2025 List Management Thread

[Happy Days]

I’d much rather offer something to Jayden Nguyen, who looks to be a really tough bastard and is also out of contract.

[GVGjr]

Sellwood and Jacques are developing as smaller defenders, and I've been impressed with Cleary's improvement this year.

Should we just get an experienced guy (e.g. Budarick, and we're interested in Wehr) and back what we have / potential draftee to develop? Lual looks like he has pace but is he better than what we have or could get cheap?

Jaques seems to be primarily a winger at the moment. Maybe that changes
Just from my perspective but Sellwood doesn't have the run to play on opposition small forwards but he is a very good prospect.
It would be nice to know if he could have been an option for Melksham, Fritsch or even Petracca

It's a bit of a punt but Lual should have the pace and athleticism to replace JJ and Duryea

[Mofra]

Agreed, but he's a small defender with a bit of experience and we are aware of his character and development requirements.
We may not have to cough up a lot to get him.

Sellwood and Jacques are developing as smaller defenders, and I've been impressed with Cleary's improvement this year.

Should we just get an experienced guy (e.g. Budarick, and we're interested in Wehr) and back what we have / potential draftee to develop? Lual looks like he has pace but is he better than what we have or could get cheap?

[GVGjr]

He is in a poor team, but I haven’t been hugely impressed by what I’ve seen of him. Not sure he’d be high on the priority list.

Agreed, but he's a small defender with a bit of experience and we are aware of his character and development requirements.
We may not have to cough up a lot to get him.

[The Underdog]

We should be in the ear of his manager given he does have some strong ties with us.

He is in a poor team, but I haven’t been hugely impressed by what I’ve seen of him. Not sure he’d be high on the priority list.

[GVGjr]

Lual is still out of contract for Essendon. I wonder if he gets squeezed out by all their mid-season draft picks that all look likely to get new contracts. There's going to be a big squeeze on list spots at the Hanger this off-season.

We should be in the ear of his manager given he does have some strong ties with us.

[Sedat]

Lual is still out of contract for Essendon. I wonder if he gets squeezed out by all their mid-season draft picks that all look likely to get new contracts. There's going to be a big squeeze on list spots at the Hanger this off-season.

[jazzadogs]

I like Boyd. Vibes say he's a good option for the nuggety back pocket but not sure if the data backs that up.

[Warrnambulldog]

He can definitely play. Might be a good low cost option to top up our bottom 4 players/depth

[GVGjr]

Different grade of player but anyone think it’s worth us pursuing ex scray player Jordan Boyd from the Blues. Always liked him, I don’t know why he seems to be out of favour at the Blues this year. He fights hard, beautiful kick. Think he has another year on his contract but might be worth checking in with him

Good suggestion. I had a look at his stats for this year
He's come into the senior side 3 times this year but dropped the following week, His last game was as a back pocket.
It look like he has mainly played forward this year in the VFL but he hasn't kicked a goal
He gets a bit of the footy at the VFL level and kicks the footy vastly more than handballing.
He is contracted for next season and he turns 27 this year.

It's hard to get excited about those numbers but perhaps Voss is trying something else and he doesn't fit.

[Warrnambulldog]

Different grade of player but anyone think it’s worth us pursuing ex scray player Jordan Boyd from the Blues. Always liked him, I don’t know why he seems to be out of favour at the Blues this year. He fights hard, beautiful kick. Think he has another year on his contract but might be worth checking in with him

[doggies ftw]

I think the reason Starvcevich is considering a move elsewhere is to also do with a shift into the midfield.

I’m not sure why everyone is so against being a good specialist forward or defender! They’re probably more valuable than dime a dozen midfielders these days which is realistically what he’d be, but yeah I guess lower clubs can potentially offer that to him over us!

[azabob]

Hope behind the scenes we’re into Starcevich, provided we medically tick him off I think the risk is worth it. Would be such a nice piece of our defensive puzzle

I think the reason Starvcevich is considering a move elsewhere is to also do with a shift into the midfield.

[azabob]

Hope your tongue is in cheek to some degree... Lipinski the only one of those four who would be getting a game for us in their preferred role.

Good luck to them, but Young is horrible 1v1, Caleb's decision making has deserted him, Macrae was behind four other mids so needed to move, Sweet was never getting picked ahead of English so needed to move...

Buku has strengths and I'm sure we'd like him to stay, but he will never be a consistent best 7 forward alongside Naughton and Darcy IMO. If he moves because a team without two elite key forwards is offering greater opportunities, that is the right call by him and not necessarily a fault of our list management or coaching.

It has to be right? No one could say with a straight face that Carlton and North are happy with the players they received.

Saints would be ok with Macrae but one could argue Kennedy has helped us more than Macrae has helped the saints.

[doggies ftw]

Hope behind the scenes we’re into Starcevich, provided we medically tick him off I think the risk is worth it. Would be such a nice piece of our defensive puzzle