List Mgmt. The 2024 Draft (Nov 20/21)

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Key Dates

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• Oct 17 to Nov 8: Pick swap window
• Nov 1 to Nov 8: Delisted free agency period
• Nov 20-21: Telstra AFL Draft
• Nov 22: Telstra Pre-Season Draft and Rookie Draft

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• 6 Main list
• 1 Rookie list

Current Draft Picks

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• Main Draft - 12,26,73,81,99
• Rookie Draft - 3

Recent News
• Luke Edwards delisted after deciding to step away from football due to ongoing concussion symptoms

 

[Chris_6678]

I think we will look at players to train over the pre-season instead of picking players now.

 

[Wedgetailed Westerner]

Feels like Carroll and Garcia (much cheaper option than Bakes) should have been tap ins during this offseason.

Colour me disappointed.

To be fair if they wanted to come home and play for West Coast they would have.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

To be fair if they wanted to come home and play for West Coast they would have.

Maybe.

It's just hard to have any faith in the club at the moment. Trading out Pick 3 did not help.

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Jack Carroll will continue his AFL career at @stkildafc.

The former carltonfc midfielder drew interest from multiple clubs including @GWSGIANTS and westcoasteagles.

The 21-year-old signs as a delisted free agent.

7AFL

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[Dark Sharks]

Whoever is making our sales pitch to these depth/delisted plebs at other clubs doesn't appear to be doing a very good job.

Gee whiz, on paper you'd think a Powerhouse club like ours, rich, decent crowds, bottom of the ladder, brand new coach, spots up for grabs in the B22, Harley Reid....

Nope, Ross the boss is more appealing apparently. Or in Dev and Garcia's case, playing in the VFL and wasting your AFL career.

I'm scratching my head as to how/why Owies is here. Are we the only ones willing to pay for that absurdly high salary it was reported he wanted?

 

[amazingjoshy]

To be fair if they wanted to come home and play for West Coast they would have.

Alot of people seem to assume young West Aussie players will just automatically want to come home

Alot prefer to stay where they are and make their own way in a new place

Carroll wouldve been a nice to have but he's not worth worrying too much about

 

[JackOutback]

Are we dumb enough to offer pick 3 and our F1st for picks 6 and 11?

Because THAT is what North are doing.

 

[ThePuma #9]

What? Another young Western Australian in a crappy position shuns us in favour of staying put or choosing someone else?

Be careful not to complain people, unless you like sycophants lecturing you about bed linen.

 

[EagleEgo]

It would be good for us if North do somehow get pick 11 off Richmond

If Richmond retain 10 and 11, I suspect they take another mid/running player with one of those picks and Armstrong with the other. (Think both Saints and Melbourne are likely to overlook Armstrong)

However, if they do trade 11 to North I think they still take Armstrong as the best KPF in the draft which they need since Reiwoldt has retired and Lynch has 1-2 years left in him at best. North would then take a KPF (likely Shanahan) with pick 11 to bookend Tauru

That means another runner for us to choose from - so likely 2 of Lindsay/Reid/Allan instead of just one of that group

Now if St Kilda decide they want Armstrong, pushing Richmond to take Shanahan and North to take Whitlock AND Melbourne take Reid or Allan then the draft might look something like this :

1 - Lalor (Richmond)
2 - Tauru (North)
3 - O’Sullivan (Carlton)
4 - Draper (Adelaide)
5 - Smith (Melbourne)
6 - Smillie (Richmond)
7 - Langford (St Kilda)
8 - Armstrong (St Kilda)
9 - Allan (Melbourne)
10 - Shanahan (Richmond)
11 - Whitlock (North)
12 - Travaglia (West Coast)

The other hypothetical is Richmond keep 11 leaving the draft order before us remains unchanged and we are left with Reid as the best option still available.

North then offer us their F1 they’d put on the table to Richmond for pick 12 so they can take Shanahan. Do we do that deal - giving us another potential top 4 pick next year?

We’d probably want to know if one of Richmond (20 or 23), GWS (21) or Sydney (22) would accept the Hawthorn F1 in a trade. Coupled with the previously discussed Essendon trade which gives us 28 and 31 for 26 after swapping around F2 picks

Means just a pick from 20-23 plus 28 and 31 in this draft which is a modest hand for finishing 16th.

But a bumper draft hand next year
2x F1 - Ours and North
1x F2 - Essendon
2x F3 - Ours and Hawthorn

Based on this years ladder that’s 2,3,26,39,49

I am not disagreeing with you. However, if so many of the Eagles' Big footy members think Travaglia is better than Allan and Travaglia is Victorian, why Melbourne will draft Allan and not Travaglia

 

[Dark Sharks]

Alot of people seem to assume young West Aussie players will just automatically want to come home

Carroll wouldve been a nice to have but he's not worth worrying too much about

Adding Carrol after 4 years of development and about to hit his straps would've been bloody handy though. Especially for free.

