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I really hoped we could some how get him. What's so good about footscray except the magnificent Vietnamese Pork Rolls
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List Mgmt. 2025 Trade/FA Thread
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No idea. Easy for the players to get a carpark on game days?
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Someone who used to live reasonably close to Footscray there's nothing good about Footscray.
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He might like heroin.
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Well that negates wanting a nice Banh Mi then
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I was going to add unless you like hanging at the mall and buying heroin, but I decided against it, lol
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ALEX DAVIES (Gold Coast Suns)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pre-listed rookie, 2020
AFL games: 32
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Josh Barnes says: “He sat down with Damien Hardwick last year. They had a heart-to-heart and he said: ‘I’ll stay, I’ll work with you.’ He signed a two-year deal and he’s still playing in the seconds. He’s played nine games in four seasons at Gold Coast. Geelong and Collingwood are reportedly interested in him. You've got to question whether he’s going to break into that midfield at the moment with Gold Coast – particularly with the way the Suns are playing with their speed on the ball and they’re running hard. He’s not quite that kind of player. He’s signed for another year there so he’s going to try and work it out at this stage, but you’d have to be considering: ‘Would I go and get some centre bounce minutes somewhere else?’”
NED MOYLE (Gold Coast Suns)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pick 5, 2021 mid-season draft
AFL games: 10
Contract status: Signed until 2028
Jon Ralph says: “I think Ned Moyle would be worried. Similarly (to Davies), he signs a new deal, gets games when Jarrod Witts is out, the first two games of the season Witts has been outstanding … so there will be massive offers out there again for Ned Moyle. He’d also be looking at Ethan Read and saying: ‘I wonder if he’s a long-term mobile ruckman?’ He’d have some concerns right now. If he hasn’t broken into the senior side – and they’re not going to play two rucks are they? – I think he’d be having some second thoughts right now, even though he was so keen to be loyal this time last year.”
JAKE RICCARDI (GWS GIANTS)
Age: 25
Drafted: Pick 51, 2019
AFL games: 69
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Jon Ralph says: “Riccardi himself had a suspension with the Wacky Wednesday stuff, so he put himself behind the eight-ball. I can’t see that he's necessarily going to play too. They’re playing (Lachie) Keeffe, but I think as Aaron Cadman emerges as that full-time star forward, it’s going to be hard for Riccardi. So does he consider a move?”
LEEK ALEER (GWS GIANTS)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pick 15, 2021
AFL games: 12
Contract status: Signed until 2025
Jon Ralph says: “He just has to move. He’s not going to get a game – and if he does, it’s only because of injuries. They’ve got three star key defenders. You might as well take the money at a club like St Kilda where you’ll play every single week for the next six or eight years of your career.”
LEWIS HAYES (Essendon)
Age: 20
Drafted: Pick 25, 2022
AFL games: 0
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Josh Barnes says: “Lewis Hayes might be ahead of Jayden Laverde now in the back stocks at Essendon, but neither of them played a little earlier in the year when Jordan Ridley was out. Zach Reid is locked in as long as he stays fit and plays every week now it seems, Ben McKay has to play and Ridley is the third tall, so those two are left on the outer. Lewis Hayes has put in a mountain of work, he came in as a very skinny bloke to that club and has worked really hard Every summer he’s looked bigger, he looked great this summer but he’s still just on the outside, Brad Scott said ‘he’s still in our plans’ heading into last week and he didn’t get a game there. I think those two are going to see the writing on the wall – and if you can get in the market early as a key defender, there’s always clubs looking for back-up support … I look at a guy like Lewis Hayes at his age and height, he should be a really good prospect.”
SAM FROST (Hawthorn)
Age: 31
AFL games: 185
Contract status: Signed until 2025
Jon Ralph says: “We’ve talked about him before, you’d think he’d potentially leave or will very likely leave, given he’s been the sub in two of those contests and now he’s playing VFL.”
