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All the Chris Yarran lovers should look at his stats. Apart from 2011 his averages are well below those of a gun as so many say. He certainly goes missing and is not a midfielder. The numbers speak for themselves.

What he does looks good, he doesn't do it very much. That about sums it up for me.

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Adam The God
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Are you joking RE: Grimes? One of our worst kicks.

Grimseyisgod
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You guys have said for so long Sylvia has attitude issues and that's letting us down. Than why the hell would you want to bring in a player like Chris Yarran who also has attitude issues? You'd be s

Nasher
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At risk of being Ben-Huresque, you are boring me, and the people whose opinion I care about can see who is clearly creating strawmen in this thread and who isn't. It's not up to me to defend myself a

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His stats are not great at the moment. That's why he is up for trade. He's having a bad year under a new coach.

His stats from 2012 were better and 2011 were better still. He is only 22 years old. Nay sayers on here are getting caught in the thinking that he will not get any better. They made the same assumption when we were discussing Clark.

Pros:

  • He is a great kick.
  • Decision making is great.
  • Has great speed.
  • Is a good size.
  • He looks like he is going to be traded. (And therfore worth discussing)

Cons:

  • Does not get enough of it. (yet.)
  • Needs to tighten up defensivly
  • Doesnt get his own ball

I would give our 2nd round pick for him. We are crying out for run and carry and good kicks. Plus his speed is great. He has had awhile in the system now and should step up to averaging 20 disposals a game in the next few years.

Yes, he doesnt get his own ball. You know what? Just about every player has his downsides. There is a reason he is up for trade (potentially) I get sick of some posters who instantly say no without generating some conversation.

I honestly doubt he will come to us. I would imagine he will return to WA if he does move at all.

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His stats are not great at the moment. That's why he is up for trade. He's having a bad year under a new coach.

His stats from 2012 were better and 2011 were better still. He is only 22 years old. Nay sayers on here are getting caught in the thinking that he will not get any better. They made the same assumption when we were discussing Clark.

Pros:

  • He is a great kick.
  • Decision making is great.
  • Has great speed.
  • Is a good size.
  • He looks like he is going to be traded. (And therfore worth discussing)

Cons:

  • Does not get enough of it. (yet.)
  • Needs to tighten up defensivly
  • Doesnt get his own ball

I would give our 2nd round pick for him. We are crying out for run and carry and good kicks. Plus his speed is great. He has had awhile in the system now and should step up to averaging 20 disposals a game in the next few years.

Yes, he doesnt get his own ball. You know what? Just about every player has his downsides. There is a reason he is up for trade (potentially) I get sick of some posters who instantly say no without generating some conversation.

I honestly doubt he will come to us. I would imagine he will return to WA if he does move at all.

2nd round I'd think about but I wouldn't give away a 1st round for him.

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I agree with Master Demon on his summation. Yarran would be a handy pick up if we could get him for our second round draft pick. He is quick (we are starting to get quicker with Kent and Bleasey, but we still lack pace) and he has vision and poise, even though he doesn't get it a lot. I reckon he'd be great off half-back and solve one of our big problem areas - running the ball out of defence.

But I suspect a few other clubs are eyeing him off as well as he fits most sides requirements - If West Coast isn't into him they have no idea what they need.

The Blues are still searching for a key forward - could Fitzy's latest displays be enough to get the deal done with second round pick.

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I agree with Master Demon on his summation. Yarran would be a handy pick up if we could get him for our second round draft pick. He is quick (we are starting to get quicker with Kent and Bleasey, but we still lack pace) and he has vision and poise, even though he doesn't get it a lot. I reckon he'd be great off half-back and solve one of our big problem areas - running the ball out of defence.

But I suspect a few other clubs are eyeing him off as well as he fits most sides requirements - If West Coast isn't into him they have no idea what they need.

The Blues are still searching for a key forward - could Fitzy's latest displays be enough to get the deal done with second round pick.

Are you suggesting Fitzy + 2nd round pick for Yarran? That would be too much for me.

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Match winner on his day. And wouldn't be the first player to be over Malthouse. Listening to the way MM spoke about Betts, regardless of accuracy, it said a great deal about Mick being all about Mick. It could well be that Yarran has quickly spotted that self love and wants out.

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Are you suggesting Fitzy + 2nd round pick for Yarran? That would be too much for me.

and me.

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I would have thought the last thing we needed was players who are not dependable, no matter how occasionally classy they are.

Well say that to the many players who have developed into great players with the help of great coaches and a new environment.

I'm not saying that if we were to get him to the MFC somehow he would magically switch into gear, however you are pretty much ruling it out in your comment above.

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I'm not saying that if we were to get him to the MFC somehow he would magically switch into gear, however you are pretty much ruling it out in your comment above.

Yes, I am ruling out Yarran transferring to the MFC magically switching him in to gear. I reckon for every time that happens, there are 100 occasions where it doesn't and the bloke turns out just as ordinary at his second club as he was at his first. It's a roll of the dice and I don't see the value in it.

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Yes, I am ruling out Yarran transferring to the MFC magically switching him in to gear. I reckon for every time that happens, there are 100 occasions where it doesn't and the bloke turns out just as ordinary at his second club as he was at his first. It's a roll of the dice and I don't see the value in it.

I think I'm on the outer with this one. If he were available and not completely over the odds Id take him in a heartbeat.

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Yes, I am ruling out Yarran transferring to the MFC magically switching him in to gear. I reckon for every time that happens, there are 100 occasions where it doesn't and the bloke turns out just as ordinary at his second club as he was at his first. It's a roll of the dice and I don't see the value in it.

Well you're very short sighted if that's the case.

Chris Yarran has more football talent then the majority of our list squeezed in one.

He is an A grade skilled footballer, pure bread and as it happens, only this year has his form dropped and there's been speculation about his relationship with Mick and hence his future and what do you know, posters like you bob up and say that he can't change, when in fact there is nothing to change. He is just in need of some inspiration and more development in a couple of areas.

The amount of excuses you have made for our very own players lack of development etc over the years is astounding. What a contradiction.

Yarran's positive attributes far outweigh his negative ones presently and this is while he is having one bad year. Haha. Wow.

Talk about shortsighted.

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Are you suggesting Fitzy + 2nd round pick for Yarran? That would be too much for me.

2nd round will be pick 20. Maybe slightly high but Carlton will want something good for Yarran like MFC would for Watts.

Yarran + Carlton's 2nd round pick (pick 28) for Fitzy, MFC second (20) and third pick (40).

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