Trade, Draft and list changes 2024

[Cdog71]

Watching the port Hawth game.
Odea plays as a def on small fwds, sometimes Mid floats forward wins a loose ball in fwd 50 kicks a goal.
Hawth put Fleming forward, she has three shots on goal in 10 min

We don’t do that.
It’s a failing of our coaching dept.

That’s in the second quarter, port had the run of things and they put Fleming forward.

 

[Cdog71]

Another player we delisted, Alice Edmonds was named in the All Australian squad (arguably the best ruck in the competition) in season 7 and was runner up in the club best and fairest for the W Bulldogs.

She won the best on ground in our first Dreamtime game.

 

[TigermanM2]

And I don't mind saying I said back then when we de listed her I thought it was a mistake. She had plenty of potential, as she went on to prove, Well done Alice Edmonds!

Yep good on her. I thought she was a bit limited with us. Not sure she would make us better though, even now.

 

[Cdog71]

I would cut

Wickstead. H/F
Eastman. H/F
Woods. Utility
Lavey. Wing
Reid. H/F. Fwd
Hosking. Pressure fwd
I doubt any of these players are Tier 2.

Players who are unproven or with question marks.

*Peck. Key def
*Knoll. Key fwd
Egan. Inside mid
Graham. Key def
Ford. Pressure fwd
Ryan. H/F
Cox. Lockdown def
Courtney Jones. Med fwd
Egan has had a top 5 BnF finish in every year apart from her debut year.
As the season went on we seemed to get less outve her.
I know Ford played every game pretty much but she doesn’t get the ball.
Ryan deserves more games but wasn’t able to make a consistent impact.
I dont know we have room for Cox and Hicks.
Graham at 173 is a little undersized for the big fwds and not quick enough for the small/mid fwds.
Courtney Jones unsighted after Rnd 1… maybe there’s some things going on for her outside of footy

We need more talent.

 

[Stigmata]

A key defender please

More pace on the wings

 

[toenail63]

I would cut

Wickstead. H/F
Eastman. H/F
Woods. Utility
Lavey. Wing
Reid. H/F. Fwd
Hosking. Pressure fwd
I doubt any of these players are Tier 2.

Players who are unproven or with question marks.

*Peck. Key def
*Knoll. Key fwd
Egan. Inside mid
Graham. Key def
Ford. Pressure fwd
Ryan. H/F
Cox. Lockdown def
Courtney Jones. Med fwd

Wickstead. H/F
Wickstead has shown that she can be evasive as a player, and can hit a target by foot, however rarely breaks a tackle, and midfield just isn't her go at this level. Upside is she is only 21, still new to the game, so I would be OK for her to be on bottom tier for another season, although a bit wary of the fact she was never a big possession winner at state level.
Eastman. H/F
As a forward, I prefer Katelyn Cox over Eastman, is quicker and tackles a lot more, the idea of Eastman as a winger is intriguing but at age 26 maybe not, look for somebody younger to grow with a young team.
Woods. Utility
Hasn’t shown enough unfortunately delist. Georgia Gall if she comes in is a true marking target at 183cm.
Lavey. Wing
At 31 and with chronic injury & her footy assets considerably diminished it’s surely time to nudge Tessa towards retirement.
Reid. H/F. Fwd
Reid, a former #5 pick who is not tradeable, at VFL level she averages 14 disposals but only 5.6 at AFLW level and is another bust, don't think a 4th year will change anything.
Hosking. Pressure fwd
We may be able to broker a trade for Hosko, hard at it and tackling machine but below par skills & turning 30 next year. Don’t see her or Grace Egan as playing in a winning finals team and both probably on Tier 2. Trade.

Of the other players, 1 or 2 are probably safe depending on what we can target from this draft. Some players at state level are better footballers, Graham coming from a soccer background is still relatively new to footy, and this is painfully obvious at times, however when limited as a role player she can be hard at it and also athletic but a WIP.

With Jones there are a number of talented FWD/MID types in this draft and with a 2nd round pick we may be able to pick one up. The current trend among the better teams is for many young developing talent to alternate between time on ball and used as lively, quick forward. We will only get better by having more in our team, and can draft either with U18’s or an overlooked player i.e. a 20yo Ava Seton, a VFLW team of the year mid, would be better on our list over a 20yo Charlie Ryan. Ava is the type of ball winner MID/FWD that we could bring in with a late pick and still has upside at her age.

 

[Bojangles17]

Yep good on her. I thought she was a bit limited with us. Not sure she would make us better though, even now.

Without seeing her numbers or highlights , is she better than poppy Kelly who improved out of sight

 

[toenail63]

Without seeing her numbers or highlights , is she better than poppy Kelly who improved out of sight

Short answer No.