strong Rumour going round Perth

[st_Trav_ofWA]

wouldnt he be a good asset to bulk the anger up?


who would u pick out of Cousins or Tarrant?


also who else is out of contract off other clubs this year?

Brown is out of contract so we should try and get him. I would get Tarrent before cousins as Tarrant has a lot more ability. I think Ablett may be out of contract as well so we should go after him. We have a connection as his Uncle played with us. Also Bartell as well. Also a connection there. We have a bar at the club and we never tell.

sarcasm is the lowest form of comedy

[st.byron]

God knows we need a few more tall forwards.

Preferably erratic ones with fluctuating form and a low commitment to football.

not saying we should pick him up in fact i think it would be a terrible idea to pick a below par forward in a trade . my question is what team would go for him ? bullys are always on the look for a key forward but i cant see that , the Dee's maybe with neitz retiring ?

As you say Trav, some are always on the lookout for a key forward, so they wont be looking at Tarrant.

[SENsei]

Freo have dug their own grave. Recruiting has been crap because they always go for the recycled player.

Chris Tarrant
Dean Solomon
Mark Johnson

And that's just the last season and a bit.

The Trent Croad debacle.

Their record of players leaving and then thriving is also horrific:
James Clement
Brodie Holland
Paul Medhurst
Peter Bell (first time around)
Adam McPhee
Winston Abraham (one for the older readers)
Andrew McLeod (traded for Chris Groom. Who?)
Matthew Burton
Jeff White
Troy Longmuir (okay stretching it, but he played some decent footy for the Preston Bullants)

Pity we never got any good ones....Mark Gale, Craig Callaghan, Gavin Mitchell, Tony Delaney.....

[evertonfc]

For the right price, of course.

The amount of people on here who would have rejected King or Gardiner would be close to 100%.

But they don't look like bad pick-ups for the price we paid.

It's all about value.

[Dan Warna]

i reckon he'd be a good bet to end up at Melbourne, if that team doesn't have a tonne of salary cap space i'd be suprised.

[plugger66]

wouldnt he be a good asset to bulk the anger up?


who would u pick out of Cousins or Tarrant?


also who else is out of contract off other clubs this year?

Brown is out of contract so we should try and get him. I would get Tarrent before cousins as Tarrant has a lot more ability. I think Ablett may be out of contract as well so we should go after him. We have a connection as his Uncle played with us. Also Bartell as well. Also a connection there. We have a bar at the club and we never tell.

sarcasm is the lowest form of comedy

As you can see from my posts I think it is the Best form of comedy.

[Dan Warna]

i am a big fan of satire although quality application of irony has its place.

deadpan and slapstick can bring a smile also.

[st_Trav_ofWA]

Freo have dug their own grave. Recruiting has been crap because they always go for the recycled player.

Chris Tarrant
Dean Solomon
Mark Johnson

And that's just the last season and a bit.

The Trent Croad debacle.

Their record of players leaving and then thriving is also horrific:
James Clement
Brodie Holland
Paul Medhurst
Peter Bell (first time around)
Adam McPhee
Winston Abraham (one for the older readers)
Andrew McLeod (traded for Chris Groom. Who?)
Matthew Burton
Jeff White
Troy Longmuir (okay stretching it, but he played some decent footy for the Preston Bullants)

Pity we never got any good ones....Mark Gale, Craig Callaghan, Gavin Mitchell, Tony Delaney.....

you might want to add Jess Sinclaire , Heath Black the first time , Scott Chisolm (i know im stretching it now )

plus the Fabian Fransis fiasco

[st.byron]

For the right price, of course.

The amount of people on here who would have rejected King or Gardiner would be close to 100%.

But they don't look like bad pick-ups for the price we paid.

It's all about value.

Gardiner, yes, was absolutely bagging him. Jury's still out there.
Always thought King was worth a punt. Premiership ruckman, only 29 and cost nothing.

[saintsRrising]

Tarrant is almost 28...

Would not now geta high price.

Might join his brother for a low price....or if not contracted...maybe the Dees is the PSD.

[Eastern]

I think Tarrant's next club will be either Sth Mildura or Mildura Imperials !!

[Dan Warna]

For the right price, of course.

The amount of people on here who would have rejected King or Gardiner would be close to 100%.

But they don't look like bad pick-ups for the price we paid.

It's all about value.

