Where did this ridiculous rumour about Pavlich wanting to leave start? He's not going anywhere. Despite Freo's litany of disasters in the draft and at the trading table there is no way they're going to let go of their only superstar. The only reason Freo would let him go is if he wanted to go home to his family in SA. He had that chance a couple of years ago when his contract was renewed and he decided then that he wanted to stay in Perth. Like Sailor stated, he's bought a new house and he's also invested in a new pub so I think he's staying put.
If you want to talk about any Freo player with talent then Polak is the man about whom there have been some whispers. He didn't have a good year this year. His head didn't seem to be in the right place. He's a talented tall who takes an exceptional mark but not too sure about his kicking though.
I agree with 9th life that team chemistry and loyalty are too important to muck around with. We tinkered with it last year in our desperate effort to get Ottens so I think we should leave it there and work with what we've got. Hopefully Ottens will have a better year with injury in 2006. Give Henry another year to show if he's got what we need at CHF and see how Nathan comes on. Beyond that we've got Tom Hawkins to look forward to.
At the risk of looking like I've posted on the wrong board check out the following website:
http://www.matera.com.au/historyofdockers/
Beware, it takes a while to download but it's very funny. It's from a Docker supporter who finally had enough after 10 years of trading and recruiting disasters.
Finally if Bartel really wants to go then so be it - get what you can for him but I wouldn't be trading anyone with talent who didn't want to go in order to take a punt on someone with CHF potential.