Blease for Garlett? Weren't Carlton the ones that were interested in Blease?

It's the perfect trade.

They can have Strauss for free too if they want.

Has good defensive pressure I'll give him that and knows where the sticks are but just about fell off my chair when that heading went up.

Club must know something ( hopefully )

Great fit for us.

Interesting background story to the kid. Was essentially homeless while playing for Swan Districts.

Will never be anything more than a crumbling forward pocket - but if he kicks goals - welcome!

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Blease for Garlett? Weren't Carlton the ones that were interested in Blease?

rings a bell.

good for both teams I guess , but only really care about us. Would give Blease a new crack at it I suppose..

I like Blease for Garlett too. Both players are worthless to their current clubs but could revive their careers at a fresh environment.

Has the the chance to be the ultimate nil-all draw trade though.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

yeah..... kicking all those damn bloody goals........nuisance !!!

Carlton fans talking second round swaps and all sorts of other BS. Surely he's out of contract. Even a 4th round is generous.

seriously, why would carlton want blease

Rapt at this. Has kicked 39+ goals in three seasons (48 one year). Can't say that for anyone else on our list. Nobody even comes close

Edited October 7, 201411 yr by Guest

There's no point in having crumbers in your forward line if there are no big blokes there to contest. Perhaps we'll actually play Dawes (and hopefully Hogan) forward of centre next year, instead of letting him run around like a headless chook.

Garlett would be okay if he costs us nothing, but I certainly wouldn't be giving up anything of value for him.

The other problem with Garlett is how damn soft he is. He makes Watts look courageous. I don't know how we toughen him up.

court case november

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/carltons-jeff-garlett-charged-over-cbd-incident-20140820-106hdu.html

There's no point in having crumbers in your forward line if there are no big blokes there to contest. Perhaps we'll actually play Dawes (and hopefully Hogan) forward of centre next year, instead of letting him run around like a headless chook.

Garlett would be okay if he costs us nothing, but I certainly wouldn't be giving up anything of value for him.

Dawes has struggled without having a crumbing forward around him. It makes his 10 dropped marks per game look worse. At least with a crumber he can attempt to palm the ball down a bit more.

The other problem with Garlett is how damn soft he is. He makes Watts look courageous. I don't know how we toughen him up.

So...like Yze?

court case november

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/carltons-jeff-garlett-charged-over-cbd-incident-20140820-106hdu.html

Not ideal. But sounds like blokes being blokes. Or idiots being idiots.

Guess if we are taking him it's about giving him a fresh start and forgiving whatever has happened before.

He is proven as a goal kicker who can chase . Win for us at a cheap price

Never mind his crumbing. Now we don't have to hold the ball up on the wing to wait for our plodders to get into the forward 50. We can just lob it in and watch him chase it down.

Edited October 7, 201411 yr by mrtwister

Apparently big personal troubles, I hope we've done due diligence.

If they are sorted then he could be worth something.

Really it's just a throw at the stumps that should cost nothing.

Correct. Before everone gets too excited you might want to have a think about why he spent all last season playing for the Bullants???

JKH and Garlett hovering around forward line, pouncing on the loose ball being brought down by Gawn, Hogan et al, wouldn't necessarily be bad thing.

Was dropped last year to find some form and instead of working to get back he sulked and was a bit part player... Definitely wouldn't give up much, but if this is the wake up call he needs then there is a lot of upside!!

Roos v Malthouse is a big factor here!

Edited October 7, 201411 yr by watchtheeyes

Correct. Before everone gets too excited you might want to have a think about why he spent all last season playing for the Bullants???

I kept my head mostly in the MFC sand this year - why did he?

Whatever it was didn't affect him for the previous three seasons, where he barely missed a game.

Edited October 7, 201411 yr by Nasher

JKH and Garlett hovering around forward line, pouncing on the loose ball being brought down by Gawn, Hogan et al, wouldn't necessarily be bad thing.

In no way is that a bad thing.

Had a poor season this year.His previous 4 seasons he kicked 159 goals in 88 games including years of 39,43 and 48. Avg 3.4 tackles a game. Only 25.

Bargain if he buys in

I don't think Blease will be enough. Sure Garlett had a bad year, but at least he has proven to be an AFL quality forward. Blease hasn't even proven being a VFL player.

Not ideal. But sounds like blokes being blokes. Or idiots being idiots.

Guess if we are taking him it's about giving him a fresh start and forgiving whatever has happened before.

yeah, i'd take him (if he comes relatively cheap). we need some x-factor crumbing in the fwd line