Langdon didn't walk out on his contract. s**t comparison to be truthful.Cam McCarthy, contracted young gun key forward taken in the first round in his draft year is worth a pick in the 30's.
Ed Langdon, uncontracted small forward taken in the 50's, who has played 5 good games in two years, is worth pick 25 from Collingwood.
Freo logic
Wait i thought this was homesickness. Both clubs play out of the same place.
He would also want to play in a club where there is a need for forwards, i.e. play for Freo where we have none or join WC and get in line behind Kennedy, Darling, leCras, Hill, etc.Wait i thought this was homesickness. Both clubs play out of the same place.
Surely he would love to be back in WA no matter the club unless there is more to this than an illness......
It's not about opportunity, it's all about mental health as far as we have been told
Nat Fyfe is a proven gun player and Brownlow winner. Draft position is irrelevant at this point for him. Langdon is coming off his first contract and has played 5 good games in his entire career. His draft position is completely relevant, as is McCarthy's.By your logic Nat Fyfe was taken with pick #20 so that's what he is worth now
I don't see how that's relevant? If anything, being contracted should make McCarthy's worth higher if Freo genuinely want him.
He isn't worth a first rounder because nobody will give one up for him.
Really? Because if he turned around and said he wanted to come to Collingwood I'd give up a first rounder without hesitation. Pretty sure 17 other clubs would too.
Yeah but he's not going to turn around and say he wants to go to Collingwood so he's only worth what Freo are prepared to pay.
After the way he walked out on GWS not another interstate club would touch him. Freo or West Coast and neither will offer a first rounder.
Cam McCarthy, contracted young gun key forward taken in the first round in his draft year is worth a pick in the 30's.
Ed Langdon, uncontracted small forward taken in the 50's, who has played 5 good games in two years, is worth pick 25 from Collingwood.
Freo logic
I'm not sure that's the right attitude for Freo to take given GWS are still perfectly entitled to retain Cam on their list.
Fair enough, I'll give you that one.By your logic, Collingwood think Witts is worth pick 10, because if one person from a group says it, it represents the whole groups opinion
In the Langdon thread most people have said he'd get a late second or third round pick.
Yep, and Melbourne ended up aquiring a former AA rebounding defender who was top 5 in his clubs best and fairest that year. And that was after mental health issues and years of being sidelined with injury, and the fact he was in the back end of his career while Cam is still a baby.
West Coast aren't gonna offer a first up either. If McCarthy were in this years draft, he wouldn't go early at all. Not because he isn't talented, because he's shown a pretty shitty attitude and an interstate club wouldn't waste a pick on a guy who will leave.
We won't be offering peanuts, it just won't be a first rounder. And I'd imagine after last year's failed trade period that West Coast will be taking their first rounder to the draft.
Aren't they? A pick in the teens for a local kid who is projecting to be a genuine quality AFL key forward for the next 10 years, and already a proven talent at senior level seems like a no brainer to me, even if they do have depth in the position.
Because he isn't worth very much? Give me a list of guys who have sat out an entire season because they had a trade request denied?
They gave up a first last year remember, need to use 2 in a 4 year period. And the last thing they need is another KPF, they need quality in the midfield.
Regardless of where he goes he won't go for a first rounder. That ship has sailed.
