Rumour GFC 2025 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 1

[BORIS332]

Because their tall stocks are horrendous (georgiades aside) and he's exactly what they need.

Port have Georgiades, Finlayson, Marshall, Lord, and now Lukosius (who has said he'll be playing forward in 2025) as KPF options.

 

[year of the cat]

I’m pretty sure Sims will be available for our first selection. Less certain about Gerryn. He seems to be rising in expectation.

 

[Lana]

Ough was definitely impressive at the back end of the year. I could see a club taking him early.

Just saw that he is a December birth, has draft bolter all over him.

 

[Lana]

I’m pretty sure Sims will be available for our first selection. Less certain about Gerryn. He seems to be rising in expectation.

I'm feeling confident that we'll get someone useful in that space

 

[foxdog50]

Actually one of the more impressive looking key forwards in this crop. Love the look of what his overall attributes are

What draft range he supposed to go?

 

[calder_daddy]

How many DFAs have turned into anything more than fringe players at best? Stengle but he was delisted for non football reasons. I can't think of anyone else off the top of my head.

We don't need depth. Nobody from the prelim is retiring. SDK, O'Connor and Guthrie were on the sidelines, Martin and Smith are coming in and guys like O'Sullivan, Clark, Knevitt, Clohesy, and Conway are a year older and better.

I'd much prefer to role the dice on a kid late in the draft than any of these.

At Geelong or in general?

Technically, Menegola was a DFA

- Oleg Markov was a pretty handy pickup for Collingwood, especially last year during their premiership run

- Jack Newnes joined Carlton as a DFA following the 2019 season and played 52 games for them across 3 seasons

- Josh Walker, after starting his career with us was traded to Brisbane and after they cut him he was picked up as a DFA by North - over 3 seasons with them he played 56 games (the most at any of his 3 clubs), kicked 6 goals but spent most of his time in defence and retired following the 2022 season


Can we also count delisted players who were selected as part of the SSP prior to the start of the season as technically, they would have been available as DFA

- Mason Wood has turned into a super reliable player for St Kilda after being delisted by North

- Liam Stoker has been another positive recruit for the Saints; just the 28 games for Carlton across 4 seasons and he's already played 39 across his two seasons at the Saints

- Jeremy Sharp didn't play a senior game for GC in 2023 and after being picked up by Freo earlier this year went on to play 23 matches for them, becoming a main stay in their side


There's also the Irish recruits like Connor McKenna & Mark Keane who both left their original clubs to return to Ireland before making their way back to the AFL via the SSP

This is only looking back as far as 2019 - there's generally been some success each year with the selection of delisted players, either directly as DFA or subsequently their selection as SSPs

Lachie Bramble is one of the current successful DFA

 

[Goggin Our Best]

Tom Stewart has previously said that if he was drafted as an 18yr old that he wouldn't have lasted in the league

Yeah that is an interesting admission by Stewart

I can remember some media bloke asked Neil Balme when he was football manager at Geelong , re Podsiadly , why didnt he make it at Collingwood ( because Balme was football manager at the Magpies at the time ) when Pods was their

And Balme in his straight forward fashion just said , look i dont think he was possibly mature enough at the time .

 

[bellpark]

I see Max Knobel has been delisted by Freo with the promise of re-drafting him in the Rookie draft. Ruckman 206cms who apparently plays with a lot of mongrel. Maybe use our last draft pick on him ?

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I see Max Knobel has been delisted by Freo with the promise of re-drafting him in the Rookie draft. Ruckman 206cms who apparently plays with a lot of mongrel. Maybe use our last draft pick on him ?

If he's delisted ask him if he just wants to sign in the DFA period. If he says no then don't draft him, if he says yes then just sign him.

Happened to Greenwood and North

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Port have Georgiades, Finlayson, Marshall, Lord, and now Lukosius (who has said he'll be playing forward in 2025) as KPF options.

Finlayson is cooked for a variety of reasons and will be lucky to be on a list in 2026.
Marshall is one concussion off retirement.
Lord spent the back end of this year failing in the sanfl.

Luko is the most talented of them but also incredibly flakey. Could go either way.

They are pretty thin for forwards as evidenced by playing sav forward.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

There's a bit of Levi casboult about him. I think the goalkicking will put the clubs off-30 to 60 for mine.