HENRY HUSTWAITE (Hawthorn)
Age: 20
Drafted: Pick 37, 2022
AFL games: 6
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Jon Ralph says: “He’s a fascinating one. He’s in an interesting position there – 38 possessions (in the VFL against North Melbourne) and as we saw in the summer documentary: ‘Do you think I can play half-back, coach? Where can I play?’ The issue is not that he won’t get a chance at some stage, but James Worpel is out of the side and he’s still not in at the moment. It’s just that he’s probably that player who’s a bit slower – an inside mid who’s not a great spreader – and they’ve already got James Worpel, Cam Mackenzie is not an identical player but reasonably similar, Conor Nash is a bid-bodied inside mid, we know about Jai Newcombe. I think if he forecasts his next five years, I’m sure he’s thinking to himself: ‘I’m not sure I have that role in that team.’ And I don’t think he can play half-back. He’s contracted until next year, I’m sure he’d love to stay at that club, but I’m sure he’d have his head turned by some big offers with three and four-year deals at clubs who desperately need young inside midfielders of his potential.”
DEVON ROBERTSON (Brisbane Lions)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pick 22, 2019
AFL games: 43
Contract status: Signed until 2025
Josh Barnes says: “He will be looking at a sliding doors moment, I think, at the end of 2023. Everybody, including Chris Fagan, expect him to walk out of Brisbane and go to West Coast back to Western Australia where he’s from and signed there. And if he’d done that – obviously he had some injury issues last year – but he would’ve played every single match for West Coast over the last two years. As it stands, he’s not really playing for Brisbane at the moment and doesn’t seem to be in their plans right now. I think if he had his time again, he would’ve gone to West Coast. He wanted to be part of a premiership push – and I guess he supported the guys along last year – but right now I can’t see him breaking into that side with the Ashcroft’s coming on and there’s always youngsters coming on at Brisbane.”
JEDD BUSSLINGER (Western Bulldogs)
Age: 21
Drafted: Pick 13, 2022.
AFL games: 0
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Jon Ralph says: “I think Jedd is going to have interest from rival clubs. Again he’s someone who signed up and would see his future at the Western Bulldogs, but Buku (Khamis) looks fantastic, James O’Donnell is a great young player but in a team with key defenders they’ve pushed him forward … and it’s not like Liam Jones is going to retire anytime soon, even though he’s 34. If you’re Jedd and you’re a first-round pick, there’s a few ahead of you and even if you think: ‘Do I want to wait for two more years for Rory Lobb and Liam Jones to retire?’ … He’s a WA boy and for a club like West Coast, which needs key-position defenders, they’d be considering Jedd Busslinger.”
ED ALLAN (Collingwood)
Age: 20
Drafted: Pick 19, 2022
AFL games: 3
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Josh Barnes says: “Everyone was talking him up pre-season … I think Nick Daicos said he was the most talented youngster at the club. Played Round 1, was dropped – and I guess you could say he was dropped for good reason. Collingwood’s had an uptick since he left the team – you can’t blame him specifically for them falling against GWS, but they’re not missing him at the moment.”
Age: 23
Drafted: Pre-listed rookie, 2020
AFL games: 32
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Josh Barnes says: “He sat down with Damien Hardwick last year. They had a heart-to-heart and he said: ‘I’ll stay, I’ll work with you.’ He signed a two-year deal and he’s still playing in the seconds. He’s played nine games in four seasons at Gold Coast. Geelong and Collingwood are reportedly interested in him. You've got to question whether he’s going to break into that midfield at the moment with Gold Coast – particularly with the way the Suns are playing with their speed on the ball and they’re running hard. He’s not quite that kind of player. He’s signed for another year there so he’s going to try and work it out at this stage, but you’d have to be considering: ‘Would I go and get some centre bounce minutes somewhere else?’”
NED MOYLE (Gold Coast Suns)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pick 5, 2021 mid-season draft
AFL games: 10
Contract status: Signed until 2028
Jon Ralph says: “I think Ned Moyle would be worried. Similarly (to Davies), he signs a new deal, gets games when Jarrod Witts is out, the first two games of the season Witts has been outstanding … so there will be massive offers out there again for Ned Moyle. He’d also be looking at Ethan Read and saying: ‘I wonder if he’s a long-term mobile ruckman?’ He’d have some concerns right now. If he hasn’t broken into the senior side – and they’re not going to play two rucks are they? – I think he’d be having some second thoughts right now, even though he was so keen to be loyal this time last year.”
