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Current list projecting 2025 season:
AFL
b Mcgrath Reid Ridley
hb Redman McKay Lual
c Duursma Setterfield Martin
hf Gresham Caddy Perkins
f J.Davey Wright Langford
r Draper Parish Tsatas
i Hobbs Merrett Cox (def/ruck) Stringer*(fwd)
sub Durham
VFL
b _________ Hayes _______
hb ________ Baldwin Roberts
c A. Davey ________ _______
hf Guelfi Jones Wanganeen
f Menzie Hunter _______
r Bryan Caldwell _____
i Visintini
Astrix * = Ageing
(?) = potentially delisted
From our current list, I have cut:
Kelly, Hind, Laverde
Shiel, Heppell,
Weideman
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Interestingly, the âdelistedâ players would slot in to the gaps in the VFL team this year pretty nicely⌠arguably a very well balanced list across positions this year.
It is early, but Iâd say youâve pushed Lual into the 22 early there.
More likely it will be a gap that is filled through free agency.
I also would be surprised if Guelfi is held on to just to play VFL.
Totally agree we lack star power but weâre moving towards a point where our role players are first rounders. We currently have 19 first round picks on the list. Stringer and Weed are the two Iâd argue are most likely to be missing from that list next year (I think WEED has another years maybe) and will likely be replaced by a first and second round pick unless we can trade up to two first round picks (in a draft thatâs apparently dominated by mids at the top end). I think if we can keep that balance of effectively half the list being first round picks, even if theyâre discarded from other clubs because theyâre just role players, weâre progressing. Picking absolute stars in the draft is a bit of a crap shoot, but itâs also the most economical for the list because it allows for better role players than coughing up for ludicrous trade scenarios.
Apologies if this has been explained already, but why are you saying we have 2 Cat âBâ rookie spots? Arenât clubs allowed up to 6 Rookie âAâ spots, therefore we could choose to fill 2 more Rookie âAâ spots during the PSS or MSD (to reach list max 44)?
The only way youâd be allowed to have 6 Rookie A players would be if you intentionally only had 36 players on your main list. There is that flexibility there for clubs to do that. As long as when you add up the numbers on your main list and Rookie A list that it comes out at 42 then youâre sweet.
The rookie B spots are just like separate free hits. Of which you are allowed a max of 2 in each season.
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Max of 42 main + rookie a list players allowed.
36-6
37-5
38-4
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I donât think thatâs right? Isnât the max list size 44, with Senior List between 36-38?
So current EFC list:
| Total List Size (37-44): | 42 |
|---|---|
| Senior List (36-38) | 38 |
| Rookie A (0-6) | 4 |
| Rookie B (0-3) | 0 |
So we have 2 Rookie List spots available
This is correct.
Therefore can add only 2 Cat B rookieâs now unless long term injury before March (knock on the biggest piece of wood I can find!)
Ok, I read an AFL article saying list size was 37-44. I must have misunderstood.
Cheers.
Max list size (excluding Rookie B) used to be 44. It was reduced to 42 around Covid time
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For the first time in ages the list is starting to become well balanced, albeit a couple of obvious gaps to attend to. E.g. speedy small forward.
Whether the list will ever become good enough to contend is, of course, another matter.
Still have the same midfield issues but the rest of the list looks a bit better.
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BDB is obviously happy with the midfield personnel or we would have made more moves trade wise IMO
Perhaps wanting to progress with who we have now as is, many of which early stages of career. Plus potentially might see some players change roles, I wouldnât be surprised if Durham is going into mid rotations
We need Setterfield to stay on the park
- Not 44.
precisely why we should have picked up stevens.
I think theyâd defer to others before Stevens would have got the gig even if we picked him
He dropped for some reason or another, be it past ACL or poor combine testing. Man child dominating juniors but perhaps not having the athletic profile to do the same against AFL BBM might have seen him slide
Do wonder also if we have those inside mids in our VFL team thinking IF required and if performing then at mid season one might be an mSD rookie list chance
