List Mgmt. Richmond Player Contract Statuses - Updated 15/9/2023

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Been a lot of questionable contract decisions of late. Here's a few that have made no sense whatsoever:

1) Josh Caddy was given a 2 year extension in March 2020, the return on investment was 6 games total played for those 2 years. Why would they extend a guy that clearly was out of favour with Hardwick and not in his plans since 2019. If they had've waited til the end of 2020 they could've traded him to a crap team whilst he still had some value. Instead we paid him $1mil for 2 years and get 6 measly games return. Yet we can't afford Cerra for $600,000 p/a when we'd been secretly dealing with him for years in advance.

2) Ivan Soldo was given a 3 year extension September 2021. He hadn't played in the previous year and a half because of his knee (Fair enough as big fellars take a while to recover from knees). He's played 12 games this year averaging 7 posessions, 2 marks and 13 hit-outs a game. The worst thing is the number of times we've kicked to him and he doesn't seem to know how to move with the flight of the ball, some have been down right comical. He's getting outmarked or if it hits the ground forget it the opposition will clear it 9 out of 10. The way he's playing this year is borderline useless. 2 more years to go? Would we even miss him if he left.

3) Castagna extended 2 years in August 2021. Just why?

4) Daniel Rioli extended 1 year August 2021. Why only 1 year when Castagna got 2 as his last 2 months at HBF was great?

5) Chol & CCJ both left uncontracted til end of 2021. Clubs head explodes when realised blokes starved of opportunity would think to look elsewhere.

Big decisions coming up in the next few months contract wise. Get it wrong and we're stuffed?
Rioli did not want a longer contract on what Richmond offered him and was prepared to back himself to get more and rightfully so
He would have increased his offer by $100k a year

he will get 4 years $2 mil now rather than $1.5 mil
 
Would like us to keep Ross, trade Castagna and delist RCD, Aarts and probably Martyn. Stack, Nyuon, Pickett to be kept. Jack and Cotch to play on hopefully. Sign MRJ and Broady obviously.
 

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Was a slow day at work. Here's my thoughts on players moving forward. Our games are almost unwatchable I struggled going Sunday and with a pathetic 30,000 at the G on an OK day to farewell Dimma looks like I'm not alone. Our forward line is slow and stagnant. Banks, Biggie, Bauer, Dow and Bradtke must get games ASAP. McQualter needs to drop underperforming and rest injured veterans.


No.

Player

Contract To
What I’d do moving forward.
Damien Hardwick2024
1Nick Vlastuin2026
2Dylan Grimes2024Personally I would've waited til end of season as who knows with injuries. Wasn't necessary but it's done now.
3Dion Prestia
2024
Needs to be managed. Rested every 4-5 games for remainder of career. Should only fly interstate when crucial or in top nick.
4
Dustin Martin

2024
Short of getting pick 1. Stays and becomes a GOD. Hopefully extends to ease salary cap and next generation get a chance to see him in action.
5Jack Ross2024Keep getting continual games into him.
6Robbie Tarrant2023Will retire at season’s end. Pointless playing again really.
7Liam Baker2024WCE will come for him next year. Will be his 7th year so they will overpay in draft picks. Could be a win/win/win. He gets overpaid. We get a good draft pick. WCE get a local leader. We can cover his loss.
8
Jack Riewoldt

2023
Can either bow out with Cotchin if he chooses, or through lack of KPF depth keeps playing (when fit) surround with 2 of Bradtke, Bauer and Biggie. Play him 60-70% gametime with a rest every 3-4 weeks or when sore and interstate. Needs a rest NOW! If people are being honest he’s getting monstered by no- namers and making dud defenders look Rance-esque.
9
Trent Cotchin

2023
Let him choose a farewell game for his 300th. Kid's need priority. Can work as an unofficial coach before he goes into media next year.
10Maurice Rioli Jr.2024Needs to work on disposal and decision making. He has had a shocking year. Never seen someone ignore 1st opportunity then run and get tackled so many times. Averaging 6 disposals (3 effective) and 39% kicking efficiency. He’s kicked 2 goals in 5 games (1 was a Joe the goose). If he had any other surname people would be wanting him sacked. Hope he can adjust and improve. Will never be a midfielder.
11
Jason Castagna

