Available free agents. Who to target

[Goose is king]

Below is the list of free agents at next years end. Who are the 5 you want most and in what order of preference?


Adelaide
Andy Otten
Sam Shaw

Brisbane
Claye Beams
Ryan Harwood
Tom Rockliff

Carlton
Levi Casboult
Matthew Kreuzer
Kade Simpson
Simon White

Collingwood
Tyson Goldsack
Lachlan Keefe
Ben Sinclair
Josh Thomas

Essendon
Heath Hocking
Ben Howlett
Brent Stanton
Jobe Watson
David Zaharakis

Fremantle
Hayden Ballantyne
Nat Fyfe
Garrick Ibbotson
Michael Johnson
David Mundy
Aaron Sandilands
Nick Suban

Geelong
Andrew Mackie
Daniel Menzel
Steven Motlop

Gold Coast
Rory Thompson

Hawthorn
Grant Birchall
Luke Breust
Shaun Burgoyne
Taylor Duryea
Josh Gibson
Luke Hodge
Ryan Schoenmakers

Melbourne
Jake Spencer
Jack Trengove

North Melbourne
Lachlan Hansen
Scott Thompson

Port Adelaide
Jasper Pittard
Jackson Trengove
Justin Westhoff

Richmond
Dustin Martin

St Kilda
Sean Dempster
Sam Gilbert
Leigh Montagna
Nick Riewoldt

Sydney
Heath Grundy
Josh Kennedy
Jarrad McVeigh
Sam Reid

West Coast
Josh Kennedy
Mark LeCras
Eric Mackenzie
Matt Priddis

Western Bulldogs
Matthew Boyd
Dale Morris
Robert Murphy
Liam Picken

[saintly]

None of those

[Rosco]

Martin
Fyfe
Bruest

[stevie]

Dusty
Fyfe
Zaharakis
Kennedy from wet toast
Rory Thompson maybe

[Vazelos]

Dusty Martin for me.. he is the one we can get and need

[St Plugger]

Dusty Martin for me.. he is the one we can get and need

We may like to have a player with his ability but we definitely don't "need" the "D" head that is "D" Martin!

[Con Gorozidis]

I am not sure any of those suit us.
Id rather keep our salary cap so we an pay our own stars...

[Goose is king]

For me it's

1. Fyfe (best player if fit but would cost a lot of dollars)
2. Breust (great fit, with McClunkin, Bruce and Membrey they could all kick 40 plus a year
3. Martin (dynamic game breaker, despite being a questionable character doesn't seem to drag others down
4. Josh Kennedy (WC gun, as with Breust would make forward options ridiculous)
5. Josh Kennedy (Sydney awesome consistent player who would add to any side chasing a flag

[Rosco]

Both kennedys for the right price, but I would expect others to pay more than we would be prepared to based on needs.

[avid]

Leaving aside aalary costs and character defects:

Fyfe
Martin
Rockliff
Pittard
Grundy

[suss]

Bruest would be nice to go with either of Kelly or Shiel. Any of the others (Fyfe et al) would cost a bomb and are unlikely to move in any event.

We also need some of these small forwards (Gresham / Billings) to move into the midfield.

We'd be well placed for 5-8 years if we could get these done.

[saintsRrising]

Leaving aside aalary costs and character defects:

Fyfe
Martin
Rockliff
Pittard
Grundy

I think that there is a big difference between Free agents. and Restricted Free Agents. The type of player that would genuinely make a huge difference to our list would most likely be a RFA and not a FA...and that unfortunately means that the other original club can match the contract and keep the player. So you either have to pay a ridiculous contract that will hamstring your list going forward or you will just have to trade (though probably at a discount to a player that was not a RFA).

Fyfe will be a Restricted Free Agent? If so Freo can match and so offer would have to be huge. Given that they are rebuilding too, they may be able to match. So Fyfe may well be a trade in the end.