JAKE RICCARDI (GWS GIANTS)
Age: 25
Drafted: Pick 51, 2019
AFL games: 69
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Jon Ralph says: “Riccardi himself had a suspension with the Wacky Wednesday stuff, so he put himself behind the eight-ball. I can’t see that he's necessarily going to play too. They’re playing (Lachie) Keeffe, but I think as Aaron Cadman emerges as that full-time star forward, it’s going to be hard for Riccardi. So does he consider a move?”
LEEK ALEER (GWS GIANTS)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pick 15, 2021
AFL games: 12
Contract status: Signed until 2025
Jon Ralph says: “He just has to move. He’s not going to get a game – and if he does, it’s only because of injuries. They’ve got three star key defenders. You might as well take the money at a club like St Kilda where you’ll play every single week for the next six or eight years of your career.”
LEWIS HAYES (Essendon)
Age: 20
Drafted: Pick 25, 2022
AFL games: 0
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Josh Barnes says: “Lewis Hayes might be ahead of Jayden Laverde now in the back stocks at Essendon, but neither of them played a little earlier in the year when Jordan Ridley was out. Zach Reid is locked in as long as he stays fit and plays every week now it seems, Ben McKay has to play and Ridley is the third tall, so those two are left on the outer. Lewis Hayes has put in a mountain of work, he came in as a very skinny bloke to that club and has worked really hard Every summer he’s looked bigger, he looked great this summer but he’s still just on the outside, Brad Scott said ‘he’s still in our plans’ heading into last week and he didn’t get a game there. I think those two are going to see the writing on the wall – and if you can get in the market early as a key defender, there’s always clubs looking for back-up support … I look at a guy like Lewis Hayes at his age and height, he should be a really good prospect.”
SAM FROST (Hawthorn)
Age: 31
AFL games: 185
Contract status: Signed until 2025
Jon Ralph says: “We’ve talked about him before, you’d think he’d potentially leave or will very likely leave, given he’s been the sub in two of those contests and now he’s playing VFL.”
HENRY HUSTWAITE (Hawthorn)
Age: 20
Drafted: Pick 37, 2022
AFL games: 6
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Jon Ralph says: “He’s a fascinating one. He’s in an interesting position there – 38 possessions (in the VFL against North Melbourne) and as we saw in the summer documentary: ‘Do you think I can play half-back, coach? Where can I play?’ The issue is not that he won’t get a chance at some stage, but James Worpel is out of the side and he’s still not in at the moment. It’s just that he’s probably that player who’s a bit slower – an inside mid who’s not a great spreader – and they’ve already got James Worpel, Cam Mackenzie is not an identical player but reasonably similar, Conor Nash is a bid-bodied inside mid, we know about Jai Newcombe. I think if he forecasts his next five years, I’m sure he’s thinking to himself: ‘I’m not sure I have that role in that team.’ And I don’t think he can play half-back. He’s contracted until next year, I’m sure he’d love to stay at that club, but I’m sure he’d have his head turned by some big offers with three and four-year deals at clubs who desperately need young inside midfielders of his potential.”
DEVON ROBERTSON (Brisbane Lions)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pick 22, 2019
AFL games: 43
Contract status: Signed until 2025
Josh Barnes says: “He will be looking at a sliding doors moment, I think, at the end of 2023. Everybody, including Chris Fagan, expect him to walk out of Brisbane and go to West Coast back to Western Australia where he’s from and signed there. And if he’d done that – obviously he had some injury issues last year – but he would’ve played every single match for West Coast over the last two years. As it stands, he’s not really playing for Brisbane at the moment and doesn’t seem to be in their plans right now. I think if he had his time again, he would’ve gone to West Coast. He wanted to be part of a premiership push – and I guess he supported the guys along last year – but right now I can’t see him breaking into that side with the Ashcroft’s coming on and there’s always youngsters coming on at Brisbane.”
JEDD BUSSLINGER (Western Bulldogs)
Age: 21
Drafted: Pick 13, 2022.