2023
12AWAITING THE CHOSEN ONE.
13Hugo Ralphsmith2023Can’t believe the club wouldn’t entertain bundling him up in Hopper deal. 4 years now, not sure where his ceiling is. 1 year extension at most. Needs a spell in magoo’s to open up opportunities for other kids. Make him work on run and carry and bouncing at speed over off season. So timid to take the game on he hasn’t had a single bounce all season after 10 last year.
14Tim Taranto2029Make captain next year. Surpassed my expectations, fast becoming the golden-haired boy.
15Jayden Short2027Try on wing or HF. Miss him having pings at goal 55m out. So underrated. In a team with minimal skills his long, penetrating kicks are magnificent. Wish we had 3 of him.
17Daniel Rioli2027
19
Tom Lynch

2025
Maybe putting him in cotton wool and sending away on an early overseas holiday will extend his career? He'll be 32yrs 10 months at end of contract in 2025. Hopefully club can extend him as his contract is $1.5 mil p/a til it concludes. Could go down in history as the best FA of all time.
20Ivan Soldo2024Hopefully there’s a suitor for him. List clogging and waste of salary cap. He chose to stay and has played 1 game and doubtful will add to it, Ryan has made him surplus. Needs a fresh start. Extending him for 3 years whilst injured was ludicrous.
21Noah Balta2025Need’s Rance as a mentor. And Paddy Steinfort as his Guru. Needs to really work on his decision making, leadership and should be financially penalized if he ever goes short option in D50 again. Got the physical attributes to be an all time great.
22Jacob Hopper2029
25
Toby Nankervis

2023
Need to be cleaning out Colina and Soldo and potentially Biggie. He’s 29 soon his style of play doesn’t go hand in hand with a long career. Hopefully can poach Darcy from Freo as a FA end of 2024 or another bargain.
27Thomson Dow2023Give him another 4 games minimum. Lineball if delist or give a bargain basement contract. Doubtful has any suitors, unlike Paddy.
28Josh Gibcus2025SEND HIM TO GRIMES’S DR FRANKENSTEIN IN GERMANY AND GET HIM CHERRY RIPE FOR 2024. WE BUTCHERED COUGHLAN’S, BROWN’S AND FOLEY’S REHAB’S. THIS BLOKE IS TOO VALUABLE TO RUSH.
29Shai Bolton
2028
30Tom Brown2025Hoping he’s not another 1st round bust. Get games into him ASAP! Could be a utility: HB, wing, FWD? Says he’s 193cm, supposed to have a prodigious leap we need FWD’s.
31Rhyan Mansell2023Basement contract or let go. Needs a spell in magoo’s to open up opportunities to look at the kids. Depth player.
32Samson Ryan2024Keep playing get games into him. Add rests every month to not wear him out. Needs to seriously work on his core and upper body strength and marking the minute the season ends. Shocked to see he’s listed at 105kg’s (Lynch is 100kg’s) as he gets out bodied and brushed aside routinely by blokes giving up 10-20kg’s.
33
Kamdyn McIntosh

2023
He’s been a great servant 160 games, 2 premiership medallion is quite a career. Under no circumstance would I give another contract. Someone will pick up and 3rd round compo (pick 40+?) is fair.
34
Jack Graham

2023???
No mention of his trigger extension. Could’ve got a 1st rounder from Bloose 2 years ago. Will take pick 30ish for him now as he’s a list clogger and seriously over-rated by many on this board. We’ve basically been sh!t this year, many games struggle to come up with 5 or so who played well and for a well paid bloke in his prime has done SFA. He’s on $600k+ which is WAY over. Especially considering Taranto on $715k. Add his salary to a war chest.
35
Nathan Broad

