The Comprehensive Target List

[rama_fan]

I'm about to post every AFL player on every AFL club list, between now and trade week I'll keep deleting names until we have what we think is a realistic list of people for Essendon to target.

The Rules

1. All players over the age of 26 will be automatically deleted. If people feel this age is too young I'll change it, but I feel in the best interests of the club, we shouldnt be trading for someone over the age of 26.

2. Every player who has previously been on Essendon's list will be automatically deleted.

3. All players who have signed a contract in the last 12 months can't be considered, so therefore will be deleted.

4. All unrealistic targets will be deleted by negiotation and discussion.

From this we should have a list of players that can be discussed at will and then deleted once we have collectively agreed to it, as with most cases majority rules.

Hopefully by the end of this we should have about 30ish players or so that we can target that will be of great benefit to the Essendon Football Club in the future.

Adelaide:

2 John Meesen
5 Scott Thompson
6 Jonathon Griffin
7 Nathan Van Berlo
11 Michael Doughty
12 Robert Shirley
16 Ken McGregor
19 Darren Pfeiffer
20 Ivan Marić
21 Chris Knights
25 Ben Rutten
26 Richard Douglas
27 Scott Stevens
28 Bernie Vince
30 Luke Jericho
33 Brent Reilly
37 Trent Hentschel
38 John Hinge
39 Martin Mattner
40 Jason Porplyzia
43 Andrew McIntyre
44 Nathan Bock

Brisbane:

1 Mitchell Clark
5 Scott Harding
7 Jed Adcock
9 Ashley McGrath
10 Matthew Moody
11 Justin Sherman
14 Richard Hadley
17 Jared Brennan
18 Anthony Corrie
19 Jamie Charman
21 Daniel Merrett
24 Joel Patfull
25 Wayde Mills
26 Joel Macdonald
27 Pat Garner
28 Troy Selwood
29 Jason Roe
31 Cameron Wood
32 Cheynee Stiller
33 Rhan Hooper
35 Michael Rischitelli
39 Josh Drummond
40 William Hamill
41 Scott Clouston
42 Marcus Allan

Carlton:

2 Jordan Russell
5 Josh Kennedy
6 Kade Simpson
7 Adam Bentick
13 Luke Blackwell
14 Brad Fisher
16 Shaun Grigg
17 Setanta O'hAilpin
18 Paul Bower
19 Eddie Betts
30 Jarrad Waite
32 Bret Thornton
33 Ryan Houlihan
34 Simon Wiggins
35 Anthony Raso
37 Jake Edwards
38 Ryan Jackson
40 Michael Jamison

Collingwood:

2 Sean Rusling
3 Ryan Lonie
9 John Anthony
15 Chris Egan
19 Ben Davies
21 Guy Richards
25 Josh Fraser
27 Nick Maxwell
28 Danny Stanley
29 Ryan Cook
30 Harry O'Brien
34 Alan Toovey
36 Dane Swan
37 Sam Iles
39 Heath Shaw


Fremantle:

3 Byron Schammer
5 Ryley Dunn
7 Brett Peake
15 Ryan Crowley
16 David Mundy
22 Scott Thornton
24 Adam Campbell
27 Daniel Gilmore
28 Ryan Murphy
30 Marcus Drum
35 Garrick Ibbotson
36 Andrew Browne
37 Michael Johnson
41 Paul Duffield

Geelong:

4 Andrew Mackie
5 Travis Varcoe
7 Tim Callan
8 Josh Hunt
9 James Kelly
10 Kane Tenace
12 Trent West
15 Ryan Gamble
16 Charlie Gardiner
17 Shannon Byrnes
19 Matthew Egan
22 Henry Playfair
23 Nathan Ablett
24 Mark Blake
25 Matthew Spencer
27 Mathew Stokes
31 Stephen Owen
32 Brent Prismall


Hawthorn:

2 Jarryd Roughead
3 Jordan Lewis
4 Rick Ladson
5 Sam Mitchell
6 Mark L. Williams
7 Michael Osborne
12 Brad Sewell
13 Simon Taylor
14 Grant Birchall
17 Beau Muston
20 Tim Boyle
22 Ben McGlynn
26 Zac Dawson
27 Stephen Gilham
28 Matthew Little
29 Thomas Murphy
30 Campbell Brown
32 Xavier Ellis
33 Josh Thurgood
38 Travis Tuck
39 Robert Campbell
45 Clinton Young

Kangaroos:

