Would be great to have a comparison of trades of teams after winning the premiership in the last decade…

Laurie has been excellent all year in the VFL and I would be shocked if someone doesn’t come for him like the Eagles, Bombers or Blues for example.

I think I have conceded on Verrall, who doesn’t appear likely to make it and Heath will probably take his spot.

If we are a chance for Windhager as Finey is saying, then I could see Sparrow going home.

I think May will go and I have suggested even the Pies might grab him for a year or two and despite what the Dogs are saying maybe even them.

I still think Lever is a chance to leave and become the general of North’s Defence.

If we can find another key forward or Jeffo and Luker step up, Petty can go back.

I think keeping Tom Mac another year suggests we will lose 1-2 older key backs and he is that experience we may need for a year.

I see Hore, Fullarton, Woey, Brown, Billings, Henderson, Verrall, Spargo, Laurie, May and maybe Lever, Sparrow and McAdam gone depending on whether the new Coach wants to give McAdam one more try in his last year.

Tracc, if a big club he like comes hard and offers a good deal, could also go.

That is a lot of movement and it can only all happen, if we have a few more players wanting to come to us.

Edited September 7Sep 7 by Redleg

56 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Think you will find that Culley will just remain on the rookie list instead of being upgraded.

Upgrade from SSP to Rookie

Right now he is on the list due to AMWs injury, he is the 46th man at the moment

Is Verrell out of contract? He's improved this year but he still looks a mile off. Saying that, I can't see us delisting him if Campbell retires. Our ruck depth would be non existent.

On that topic, I find it odd that even though we have the best ruck of the generation on our list, our history of developing young rucks over the last decade (LJ aside) is surprisingly poor.

Lachie Filipovic, Mitch King, Austin Bradtke Kyah Farris-White. The list goes on.

Fingers crossed Kalani breaks the pattern.

Edited September 6Sep 6 by Demon Jack

30 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

Is Verrell out of contract? He's improved this year but he still looks a mile off. Saying that, I can't see us delisting him if Campbell retires. Our ruck depth would be non existent.

On that topic, I find it odd that even though we have the best ruck of the generation on our list, our history of developing young rucks over the last decade (LJ aside) is surprisingly poor.

Lachie Filipovic, Mitch King, Austin Bradtke Kyah Farris-White. The list goes on.

Fingers crossed Kalani breaks the pattern.

Verrall pretty much got subbed after half time. Read on twitter he was sat at the back of the bench the whole second half.

Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

Verrall pretty much got subbed after half time. Read on twitter he was sat at the back of the bench the whole second half.

he was definitely on ground in the last quarter last night i'm pretty sure

he offered nothing

1 minute ago, whatwhat say what said:

he was definitely on ground in the last uarter last night i'm pretty sure

he offered nothing

Really? Didnt even spot him once? They had Johnson and Campbell rucking swapping in t he ruck the whole second half.

2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Really? Didnt even spot him once? They had Johnson and Campbell rucking swapping in t he ruck the whole second half.

almost positive he got the ball at half forward at one point

i could be wrong

5 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Pending … buffering… on standby … awaiting new coach to arrive

Keep

Oliver

Petracca

Uncontracted

McVee ✅Hope a new coach and a good contract offer sees him stay

Billings ❌

Fullerton ❌

Woey jnr💔❌

Spargo⭕️UFA Trade or allow to leave

(R) Verrall ❌

(R) Hore❌.

(R) KBrown💔❌

(R SSP) Henderson❌

8 off the list - Spargo, KBrown, Fullerton, Hore, Verrall, Billings, Henderson, Woey jnr (Henderson was top up so we can add 7)

????!!question marks

Campbell … maybe 1 more year , but he goes if we can recruit in another backup ruck like Max Heath

Sestan …likely gets 1 more year … needs to really get a big pre season in

Contracted 2026

McAdam⭕️sure he has mercurial talent but can’t believe he was 29 yo and injury prone and he got 3 years Maybe he gets to see out his final year 🤞he can stay on the park or he’ll have to retire early

Laurie⭕️ elite at VFL Level Just wish he’d got more chances at AFL game and shown something He has been on our list 5 years now Might just seek opportunity elsewhere