Gardiner, yes, was absolutely bagging him. Jury's still out there.
Always thought King was worth a punt. Premiership ruckman, only 29 and cost nothing.

king and gardiner are yet to play a dozen games between them I think.

time will tell whether they were worth the investment.

last years ruckman matty clarke is gone already, not sure if he turned out for 10 games or not.

[iceman]

Charlie Gardiner is capable of doing anything Tarrant has ever done, or anything Tarran will do in the future, the blokes not worth the time of day, can't learn a lesson now at his scond club...

[SENsei]

Freo have dug their own grave. Recruiting has been crap because they always go for the recycled player.

Chris Tarrant
Dean Solomon
Mark Johnson

And that's just the last season and a bit.

The Trent Croad debacle.

Their record of players leaving and then thriving is also horrific:
James Clement
Brodie Holland
Paul Medhurst
Peter Bell (first time around)
Adam McPhee
Winston Abraham (one for the older readers)
Andrew McLeod (traded for Chris Groom. Who?)
Matthew Burton
Jeff White
Troy Longmuir (okay stretching it, but he played some decent footy for the Preston Bullants)

Pity we never got any good ones....Mark Gale, Craig Callaghan, Gavin Mitchell, Tony Delaney.....

you might want to add Jess Sinclair , Heath Black the first time , Scott Chisholm (i know im stretching it now )

plus the Fabian Francis fiasco

Add Graham Polak.

[Dan Warna]

perhaps a future at footscray?

[saintsRrising]

For the right price, of course.

The amount of people on here who would have rejected King or Gardiner would be close to 100%.

But they don't look like bad pick-ups for the price we paid.

It's all about value.

Gardiner, yes, was absolutely bagging him. Jury's still out there.
Always thought King was worth a punt. Premiership ruckman, only 29 and cost nothing.

Lets see..

Take away Birrs....so that is King, Gadi and Gardiner for half of pick 43...

You are a hard man to please Dan............


king and gardiner are yet to play a dozen games between them I think.

time will tell whether they were worth the investment.

last years ruckman matty clarke is gone already, not sure if he turned out for 10 games or not.

[JeffDunne]

I'd prefer to pick up a case of raging herpes.

[Dan Warna]

For the right price, of course.

The amount of people on here who would have rejected King or Gardiner would be close to 100%.

But they don't look like bad pick-ups for the price we paid.

It's all about value.

Gardiner, yes, was absolutely bagging him. Jury's still out there.
Always thought King was worth a punt. Premiership ruckman, only 29 and cost nothing.

Lets see..




king and gardiner are yet to play a dozen games between them I think.

time will tell whether they were worth the investment.

last years ruckman matty clarke is gone already, not sure if he turned out for 10 games or not.

Take away Birrs....so that is King, Gadi and Gardiner for half of pick 43...

You are a hard man to please Dan............

i think the comment regarding players in the past has been list fillers?

birss is hard at it, but his skills are mcgough like, I can't see a long term future for him in the seniors unless we are blighted by injuries, i would think being spanked in form by mini is an indictment.
king, will we get a dozen games out of him?
clarke, did we get a dozen games out of him?
gardiner, see king
Charlie gardiner, well schwarz like in ability, but he cooked his own goose when he held out for more money.

I think taking players for the sake of taking players is pointless. with the gold in FG, hammil came a whole heap of ordinary talent and well dross with blight, with gale and callaghan who suffered shocking injuries.

IMO you take the long term punt (VR, Brooks) and it doesn't pan out, you get paid out on, you take the short term punt (crapuano, doc clarke, gardiner, king) it doesn't pan out, you get paid out.

that said at 28 there is still time for gardiner and king to do something positive for st kilda.

20/20 hindsight is a wonderful thing.

[fonz_#15]

i would trade a packet of alt and vinegar chips for him...











and then beg for my chips back

[mad saint guy]

Wouldn't take him for free. Old, inconsistent, uncommited and wouldn't fit into our forward line.

sarcasm is the lowest form of comedy

Says who? What about whatever is it that they do to consider 'The Wedge' comedy?

[GrumpyOne]

Perhaps if they gave us enough money to take him......

[happy feet]

Monkhurst and Francis were bad enough. Please no more. Tarrant is not going to give us anything we need.

[snippa]

No thanks....

Too inconsistent

[MasonCJ2]

Fonz, you beat me to it. Perhaps he's more of a Bbq man.

We just wouldn't want cancers like that at the club.

[Tassie Saint]

God knows we need a few more tall forwards.

Preferably erratic ones with fluctuating form and a low commitment to football.

And questionable kicking from set shots!!