Bauer was drafted onto the rookie list and is contracted on the rookie list for next season.
Miller is rookie listed and contracted until 2024. Don’t see any reason to upgrade him especially with primary list spots so tight if we do manage to land TT and Hop.
Pickett has spent 4 years on the rookie list and has been extended to next season, so he would have to be move to our primary list starting next year.
I doubt atleast one if not both of picks 19 and 30 are involved in the trades.
Does anyone know if we are able to delist and rerookie stack or can that only be done a certain number of times to a player (can’t remember if we’ve done this with him before)?
If we keep Miller as a rookie then my post above would have 36 senior listed players and 7 rookies. I think that's allowed.
I don't remember us delisting and re-rookie-ing Stack. Last year, Cumberland & Biggie were delisted and re-rookied. Lucky for us we didn't lose Cumberland to another club for nothing.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/684625/historic-richmond-tiger-among-four-delistings-but-lifelines-are-on-the-way
Assuming Aarts, martyn and RCD are delisted or maybe traded in RCD’s case and hopper and Taranto are successfully traded in, we’ll have 34 players on the primary list (including Pickett who must be promoted), 4 cat A rookies (assuming stack is delisted and rerookied) and 1 cat B rookie prior to the draft period. Total list size is capped at 42 (not including cat B rookies), so we’d still have 4 spots open that can be used to add 0-4 on the primary list (max. 38) and 0-2 to the cat A rookie list (max. 6). Could even add a second cat. B rookie (max. 2) as these aren’t counted in the overall list sizes.
We have to make a minimum of 3 list changes via the draft although picketts upgrade would count as one of those. So we only have to pick up a minimum of 1-2 players in the afl and pre-season drafts.
Now I get what you meant, TK. I forgot about the 42 limit for senior players plus Cat. A rookies. I was just going by the 44 total maximum which includes having two Cat. B rookies.
It will see clubs permitted to have a minimum of 37 players and a maximum of 44 players on their books.
Primary lists must have between 36 and 38 players. Category A rookies are capped at 4-6, up to a total of 42 players on a list including primary-listed players. Each club can also have two Category B rookies.https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/837502/afl-confirms-2021-list-sizesMy original 'list' was our list after this year's upcoming drafts which I had us using 2 national draft picks and 2 rookie picks. So if Miller remains a rookie then we would have 36 senior listed players plus 6 Cat. A rookies [so 42 in total] and 1 Cat. B rookie. That would be a full primary list with only one Cat. B spot left open.
So based on all that we can keep a spot open for the SPSS (March) or the MSD (June) by drafting just one more Cat. A rookie; not the two.
OUT from our senior list: ..................... (Decreases to 31 players)
Edwards (retired).
Lambert (retired).
Caddy (retired).
RCD (expecting him to be traded).
Martyn (expect him to be delisted/traded).
Out from our Category A rookie list: ...... (Decreases to 4 players)
Parker (delisted/retired).
Aarts (delist).
Pickett (promotion to the senior list).
IN onto our senior list: ........................(Increases to 36 players)
Taranto (via trade).
Hopper (via trade).
Pickett (promotion off the rookie list).
Pick 19 (national draft).
Pick 30 (national draft) ..... the actual pick number may change after the trade period.
IN onto our Category A rookie list: ...... (Increases to 5 players)
Pick 12 (rookie draft).
Doing all that would give us 36 senior listed players plus 5 Cat. A rookies [so 41 in total] and 1 Cat. B rookie (Colina).
Hopefully, I've now got this right, TK.