Contracted. One more year …

The Veterans. Melksham Tmcd May McAdam Campbell

On the edge. Must prove themselves Laurie Sestan Jeffo Adams Johnson rookies: Kentfield Culley AMW Mentha

let’s see how you fit in . Salem Sparrow Salem had some good games but got exposed in others as slow and also slow to dispose of the footy (often sideways and with no impact) needs to discover kicking skills into the corridor Sparrow is stuck as not quite a midfielder and not quite a half forward , so where does he play

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7 additions

• Add Culley as upgrade from SSP to rookie 

• Add Derksen + add another mature player 

  Draft…

• Add White (likely list) and Sinnema (likely cat b rookie)

• Add 2 quality youngsters in the draft

Agree with literally everything except McAdam. Move him on. Broken body. Wasted money. Delist and open a spot, bring in a kid, or trade him.

7 additions

• Add Culley as upgrade from SSP to rookie 

• Add Derksen + Windhager

  Draft…

• Add White (likely list) and Sinnema (likely cat b rookie)

• Add 2 quality youngsters in the draft

Ps. We might have found a new small forward. Can we switch Kate Hore over to the men’s program. Kate is a star ⭐️

17 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

7 additions

• Add Culley as upgrade from SSP to rookie 

• Add Derksen + Windhager

  Draft…

• Add White (likely list) and Sinnema (likely cat b rookie)

• Add 2 quality youngsters in the draft

+ Heath

6 minutes ago, Random Task said:

+ Heath

Cannot see us "freeing" McAdam. I doubt anyone would want him as a trade with his injury history.

May as well let him see out next year and hope he comes on. Ideally he would challenge for Melksham's place by season end.

My guess is 2026 will be a tough year with at best an 8-10 ladder position outcome

1 minute ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Cannot see us "freeing" McAdam. I doubt anyone would want him as a trade with his injury history.

May as well let him see out next year and hope he comes on. Ideally he would challenge for Melksham's place by season end.

My guess is 2026 will be a tough year with at best an 8-10 ladder position outcome

We should look to pay him out

Lets do everything to keep Lever ,Trac ,Clarrie and May .Their absolute best might be behind them but they are indescribably superior to any possible replacement I watched last night .The chances of verrall ,brown,wowy kenterfield sestan tholstrup or adams making it are somewhere between nil and zero .Did JT even see Sestan play ? Looks more like a foreman at the steelworks than an AFL footballer .

6 minutes ago, adonski said:

We should look to pay him out

That's the alternative or we could trade him and pay 70% of his salary. With six or more ready made delistings I don't see it being of much value

(oh to think we gave up the pick we got back for ANB)

5 hours ago, adonski said:

We should look to pay him out

The only reason to do that is if we need desperately need the list spot.

Stating the obvious, but we need a tall key forward who can jump. We have lots of 192-195 types, but we lack the 200+cm key forward that other sides have.

Critical for the kick to a congested contest. I think a good forward mix includes a 200 cm, King type (Petty is not the guy) a 194cm roaming CHF (JVR could be this if he learns to mark and develops some forward craft, or Kentfield) and a couple of 188-190 types mobile, yet strong aerial forwards (Fritta and possible another one required to replace Melksham)

B: Lever, May, McVee

HB: Salem, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Rivers, Langford

HF: Petracca, Petty, Chandler

F: Fritsch, Miochek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Windhager, Pickett

IC: Lindsay, Windsor, Oliver, Viney

SUB: Langdon

Casey

B: Derksen, Adams, Berry (b)

HB: Howes, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield (a)

C: Sinnema, Laurie, Sharp

HF: Mentha (b), Johnson, McAdam

F: van Rooyen, Kentfield (a), Jefferson (a)

FOLL: Heath, Sparrow, Tholstrup

IC: White, Rookie (a), Rookie (a)

I'd delist Jefferson or Laurie promising to pick them up in the rookie draft.