AFL games: 0
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Jon Ralph says: “I think Jedd is going to have interest from rival clubs. Again he’s someone who signed up and would see his future at the Western Bulldogs, but Buku (Khamis) looks fantastic, James O’Donnell is a great young player but in a team with key defenders they’ve pushed him forward … and it’s not like Liam Jones is going to retire anytime soon, even though he’s 34. If you’re Jedd and you’re a first-round pick, there’s a few ahead of you and even if you think: ‘Do I want to wait for two more years for Rory Lobb and Liam Jones to retire?’ … He’s a WA boy and for a club like West Coast, which needs key-position defenders, they’d be considering Jedd Busslinger.”
ED ALLAN (Collingwood)
Age: 20
Drafted: Pick 19, 2022
AFL games: 3
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Josh Barnes says: “Everyone was talking him up pre-season … I think Nick Daicos said he was the most talented youngster at the club. Played Round 1, was dropped – and I guess you could say he was dropped for good reason. Collingwood’s had an uptick since he left the team – you can’t blame him specifically for them falling against GWS, but they’re not missing him at the moment.”
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Clearly hes done zero research on Ed apart from read a few articlesALEX DAVIES (Gold Coast Suns)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pre-listed rookie, 2020
AFL games: 32
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Josh Barnes says: “He sat down with Damien Hardwick last year. They had a heart-to-heart and he said: ‘I’ll stay, I’ll work with you.’ He signed a two-year deal and he’s still playing in the seconds. He’s played nine games in four seasons at Gold Coast. Geelong and Collingwood are reportedly interested in him. You've got to question whether he’s going to break into that midfield at the moment with Gold Coast – particularly with the way the Suns are playing with their speed on the ball and they’re running hard. He’s not quite that kind of player. He’s signed for another year there so he’s going to try and work it out at this stage, but you’d have to be considering: ‘Would I go and get some centre bounce minutes somewhere else?’”
NED MOYLE (Gold Coast Suns)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pick 5, 2021 mid-season draft
AFL games: 10
Contract status: Signed until 2028
Jon Ralph says: “I think Ned Moyle would be worried. Similarly (to Davies), he signs a new deal, gets games when Jarrod Witts is out, the first two games of the season Witts has been outstanding … so there will be massive offers out there again for Ned Moyle. He’d also be looking at Ethan Read and saying: ‘I wonder if he’s a long-term mobile ruckman?’ He’d have some concerns right now. If he hasn’t broken into the senior side – and they’re not going to play two rucks are they? – I think he’d be having some second thoughts right now, even though he was so keen to be loyal this time last year.”
JAKE RICCARDI (GWS GIANTS)
Age: 25
Drafted: Pick 51, 2019
AFL games: 69
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Jon Ralph says: “Riccardi himself had a suspension with the Wacky Wednesday stuff, so he put himself behind the eight-ball. I can’t see that he's necessarily going to play too. They’re playing (Lachie) Keeffe, but I think as Aaron Cadman emerges as that full-time star forward, it’s going to be hard for Riccardi. So does he consider a move?”
LEEK ALEER (GWS GIANTS)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pick 15, 2021
AFL games: 12
Contract status: Signed until 2025
Jon Ralph says: “He just has to move. He’s not going to get a game – and if he does, it’s only because of injuries. They’ve got three star key defenders. You might as well take the money at a club like St Kilda where you’ll play every single week for the next six or eight years of your career.”
LEWIS HAYES (Essendon)
Age: 20
Drafted: Pick 25, 2022
AFL games: 0
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Josh Barnes says: “Lewis Hayes might be ahead of Jayden Laverde now in the back stocks at Essendon, but neither of them played a little earlier in the year when Jordan Ridley was out. Zach Reid is locked in as long as he stays fit and plays every week now it seems, Ben McKay has to play and Ridley is the third tall, so those two are left on the outer. Lewis Hayes has put in a mountain of work, he came in as a very skinny bloke to that club and has worked really hard Every summer he’s looked bigger, he looked great this summer but he’s still just on the outside, Brad Scott said ‘he’s still in our plans’ heading into last week and he didn’t get a game there. I think those two are going to see the writing on the wall – and if you can get in the market early as a key defender, there’s always clubs looking for back-up support … I look at a guy like Lewis Hayes at his age and height, he should be a really good prospect.”
