List Mgmt. Hawk's List Management for 2025

[Scrads]

Usually do one of these before the trade period but was caught-up with other stuff this year so here is my post-trade period update! This is what I have at the moment. As you can see, firstly the list is STACKED in terms of talent (which we already knew) but is also pretty close to being completely full as it is. If what I have is correct, then we have 36 primary list, 4 Cat A and 1 Cat B locked in for next year which leaves us with limited options in terms of drafting next month and SSP/MSD in 2025.

If I had to guess, I'd say we are likely to delist-then-rookie one or both of Gunston and/or Breust for flexibility. Regardless, we can only intake a max of 2 players to primary/Cat A list at the moment plus the option of another Cat B player if we want (which I suspect we will re-sign Bennetts with).

As usual, if you spot any mistakes then please let me know

 

[bigmaxi]

Here is an out of the box question. Which line in the Hawks best team is under the most pressure to perform?

To answer this I asked myself, "Where on the playing field are the Hawks spending their money?"

Here is a Best 22 (don't hold me to it, this is just a concept). And yes I am fully guessing the salaries.

FB: Hardwick (700k), Barrass (850k), Frost (450K)
HB: Amon (600k), Battle (850k), Sic (900k)
C: D'Ambrosio (250k), Newcomb (700k), Weddle (500k)
HF: C McDonald (450k), Lewis (600k), Moore (700k)
FF: Ginnivan (400k), Chol (500k), Watson (150k)
Fol: Meek (400k), Day (800k), Worpel (550k)

Int: Dear (150k), Nash (500k), Scrimshaw (500k), McKenzie (350k)

Sub: Breust (400k)

In the mix: most other players on our list.

Be clear, I fully guessed the salaries and I know they will be wrong. I was just going for ballpark numbers. The point is to see, in general, into which line the Hawks have put their money.

Backline = 4.35mill
Centre and Followers = 3.2mill
Forwards = 2.8mill
Interchange and Sub = 1.9mill
Total = 11.25mill

Salary Cap = 15.8mill

This 11.25 mill goes to 25 of 38 players. The 13 other players receive up to 4.55mill which averages out at 350k each. That includes Ward, Gunston, Reeves, Serong, Butler, Mitchell, Maginness, Blank, Ramsden, HH, BMac, Scaife, McCabe, Ryan, Harry, and the 2 new Cat B + 3 ND guys.

350k is maybe a bit high for the average and so I likely under-shot the salaries of the players in the best 22. But that does not matter for the purpose of this exercise.

The point is, the Hawk's backline is now by far the highest paid part of our best team.

And I am EXPECTING them in 2025 to be a near impenetrable wall.

Elite post Alite. Love this kind of post, leads to a question IMHO, is our focus now on the Forward line in the draft and trading in forwards into our line up next year? Feel like we are one KPF short at the moment.

 

[Slainte]

Elite post Alite. Love this kind of post, leads to a question IMHO, is our focus now on the Forward line in the draft and trading in forwards into our line up next year? Feel like we are one KPF short at the moment.

We currently have 3 genuine KPFs (Lewis, Chol and Dear) and two speccies (Ramsden and Scaife). That looks a bit thin, except that we have a surplus of KPDs of whom one or two may be able to successfully transition. Whether we prioritise someone like Sims will depend on how we rate the prospects of Ramsden and Scaife and how we rate the feasibility of repurposing one or two KPDs.

 

[bigmaxi]

We currently have 3 genuine KPFs (Lewis, Chol and Dear) and two speccies (Ramsden and Scaife). That looks a bit thin, except that we have a surplus of KPDs of whom one or two may be able to successfully transition. Whether we prioritise someone like Sims will depend on how we rate the prospects of Ramsden and Scaife and how we rate the feasibility of repurposing one or two KPDs.

Good point. Which brings us back to the draft and I can’t wait to see what MM and co have in store for us. I do love a mystery.