15 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

B: Lever, May, McVee

HB: Salem, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Rivers, Langford

HF: Petracca, Petty, Chandler

F: Fritsch, Miochek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Windhager, Pickett

IC: Lindsay, Windsor, Oliver, Viney

SUB: Langdon

Casey

B: Derksen, Adams, Berry (b)

HB: Howes, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield (a)

C: Sinnema, Laurie, Sharp

HF: Mentha (b), Johnson, McAdam

F: van Rooyen, Kentfield (a), Jefferson (a)

FOLL: Heath, Sparrow, Tholstrup

IC: White, Rookie (a), Rookie (a)

I'd delist Jefferson or Laurie promising to pick them up in the rookie draft.

OMG

16 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

B: Lever, May, McVee

HB: Salem, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Rivers, Langford

HF: Petracca, Petty, Chandler

F: Fritsch, Miochek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Windhager, Pickett

IC: Lindsay, Windsor, Oliver, Viney

SUB: Langdon

Casey

B: Derksen, Adams, Berry (b)

HB: Howes, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield (a)

C: Sinnema, Laurie, Sharp

HF: Mentha (b), Johnson, McAdam

F: van Rooyen, Kentfield (a), Jefferson (a)

FOLL: Heath, Sparrow, Tholstrup

IC: White, Rookie (a), Rookie (a)

I'd delist Jefferson or Laurie promising to pick them up in the rookie draft.

Delist Jeffo!? Our greatest ever forward?

Maybe we should trade max and sign mark neeld as coach again while we’re at it

7 hours ago, Ted Lasso said:

Delist Jeffo!? Our greatest ever forward?

Maybe we should trade max and sign mark neeld as coach again while we’re at it

We are going to need delist and put at least 1 player on the rookie list now that Campbell has signed maybe 2. Don't understand signing Campbell if we are after Heath both will want to be the number 1 ruck for Casey. The first person I would delist then put on the rookie list is McAdam just like Melksham was when he was injured. The second could be either Jefferson or Laurie either one I don't care. We may have to rookie both. Unless we are planing to trade out the players that have been mentioned as possible trades like Lever, May, McVee, Petracca and Oliver.

B: Lever, May, McVee

HB: Salem, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Rivers, Langford

HF: Petracca, Petty, Chandler

F: Fritsch, Miochek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Windhager, Pickett

IC: Lindsay, Windsor, Oliver, Viney

SUB: Langdon

Casey

B: Berry (b), Adams, Derksen

HB: Howes, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield (a)

C: Sinnema, Laurie (a), Sharp

HF: Mentha (b), Johnson, McAdam (a)

F: van Rooyen, Kentfield, Jefferson (a)

FOLL: Heath, Sparrow, Tholstrup

IC: Campbell, White, Rookie (a)

Update on prior post from last week

I had Sestan as staying and Woey jnr as the unlucky one

But it was actually Sestan as the tough call and I think unlucky to be delisted, as he had shown good form at Casey until injured

Changes are still on standby imv … awaiting new coach to arrive 

Keep

Oliver 

Petracca 

Uncontracted

McVee ✅Hope a new coach and a good contract offer sees him stay 

Billings ❌

Fullerton ❌

Sestan ❌

Spargo⭕️UFA Trade or allow to leave 

(R) Verrall ❌

(R) Hore❌.

(R) KBrown💔❌

(R SSP) Henderson❌?

8 off the list - Spargo, KBrown, Fullerton, Hore, Verrall, Billings, Henderson, Sestan (Henderson was top up so we can add 7) 

I cannot see Henderson being retained He had some chances but ultimately is another very good VFL player who probably couldn’t step up to the AFL standard

Contracted 2026 

McAdam⭕️sure he has mercurial talent but can’t believe he was 29 yo and injury prone and he got 3 years Maybe he gets to see out his final year 🤞he can stay on the park or I think he’ll have to retire early 

Laurie⭕️ elite at VFL Level Just wish he’d got more chances at AFL game and shown something He has been on our list 5 years now Might just seek opportunity elsewhere .

Contracted. One more year …

The Veterans.  Melksham Tmcd May McAdam Campbell

On the edge.  Must prove themselves Laurie Woey jnr Jeffo Adams Johnson rookies: Kentfield Culley AMW Mentha

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7 additions 

• Add Culley as upgrade from SSP to rookie 

• Add Derksen + add another mature player 

  Draft… 

• Add White (likely list) and Sinnema (likely cat b rookie)

• Add 2 quality youngsters in the draft

I'd like to keep Hendo for a year