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8 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

He's a freebie- grab him with both hands!

As great as our kids are, they are still kids. Battle hardened and prolific, AFL standard onballer is available; take him.

Get 2 or 3 years out of him and run the risk of losing a good young fella.

We have enough senior onball players.

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2 minutes ago, McQueen said:

Get 2 or 3 years out of him and run the risk of losing a good young fella.

We have enough senior onball players.

I think our depth is massively overrated. All things goin well injurywise next year, our best 22 looks fantastic. Some bad luck comes out way, our list drops away quickly.

Barlow is in our top 25 players; insurance, pressure and experience.

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He's a mate of a mate. No major injury concerns, wants to keep playing, Freo benched him and other pros to solidify their draft position. 

(Sounds bloody familiar to us 8 years ago)

So Lyon wants youth (and to save his job) and he would be in the way. 

Don't know which teams 'need' what he is offering but he will be value. Hard not to be as a DFA.

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42 minutes ago, McQueen said:

I think there's greater value to be found in further developing our young mids.

Adding Barlow on top of Jones, Lewis, Vince and to a lesser degree Melksham and Hibberd, would be overkill and potentially tip the age profile into 'older' territory.

We have to remember that our youngsters are very talented and we're putting games into them 'together' in order to win flags.

It's a no, from me.

He can play forward too.

If guys like Garlett, Kent, Frost or vandenBerg miss games because of Barlow's inclusion, I highly doubt the future will be any worse off for it.

43 possessions and 2 goals in a tight win (a rare win) over Port Adelaide in round 13 suggests to me he's still got a bit left in the tank.

DFA is a free hit, more appealing than the player available at pick 81.

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It would not surprise if there's a club out there that has already lined him up to join them as a DFA. I suppose we'll know next week.

In the meantime, I can't see that it would be Melbourne. We seem to have everyone left on the list contracted so we would have to pay someone out of their existing contract to come into play as the suitor for a DFA. Not sure that's a likely scenario but will stand corrected. 

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If we can get him for not much and won't have to pay him much or guarantee him games, I don't see why we wouldn't recruit him.

Our inventory of young, talented mids is packed to the rafters - Barlow would add some further quality midfield depth.

Let's capitalise on the fact that Lyon has bent Freo's list way out of shape and that he now needs to move Barlow on a year or two ahead of time.

 

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If Lewis hadnt of come across then it would have been a yes from me but definetely not now. Similar sentiments to previous posts, we've got enough inside mids and need to put games into the youngsters. Another 29 year old on top of a 30 year old will hinder us just as were entering our "premiership window".

 


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He's a great footballer and seemingly ripping bloke but he's too slow to play forward and lacks the skills to do much with the ball. 

If he's not in and under the packs then he's just not a quality player. 

There's also the matter that as much as we may want him he probably doesn't want to come to us now we've got Lewis. As a Delisted free agent he gets to pick his club and I'd think he'd pick a bottom club that can give him guaranteed game time in the middle or a top club where he can be depth and have a chance to break in for big games. 

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I reckon he's a good fit for the Crows, and i suspect that's where he'll go.

he wouldn't pass up a trade to the Suns if something wasn't lined up.

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We can afford to pick up a 30,30 plus experienced player,just for the insurance an can assist the younger players. A ruck/forward would be nice but we may have to pick up that player in the kiddie draft. Also we could do with another defender. We may also pick up another Brayshaw. Decisions,decisions!!!!!!

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On 24/10/2016 at 7:22 PM, rpfc said:

He's a mate of a mate. No major injury concerns, wants to keep playing, Freo benched him and other pros to solidify their draft position. 

(Sounds bloody familiar to us 8 years ago)

So Lyon wants youth (and to save his job) and he would be in the way. 

Don't know which teams 'need' what he is offering but he will be value. Hard not to be as a DFA.

You are not suggesting Dockers tan ta , I can't even say the word. 

Seriously though I am not sure that getting Lewis disqualifies us getting Barlow. He is only 29 and could have 3 good years left. 

We still need mature bodies especially late in the season and I note we have 9 x 6 day breaks and will need to rotate players especially mids. He could be very useful more so than a young kid taken late in the draft. We already have a lot of young talent. 

We have delisted several depth mids and he is better than all of them and a few injuries could make him extremely valuable. 

I would not be against having a long hard look at him. He is also a freebie. If no good he would go in a year or two. Not much to lose.

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On 25/10/2016 at 7:49 AM, Abe said:

I reckon he's a good fit for the Crows, and i suspect that's where he'll go.

he wouldn't pass up a trade to the Suns if something wasn't lined up.

Quite often there is.

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