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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #60 on: May 24, 2026, 09:40:42 PM »
I reckon Retschko has already earned himself a new contract
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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #61 on: May 24, 2026, 10:01:06 PM »
Agreed WP, hope we're in talks with him.

Reckon he's in line for a rising star nomination now or soon.

Should be offering him a multi-year deal.

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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #62 on: June 18, 2026, 12:57:34 AM »
Updated out of contract players at years end. 15 left.

Nathan Broad (Unrestricted Free Agent)
Tom Burton
Judson Clarke
Liam Fawcett
Steely Green
Oliver Hayes-Brown
Mykelti Lefau
Tom Lynch (Unrestricted Free Agent)
Toby Nankervis
Dion Prestia (Unrestricted Free Agent)
Hugo Ralphsmith
Maurice Rioli
Kaleb Smith
Tyler Sonsie
James Trezise

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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #63 on: June 18, 2026, 10:17:47 AM »
Broad obviously long gone.

I'd also cut:
Clarke
HRS
Trezise
?Prestia

1 more year:
Lynch
Nank
OHB pending off season trades etc
?Burton
?MRJ
?Smith

Players I'd consider for 2 years:
Sonsie (yep, FO, don't care what you think)
Fawcett
Green
Lefau

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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #64 on: June 18, 2026, 11:56:35 AM »
Green and Lefau have already reportedly begun negotiations. No word on Sonsie/Fawcett. Sonsie prob has to wait until the end of season, you’d hope Fawcett can be wrapped up well before then.

Agree with the cuts although I’d be very tempted to give clarke a rookie spot for next year just to see what he can do post injury as he looked a good player prior. Smith looks gone too, guy racks it up in the VFL and cannot sniff a game even with our diabolical injury list.

If we draft/trade in a couple rucks, I’d be leaning towards cutting OHB. Good VFL player and glad he’s gotten games ahead of Ryan but I think it’s evident that he won’t cut it as an AFL ruck.

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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #65 on: June 18, 2026, 12:14:08 PM »
Clarke is a better player than Smith without doubt

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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #66 on: June 18, 2026, 01:19:24 PM »
Come on Damo, based on what? Hasn't played AFL for over two years and hasn't played VFL for one year.

We're talking about opinions of upside, nothing more.

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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #67 on: August 13, 2026, 08:45:32 PM »
Updated out of contract players at years end. 11 left. Lynch’s deal still not official so left him on there.

Tom Burton
Judson Clarke
Liam Fawcett
Steely Green
Oliver Hayes-Brown
Tom Lynch (Unrestricted Free Agent)
Hugo Ralphsmith
Maurice Rioli
Kaleb Smith
Tyler Sonsie
James Trezise

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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #68 on: August 13, 2026, 08:48:05 PM »
Updated out of contract players at years end. 11 left. Lynch’s deal still not official so left him on there.

Tom Burton
Judson Clarke
Liam Fawcett
Steely Green
Oliver Hayes-Brown
Tom Lynch (Unrestricted Free Agent)
Hugo Ralphsmith
Maurice Rioli
Kaleb Smith
Tyler Sonsie
James Trezise

The 2027 contract list is more worrying.

Idk why they haven't been doing the extensions.

Lalor I understand might be tricky with Tassie offering 3 billion

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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #69 on: August 13, 2026, 09:22:33 PM »
Updated out of contract players at years end. 11 left. Lynch’s deal still not official so left him on there.

Tom Burton
Judson Clarke
Liam Fawcett
Steely Green
Oliver Hayes-Brown
Tom Lynch (Unrestricted Free Agent)
Hugo Ralphsmith
Maurice Rioli
Kaleb Smith
Tyler Sonsie
James Trezise

It's all going to come down to how hard they want to cut this year and what happens with Butters

I reckon they will cut at least 3 giving us 5 spots after the 2 retirements

I also reckon from that list they will try and trade at least 2 maybe 3
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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #70 on: August 13, 2026, 09:57:38 PM »
There’s at least 5 delistings there that we just need to move on from imo.

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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #71 on: August 13, 2026, 10:31:10 PM »
There’s at least 5 delistings there that we just need to move on from imo.

I've got 3 I'd move without batting an eyelid and another 1 probably 2 that are clearly not in the Coach's plans.
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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #72 on: August 13, 2026, 11:08:18 PM »
There’s at least 5 delistings there that we just need to move on from imo.

I've got 3 I'd move without batting an eyelid and another 1 probably 2 that are clearly not in the Coach's plans.

I’d be cutting HRS, MRJ, Smith, Sonsie and Tresize.

The rest I’d keep although Fawcett is surely gone for reasons unknown.

OHB would be dependent on the trade period and draft. Currently he’s the 3rd best ruck on our list (2nd best if balta goes back to playing in defence) so can’t really cut a player based on that alone.

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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #73 on: August 21, 2026, 10:02:41 AM »
And then there were 10…..

Tom Burton
Judson Clarke
Liam Fawcett
Steely Green
Oliver Hayes-Brown
Hugo Ralphsmith
Maurice Rioli
Kaleb Smith
Tyler Sonsie
James Trezise

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Re: Key Draft dates, Contracts list, and Playing list and changes
« Reply #74 on: August 21, 2026, 11:12:07 AM »
Could realistically cut them all tbh or at least 8/10