List Mgmt. Our Trade/FA, Suburban & Country Town Thread

[Jafo]

I think the following list changes with approximate salaries shall be freed up come October 31st this year:

1. Scott Pendlebury: retire with ($650,000)
2. Steele Sidebottom: retire with ($600,000)
3. Nathan Murphy: likely enforced concussion retirement ($550,000)
4. WHE: pushed into retirement ($475,000)
5. Nathan Kreuger: delisted ($300,000)
6. A Johnson: to be traded ($350,000)
7. A Begg: likely delisting $150,000

Total Cap Relief: $3,000,000 approx

A combo of either Carmichael, Bytel, Eyre, Markov or Sullivan whose contracts expire this year may be let go depending on form. We all know some of the above savings shall be parlayed into other existing player contract spikes for 2025 and above. But with little premium draft capital (a future 2025 first rounder only) available, the club needs to pull all remaining recruiting levers to bring in talent.

Free Agents of Appeal:

Hugh McCluggage: worth asking the question
W. Hayward: gun player
Ollie Florent: top player
Harry Perryman: underrated
Tim English: won't happen given Grundy contract fracas and Ruckmen rating
Liam Duggan: has upside
Ben Ainsworth: bit similar to what we have but FREE Agent
Isaac Cumming: underrated
Cam Zurhaar: effective but plays like McCreery
Tom Hawkins: why not?
Tyson Stengle: AA in first year at Cats
Connor Nash: popular option in this thread
Jack Graham: great to get one back on the Tigers aka 1983
J. Battle: handy replacement for Nathan Murphy if that arises

Out of Contract Targets:

Bailey Smith: Great replacement for Steele
Max Holmes: Likewise
Logan McDonald: would cost a motza but can always dream
Alex Davies: Big bodied Gold Coast prodigy getting squeezed out
Ned Moyle: Next big thing in the Ruck for life post Cox and D Cameron support
Denver Grainger Barass: Former top 10 pick on the nose at Hawks
Will Phillips: Former pick 3 getting squeezed out of selection
Dougal Howard: Has ability but on the nose at Saints
Rhylee West: being played out of position and has midfield upside

Controversial Bargains:

Tarryn Thomas: I can hear the objections as I type
Taylor Walker: Free Agent and for 20-35 games may keep us in the hunt

Welcome your thoughts on the above but do feel we have to maximise our current "Kerb appeal" as a destination club and land some genuine talent.

 

[Scodog10]

I can’t help thinking we have a thread for this type of discussion already

stormskye great point you raise re “WHE’s $475k” and I’m pretty confident that average wage goes beyond $500k in 2025. I also don’t believe $3m is much of a war chest. With the ebb and flow of contract management across a list most clubs would open up that much space year to year.

That said Smith, Phillipou and Reid are the three I’d be going hard at. Smith to add pace around the contest, Phillipou will be a gun and is the only top rated player from his draft yet to extend and Reid is going to be gettable just like JHF was so get to the front of that queue!

 

[loki04]

They did at the time.

Not by me.

Player Watch - Bobby “Norm” Hill

Hold on we paid a future 2nd?

www.bigfooty.com

And further to that the welcome Bobby Hill thread for Hill was by and large positive.
Only 1 person up to my post thought we could of held out and haggled more given pies were in the box seat and it was done asap in trade week.

 

[SchuPie]

So who will want out of the Eagles?

 

[manicpie]

So who will want out of the Eagles?

Not sure but Liam duggan is OOC. Very accomplished defender and would allow Nick more midfield time

 

[sr36]

So who will want out of the Eagles?

They're unwatchable. I've got no idea who plays for them. Does Judd still play for them? He'd be handy.

 

[Rusty Beam]

Just trawled the lists of out of contract and free agency players again. Personally these are the names that are worth having a look and generally wouldn’t cost the world:

-Lachie sholl

-Archie Perkins (unlikely and expensive)

-Sam Sturt

1

Sam Sturt

Age

24

Ht

190cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.7

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

3.7

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

7.7

2star

K

4.0

1star

HB

3.7

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

1.3

5star

D

7.7

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

3.7

3star

M

2.3

3star

T

1.0

3star

G

1.3

5star

-Tyson Stengle

18

Tyson Stengle

Age

26

Ht

175cm

Wt

71kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.3

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

3.5

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

10.3

3star

K

5.3

2star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.3

1star

T

2.0

3star

G

0.5

4star

D

8.8

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.6

4star

G

1.6

5star

(UFA - free hit and would be awesome with Hill/Schultz)

-Max Holmes (possible, but expensive)

-Alex Davies

-Ned Moyle

-Bodhi Uwland

-Brayden George

-Will Phillips

-Bailey Scott

8

Bailey Scott

Age

24

Ht

186cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.6

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

4.9

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

1.5

3star

MG

155.6

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

114.8

2star

D

11.8

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.2

3star

MG

171.6

3star

-Cameron Zurhaar

44

Cameron Zurhaar

Age

26

Ht

190cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

4.6

3star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.9

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

9.7

2star

K

5.9

2star

HB

3.9

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

10.2

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.8

4star

-Thomas Scully

-Noah Cumberland

-Matt Coulthard

-Jack Graham

17

Jack Graham

Age

26

Ht

181cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.8

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

6.3

5star

CL

1.8

4star

D

11.8

3star

K

5.3

2star

HB

6.5

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

4.2

5star

CL

1.2

4star

D

14.0

4star

K

6.0

3star

HB

8.0

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

7.0

5star

CL

3.2

5star

-Charlie Clarke

-Bailey Smith

3

Bailey Smith

Age

24

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

(possible but fairly expensive)

