James Frawley

[Big Blow Hard]

Was interseted in his comments in the HUN that he is sick of losing.
I feel we need another tallish defender. Wouldn't come cheap, but do you think he is attainable, or worth considering. I know Pears is about and probably only needs a full preseason, but I reckon Frawley would be worthe a sniff.

 

[Doss]

Melbourne would ask a lot for him, and rightly so. He is a genuinely good defender.

 

[eth-dog]

Would require Hooker and 1st rounder. Won't happen

 

[Jobe Watson]

I'd rather back in Hooker, Carlisle and Pears. Frawley is a great player but it'd take too much to get him, and he isn't really required.

 

[Big Blow Hard]

Would require Hooker and 1st rounder. Won't happen[/quote

Thats my worry. Would be robbing peter to pay paul. the Joe Daniher lock on our first pick has probably kiboshed any decent trades.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

If we can somehow manoeuvre it so that we get Frawley and Caddy for either Hooker or Pears plus picks etc. ...

 

[Dwight Schrute]

We can't get him. The only way we get a big name is through free agency.

 

[SirJimi05]

If we can somehow manoeuvre it so that we get Frawley and Caddy for either Hooker or Pears plus picks etc. ...

Would be an enormous result for the club if they could somehow manage this.

 

[Doss]

Surely, right now we would not even be entertaining trading Hooker. Pears is a little more understandable.

 

[Jade]

Way to expensive, both in trade terms and the amount of dough we'd have to pony up to satisfy him in a contract.

No thanks.

 

[Pweter]

Let's be honest, we can not swing a trade for an AA defender without selling ourselves short in other parts of the field.

 

[Jade]

Let's be honest, we can not swing a trade for an AA defender without selling ourselves short in other parts of the field.

Free agency is the way to go this year. It's pointless trading for experienced players when we use our first round pick on Daniher. Why would we?

We have a good blend of age brackets - it'd be madness as far as I am concerned to trade for anyone (unless they are coming super cheap).

 

[TheDon35]

If we can somehow manoeuvre it so that we get Frawley and Caddy for either Hooker or Pears plus picks etc. ...

Then we could outsource ourselves as professional trade consultants charging out hundreds of thousands of dollars per deal adding 2 - 3 million to the bottom line at the end of the season.

 

[daffo]

I feel like our defensive six is good enough. We don't need to chase someone like Frawley. I'd rather go for something we need like an mid.

 

[Chewy]

Very good footballer. Key position defenders tend to be overpriced however. Better just to develop your own

What happened to Tayte Pears? I thought he looked alright back in 2009, but he's only played 26 of 58 games in the past three seasons. Obviously a few injuries in hat time, but is he going to make it back to senior AFL footy?

 

[Doss]

Pears has had lots of injuries, not just a few. Ever since the pancreas injury he's never quite been the same. The last time he played was against Melbourne, and to me he looked like a guy bereft of confidence that night.

He's only 22 though, still plenty of time for Tayte, if he can get his body right.

 

[Rack Watts]

Pears just needs to string some games together, needs a bit of luck, that's all.

 

[Chewy]

Did he cop a knee in the guts and needed an operation on a ruptured pancreas?

Hope he gets back. I liked his style.

 

[Rack Watts]

Yup! That's the one, I hope the finds a similar vein of form to his first year!
The game where he railed Fevola all 4 quarters was immense.

 

[helicopter]

need him in our defence fast.

 

[Godzke]

Focus on midfielders thanks

 

[Slattery_20]

Pears has had lots of injuries, not just a few. Ever since the pancreas injury he's never quite been the same. The last time he played was against Melbourne, and to me he looked like a guy bereft of confidence that night.

Not having a working knee will do that.

 

[Childish Gambino]

Not having a working knee will do that.

What was exactly wrong with his knee? The club didn't report anything after the game but you were obviously on the money because he missed the next month.

 

[daffo]

Pears will get back. If he gets through a pre-season, he'll get back to his best.

 

[Slattery_20]

What was exactly wrong with his knee? The club didn't report anything after the game but you were obviously on the money because he missed the next month.

TBH I don't know the exact details. That's just what I heard directly after the match.