Free agency targets 2014

[one-eyed]

The AFL website says we have no players who will become free agents next year.


Clubs eye 'strong' 2014 free agency pool
By Nick Bowen
afl.com.au
Friday, June 21, 2013

CLUBS are not expected to be overly active in this year's free agency period with many already targeting 2014 and 2015's prospective free agents, football industry sources say.
 
A leading player manager told AFL.com.au he expected most of this year's free agency deals to involve low-profile players, with many clubs having identified the 2014 and 2015 free agency pools as stronger.
 
"I think the real story about free agency this year is that clubs are already looking at the 2014 and 2015 pools and starting to try to make room for some of those guys," he said.
 
"There's a real belief that the 2014 and 2015 free agency classes will be pretty good, certainly stronger than this year's group, and clubs are already preparing themselves for that."

The players set to become free agents next year include Carlton's Bryce Gibbs and Andrew Walker, Collingwood's Dane Swan, Fremantle's David Mundy, Melbourne's James Frawley, North Melbourne's Todd Goldstein, West Coast's Shannon Hurn and Western Bulldogs Shaun Higgins and Will Minson.
 
The 2015 free agency class at this stage includes Adelaide stars Patrick Dangerfield and Taylor Walker, Carlton's Matthew Kreuzer, Collingwood's Dayne Beams, Geelong's Tom Hawkins, Hawthorn's Grant Birchall, St Kilda's Ben McEvoy, West Coast's Scott Selwood and Western Bulldog Ryan Griffen.
 
It is not unprecedented for clubs to target opposition players well before they come out of contract. Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney are widely believed to have respectively approached Gary Ablett and Tom Scully a year before officially signing them.
 
Another player agent agreed the 2013 free agency group was not as strong as 2014 and 2015's, adding that many of this year's remaining free agents were widely expected to re-sign with their existing clubs or retire.
 
One player whose future is still up in the air is this year's biggest name free agent, Lance Franklin, who has put off discussions with Hawthorn until the end of the season. The futures of Collingwood's Dale Thomas, Melbourne's Colin Sylvia and Western Bulldog Adam Cooney are also yet to be resolved.

But other 2013 free agents like Collingwood captain Nick Maxwell, Adelaide midfielder Scott Thompson and Carlton small forward Eddie Betts are expected to stay put.
 
But as attractive as the prospective 2014 and 2015 free agency groups look now, several club list managers said those players' existing clubs would be working hard to re-sign them well before they become free agents.
 
Alternatively, a number of sources predicted more clubs would consider trading players a year before they become free agents in an attempt to get better compensation.
 
Clubs that lost free agents last year received substantially less compensation than clubs that previously lost uncontracted players to expansion clubs Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney.

Some clubs and player managers argue free agency compensation should be scrapped altogether.
 
A list manager said Brian Lake's trade to Hawthorn last year was a good example of the trades that free agency could pre-empt.

Lake was contracted to the Western Bulldogs to the end of 2013 and would been among this year's group of free agents had he stayed.
 
"You suspect the Bulldogs were mindful last year that if they hung on to Lake he could have left as a free agent this year," the list manager said.
 
"But trading him a year early worked well for both sides. The club got a better draft pick than they would have under free agency and Lake got a fresh start at a club in premiership contention."
 
2014 FREE AGENTS

The following are some of the players set to become free agents next year:
 
Brisbane Lions
Ash McGrath
 
Carlton
Bryce Gibbs, Kade Simpson, Jarrad Waite, Andrew Walker
 
Collingwood
Harry O'Brien, Ben Reid, Dane Swan
 
Essendon
Heath Hocking, Leroy Jetta
 
Fremantle
Garrick Ibbotson, David Mundy, Luke McPharlin, Matthew Pavlich, Aaron Sandilands
 
Geelong
Steve Johnson, James Kelly, Trent West
 
Hawthorn
Luke Hodge, Sam Mitchell
 
Melbourne
James Frawley
 
North Melbourne
Todd Goldstein, Lachie Hansen, Lindsay Thomas
 
Port Adelaide
Travis Boak
 
St Kilda
Sam Fisher, James Gwilt, Leigh Montagna, Nick Riewoldt
 
Sydney Swans
Adam Goodes, Ryan O'Keefe, Nick Malceski, Ted Richards
 
West Coast
Shannon Hurn, Daniel Kerr, Matt Priddis
 
Western Bulldogs
Matthew Boyd, Shaun Higgins, Will Minson, Robert Murphy, Tom Williams

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-06-21/clubs-eye-2014-free-agents

[tony_montana]

Frawley, Reid, Mundy

[Dubstep Dookie]

Ibbotson pls

[Eat_em_Alive]

Ibbotson pls

Ill have what hes having 

[Ruanaidh]

Funny, as soon as I saw that list I too thought 'Ibbotson' straight off the bat, but on second thoughts I reckon we have enough HBF types.

[Crazy_Ivan]

We need matching soft wingers.
We have Grigg
Introducing Gibbs.

[Ruanaidh]

We need matching soft wingers.
We have Grigg
Introducing Gibbs.

Kade Simpson would be nice.

[tony_montana]

Funny, as soon as I saw that list I too thought 'Ibbotson' straight off the bat, but on second thoughts I reckon we have enough HBF types.

Exactly we have plenty HBF's but we lack in talls, that, or an extra class midfielder would be nice

[Gigantor]

Yep..time to put the heat on Ty,griff,and Elton..show us something boys or we go shopping.Even Ty has had half a season back from his injuries he now needs to start showing a bit more

[Ruanaidh]

Yep..time to put the heat on Ty,griff,and Elton..show us something boys or we go shopping.Even Ty has had half a season back from his injuries he now needs to start showing a bit more

I think Elton has become our next 'Tall Back' project. Did some good things down there in the couple of Burgers games I saw live. As I said once before: Ty is Ty....what you see is what you get. Griff is the one......where does he belong? Seems as though he is behind Grimes and Astbury as our third tall backman and behind 'lockup' and Mcguane as our third tall forward.......winger maybe?

[TigerLand]

Lindsay Thomas would fit a gapping hole of 'small forward' we have failed to come close to filling since Nathan Brown broke his leg.

Ibbotson and Frawley would be good gets.

[Penelope]

Yep..time to put the heat on Ty,griff,and Elton..show us something boys or we go shopping.Even Ty has had half a season back from his injuries he now needs to start showing a bit more

there was an interesting discussion on the ABC before the Port V Sydney game. They were talking about how they may struggle to keep all their talls with the arrival of Tippet. Mumfords contract is up for renewal and he wants 4 years.....

[Chuck17]

Yep..time to put the heat on Ty,griff,and Elton..show us something boys or we go shopping.Even Ty has had half a season back from his injuries he now needs to start showing a bit more

there was an interesting discussion on the ABC before the Port V Sydney game. They were talking about how they may struggle to keep all their talls with the arrival of Tippet. Mumfords contract is up for renewal and he wants 4 years.....

Maybe, especially if he was a couple years younger

[tony_montana]

Yep..time to put the heat on Ty,griff,and Elton..show us something boys or we go shopping.Even Ty has had half a season back from his injuries he now needs to start showing a bit more

there was an interesting discussion on the ABC before the Port V Sydney game. They were talking about how they may struggle to keep all their talls with the arrival of Tippet. Mumfords contract is up for renewal and he wants 4 years.....

Would definitely go for him

[Penelope]

yeah, with mcbean coming through we could afford to offload vickery and take mumford. He would make a good combination with maric.