Instead our mid depth is once again lacking. There's Hall, and that's it. Jury is out on him. Trew was our best depth mid and he's gone. I refuse to acknowledge Sheed exists.

Which means we need to address it in the draft, rather than other areas. That's a bit annoying, Carroll would've saved us a pick doing this and we could've topped up elsewhere.

 

[ep2018]

Once we get our shit together we'll be attractive again. Right now we're the gif of the burning bin floating down the river.

 

[Obeanie1]

All signs?

Or just those signs from the bed wetters?

 

[briztoon]

Hmmm

SOS going back for another delisted kid he drafted at a former club.

 

[mattyc75]

SOS going back for another delisted kid he drafted at a former club.

That's his specially, so many crap gws(that he drafted) players got second chances.
He seems to be quite bad at his job

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[amazingjoshy]

Once we get our shit together we'll be attractive again. Right now we're the gif of the burning bin floating down the river.

Probably somewhat true

Which is why we likely overpaid to get Baker (and Owies) over the line in an attempt to become more competitive and more attractive

 

[Obeanie1]

I am not disagreeing with you. However, if so many of the Eagles' Big footy members think Travaglia is better than Allan and Travaglia is Victorian, why Melbourne will draft Allan and not Travaglia

Why?

Because Dees need inside mids. Viney is over 30, Oliver looks cooked off and on field and Petracca is nearing 30.

They are also stockpiling a number of quality WA players that traditionally do well.

PLUS a certain Victorian player in WA may look for a trade in coming years.

 

[mattyc75]

Whoever is making our sales pitch to these depth/delisted plebs at other clubs doesn't appear to be doing a very good job.

Gee whiz, on paper you'd think a Powerhouse club like ours, rich, decent crowds, bottom of the ladder, brand new coach, spots up for grabs in the B22, Harley Reid....

Nope, Ross the boss is more appealing apparently. Or in Dev and Garcia's case, playing in the VFL and wasting your AFL career.

I'm scratching my head as to how/why Owies is here. Are we the only ones willing to pay for that absurdly high salary it was reported he wanted?

He came out and debunked the rumours that he'd asked for a kings ransom

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[amazingjoshy]

SOS going back for another delisted kid he drafted at a former club.

SOS had left Carlton when they drafted Carroll

 

[amazingjoshy]

Adding Carrol after 4 years of development and about to hit his straps would've been bloody handy though. Especially for free.

Instead our mid depth is once again lacking. There's Hall, and that's it. Jury is out on him. Trew was our best depth mid and he's gone. I refuse to acknowledge Sheed exists.

Which means we need to address it in the draft, rather than other areas. That's a bit annoying, Carroll would've saved us a pick doing this and we could've topped up elsewhere.

I don't disagree, I wanted him. Sounds like the club did too and had a crack. But he's hardly worth getting too upset over. As others have said, a guy like Prior could offer something similar

 

[Happy Mastenator]

People struggle to understand that Perth is a bit of a shithole compared to Melbourne and Sydney especially, and even struggles against Brisbane.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

People struggle to understand that Perth is a bit of a shithole compared to Melbourne and Sydney especially, and even struggles against Brisbane.

Define shithole. Perth is a bloody great place to live.

 

[ThePuma #9]

Define shithole. Perth is a bloody great place to live.

Perth is a great place to settle down. There’s a difference.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Define shithole. Perth is a bloody great place to live.

I was stirring the pot. It's not a shithole.

It's a different/slower place that doesn't appeal to a lot of people in their 20's

Supporting Evidence: I left Perth at 24 for Sydney and found it way better. Every time i come back I jut get the vibe of country town comparatively. Having spent plenty of time in Melbourne i can confirm Melbourne is also way cooler.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Whoever is making our sales pitch to these depth/delisted plebs at other clubs doesn't appear to be doing a very good job.

Gee whiz, on paper you'd think a Powerhouse club like ours, rich, decent crowds, bottom of the ladder, brand new coach, spots up for grabs in the B22, Harley Reid....

Nope, Ross the boss is more appealing apparently. Or in Dev and Garcia's case, playing in the VFL and wasting your AFL career.

I'm scratching my head as to how/why Owies is here. Are we the only ones willing to pay for that absurdly high salary it was reported he wanted?

I mean, I don't blame them tbh. It takes a pretty ballsy commitment to move all the way across the country to play for a club that's won 10 games in three years. And that's before you start thinking about they'll also be under a new coach with a different gameplan and teething problems. Best to just stay in Vic until you feel your career's cooked THEN look to go West.

Ala Jamaine Jones and Witherden

 

[TheNewAnchor]

Alot of people seem to assume young West Aussie players will just automatically want to come home

Alot prefer to stay where they are and make their own way in a new place

Carroll wouldve been a nice to have but he's not worth worrying too much about

If WC had've landed Carroll, there would have been a moan about collecting more hand-me-downs, and because we didn't pursue/land him, WC have been derelict in its efforts to secure a fringe player delisted by Carlton.....gotta' love these forums.