1 Hamish McIntosh
4 Daniel Harris
5 Daniel McConnell
8 Daniel Wells
10 Jesse Smith
12 Lindsay Thomas
13 David Trotter
14 Callum Urch
17 Blake Grima
18 Brad Moran
19 Andrew Swallow
20 Drew Petrie
24 Michael Firrito
25 Ed Lower
28 Matthew Riggio
30 Daniel Pratt
31 David Hale
32 Eddie Sansbury
38 Joshua Gibson
42 Scott McMahon
44 Djaran Whyman


Melbourne:

2 Nathan Jones
5 Brock McLean
6 Matthew Bate
7 Brad Miller
11 Paul Johnson
12 Colin Sylvia
14 Lynden Dunn
17 Chris A. Johnson
19 Clint Bartram
21 Daniel Bell
22 Brent Moloney
26 Heath Neville
27 Jared Rivers
36 Aaron Davey

Port Adelaide:

3 Steven Salopek
6 Adam Thomson
9 Jacob Surjan
11 Ryan Willits
12 Nathan Lonie
23 Brad Symes
24 Damon White
25 Domenic Cassisi
26 Nick Lower
27 Alipate Carlile
30 Troy Chaplin
31 Hugh Minson
32 Matt Thomas
36 Michael Pettigrew
37 Fabian Deluca
38 Jonathan Giles


Richmond:

1 Chris Newman
3 Brett Deledio
4 Andrew Raines
14 Dean Polo
22 Danny Meyer
23 Daniel Jackson
24 Mark Coughlan
25 Jay Schulz
26 Adam Pattison
27 Andrew Krakouer
29 Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls
30 Richard Tambling
31 Chris Hyde
33 Brent Hartigan
34 Cleve Hughes
35 Matthew White
36 Will Thursfield
37 Travis Casserly
38 Luke McGuane
40 Kelvin Moore
41 Nathan Foley


St.Kilda:

1 Jason Gram
3 Xavier Clarke
6 Leigh Fisher
11 Leigh Montagna
16 Raphael Clarke
18 Brendon Goddard
19 Sam Gilbert
24 Barry Brooks
31 Matt Maguire
32 Andrew McQualter
33 James Gwilt
43 Jayden Attard

Sydney:

3 Jarrad McVeigh
9 Nick Malceski
13 Adam Schneider
22 Matthew Laidlaw
26 Sean Dempster
27 Kristin Thornton
30 Lewis Roberts-Thomson
32 Amon Buchanan
33 Jarred Moore
34 Ryan Brabazon
36 Tim Schmidt
38 Luke Vogels
39 Heath Grundy
42 Paul Bevan
47 Simon Phillips


West Coast:

2 Mark LeCras
6 Mark Nicoski
8 Beau Waters
11 Matt Priddis
12 Mitch Morton
14 Mark Seaby
22 Jaymie Graham
24 Matt Rosa
25 Shannon Hurn
26 Sam Butler
27 Ben McKinley
29 Ashley Hansen
30 Matthew Spangher
37 Adam Selwood
41 Brent Staker

Western Bulldogs:

1 Farren Ray
4 Daniel Cross
13 Daniel Giansiracusa
16 Ryan Griffen
17 Adam Cooney
18 Cameron Faulkner
19 Shaun Higgins
20 Travis Baird
22 Dylan Addison
23 Jordan McMahon
26 Tim Walsh
27 Will Minson
28 Damien McCormack
37 Cameron Wight
38 Dale Morris
39 Malcolm Lynch




Deleted so far:

- Retirees
- Ex-Essendon players
- All National Draft Picks from last year
- Some completely unrealistic targets
- All players born in 1981 or before.

[rama_fan]

Deleted so far:

- All retired players that are confirmed (could have missed some)
- All players that have previously played at Essendon.

If we decide on a good maximum age I'll start deleting all older players.

Also maybe a good way to discuss and debate is club by club??

[KaaN10]

3 Chris Judd(captain)

I mean...

7 Chad Fletcher

[Gyoza]

over 26s can be deleted, sounds like a good age limit to me. Anyone over 26 will probably have their own dedicated thread elsewhere, eg "TRADE LLOYD FOR CRAWFORD".

Along similar lines we could probably delete the top 3-5 players from each team, as these types of blockbuster trades just never happen in the AFL.

[Gyoza]

Unless anyone disagrees we could probably delete the rookies as well, don`t reckon there`s much to choose from there.

[rama_fan]

Some rookies are contracted for 2 years so we can't get them anyway.

All rookies need to be drafted anyway - they can't be traded for.

The idea of this thread is to keep all such talk about trading players in one thread. This shall be the one stop shop for all talks regarding players.

I'm happy to keep some over 26's on the list provided that people can provide quality justification as to why we should try to acquire them.

I'll give people a few days to discuss the age limit, then we can start deleting like crazy!!

