List Management 2018

[The Doctor]

I've posted this at the beginning of the season the past couple of years but have had it sitting on my desktop completely overlooked since the pre season this year.


Listed here is our team in positional order and their respective ages for the majority of the 2018 season. The positions are just a guide as some players could easily cross from one group to another.

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Key Forwards

Redpath 27, Boyd 22, Josh Schache 20, Mullenger McHugh 21*


Medium/Small Forwards

Picken 31, Dickson 30, C.Smith 25, Honeychurch 23, Gowers 22*, Dale 21, Greene 20, Lipinski 19,


Ruckmen

Roughead 27, Campbell 26, English 20


Tall Midfielders

Jong 25, Macrae 23, Bontempelli 22, Dunkley 21,


Small Midfielders

Liberatore 26, Wallis 25, Dahlhaus 25, Hunter 23, McLean 22, Daniel 21, Porter 19


Key Defenders

Morris 35, Trengove 27, Roberts 25, Adams, 25, Z.Cordy 21, Collins 20, Young 19, Naughton 18


Medium/Small Defenders

Suckling 29, Wood 28, Biggs 26, Johannisen 25, Crozier 24, Webb 22, Williams 20, R.Smith 21*, Lynch 20* Richards 18

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2017 List Changes

Off - Murphy, Boyd, Stringer, Hamilton, Cloke, Crameri Prudden*, Tweedie* (Cat B)

On - Trengove, Crozier, Schache, Naughton, Richards, Porter, Gowers*


Leadership Group

Easton Wood (C), Marcus Bontempelli (VC)
Jason Johannisen, Jordan Roughead, Lachie Hunter, Jack Redpath


Honours/Achievements

* 20 AFL premiership players are on the list
* 12 VFL premiership players are on the list
* 3 All Australians (Morris, Wood, Bont)
* 1 Norm Smith Medallist
* 3 Sutton Medallists


Age Groups

* 3 veterans 30+
* 16 players in 24-29 age group
* 25 players 23 and under


Games

* 200+ games = 1. Morris

* 100 - 200 games = 8. Dalhaus, Liberatore, Picken (198), Roughead, Suckling, Trengove, Wallis, Wood

* 50-99 games = 10. Bontempelli, Dickson, Hunter, Johannisen, Macrae (99), C. Smith, Biggs, Daniel, Jong, Crozier

* under 50 = 17. Adams, T.Boyd (49), Campbell, Collins, Cordy, Dale, Dunkley, English, Honeychurch, Lipinkski, Mclean, Redpath, Roberts, Scahche, R.Smith, Webb, Williams, Young

* yet to debut = 7. Lynch, Greene, Mullenger McHugh, Naughton, Richards, Porter, Gowers


Notes

* A better balanced list in terms of positional depth
* Tremendous flexibility with many players capable of easily fitting into a secondary classification (ie Z.Cordy Key forward or key defender)
* Almost 60 % of the list is 23 or under
* Almost 60% of the list have played less than 50 games incl 8 premiership players
* All tall bigger bodies midfielders on the list are 25 or younger
* Many premiership players still yet to reach their peak in terms of age and games played
* High level experience and/or leadership in all positional classifications
* Focus during the off season on bolstering key position depth in defence


Free Agents

Unrestricted - Dale Morris, Tom Liberatore, Luke Dalhaus

Restricted - Jordan Roughead, Mitch Wallis


Current 2018 Draft Picks

1st Round pick (5)
3rd Round pick (41)
4th Round picks (59) (62)

() indicative of ladder position as at 19th June

[kruder]

Its gonna be all about points for West and Khamis. Lets say West is bid on at pick 13 which is worth ~1200 points after you get a 20% discount we need to come up with picks at the value of 960 points. Just to put it in perspective picks 41 59 and 62 are worth ~700 points. If we want kharmis also he is probably a mid second rounder which is ~560 points after discount and also its worth keeping in mind we can use a 2019 selection. It just goes to show you that we are going to be an active player in the trade period there is no doubt some loved ones will leave at the end of the year.

