Confirmed Liam Baker - Now a West Coast Eagle

[Jeremias]

Time for some house cleaning.

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[kane249]

Third hand information, but poster on our board said he will likely be at Freo in 2025

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Third hand information, but poster on our board said he will likely be at Freo in 2025

Is he a free agent by them ?

If not, Freo's 2nd rounder this year seems about right.

 

[kane249]

Is he a free agent by them ?

If not, Freo's 2nd rounder this year seems about right.

AFL Out of Contract Players in 2024

List of AFL players coming out of contract at the end of 2024.

www.footywire.com

Not a free agent

 

[Makeshift Park]

Is he a free agent by them ?

If not, Freo's 2nd rounder this year seems about right.

Pick 25 odd? Good deal for Freo.

 

[Joao]

Think he'd cost more than 25.

 

[kane249]

Think he'd cost more than 25.

Tigers would by eyeing off one of your late first rounders you would imagine

Getting Freo to agree to that however is another thing all together

 

[tiger_tough]

Would be devastating but not surprising if he went back to WA.

Heart and soul type player, can play anywhere and is only 25 and improving every year.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Tigers would by eyeing off one of your late first rounders you would imagine

Getting Freo to agree to that however is another thing all together

Would have thought they are earmarked for a raid on The Swans for McDonald.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

How does he get on with Dimma? He's exactly what the Sun's need.

 

[Joao]

Would be devastating but not surprising if he went back to WA.

Heart and soul type player, can play anywhere and is only 25 and improving every year.

He'll be 27 before he plays for another club (if he does). January birthday.

Quality player though.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Do freo have any vic boys out of contract they might include in the deal going the other way?

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

Would happily give up a first and then some for Baker. Quality player.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Tigers would by eyeing off one of your late first rounders you would imagine

Getting Freo to agree to that however is another thing all together

Surely if Freo's first rounders linked to Port or Collingwood end up late so are pushed out to pick 20ish they'd happily do that.

Doing Collingwood's future first so it's effectively Baker for Schultz seems fair.

 

[Eski3]

Do freo have any vic boys out of contract they might include in the deal going the other way?

All the good ones are signed up long term. Will Brodie might still be out of favour but he's contracted until the end of 2026.

If Richmond need a steak knives we have a decent backup ruck in Liam Reidy playing in the WAFL who is unlikely to get a look in with Darcy and Jackson

 

[tiger_tough]

All the good ones are signed up long term. Will Brodie might still be out of favour but he's contracted until the end of 2026.

If Richmond need a steak knives we have a decent backup ruck in Liam Reidy playing in the WAFL who is unlikely to get a look in with Darcy and Jackson

We already have Ryan and Koschitzke. we don't need another backup ruck. And Brodie is the last thing we need.

 

[DM#4]

Is he a free agent by them ?

If not, Freo's 2nd rounder this year seems about right.

Tigers already hold Freo's 2nd and 3rd round picks for 2024.

 

[Muddiemoose]

Tigers already hold Freo's 2nd and 3rd round picks for 2024.

May as well go for the set
1st and 4th for Baker

 

[The 747]

Very good - and underrated player. The type that doesn't tend to realise full value at the trade table though.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Very good - and underrated player. The type that doesn't tend to realise full value at the trade table though.

Maybe, definitely not worth a first round pick in a trade though (least from Freo's perspective imo)

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

Maybe, definitely not worth a first round pick in a trade though (least from Freo's perspective imo)

Easily worth a first. Better player than Lachie Schultz.

 

[Taylor]

Do freo have any vic boys out of contract they might include in the deal going the other way?

Fremantle Dockers Out of Contract End of 2024 (Victorian):
Sam Sturt
Josh Corbett
Matt Taberner (UFA)
Max Knobel
Corey Wagner (UFA)
Lian Reidy
Ethan Stanley

 

[mike91]

Easily worth a first. Better player than Lachie Schultz.

Good player ️

Better than Schultz? Debatable

He's also out of contract, Schultz was contracted

Overall, your comparison is irrelevant

 

[Anzacday]

Good player ️

Better than Schultz? Debatable

He's also out of contract, Schultz was contracted

Overall, your comparison is irrelevant

Consider their club of support and which club Schultz was traded to
PS: I’m very happy with your second sentence as I really rate Baker.

 

[The 747]

Good player ️

Better than Schultz? Debatable

He's also out of contract, Schultz was contracted

Overall, your comparison is irrelevant

Yeah I don't think so.

 

[Joao]

Baker is a better footballer than Schultz for sure, but you can give Schultz a role in which he'll perform about as well as Baker can do.

Baker has way more strings to his bow though.