McCartin has most of the skills and supposedly has trained well, lost weight and hardened up. I agree he would need to start in Ressies but I reckon we'd know in 3 or 4 games if he's up to it. Then it's a question of if he's better than Reid, Sinkers or McLean which is a possibility.
it costs a list spot at the very least, going forward there are not going to be as many of these.
I think he'll cost more than a 3rd round pick but definitely worth the punt
Its true, but you may also not get much. If we take Hogan, then McCartin has to be out of the picture and vice versa. We cannot throw away list spots I reckon.
Exactly, its why I wouldn't want to waste spots on a player who has not got it right at 2 clubs now, Hogan should be valued enough by Freo not to want to lose him, he isn't, and their forward line still needs help. There is an issue there.
I agree about Brand being a big body to put up against Dixon etc but I would persevere with Tom at CHB. Melican would be in my Ressies unless Brand can't cut it, even then maybe.
I respectfully disagree.
Has he really failed? He had some good seasons at Melbourne, as a relatively young KPF. Then he had his father die and testicular cancer in the same year. There hasn't been anything suggesting lax training standards apart from one incident in which he presented for training unfit (different versions of whether drunk or hungover). He then had the prolonged navicular issues-sometimes the " kiss of death" for footballers. No one really knows how to interpret "mental health" break, but I would have thought his navicular was more of an issue than his mental health. He had some reasonable games for Freo; he is always up there for km/game. It hasn't been his fault that the midfield either didn't kick to him in space, or kicked it over his head. Freo's issue is his salary.
Give them a 2nd rounder and they pay half his salary