SAM FROST (Hawthorn)
Age: 31
AFL games: 185
Contract status: Signed until 2025
Jon Ralph says: “We’ve talked about him before, you’d think he’d potentially leave or will very likely leave, given he’s been the sub in two of those contests and now he’s playing VFL.”
HENRY HUSTWAITE (Hawthorn)
Age: 20
Drafted: Pick 37, 2022
AFL games: 6
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Jon Ralph says: “He’s a fascinating one. He’s in an interesting position there – 38 possessions (in the VFL against North Melbourne) and as we saw in the summer documentary: ‘Do you think I can play half-back, coach? Where can I play?’ The issue is not that he won’t get a chance at some stage, but James Worpel is out of the side and he’s still not in at the moment. It’s just that he’s probably that player who’s a bit slower – an inside mid who’s not a great spreader – and they’ve already got James Worpel, Cam Mackenzie is not an identical player but reasonably similar, Conor Nash is a bid-bodied inside mid, we know about Jai Newcombe. I think if he forecasts his next five years, I’m sure he’s thinking to himself: ‘I’m not sure I have that role in that team.’ And I don’t think he can play half-back. He’s contracted until next year, I’m sure he’d love to stay at that club, but I’m sure he’d have his head turned by some big offers with three and four-year deals at clubs who desperately need young inside midfielders of his potential.”
DEVON ROBERTSON (Brisbane Lions)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pick 22, 2019
AFL games: 43
Contract status: Signed until 2025
Josh Barnes says: “He will be looking at a sliding doors moment, I think, at the end of 2023. Everybody, including Chris Fagan, expect him to walk out of Brisbane and go to West Coast back to Western Australia where he’s from and signed there. And if he’d done that – obviously he had some injury issues last year – but he would’ve played every single match for West Coast over the last two years. As it stands, he’s not really playing for Brisbane at the moment and doesn’t seem to be in their plans right now. I think if he had his time again, he would’ve gone to West Coast. He wanted to be part of a premiership push – and I guess he supported the guys along last year – but right now I can’t see him breaking into that side with the Ashcroft’s coming on and there’s always youngsters coming on at Brisbane.”
JEDD BUSSLINGER (Western Bulldogs)
Age: 21
Drafted: Pick 13, 2022.
AFL games: 0
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Jon Ralph says: “I think Jedd is going to have interest from rival clubs. Again he’s someone who signed up and would see his future at the Western Bulldogs, but Buku (Khamis) looks fantastic, James O’Donnell is a great young player but in a team with key defenders they’ve pushed him forward … and it’s not like Liam Jones is going to retire anytime soon, even though he’s 34. If you’re Jedd and you’re a first-round pick, there’s a few ahead of you and even if you think: ‘Do I want to wait for two more years for Rory Lobb and Liam Jones to retire?’ … He’s a WA boy and for a club like West Coast, which needs key-position defenders, they’d be considering Jedd Busslinger.”
ED ALLAN (Collingwood)
Age: 20
Drafted: Pick 19, 2022
AFL games: 3
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Josh Barnes says: “Everyone was talking him up pre-season … I think Nick Daicos said he was the most talented youngster at the club. Played Round 1, was dropped – and I guess you could say he was dropped for good reason. Collingwood’s had an uptick since he left the team – you can’t blame him specifically for them falling against GWS, but they’re not missing him at the moment.”
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This is someone I'm keen on if Allan wants to leave.
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He was someone linked to us leading up to the draft. We had his brother on our vfl list at the time too.
They said he had pendles qualities with the way he moved. Must be the basketball background.
Don't forget the succulent Chinese meals.
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ALEX DAVIES (Gold Coast Suns)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pre-listed rookie, 2020
AFL games: 32
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Josh Barnes says: “He sat down with Damien Hardwick last year. They had a heart-to-heart and he said: ‘I’ll stay, I’ll work with you.’ He signed a two-year deal and he’s still playing in the seconds. He’s played nine games in four seasons at Gold Coast. Geelong and Collingwood are reportedly interested in him. You've got to question whether he’s going to break into that midfield at the moment with Gold Coast – particularly with the way the Suns are playing with their speed on the ball and they’re running hard. He’s not quite that kind of player. He’s signed for another year there so he’s going to try and work it out at this stage, but you’d have to be considering: ‘Would I go and get some centre bounce minutes somewhere else?’”