2023
I hate to lose him and see him go. If any club was offered to turn pick 67 into a reliable 3 time premiership hero who plays over 100 games (F/S) that gains second round FA compensation (pick 22-25 ish) they’d be foolish to pass up. Reality is he’s 31 prior to 2024 season and we won’t be challenging before he retires but that kid will be and the $500k+ goes into the warchest. Broad and Baker are our only true great chances at getting well over-compensated.
37Kaelan Bradtke2023Must be played ASAP to see what we have. Maybe our KPF stocks aren’t bare? Will never know if we don’t play. Probably gets extended through necessity.
38Noah Cumberland2024FFS’s play him rest of season regardless of perceived flaws. Bayley Fritch has flaws also. But gets played as he has the unique ability to average 2 goals a game. Defenders leave both unmanned at their own peril. Cotchin’s opponent ditches him knowing full well he’s minimal threat of embarrassing him by kicking a goal. Leave Cumbo unattended he’ll kick a goal.
39Mate Colina2023Been on the list 3 years. Hasn’t even shown a glimmer. Will be delisted.
40Tyler Sonsie2025FFS’s play him get him to 50 games and this kid will blossom.
41Sam Banks2025FFS’s play him. Send McIntosh to Ibiza and Lake Grace and give the kid a crack on wing. 5 games solid under no threat of being dropped first ordinary game. We need blokes with quality kicks sending ball into our F50.
42Judson Clarke2025Play him. Or reserves. Enough Sub for now as he'll have no match fitness always playing 10-30 mins.
43Jacob Bauer2023Must be played ASAP to see what we have. Maybe our KPF stocks aren’t bare? Will never know if we don’t play. Probably gets extended through necessity.
44Seth Campbell2023Surely gets an extension on minimum wage and gets another pre-season to improve. Showed some promising attributes.
45Tylar Young2025Needs to seriously work on his disposal in off season. Goes at 57% KE which is bloody ordinary as majority of his kicks are your customary 15-20m to an unopposed Vlastuin type. Kicks that require skill or finesse are true sphincter clenches. Could be a good player.
46
Ben Miller

2024
47Bigoa Nyuon2023FFS’s play him 5 games minimum see if has potential. Our FWD line sucks. He can jump might shock a few by taking grabs or bringing to ground. Can chop out in ruck.
48Steely Green2024
49Kaleb Smith2024
50Marlion Pickett2023Re-sign him. Get him to 100 games (69 down 31 to go. 13 remaining + 23 next year. So, needs to play 31 out of 36. Will be close with injuries or suspension). No more FWD play him wing or guts. Offer a job at the KJI post career as a reward.
 
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Anyone want to give this an update? Half way point of the season.

Dow, Biggy & Colina in trouble you'd think. Would give Mansell another year.
 
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  • Graham, McIntosh and Pickett will have played enough games to trigger an extra year.
  • Extend Mansell
  • Trade or re-sign HRS
  • Cotchin, Tarrant, Riewoldt & Castagna all retired
  • Delist Dow, Biggy, Colina
  • Elevate Miller
Go to the draft with 4 senior list spots.
 
Bump..

Can we take a player today AND get another one SSP? We normally like to have 2-3 players train with us
 
The club has stated no urgency on contracts so Yze can get a good look at the list. Since then players like Campbell, MRJ, Mansell and another tiny, easily replacable player??? announced getting new contracts. FFS'S extend Miller. His signature is arguably as critical as any other player. Up until last year KPD were the lowly paid ratty red headed stepchild to their handsome, lusted after KPF brethren. The salaries McKay, Ratagolea, Doedee, Zerk-Thatcher, Himmelberg even Griffen Logue and Billy Frampton have been getting have sky-rocketed.

It's that hard to land and develop KP players at either end, we can ill afford to put 7 years development into Miller, he finally comes good then watch another team snaffle him under our nose. Him and Lefau need to be extended NOW. The cupboards are bare make the HBF and middgetts wait til EOY.
 
Player​
Final
Year
Status
Ben Miller
2024​
UFA​
Daniel Rioli
2027​
UFA​
Dion Prestia
2024​
UFA​
Dustin Martin
2024​
UFA​
Dylan Grimes
2024​
UFA​
Hugo Ralphsmith
2024​
NFA​
Jack Graham
2024​
UFA​
Jack Ross
2024​
NFA​
Jacob Bauer
2025​
NFA​
Jacob Hopper
2029​
NFA​
Jacob Koschitzke
2026​
NFA​
James Trezise
2024​
NFA​
Jayden Short
2027​
UFA​
Josh Gibcus
2025​
NFA​
Judson Clarke
2025​
NFA​
Kaleb Smith
2024​
NFA​
Kamdyn McIntosh
2024​
UFA​
Kane McAuliffe
2025​
UNK​
Liam Baker
2024​
NFA​
Liam Fawcett
2025​
UNK​
Marlion Pickett
2024​
NFA​
Mate Colina
2024​
UFA​
Matt Coulthard
2024​
NFA​
Maurice Rioli
2024​
NFA​
Mykelti Lefau
2024​
UNK​
Nathan Broad
2025​
UFA​
Nick Vlastuin
2026​
UFA​
Noah Balta
2025​
RFA​
Noah Cumberland
2024​
UFA​
Oliver Hayes-Brown
2025​
UNK​
Rhyan Mansell
2024​
NFA​
Sam Banks
2025​
NFA​
Sam Naismith
2024​
UFA​
Samson Ryan
2024​
NFA​
Seth Campbell
2024​
NFA​
Shai Bolton
2028​
UFA​
Steely Green
2024​
NFA​
Thomson Dow
2024​
NFA​
Tim Taranto
2029​
NFA​
Toby Nankervis
2024​
UFA​
Tom Brown
2025​
NFA​
Tom Lynch
2025​
NFA​
Tylar Young
2025​
NFA​
Tyler Sonsie
2025​
NFA​