[The Doctor]

Updated after trade period 2018


Key Forwards

Schache 20,


Medium/Small Forwards

Picken 31, Dickson 30, Lloyd 28, Hayes 23, Gowers 22, Cavarra 22, Dale 21, Greene 20, Lipinski 19,


Ruckmen

Boyd 22, English 20, Sweet 20


Tall Midfielders

Jong 25, Macrae 23, Bontempelli 22, Dunkley 21, Smith 17


Small Midfielders

Liberatore 26, Wallis 25, Hunter 23, McLean 22, Daniel 21, Porter 19, West 18


Key Defenders

Morris 35, Trengove 27, Roberts 25, Z.Cordy 21, Young 19, Naughton 18


Medium/Small Defenders

Suckling 29, Wood 28, Duryea 27, Johannisen 25, Crozier 24, Webb 22, Williams 20, R.Smith 21*, Lynch 20, Vandermeer 19, Young 19, Richards 18, Khamis 18


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Delisted 9 from main list, 1 from rookie list

J.Roughead, J.Redpath 27, S.Biggs 26, T.Campbell 26, C. Smith 25, M.Adams 25, L.Dahlhaus 25, M.Honeychurch, N. Mullenger-McHugh 21*, K.Collins 20,


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Trade Ins 2

Lloyd (Rich), Duryea (Haw)


Draft Picks

7 - Bailey Smith
26 - Rhylee West
37 - Laitham Vandermeer
45 - Ben Cavarra
78 - Will Hayes

Rookies

Buku Khamis
Lachlan Young
Jordan Sweet

[The Doctor]

We're in for a busy off season!

A lot of the speculation about who stays and goes is centering around our middle aged players. These are; Redpath, Honeychurch, Roughead, Campbell, Libba, Wallis, Dalhaus, Roberts, Adams. All will be in their prime years of 24-28 next season. We have already lost Smith and Biggs. Ideally this should be the group to be leading us forward and if we cut a large chunk of this group could leave a significant void in my view.

[The Doctor]

Looking at the groupings we are most vulnerable in the small forward and key forward areas.

Picko & Dicko have got possibly 1 year left. Honey a fair chance to go. That leaves Gowers and the younger boys who are still relatively unproven. I have genuine doubts about Dale in this kind of role. If Wingard is available it would seem a no brainer to me.

As the club seems intent on using Boyd as a ruckman we are too light in KP forwards. Redpath's future looks doubtful. That leaves only Schache. Boyd and Bont offer some back up at FF & CHF but is it enough? if we retain our 1st pick (6) then 200cm KP Ben King would be ideal

[bornadog]

As the club seems intent on using Boyd as a ruckman we are too light in KP forwards. Redpath's future looks doubtful. That leaves only Schache. Boyd and Bont offer some back up at FF & CHF but is it enough? if we retain our 1st pick (6) then 200cm KP Ben King would be ideal

The only reason why Boyd is used in the ruck is Bevo doesn't feel the other ruckman are up to it.

Once English develops into the number one role, Boyd will be more a KPP with short stints a as second ruck.

[The Doctor]

The only reason why Boyd is used in the ruck is Bevo doesn't feel the other ruckman are up to it.

Once English develops into the number one role, Boyd will be more a KPP with short stints a as second ruck.

I hope you are right. I've previously classified Boyd as a KF as per the OP. I'd still like to strengthen that part of our list

[Twodogs]

Looking at the lists of players the other problem we have is the age differences between the old and new groups.

[chef]

The only reason why Boyd is used in the ruck is Bevo doesn't feel the other ruckman are up to it.

Once English develops into the number one role, Boyd will be more a KPP with short stints a as second ruck.

Is this a hunch/hope or has Bevo said this?

[bulldogtragic]

Is this a hunch/hope or has Bevo said this?

Bevo said it.

[Go_Dogs]

Good stuff, Doc.

The mid-age player gap is definitely a concern (although we won the flag without a huge amount of depth there) which we should address via the FA market or cheap trade. I suppose the question is can we pick someone up there who will get a game ahead of our younger options. If the answer is yes,let's jump in. Trengove, Crozier, Suckling have all been good additions.

If we lose Rough, Campbell and Red then another KP/ruck becomes a need. Particularly if we lose Adams after delisting Collins. Maybe we can try a more realistic experiment and move Young forward over the ore-season?

