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Interesting comments on James Frawley from Leigh Matthews...
And this guy wants a salary of $700K????
Leigh Matthews believes Frawley is not in the league’s top 100 players, saying this month: “If he wasn’t a free agent, no one would be thinking about recruiting him. He’s an OK player.”
http://mobile.news.com.au/sport/afl...ompensation-pick/story-fndv8pdq-1227031154227
I think his down season this year is the exact reason we should be targeting him. The guy is a gun. Easily top 100. Would be top 10 at our club in a heartbeat.
As TSR suggested below:
James Frawley All Australian, runner up in B&F, only 25 yrs old and best footy ahead of him
Not to mention the fact that he has been at an absolutely basket case of a club for his first 130 games and when he played back often took the #1 forward. Get him surrounded by Talia, Brown, Smith, Jaensch, Henderson and thats a pretty balanced backline.
You are far too caught up in the 700k. We should have plenty of room in the cap for 2015 this year. We have our best players coming out of contract at the end of 2015 so players like Danger, Sloane, Douglas all aren't on massive salaries at the moment. We would have massively frontloaded Eddie Bett's contract and should look to do the same in 2015 - using the Tippett money. Sign Frawley to a 4 year 2.4 million dollar deal. Give him 1.2 million in 2015 when we should have heaps of cap space and then 400k for seasons 2016,2017,2018.
I would much rather have James Frawley at 700k than having to trade for a 2nd key defender at 400k.