He seems mobile and athletic from the highlights packages I have seen. I will say I have only seen highlights.. which may be well short of a full picture

 

[dudusmaximus]

Like the "Dangerwood" moniker of yore, I propose "Smimes" for a Smith & Holmes midfield..

 

[Turbocat]

I see Max Knobel has been delisted by Freo with the promise of re-drafting him in the Rookie draft. Ruckman 206cms who apparently plays with a lot of mongrel. Maybe use our last draft pick on him ?

Freo and WC seem to go heavier in rucks than us and a lot of clubs…. They have Darcy and Jackson who are 26 and 23… Reidy who they gave another year as the backup who is 24 ..then have Knobel who is 20 and and young kid Jones who is 19 That they are going to redraft him seems unusual… what the chances of him getting games at Freo in the short term. I have not seen him play …its sounds like he may still be a couple of years away from ready. Do they see Darcy as cooked in another 2 or 3 ?

Dockers forward delisted, young ruck victim of list squeeze

Fremantle has made further list changes ahead of the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft

www.afl.com.au

The 206cm Knobel is a victim of the Dockers' squeeze for list spots and will get another year on Freo's rookie list, unless he is drafted by another club first.

He was drafted at pick No. 42 in 2022 and has split his time between Peel Thunders' WAFL seniors and reserves teams.

"Max is continuing to develop his ruck craft and he has taken steps forward this year in all aspects of his footy. We believe his football will only continue to improve in 2025," Brierty said.

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For us would he offer us much short term? Not sure but he would be closer to ready than someone 18. Not a bad option however maybe not one that gives us a heap of coverage in 2025. I wonder if Conway and Knobel have played against each other. If we can look past 2025 maybe not a bad add. Main list or Rookie ?

 

[Hamingja]

Like the "Dangerwood" moniker of yore, I propose "Smimes" for a Smith & Holmes midfield..

Smax

 

[ShadowCat]

Like the "Dangerwood" moniker of yore, I propose "Smimes" for a Smith & Holmes midfield..

I prefer an old timey feel - Holmeth (silent L)...or if we're including Stewart and Danger - Holmethstewartfield

Sounds like a remote village in Scotland

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Smax

Bai-ttle-ax

 

[Larry Donohue]

Smax

Hithy Fit

 

[Larry Donohue]

Bai-ttle-ax

Hithy Fit

 

[supahoops]

Like the "Dangerwood" moniker of yore, I propose "Smimes" for a Smith & Holmes midfield..

I prefer Holmth, perfect for those with a lisp.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

Any change Mitch edwards ends up a permanent forward at the level??? Much like Sam Darcy

 

[My Tilly]

Any change Mitch edwards ends up a permanent forward at the level??? Much like Sam Darcy

He's incredibly tall. Met him a few weeks ago and I doubt he is 206cm tall as listed on our website. This would make it difficult to play forward but as you say, Sam Darcy is doing alright and he is nearing 7 feet.

 

[Turbocat]

Any change Mitch edwards ends up a permanent forward at the level??? Much like Sam Darcy

He is talented ..but is that his role? Probably worth a look at VFL level but I always have doubts about guys who do not play the role at the lower level. Very few ruckman perform like Paul Salmon.

 

[foxdog50]

Any change Mitch edwards ends up a permanent forward at the level??? Much like Sam Darcy

I hope he could... But wasn't Sam Darcy a Forward/Ruck in his under 18s? As I don't think Edwards was ( not saying he still can't be a Forward )

 

[geelong_crazy26]

He is talented ..but is that his role. Probably worth a look at VFL level but I always have doubts about guys who do not play the role at the lower level. Very few ruckman perform like Paul Salmon.

He seems to have transferable attributes and will make a very difficult match up if he is any good in the position.

The game is trending towards very mobile athletic key forwards or very tall key forwards 204+cm.

 

[iameviljez]

Any change Mitch edwards ends up a permanent forward at the level??? Much like Sam Darcy

Almost zero.

Very, very, very few players get "turned into" capable key forwards - it's the position on the ground that is most reliant on natural ability.

Shannon Neale is currently in that process, though he played as a ruck/forward as a junior. We did it with Harry Taylor and Ben Graham, though neither of them really looked natural as key forwards with the exception of Graham's final season at the Cattery in 2004.

It's one of the reasons why two-ruck setups have almost died out - because the old era of resting a ruckman in the forward pocket has gone the way of the dodo. Probably David Hale was the best at it from the modern era.