If Dale/Greene can replace Dicko, and Wallis for Picko we again look OK for medium forwards given Gowers is now option one in that area.

Plenty of unknowns.

[Mofra]

Is this a hunch/hope or has Bevo said this?

In an interview a few months ago he mentioned Boyd being a KPF in his mid 20s.
He's still a pup for a big guy.

[GVGjr]

Despite my displeasure with 2 shitty seasons I'm very buoyed by our prospects over the next 2 seasons.
We have some immensely talented players and we have a strong and versatile spine.

The signings of both Liberatore and Wallis is important for us but if we also get both the trade and draft periods right this year we can start our bounce back to where we should be.

How great were last years additions for us? Schache got better as the year went on as did both Trengove and Crozier. We got a lot out of Gowers and both Naughton and Richards were excellent for us. That's 6 positive additions for us and that doesn't count the very noticeable improvement in the likes of Williams, Lynch, Lipinski and the enormous potential of English.

When you look at the list The Doctor has broken down for us there is plenty to get excited about. The 2018 season hasn't yet finished but I'm very much looking forward to the next few months to see how we position ourselves for the 2019 season.

It's going to be very interesting to see how this looks by the end of the year.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Despite my displeasure with 2 shitty seasons I'm very buoyed by our prospects over the next 2 seasons.
We have some immensely talented players and we have a strong and versatile spine.

The signings of both Liberatore and Wallis is important for us but if we also get both the trade and draft periods right this year we can start our bounce back to where we should be.

How great were last years additions for us? Schache got better as the year went on as did both Trengove and Crozier. We got a lot out of Gowers and both Naughton and Richards were excellent for us. That's 6 positive additions for us and that doesn't count the very noticeable improvement in the likes of Williams, Lynch, Lipinski and the enormous potential of English.

When you look at the list The Doctor has broken down for us there is plenty to get excited about. The 2018 season hasn't yet finished but I'm very much looking forward to the next few months to see how we position ourselves for the 2019 season.

It's going to be very interesting to see how this looks by the end of the year.

Agreed - a few holes to fill nevertheless but as the old saying goes - it's never as bad as it seems and it's never as good as it seems.

We can bounce back relatively quickly from here if we make astute list management decisions.

[bulldogtragic]

Despite my displeasure with 2 shitty seasons I'm very buoyed by our prospects over the next 2 seasons.
We have some immensely talented players and we have a strong and versatile spine.

The signings of both Liberatore and Wallis is important for us but if we also get both the trade and draft periods right this year we can start our bounce back to where we should be.

How great were last years additions for us? Schache got better as the year went on as did both Trengove and Crozier. We got a lot out of Gowers and both Naughton and Richards were excellent for us. That's 6 positive additions for us and that doesn't count the very noticeable improvement in the likes of Williams, Lynch, Lipinski and the enormous potential of English.

When you look at the list The Doctor has broken down for us there is plenty to get excited about. The 2018 season hasn't yet finished but I'm very much looking forward to the next few months to see how we position ourselves for the 2019 season.

It's going to be very interesting to see how this looks by the end of the year.

Bang on. That's why I'm hoping we add an elite player through the trading period to add to our young talent pool, Wingard seems to be one if we believe Stevo. Plus we add in Liberatore, who is an elite player at his best (that's two elite players added in from round 1, 2019). If we can get Boyd confident and fit up forward that's another avenue into success. Kids came on well, Dunkley broke his personal best on disposals 4 times in the last half of the year. I expect huge things from English. Then we add in two U/18 AA starting 18 players; Rhylee West into the midfield pool, and Buku Khamis into the attacking rebounding defender pool. Then rumours about Stengle or Lloyd to bolster the forwards pool. Then who knows if Adams gets his trade, and what we can turn that into.

Then with respect we've let go players with mild to moderate skill and performance issues. Dahl has been butchering the footy the last two years and missing simple goals. Biggs was poor. Honeychurch tried, but his kicking was average and was barely kicking 40m at goal. So we are eliminating these skill problems. Hopefully the players that replace them in these roles, are better kicks and with better skills and, if so, then we improve instantly in addition to the personnel improvements above.

If the coaches can improve their game plans and tactics, maybe next year might be a little more sunny.