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Is your surname Prendergast? As much as I dislike McCartney, I can see why he and Cooney wouldn't get along. No doubting his skill, but unless you play a two-way game, you are a liability in the modern game. He's a steak knives trade at best.
Yeah if his knees are shot then no way I'd bother. But we still have a young midfield group and Cooney, like Cross and Vince, can take the heat off them for a couple of years while they develop. Our drafting since 2001 has been so shit that we have a massive hole in our list where the experience should be. So unlike Saints and Dogs who can afford to top up almost solely with youth we have to draft in young kids AND replenish our mid-late 20's group. They can help us to become more competitive in the short term while developing our kids to take over from them in the longer term.
I wouldn't cry if we don't get him but I think he could add some value - say if we switched it and we gave that 28/33 pick for Frost and a pick in the 50's for Cooney would that change your thoughts? Same outcome it's just the numbers are switched around a bit.