NED MOYLE (Gold Coast Suns)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pick 5, 2021 mid-season draft
AFL games: 10
Contract status: Signed until 2028
Jon Ralph says: “I think Ned Moyle would be worried. Similarly (to Davies), he signs a new deal, gets games when Jarrod Witts is out, the first two games of the season Witts has been outstanding … so there will be massive offers out there again for Ned Moyle. He’d also be looking at Ethan Read and saying: ‘I wonder if he’s a long-term mobile ruckman?’ He’d have some concerns right now. If he hasn’t broken into the senior side – and they’re not going to play two rucks are they? – I think he’d be having some second thoughts right now, even though he was so keen to be loyal this time last year.”
JAKE RICCARDI (GWS GIANTS)
Age: 25
Drafted: Pick 51, 2019
AFL games: 69
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Jon Ralph says: “Riccardi himself had a suspension with the Wacky Wednesday stuff, so he put himself behind the eight-ball. I can’t see that he's necessarily going to play too. They’re playing (Lachie) Keeffe, but I think as Aaron Cadman emerges as that full-time star forward, it’s going to be hard for Riccardi. So does he consider a move?”
LEEK ALEER (GWS GIANTS)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pick 15, 2021
AFL games: 12
Contract status: Signed until 2025
Jon Ralph says: “He just has to move. He’s not going to get a game – and if he does, it’s only because of injuries. They’ve got three star key defenders. You might as well take the money at a club like St Kilda where you’ll play every single week for the next six or eight years of your career.”
LEWIS HAYES (Essendon)
Age: 20
Drafted: Pick 25, 2022
AFL games: 0
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Josh Barnes says: “Lewis Hayes might be ahead of Jayden Laverde now in the back stocks at Essendon, but neither of them played a little earlier in the year when Jordan Ridley was out. Zach Reid is locked in as long as he stays fit and plays every week now it seems, Ben McKay has to play and Ridley is the third tall, so those two are left on the outer. Lewis Hayes has put in a mountain of work, he came in as a very skinny bloke to that club and has worked really hard Every summer he’s looked bigger, he looked great this summer but he’s still just on the outside, Brad Scott said ‘he’s still in our plans’ heading into last week and he didn’t get a game there. I think those two are going to see the writing on the wall – and if you can get in the market early as a key defender, there’s always clubs looking for back-up support … I look at a guy like Lewis Hayes at his age and height, he should be a really good prospect.”
SAM FROST (Hawthorn)
Age: 31
AFL games: 185
Contract status: Signed until 2025
Jon Ralph says: “We’ve talked about him before, you’d think he’d potentially leave or will very likely leave, given he’s been the sub in two of those contests and now he’s playing VFL.”
HENRY HUSTWAITE (Hawthorn)
Age: 20
Drafted: Pick 37, 2022
AFL games: 6
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Jon Ralph says: “He’s a fascinating one. He’s in an interesting position there – 38 possessions (in the VFL against North Melbourne) and as we saw in the summer documentary: ‘Do you think I can play half-back, coach? Where can I play?’ The issue is not that he won’t get a chance at some stage, but James Worpel is out of the side and he’s still not in at the moment. It’s just that he’s probably that player who’s a bit slower – an inside mid who’s not a great spreader – and they’ve already got James Worpel, Cam Mackenzie is not an identical player but reasonably similar, Conor Nash is a bid-bodied inside mid, we know about Jai Newcombe. I think if he forecasts his next five years, I’m sure he’s thinking to himself: ‘I’m not sure I have that role in that team.’ And I don’t think he can play half-back. He’s contracted until next year, I’m sure he’d love to stay at that club, but I’m sure he’d have his head turned by some big offers with three and four-year deals at clubs who desperately need young inside midfielders of his potential.”
DEVON ROBERTSON (Brisbane Lions)
Age: 23
Drafted: Pick 22, 2019
AFL games: 43
Contract status: Signed until 2025
Josh Barnes says: “He will be looking at a sliding doors moment, I think, at the end of 2023. Everybody, including Chris Fagan, expect him to walk out of Brisbane and go to West Coast back to Western Australia where he’s from and signed there. And if he’d done that – obviously he had some injury issues last year – but he would’ve played every single match for West Coast over the last two years. As it stands, he’s not really playing for Brisbane at the moment and doesn’t seem to be in their plans right now. I think if he had his time again, he would’ve gone to West Coast. He wanted to be part of a premiership push – and I guess he supported the guys along last year – but right now I can’t see him breaking into that side with the Ashcroft’s coming on and there’s always youngsters coming on at Brisbane.”
