It all turned sour very quickly for Cream.

23 hours ago, old55 said:

Primary delists: Spargo, Billings, Fullarton, Woewodin

Rookie delists: Hore, Verrall, Sestan, Brown, Henderson

Four Primary delists and we already have connections with White, Sinnema, Derksen, Heath and Windhager - we'll need to trade a couple of players and/or delist and re-rookie some contracted players (e.g. Laurie, McAdam). We might get away with B Rookieing Sinnema if he gets through the draft.

We need to lose 2 Rookies just to get back to par, so those 5 off would give us 3 Rookie slots. We should probably re-rookie Spargo if no-one picks him up, it's the right thing to do for a player who gets a serious injury in the line of duty.

so it begins ...

Sestan had afl skills but clearly they made a determination he wasn’t going to get to the athletic level required.

Woey, Billings, Henderson potentially waiting on the coach and other list decisions?

Bit sad about kynan. Just another father/son that didn't work out.

Others don't shock me

4 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Sestan had afl skills but clearly they made a determination he wasn’t going to get to the athletic level required.

Woey, Billings, Henderson potentially waiting on the coach and other list decisions?

Sestan was an interesting pick up, we kept talking about another AFL Pre-Season for him around this time each year, maybe you're right?

Sesto 😢

Don’t disagree with any of it.

I’m comfortable with all of it.

sestan the only one who looked capable of going to another level

Gosh, it's brutal

AFL footy is effen hard!

Good luck to those boys

10 hours ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

That’s fine.

I’d take him over a fair few of our players if I’m honest. Sparrow. Sharp. Kolt. List goes on.

The effort he gives along with his ability to complete simple plays I rate him above them.

Is he elite? No. But does he work his butt off? Yes.

Def a candidate for a participation certificate.

One thing that they all had in common is that not one of them played an AFL match in 2025.

Edit: I stand corrected. Tom Fullarton played in a couple in the first half of the season.

24 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Woey, Billings, Henderson potentially waiting on the coach and other list decisions?

Other list decisions, surely, can't imagine coach/no coach has much to do with it.

Depends on who we manage to bring in, but we still need depth and cover.

3 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

One thing that they all had in common is that not one of them played an AFL match in 2025.

except for fullarton who played 2

Feel sorry for Kynan. Came on as sub and lays a game saving tackle only to never be seen again. You lived the dream of many on here playing an AFL game for the team you support. Best of luck in the future to you and the others delisted.

this is how the list currently projects, the orange spots are interchangeable so we would be required to make two more cuts to free up 2 more draft picks

this may be laurie and mcadam to the rookie list

or it may be billings/woewodin

or spargo / another senior player leaving between now and end of trade period

4 minutes ago, Turner said:

this is how the list currently projects, the orange spots are interchangeable so we would be required to make two more cuts to free up 2 more draft picks

this may be laurie and mcadam to the rookie list

or it may be billings/woewodin

or spargo / another senior player leaving between now and end of trade period

Add Oscar Berry as a B-Rookie.

So there are no B-Rookie spots - maximum is 2.

Edited September 9, 2025Sep 9 by Lucifers Hero

Timing is [censored] with the B&F on tonight

Why not wait a few days and have the exits on Thursday

Why the rush … we don’t have a coach !!

In terms of the “who”, the 5 delistings are not really surprising. Actually surprised that Henderson and Billings are also not listed. Spargo and Woey jnr may have to be awaiting the new coach to be appointed.

Edited September 9, 2025Sep 9 by spirit of norm smith
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10 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Add Oscar Berry as a B-Rookie.

So there are no B-Rookie spots - maximum is 2.

this hasnt actually come out anywhere from the club yet

Okay, that's a start. Hopefully several more still to come.

Interesting that Billings is not on the initial list. Goodwin clearly put a line through him, but maybe the other coaches think differently.

This is the toughest time of year for all involved in footy and as much as we want them all to succeed the law of averages doesn’t work that way. Good lucky Marty Hore, Will Verrall, Tom Fullarton, Kynan Brown and Oliver Seston thank you all for your service and best of luck going forward. ❤️💙👍

I'm sorry for Sestan.

Perhaps we should re-hire him as our kicking coach.

3 minutes ago, Turner said:

this hasnt actually come out anywhere from the club yet

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1355179/melbourne-demons-boost-defensive-stocks-by-signing-college-basketballer-oscar-berry

Woey seemingly survived... interesting

Kynan looked alright when he was given the opportunity and showed defensive pressure and mongrel. That's a disappointing delisting for me.