Maybe Richo announces Billings has been delisted, then Billings announces Richo has been sacked?

Edited September 9, 2025Sep 9 by Demon Disciple

1 minute ago, Demon Disciple said:

Maybe Richo announces Billings has been delisted, then Billings announces Richo has been sacked?

Hopefully and also Lamb.

14 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

You’d think they could have added his name to the announcement they sent out earlier

A bunch of monkeys would do a better job than our comms team

Disgraceful

Probably won the award for best Casey player and so they avoided a delisting announcement before the award announcement.

The players are told at exit interviews. Not like they’re chopped via tweet.

3 hours ago, DubDee said:

Are people being serious proposing Spargo should be delisted?

He played 49 games in 2021 and 2022 and has since been cruelled by injury and poor form. Still only 25yo.

At the very least we should trade him, just dumb to delist him and get no value back.

He’s a free agent.

We should offer a contract that sees us get at least 3rd round compo if another team offers him the same deal.

If this is true this then this is woeful management by the club.

Edited September 9, 2025Sep 9 by dazzledavey36

3 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

He’s a free agent.

We should offer a contract that sees us get at least 3rd round compo if another team offers him the same deal.

I don't think he qualifies as a free agent. Trade or delist if we don't offer him another contract.

All players had their exit interviews post round 23, including those still playing with Casey. I know that players who were getting delisted were told at the interviews, so I’d be surprised if Billings didn’t know. Doesn’t make the omission from the announcement earlier today any less pathetic tho.

why on earth would the club announce that billings is delisted at the bnf but not in their official announcement a few hours ago???

1 hour ago, picket fence said:

I find it totally astounding, that list decisions are being made without the appiontment of the new coach, anyone else think the same??

With you on this but we are talking about the MFC who are very amateurish at best. Volunteers at local clubs do better than what we do unfortunately.

9 minutes ago, Gibberish said:

I don't think he qualifies as a free agent. Trade or delist if we don't offer him another contract.

pretty sure hes an unrestricted free agent

5 minutes ago, croydick said:

pretty sure hes an unrestricted free agent

My bad, I may have been thinking of the restricted free agent rules.

4 hours ago, DeeZone said:

Yes it has.

Unfortunately his disposal efficiency doesn’t appear to have improved according to our Casey followers and it has become the No.1 trait that teams are searching for.🥲😢

Should delist Trac and Clarry then

45 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

I am not watching are you able to give some idea how Richo delivered this news? Was he thanking all the players that have just been delisted?

Yes he was very respectful and thanked the all but instead of 5 delisting his graphic show 6 and he named Billings.

Ollie Sestan was officially notified Monday but his manager told him to expect the worst over the last few weeks.

2 hours ago, picket fence said:

I find it totally astounding, that list decisions are being made without the appiontment of the new coach, anyone else think the same??

No.

Bizarre really..

5 hours 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

Berry cat B already signed for 26

Could the decision to announce Billings’ delisting separately simply have been an attempt of the club’s to show some additional respect for someone who played 155 games of AFL?

2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

If this is true this then this is woeful management by the club.

Typical rubbish people management!

Dees list management announcements

Edited September 9, 2025Sep 9 by spirit of norm smith
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Wow thats woeful on Billings, actually feel sorry for him, [censored] by the club to be fair

14 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

A bit disappointed to see Sestan gone, but the other four are no real surprise, sadly.

Me too. He was in great form for Casey mid year & looked set to debut until he got injured & he is a beautiful kick.

Don't think the Frankston game helped as he was very poor that night.

9 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Could the decision to announce Billings’ delisting separately simply have been an attempt of the club’s to show some additional respect for someone who played 155 games of AFL?

This, there's every chance the Saints will want to say thanks to him for playing 150 odd games for them as well. So to put it in with a group who combined played only a small handful of games would have been seen as insincere from us. He would have been close to All Aust in 2017 and again in 2019 if he could kick straight.

11 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

Probably won the award for best Casey player and so they avoided a delisting announcement before the award announcement.

The players are told at exit interviews. Not like they’re chopped via tweet.

There was no award for best Casey player.

It was weird that only hours after sending out emails and text announcing the other players had been given the chop that out of the blue they announced Billings was not playing next year (they didn't say delisted, for any of them).

Perhaps they simply forgot to add him to the email and text?

Though i wonder if he as flagged he wants to leave perhaps with view to getting picked up by the Roos or Eagles?

So hang on would billings had known? And it's meant to be a best & fairest, strange they'd announce a delisting.

Also did our president and CEO speak?

That was really [censored] how they delivered the Billings delisting news, just appeared as a slip up but I felt a bit bad for him when that got announced, just hoping that he actually knew before Richo delivered that at the B&F.

Really hoped he stayed on I thought he was coming into some form in the VFL at least, thought it would warrant keeping him on a bit as depth. Can do a lot worse than Billings!