-Rhylee West

14

Rhylee West

Age

24

Ht

183cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.3

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

6.7

4star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.5

3star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

6.0

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

13.0

4star

K

5.6

3star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.6

3star

-Buku Khamis

I purposely left off a few who I reckon are unattainable given our picks and/or the likelihood of them leaving (ie Phillipou/Logan McDonald/Rowbottom). Also there’s a bit of bias there in relation to a couple of my fav’s from their draft year (ie Charlie Clarke).

Not much from a key position perspective other than Thomas Scully unfortunately.

The ones who really interest me from our teams perspective (other than the obvious ones being Holmes/Smith) are Stengle (just an absolute free hit), Zurhaar (same as Stengle although RFA), Khamis, Graham, George, Phillips and Moyle.

 

[Go Woods]

Reckon Matthaes Phillipou should be our no:1 midfield target.

 

[BigVic]

Baz would mean giving up another future 1st. No thanks

 

[ellesbells]

Just trawled the lists of out of contract and free agency players again. Personally these are the names that are worth having a look and generally wouldn’t cost the world:

-Lachie sholl

-Archie Perkins (unlikely and expensive)

-Sam Sturt

-Tyson Stengle (UFA - free hit and would be awesome with Hill/Schultz)

-Max Holmes (possible, but expensive)

-Alex Davies

-Ned Moyle

-Bodhi Uwland

-Brayden George

-Will Phillips

-Bailey Scott

-Cameron Zurhaar

-Thomas Scully

-Noah Cumberland

-Matt Coulthard

-Jack Graham

-Charlie Clarke

-Bailey Smith (possible but fairly expensive)

-Rhylee West

-Buku Khamis

I purposely left off a few who I reckon are unattainable given our picks and/or the likelihood of them leaving (ie Phillipou/Logan McDonald/Rowbottom). Also there’s a bit of bias there in relation to a couple of my fav’s from their draft year (ie Charlie Clarke).

Not much from a key position perspective other than Thomas Scully unfortunately.

The ones who really interest me from our teams perspective (other than the obvious ones being Holmes/Smith) are Stengle (just an absolute free hit), Zurhaar (same as Stengle although RFA), Khamis, Graham, George, Phillips and Moyle.

Duggan unrestricted FA, elite and costs nothing.

 

[Seedsfan]

Baz would mean giving up another future 1st. No thanks

Please career worst year than his ACL

 

[sam_e]

sign up -Buku Khamis for me

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

A few Swans supporters on their board are worried about losing McDonald.

 

[Eric Shin]

Khamis would be a good Howe replacement


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[TheVillageIdiot7]

sign up -Buku Khamis for me

We tried. Dogs signed him up to stay.

All that says is that our player scouting is top notch.

 

[Jen2310]

Khamis would be a good Howe replacement


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That was the idea last year, but he seems to have found his spot in the dogs team now

 

[Robroy22]

A few Swans supporters on their board are worried about losing McDonald.

Not to us they're not! They're seeing the threat coming from the two WA clubs

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Not to us they're not! They're seeing the threat coming from the two WA clubs

Well he's from WA, so that's where that link is from. I just read that they aren't confident about keeping him, so he could end up anywhere.

Dockers are pretty stacked with tall forwards. Can't see the attraction to Eagles, lol.

Based on all that, I can't see why we wouldn't be talking to him.

 

[jamieb1983]

Duggan is literally no chance at leaving eagles. Made captain this year so yeah good luck with that

 

[Robroy22]

Well he's from WA, so that's where that link is from. I just read that they aren't confident about keeping him, so he could end up anywhere.

Dockers are pretty stacked with tall forwards. Can't see the attraction to Eagles, lol.

Based on all that, I can't see why we wouldn't be talking to him.

Course we'll be pitching at him but $$$ and draft picks count for McDonald and Freo is stacked with both. Don't think we'd be giving him a longterm million dollar contract like they can.

 

[Jen2310]

Course we'll be pitching at him but $$$ and draft picks count for McDonald and Freo is stacked with both. Don't think we'd be giving him a longterm million dollar contract like they can.

He was also a big pies fan growing up prior to being drafted.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

He was also a big pies fan growing up prior to being drafted.

There you go. There's our bait.

 

[stormskye]

Well he's from WA, so that's where that link is from. I just read that they aren't confident about keeping him, so he could end up anywhere.

Dockers are pretty stacked with tall forwards. Can't see the attraction to Eagles, lol.

Based on all that, I can't see why we wouldn't be talking to him.

doubt we’d have the currency to be in discussions

 

[sam_e]

We tried. Dogs signed him up to stay.

All that says is that our player scouting is top notch.

he signed for 1-year (end-2024).

if we're keen, we should be into him (his manager) now

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

doubt we’d have the currency to be in discussions

Who knows. If we have that attitude with any worthwhile player, we may as well give up the idea of ever getting a kpf, lol.