[Rossoneri]

The idea of this thread is to keep all such talk about trading players in one thread. This shall be the one stop shop for all talks regarding players.

Never going to happen. E4Eva and Robbie will continue to have their lovers quarrel and then Gringo will start a pointless thread regarding the poor grammar we use.

[DYSON#2]

23 Brad Symes

Another player that should be a massive target for us. Thoughts?

[dom_105]

You can knock off these people, for various obvious reasons.

2 Chris Johnson
16 Jonathan Brown
44 Nigel Lappin

8 Lance Whitnall
11 Cain Ackland
12 Matthew Lappin
24 Nick Stevens

5 Nathan Buckley
17 Scott Burns
18 Paul Licuria
23 Anthony Rocca

8 Shaun McManus
17 Chris Tarrant
29 Matthew Pavlich
32 Peter Bell
33 Jeff Farmer

8 Danny Jacobs
9 Shane Crawford
21 Richard Vandenberg
24 Trent Croad

29 Brent Harvey

3 Clint Bizzell
9 David Neitz
13 Adem Yze
24 Russell Robertson
25 Nathan D. Brown
34 Jeff White

1 Warren Tredrea

12 Matthew Richardson

4 Andrew Thompson
15 Michael S. Gardiner
35 Robert Harvey

1 Barry Hall
10 Peter Everitt
16 Darren Jolly
19 Michael O'Loughlin

3 Chris Judd
4 Daniel Kerr
9 Ben Cousins

3 Chris Grant
6 Brad Johnson
7 Scott West
21 Jason Akermanis

[robrulz5]

We need to focus on midfielders this year as our forward line is pretty good with the young forwards we have, some young defenders to eventually take over from Fletch and Michael would be good.

[Mrs Mercuri]

We need to focus on midfielders this year as our forward line is pretty good with the young forwards we have, some young defenders to eventually take over from Fletch and Michael would be good.

Our own Danny Chartes is looking good in this category for the long term.

[DYSON#2]

We need to focus on midfielders this year as our forward line is pretty good with the young forwards we have, some young defenders to eventually take over from Fletch and Michael would be good.

Our own Danny Chartes is looking good in this category for the long term.

just a side question... is it pronounced chart - es or shar - tes

[tonysoprano]

The idea of this thread is to keep all such talk about trading players in one thread. This shall be the one stop shop for all talks regarding players.

Never going to happen. E4Eva and Robbie will continue to have their lovers quarrel and then Gringo will start a pointless thread regarding the poor grammar we use.

[j-mac31]

Haselby could be up for grabs because Freo want him to take a pay cut.

Only 26, could be a good pick up if the Johnsons are going to go.

We need to focus on midfielders this year as our forward line is pretty good with the young forwards we have, some young defenders to eventually take over from Fletch and Michael would be good.

Our own Danny Chartes is looking good in this category for the long term.

just a side question... is it pronounced chart - es or shar - tes

It is actually Chartres (ie. 2 "i"s) and is pronounced chart-ers.

Lee only has only played 3 quarters of AFL level in defence (I reckon he looked really good for 2 and then S Rocca pushed him around a bit - fair enough, he is so strong and it was Lee's first game) and could be an option. He played well up forward this week, but with Lloyd, Lucas and Gumbleton and Johns, no point in him playing forward next year.

[rama_fan]

Our list is getting shorter and shorter - keep giving me names to delete.

Also if we feel like we have some obvious targets then maybe I could put them in bold?

I read today that Kosi is still out of contract. St.Kilda used a lot of resources to secure Riewoltd and Dal Santo. There can't be much money left in the salary cap, do you reckon we could transform Kosi into a CHB?

We probably have no room up forward with Lloyd/Lucas and then Gumbleton/Neagle developing, but maybe Kosi could be used a back up ruckman or CHB?

I reckon he is worth the right price.

[billyduckworth]

Maybe Kosi for Hille?

[tom9779]

do you really think we will do much trading?

I've got a feeling we might just delist and draft.

[j-mac31]

Kosi would certainly be a worthwhile pickup.

If we could get him for Hille that would be awesome. Not sure if St Kilda would take that though.

[swoodley]

do you really think we will do much trading?

I've got a feeling we might just delist and draft.

I agree Tom....and even if we do trade, it will probably only be for one player.

I'd much rather build through the draft.

[Boyler_Room]

Kosi has been in the system a long time. 2001 Rising Star. Injury prone... brilliant on his day but spends more time off the park than on it.

I don't see him as a CHB type, but rather a forward if he's not played in the ruck. Not sure how well he would improve our list if he came, so probably a no from me.