From our list I would

Definitely Trade
- Graham

Possible Trade if the price is right
Short
D. Rioli
Broad

Delist/Retire
Grimes
McIntosh
Martin
Naismith
Colina
Pickett

Re-sign
Miller (2-3 year)
Prestia (1 year or trade)
Ralph-Smith (1-2 years)
Ross (2-3 years)
Tresize (1-2 years)
Smith (1-2 years)
Coulthard (1-2 years)
Dow (1 year or delist)
Green (1 year)
Campbell (2 years)
Nank (1-2 years)
Mansell (1-2 years)
Lefau (1 year)
Rioli M (2 years)
Baker (anything he wants or trade if the price is right)
Cumberland (1 years)
Ryan (2 years)
 
FFS'S sign Miller and Lefau immediately. Big blokes are getting poached left, right and centre. They're not gonna command huge $$$'s so reward them both with decent 3 year deals that they've both bloody well earned. 3 years $1.2million should be about right. Tom Doedee got $760k p/a with a knee reco. Teams will start circling. MRJ and Mansell are easily replaced. These blokes are crucial moving forward and I'm sure would love to feel secure with decent contracts. Get it done ASAP!!!!
 
I would be offloading Short & Broad. two players that play like they don't care and are just happy picking up their paycheck.
 

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Delist:
Coulthard (unless dramatic improvement as a senior)
Green (as above)
Colina
McIntosh (it's time, he's stifling others development)

Retire:
Grimes
Naismith

Trade:
Graham (FA)
Baker
Dan Rioli (Both only players we have with genuine currency that can be part of our rebuild much like Deledio was)

-Sign Balta long term 6 more years on >$800k (Weitering was offered 9 years @ $1.5mil Balta will get monster offers next year).

-Give Dusty 2 more years @ $600k plus incentives.

-Offer meatball 1 year @ $300k with the understanding will be rested every few weeks.

-Dow 1 year @ <$200k take it or leave it.

-McAuliffe give him 3 years at more than fair rate whatever that is? 3 years for $1mil total with incentives is probably about right?


Yze really needs to play Trezise, Bauer, Banks, Ryan, Smith, Green, Coulthard. No reason all can't get 4 or 5 games each to decide their fate as he throws the magnets around so we can get 1st pick. Was shocked to see Bauer's contracted til 2025??? Played 4 games in over 2 full seasons now. Wtf was he given 2 years on the back of 4 mediocre games averaging 4 touches? Fmd trigger clauses for spuds, Colina charity contracts, being blindsided losing Chol and CCJ at once, Grimes extended start of 2023? Some dumb list status decisions of recent years.
 
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Does anyone else think a couple of our young WA boys might head home this year?
I think Smith has been treated poorly and could be a chance to head him. Already heard eagles have a 2 year contract in front of Steely Greens management.
 
Does anyone else think a couple of our young WA boys might head home this year?
I think Smith has been treated poorly and could be a chance to head him. Already heard eagles have a 2 year contract in front of Steely Greens management.


Steely Green pick 55 2 years in has played 2 senior games in an injury decimated team averaging 5 touches only 3 effective for 0 scores. In 2 years of reserves hes played 25 games averaging 10 touches and 0.4 goals as a small forward, prior to feasting on the bottom team who completely gave up and kicked 4 of his 5 goals against witches hats bumping his average up to 0.6.

Kaleb Smith pick 49, was shafted in his debut game and the club should've given him another opportunity by now. He's averaging 20 touches in magoos but unfortunately for him we have plenty of coverage at his position. I'd prefer give them both at least another year but I don't think too many would be heartbroken if they went back home for guaranteed opportunities back in WA. WCE don't have much picks. Could always bundle them up with Baker for pick 3?
 

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