Free Agency Thread

[Crow-mo]

Clubs were told the compensation would not match what their players would have fetched on the open market,

http://m.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/...019-27wux.html

That's why its over. Its too close to open mkt value, contrary to league advice

[Big Sledge #32]

I hate him and I actually think he'll do well at Freo.

Front runner and Subi's open spaces should suit him to a tee.


The compo is a little too close to his trade value for my liking but it's acceptable

[divvydan]

All the delisted players are now unrestricted free agents. Tomorrow the second free agency window opens up, especially for these players to find new homes.

Anyone see any of these players getting another go?

Brad Symes (Adel)
Will Young (Adel)

Josh Dyson (BL
Brad Harvey (BL)
James Hawksley (BL)
Bryce Retzlaff (BL)
Sam Sheldon (BL)
Cheynee Stiller (BL)

Paul Bower (Carl)
Blake Bray (Carl)
Mitch Carter (Carl)
Andrew Collins* (Carl)
Nick Heyne (Carl)
Rohan Kerr (Carl)
Matthew Lodge (Carl)
Bret Thornton (Carl)

Simon Buckley (Coll)
Jonathon Ceglar (Coll)
Paul Cribbin (Coll)
Daniel Farmer (Coll)
Shae McNamara (Coll)
Luke Rounds (Coll)
Lachlan Smith (Coll)
Trent Stubbs (Coll)
Kirk Ugle (Coll)
Cameron Wood (Coll)

Brendan Lee (Ess)
Sam Lonergan (Ess)
Anthony Long (Ess)
Kyle Reimers (Ess)
Michael Ross (Ess)

Gavin Roberts (Fre)
Jay van Berlo (Fre)
Jordan Wilson-King (Fre)

Tom Gillies (Geel)
Jonathan Simpkin (Geel)
Orren Stephenson (Geel)

Piers Flanagan (GC)
Sam Iles (GC)
Hayden Jolly (GC)
Alik Magin (GC)
Lewis Moss (GC)
Josh Toy (GC)

Stephen Clifton (GWS)
Rhys Cooyou (GWS)
Tim Segrave (GWS)

Jarrad Boumann (Haw)
Michael Osborne* (Haw)
Adam Pattison (Haw)
Tom Schneider (Haw)

Matthew Bate (Melb)
Jamie Bennell (Melb)
Lucas Cook (Melb)
Liam Jurrah (Melb)
Ricky Petterd (Melb)
Jai Sheahan (Melb)
Leigh Williams (Melb)

Matt Campbell (NM)
Cruize Garlett (NM)
Malcolm Lynch (NM)
Brad Mangan (NM)
Ben McKinley (NM)
Ben Speight (NM)
Gavin Urquhart (NM)
Ben Warren (NM)

Mitch Banner (PA)
Mitch Curnow (PA)
Jarrad Irons (PA)
Simon Phillips (PA)
Steven Salopek (PA)
Jacob Surjan (PA)
Daniel Webb (PA)

Andrew Browne (Rich)
Dean MacDonald (Rich)
Addam Maric (Rich)
Gibson Turner (Rich)
Jeromey Webberley (Rich)
Piva Wright (Rich)

Warrick Andreoli (StK)
Daniel Archer (StK)
Raph Clarke (StK)
Sam Crocker (StK)
Jason Gram (StK)
Brett Peake (StK)
Dean Polo (StK)

Nathan Gordon (Syd)
Eugene Kruger (Syd)
Jack Lynch (Syd)
Dylan McNeil (Syd)
Brett Meredith (Syd)
Jarred Moore (Syd)
Mark Seaby (Syd)

Anton Hamp (WCE)
Michael Mascoulis (WCE)
Ryan Neates (WCE)
Callum Papertalk (WCE)
Andrew Strijk (WCE)
Gerrick Weedon (WCE)

Tom Hill (WB)
Andrew Hooper (WB)
Brodie Moles (WB)
James Mulligan (WB)
Matt Panos (WB)
Justin Sherman (WB)

* Collins and Osborne will continue to train with their respective clubs, in the hope of being re-listed in the pre-season draft.

[Big Sledge #32]

for papertalk

[Bombers007]

for papertalk

Had a mate who picked papertalk in his SC team just for his name sake. Suprise suprise he didn't make finals.

[divvydan]

The ones most likely for mine are

Ceglar, Lonergan, Geelong three, Toy, Pettard, Campbell/Garlett, Salopek, Sherman.

[Crow-mo]

Wouldn't mind a shot at Bate

[Devo]

Rounds? Wouldn't mind @favourites view on whether he'd be a decent get if he has a moment

[Cat for life]

I rate Hamp, would be worth another shot.

[Bunga]

I rate Hamp, would be worth another shot.

Really ?

Played in the WAFL reserves for much of last season, was quite ordinary.

[Cat for life]

Been a while since I've seen him play then.

[Bert1]

Reckon a fair few of these guys are deserving of another crack.

Just a couple of questions.

How long is this part of the free agency window open for?

Also, for all the guys on this list that don't get picked up now would there be a reason for any of them to nominate for the drafts? I mean is there a reason clubs would not snap them up now for nothing but use a draft pick instead?

[Big Sledge #32]

Reckon a fair few of these guys are deserving of another crack.

Just a couple of questions.

How long is this part of the free agency window open for?

Also, for all the guys on this list that don't get picked up now would there be a reason for any of them to nominate for the drafts? I mean is there a reason clubs would not snap them up now for nothing but use a draft pick instead?

There is for clubs that want them on their list but don't want to use a free agency signing when they could use them as one of their three picks in the draft.

You could see Adelaide push someone like Jolly* into the draft rather than signing him now due to the draft picks they'll most likely lose.

[Bert1]

There is for clubs that want them on their list but don't want to use a free agency signing when they could use them as one of their three picks in the draft.

You could see Adelaide push someone like Jolly* into the draft rather than signing him now due to the draft picks they'll most likely lose.

Ah ok, because there is a 3 player minimum for draft/list changes or something isn't there? So would you mean something like when a team may have 3 spots to fill but only really be interested in say 2 kids in the draft but also want one of these previously listed players, that would be when they would ignore them now and pick them up in the draft instead?

I guess there is also the chance a club may have someone in mind they want to draft but that player be snapped up already by a club with an earlier pick, then they might want to draft one of these previously listed guys as a back up option.

Yeah I guess there is a reason for them all to nominate. Stupid question

[Wogitalia]

The other option is they want to hold the draft picks in case someone falls that is higher on their draft board than one of these FAs would be if included.

Not sure but could also be financial reasons to do it, draftee might not be able to demand as much money.