who after joing GWS, played 0 senior games in 3 of his 4 seniors systems with them due to injury and hasn’t played at senior level since round 21 2022

Somehow these guys who’ve been delisted by other teams & been battling significant injury concerns, are suddenly some sort of superstars just waiting for the right team to pick them up - don’t get it

I'd rather we just have kept Rohan tbh if the Martin pursuit is legit. Better player and more use to us structurally.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Kolo is uncontracted isn’t he?

Technically yes (FA) but a recent article said he was going to sign a 2 year deal.

 

[iameviljez]

Martin is one I’d be happy to pass on - not sure why there’s the interest in a player who’s spent more time with the teams medical staff over recent years than with his teammates on the field

It’s similar with seeing some suggesting we should look at Preuss who after joing GWS, played 0 senior games in 3 of his 4 seniors systems with them due to injury and hasn’t played at senior level since round 21 2022

Somehow these guys who’ve been delisted by other teams & been battling significant injury concerns, are suddenly some sort of superstars just waiting for the right team to pick them up - don’t get it

Even if they "get it right", they're never really the same player again.

Vardy, McCarthy, Cockatoo, Mitch Brown etc all managed to string together some footy after their injuries - but never hit the heights they could have.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Always looks that way this time of year

I remember last year thinking it looked pretty good

 

[Pure_Ownage]

If Clohesy leaves our VFL team next year is looking very thin.

Might get cooper stephens back to the vfl squad seriously we will need to recruit a couple of mature bodies into the vfl program unless we draft mature agers for the afl list.

 

[Lana]

True dat, we're in a better position to win the "if only [permanently injured players] were available the whole season we'd have been amazing" premiership than we've been in years. Brings me to the good old days of the mid-2010s, when the likes of Menzel, McCarthy, Vardy, Cockatoo and Cowan could be counted on to represent an amazing hypothetical Cats side that never took the field but that we could nonetheless project all our hopes on to.

While this year set a certain standard, the next few years are gonna be even more weird,

 

[#6 Thorp #7 Selwood LOL]

That's the name is was trying to remember

Just need to google how to pronounce this one one too

Julian? Shillane? Sheeyan?

“Kill-ee-an”

Makes for some good nicknames.

 

[Vdubs]

That’s why we’re signing Jack Martin

and Mitch Duncan

 

[Lana]

I remember last year thinking it looked pretty good

Then you have a better VFL 8ball then most

 

[iameviljez]

If Clohesy leaves our VFL team next year is looking very thin.

Southport and Werribee show that it's not always the AFL talent that wins the VFL games

 

[cats_09]

Might get cooper stephens back to the vfl squad seriously we will need to recruit a couple of mature bodies into the vfl program unless we draft mature agers for the afl list.

He is one I thought about, but as a life long Hawks fan, wonder if he’d prefer to stay at Box Hill

 

[cats_09]

and Mitch Duncan

I doubt Mitch plays much VFL next year

 

[iameviljez]

I remember last year thinking it looked pretty good

Yeah, I remember thinking that Ollie Dempsey, Shannon Neale et al were well placed to rip the VFL to shreds

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Then you have a better VFL 8ball then most

Might also be a bit of a relative statement. It couldn't get any worse than the year before

 

[Vdubs]

I doubt Mitch plays much VFL next year

Really?
Think he may have a good preseason and come back to his best?
I see that each year may become more difficult for him

 

[iameviljez]

He is one I thought about, but as a life long Hawks fan, wonder if he’d prefer to stay at Box Hill

If he's smart, he'll go to the SANFL or the WAFL.

 

[tielgaz]

So our R1 + Clohesy for Smith?

Martin is one I’d be happy to pass on - not sure why there’s the interest in a player who’s spent more time with the teams medical staff over recent years than with his teammates on the field

It’s similar with seeing some suggesting we should look at Preuss who after joing GWS, played 0 senior games in 3 of his 4 seniors systems with them due to injury and hasn’t played at senior level since round 21 2022

Somehow these guys who’ve been delisted by other teams & been battling significant injury concerns, are suddenly some sort of superstars just waiting for the right team to pick them up - don’t get it

We have 9 places to fill and we have 4-5 draft picks and we’ll have to pay for BS with some picked , that why we need to this

 

[Pure_Ownage]

He is one I thought about, but as a life long Hawks fan, wonder if he’d prefer to stay at Box Hill

He might. We do like to get players back gore/lang style to the vfl team though. I wouldnt be against getting tsitas back for leadership but at his age he probably wants SA.

 

[Finknottle]

It's strange the way the Hardie haters feel the urge to sink the boot in after he's been delisted. Wouldn't it be better just to leave it alone? Hardie was very good at VFL level, 4th in the VFL medal and Geelong's only player in the VFL team of the year. He should be admired for putting in week after week even though he never received the call up to the AFL team. He did make it as an emergency more than once which suggests he was rated by the club.

 

[Commando]

I assume Martin is a free hit on minimum chips
Why not??

 

[My Tilly]

It's strange the way the Hardie haters feel the urge to sink the boot in after he's been delisted. Wouldn't it be better just to leave it alone? Hardie was very good at VFL level, 4th in the VFL medal and Geelong's only player in the VFL team of the year. He should be admired for putting in week after week even though he never received the call up to the AFL team. He did make it as an emergency more than once which suggests he was rated by the club.

Agree with everything you said.
I'm certainly no Hardie fan but I struggle to think of another player in recent memory who appeared to be hard done by as he put his head down week after week and just did the job. Usually a player gets rewarded for doing so.

Perhaps he was not ticking off all the KPI's asked?

Either way, even when we played a bottom-tier side, you would have thought it would be a decent opportunity to see what he had.