JEDD BUSSLINGER (Western Bulldogs)
Age: 21
Drafted: Pick 13, 2022.
AFL games: 0
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Jon Ralph says: “I think Jedd is going to have interest from rival clubs. Again he’s someone who signed up and would see his future at the Western Bulldogs, but Buku (Khamis) looks fantastic, James O’Donnell is a great young player but in a team with key defenders they’ve pushed him forward … and it’s not like Liam Jones is going to retire anytime soon, even though he’s 34. If you’re Jedd and you’re a first-round pick, there’s a few ahead of you and even if you think: ‘Do I want to wait for two more years for Rory Lobb and Liam Jones to retire?’ … He’s a WA boy and for a club like West Coast, which needs key-position defenders, they’d be considering Jedd Busslinger.”
ED ALLAN (Collingwood)
Age: 20
Drafted: Pick 19, 2022
AFL games: 3
Contract status: Signed until 2026
Josh Barnes says: “Everyone was talking him up pre-season … I think Nick Daicos said he was the most talented youngster at the club. Played Round 1, was dropped – and I guess you could say he was dropped for good reason. Collingwood’s had an uptick since he left the team – you can’t blame him specifically for them falling against GWS, but they’re not missing him at the moment.”
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Alex Davies is the exact type of player we should chase IMO. He’s not gonna crack into the Suns midfield, unless Rowell leaves. He would come extremely cheap.
He loves a contested possession. I could see him taking Titch’s role.
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GM: You said last year you would prefer players over picks? Does that still stand?
CM: There is some context around that. I think you know me well enough that I’m a growth mindset guy. If you ever think I am fixed on one thing, you know that’s not real. At that time, we wanted players over picks for players who we were in negotiations with. But we are going to need picks sometimes.
CM: We’re not in a hurry to get rid of Bruz. Ultimately, free agency is there for a reason, it allows the players to explore options. Bruzzy is much loved. I tell him daily.
GM: Do you sit down and say ‘here’s what we can do for you’?
CM: I am not in the role to forecast that. We have list management and Justin (Leppitsch) is driving that. But I assure him every day, ‘Bruzzy, you know how much we love you’. He has a big decision to make and that’s what free agency offers.
GM: Are you comfortable with North Melbourne publicly expressing their interest in him?
CM: Yep. This is the game. We want to be active in this market and if we are going to be active, you have to expect it to come the other way.
MM: Are you confident you will keep Brayden?
CM: My heart says yes, but we are living in a business world. I don’t think they are in a hurry to make a decision.
CM: When a young lad goes down, (it’s tough). You see the work that has gone into getting a chance and being energised by that opportunity … fighting for a contract last year. Everyone has a story, but the stories sometimes become sad ones very quickly. So we live in that care and love. He is getting an operation next week. You quickly go into solution mode. We put a contract to Reef to show we wanted him as a part of our future.
GM: Will you take a ready-made defender in the mid-season draft?
CM: We are looking all the time. Reef is definitely out for the year; we have Harvey Harrison who is not quite ruled out. He has had a little setback, so it is going to be a challenge for him to play this year. That timeline is not quite finalised yet.
MM: Why was Ed Allan dropped after Opening Round?
CM: I would have to show you the magnets, and I did this with Ed. It is not just Ed Allan out; Lachie Sullivan in. I don’t read and see much, but I did hear that … I go down the shops and I hear ‘why did you put Ed Allan out?’ I get it, but when you do the magnets … it makes sense. He plays a different role (to) Lachie Sullivan. To answer, Ed Allan is a part of our future. I tell him daily, weekly, ‘Hey, we want you in the team’. I told him four weeks out before round zero, ‘Hey, we want to give you every opportunity to play. But there are some little things in your game you need to tidy up.’ He is playing above the level at the VFL and that’s what we want to see. He is coming with us.