Ditto for Martin but his trade and $$ cost would be less. So of the Free Agents Martin is the one that would be the one that I would really go after.

I believe our real targets next year really need to be one of Kelly or Shiel. These will be trades, but with two 2017 First Rounders and one 2018 we are well positioned for such a trade.

An achievable and excellent outcome could be say Kelly and Martin. Fyfe would most likely just be Fyfe and if he does not re-sign I suspect his price will be "overs" as the Blues love messiahs.

[noddy04]

Fyfe
Pittard
Martin
(syd) Kennedy
(wc) Kennedy

[ace]

Both kennedys for the right price, but I would expect others to pay more than we would be prepared to based on needs.

Yeah but imagine the problem of having two Josh Kennedy's in the same team.
Opposition players: Who is on Josh Kennedy, I am, no I am, coach who is on Josh Kennedy. You are on Josh Kennedy and you are on Josh Kennedy.
And the poor caller from Champion Data: Josh Kennedy kick, inside 50, Josh Kennedy mark, Josh Kennedy handball, Josh Kennedy kick, Josh Kennedy goal.

[borderbarry]

Both the Josh Kennedy's, Rockliff. Fyfe. Rory Thompson. That will do.

[Sainter_Dad]

Both kennedys for the right price, but I would expect others to pay more than we would be prepared to based on needs.

Yeah but imagine the problem of having two Josh Kennedy's in the same team.
Opposition players: Who is on Josh Kennedy, I am, no I am, coach who is on Josh Kennedy. You are on Josh Kennedy and you are on Josh Kennedy.
And the poor caller from Champion Data: Josh Kennedy kick, inside 50, Josh Kennedy mark, Josh Kennedy handball, Josh Kennedy kick, Josh Kennedy goal.

Brownlow night

3 votes - J ....... Gresham
2 votes - J ....... Kennedy (St K)
1 vote - J ....... Kennedy (St K)

[Rosco]

Both kennedys for the right price, but I would expect others to pay more than we would be prepared to based on needs.

Yeah but imagine the problem of having two Josh Kennedy's in the same team.
Opposition players: Who is on Josh Kennedy, I am, no I am, coach who is on Josh Kennedy. You are on Josh Kennedy and you are on Josh Kennedy.
And the poor caller from Champion Data: Josh Kennedy kick, inside 50, Josh Kennedy mark, Josh Kennedy handball, Josh Kennedy kick, Josh Kennedy goal.

Brownlow night

3 votes - J ....... Gresham
2 votes - J ....... Kennedy (St K)
1 vote - J ....... Kennedy (St K)

J ..... kidding. N Riewoldt

[linz]

What about GWS? I thought a few of them were becoming free agents?

[saintsRrising]

What about GWS? I thought a few of them were becoming free agents?

No, GWS has not been in the competition long enough.

[barwon saint]

My son played junior footy with Jasper Pittard and he was a mad Saints supporter

[mad saint guy]

Fyfe, Martin, Zaharakis, Pittard, Bruest and possibly Rory Thompson are all players I hope we will pursue.

[stevie]

What about GWS? I thought a few of them were becoming free agents?

No, GWS has not been in the competition long enough.

How does Rory count then? Just curious

[The_Merchant]

What about GWS? I thought a few of them were becoming free agents?

No, GWS has not been in the competition long enough.

How does Rory count then? Just curious

He is Gold Coast, they have been in longer. Also, they are counting the year before the Gold Coast started when they played in the NEAFL

[stevie]

Cheers TM so it goes by games played or years? 2010 was Suns first in the then VFA actually

[Vazelos]

Dusty Martin for me.. he is the one we can get and need

We may like to have a player with his ability but we definitely don't "need" the "D" head that is "D" Martin!

The "D head" pulled his head in and polled 25 Brownlow votes finishing 3rd, if he has another year like that free of any scandals thats good enough for me and Im sure most club recuiters.