{"id":255806,"date":"2025-11-01T16:33:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/255806\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T16:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:33:49","slug":"four-potential-landing-spots-for-will-setterfield-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/255806\/","title":{"rendered":"FOUR potential landing spots for Will Setterfield &#8211; AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/games-centre\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"305\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" style=\"float:right;\" class=\"play-games-banner\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ZeroHanger_GamesCentre.png.webp.webp\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Essendon&#8217;s decision to delist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/will-setterfield\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Setterfield<\/a> could open the door for a fourth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a> club to sign the midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>After stints at GWS, Carlton and the Bombers, Setterfield is more than worthy of another chance.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old proved his worth as a defensively-minded on-baller, tasked with curbing the efforts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/patrick-cripps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Cripps<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/marcus-bontempelli\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcus Bontempelli<\/a>, whilst also finding plenty of the football himself.<\/p>\n<p>However, through injury and selection, Setterfield&#8217;s opportunities have been limited, but that doesn&#8217;t mean a rival club could swoop and sign him as a delisted free agent, rookie or SSP prospect.<\/p>\n<p>So who will take the punt of the three-club journeyman? We look at four potential landing spots for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/will-setterfield\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Setterfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1Collingwood<\/p>\n<p>The Pies are in the market for a ball-winning midfielder, especially after farewelling Brownlow medallist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/tom-mitchell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Mitchell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Setterfield would help assist champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/nick-daicos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Daicos<\/a> and bridge the gap between the veterans at the club and the emerging youth.<\/p>\n<p>Collingwood were found out during their preliminary final loss to Brisbane, and with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/scott-pendlebury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Pendlebury<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/steele-sidebottom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steele Sidebottom<\/a> likely to run out for one more year, they desperately need soldiers through the centre of the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Setterfield is a bargain-based option with potentially high reward, which would suit the AIA Centre club given their salary cap pressures, but would also fill a role under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/coaches\/craig-mcrae\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Craig McRae<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Essendon&#8217;s decision to delist Will Setterfield could open the door for a fourth AFL club to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-255806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}