GM: Are you confident with the young group underneath?
CM: This is the deepest depth we have had in my time. You (could) bring in Fin Macrae and he is not an 18-year-old guy trying to work it all out. We will be tested. It’s a squad mentality. This is the journey and we’ll be judged at the end. Some judged us (from) the start.
CM: There is some context around that. I think you know me well enough that I’m a growth mindset guy. If you ever think I am fixed on one thing, you know that’s not real. At that time, we wanted players over picks for players who we were in negotiations with. But we are going to need picks sometimes.
MY HEART SAYS YES … BUT BRUZZY HAS A DECISION TO MAKE’
GM: How hard will you fight to keep Brayden Maynard?CM: We’re not in a hurry to get rid of Bruz. Ultimately, free agency is there for a reason, it allows the players to explore options. Bruzzy is much loved. I tell him daily.
GM: Do you sit down and say ‘here’s what we can do for you’?
CM: I am not in the role to forecast that. We have list management and Justin (Leppitsch) is driving that. But I assure him every day, ‘Bruzzy, you know how much we love you’. He has a big decision to make and that’s what free agency offers.
GM: Are you comfortable with North Melbourne publicly expressing their interest in him?
CM: Yep. This is the game. We want to be active in this market and if we are going to be active, you have to expect it to come the other way.
MM: Are you confident you will keep Brayden?
CM: My heart says yes, but we are living in a business world. I don’t think they are in a hurry to make a decision.
REEF AND ED
MM: Reef McInnes went from an inside mid to a pointy end of the ground forward then he went back to fill the Nathan Murphy role. How did you feel when he injured his knee?CM: When a young lad goes down, (it’s tough). You see the work that has gone into getting a chance and being energised by that opportunity … fighting for a contract last year. Everyone has a story, but the stories sometimes become sad ones very quickly. So we live in that care and love. He is getting an operation next week. You quickly go into solution mode. We put a contract to Reef to show we wanted him as a part of our future.
GM: Will you take a ready-made defender in the mid-season draft?
CM: We are looking all the time. Reef is definitely out for the year; we have Harvey Harrison who is not quite ruled out. He has had a little setback, so it is going to be a challenge for him to play this year. That timeline is not quite finalised yet.
MM: Why was Ed Allan dropped after Opening Round?
CM: I would have to show you the magnets, and I did this with Ed. It is not just Ed Allan out; Lachie Sullivan in. I don’t read and see much, but I did hear that … I go down the shops and I hear ‘why did you put Ed Allan out?’ I get it, but when you do the magnets … it makes sense. He plays a different role (to) Lachie Sullivan. To answer, Ed Allan is a part of our future. I tell him daily, weekly, ‘Hey, we want you in the team’. I told him four weeks out before round zero, ‘Hey, we want to give you every opportunity to play. But there are some little things in your game you need to tidy up.’ He is playing above the level at the VFL and that’s what we want to see. He is coming with us.
GM: Are you confident with the young group underneath?
CM: This is the deepest depth we have had in my time. You (could) bring in Fin Macrae and he is not an 18-year-old guy trying to work it all out. We will be tested. It’s a squad mentality. This is the journey and we’ll be judged at the end. Some judged us (from) the start.
sr36
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I think we're no chance without significant players leaving and giving us trade currency.
Plus, I think he'll extend with Port.
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Merret?
Jen2310
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Might as been. We tried to get him when the year before he was gonna be a FA.
But 2020? We couldn't afford anyone that we had to give players away lol
Scodog10
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It’d be Cameron I assume. If not for Covid and the Grundy contract he’d be in a Pies jumper.
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Bucks said the player did not leave his club.
Jen2310
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We did try to get jetta to play for us for 2 years before going into coaching, but he stayed with the dees for one more year.
But assume thats not who he is talking about.
But assume thats not who he is talking about.
TradeDraft
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This time last year we where not linked to anyone except for Lobb
TradeDraft
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Very Harsh as Allan was 1 of our better players vs GWS and was Stiff to get Dropped
He is an Intresting 1 as near the end of the Trade Period before the Houston Trade went down was Reported he wanted to come to Collingwood and we might of done the Trade IF the Houston Trade Fell Thru
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