I'd imagine Alan Richardson will be asked for his two bobs worth on the subject. 

  On 13/04/2020 at 07:45, Moonshadow said:

Agree. Also not writing Weid off.

Would prefer what we have, than take a punt on a fragile Paddy.

Highly doubt he is over his concussion issues, though I'm not a doctor.

He had treatment in America and is feeling pretty good at the moment but family think he won't be back.

Ok, Paddy Mc Cartin says the fire still burns. He's a free agent. Do we try to get him on the list ??? 

I'm surprised this hasn't been posted already.

  On 13/04/2020 at 03:27, Demon Dude said:

i'd have to say its a pass from me.

I think he can be a good player, but like others have said we have too many injury plagued players on the list as it is. and besides I reckon we could have T.Lockett playing down forward and we'd struggle get 40 goals out of him a year with our dodgy forward structures and poor kicking going inside F50.

I agree dd.

  On 13/04/2020 at 01:15, Leoncelli_36 said:

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McCartin reckons he has overcome his concussion issues and is looking for another chance. Wants to resume with St Kilda, but with the season up in the air, would you punt on him if an opportunity opens up in some form of mid-season draft.

 

We are lacking a KPF. There is no way TMac is getting back to his best. Steven May would be a better forward candidate atm. 

 

Anyhoo, would ya? 

I reckon we are still building as a list... we are in a better position than for a long time, but we are still short of top quality.

Tmac, Weide and Brown are OK for the moment, and I think Weide will develop,  but we aren't at patch up position with spare parts yet.

Yes we can recruit mature players,  but I don't consider Paddy has even arrived,  let alone mature.

 

For me,  its a top shelf player, or its the draft,  to keep on building. 

Bennell was worth the risk,  because we had no one as a small forward who was QUICK.

  On 13/04/2020 at 01:51, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I’d entertain the idea. Back in the 2014 draft I was hoping the Saints would choose Petracca or Brayshaw and therefore allowing us to take McCartin. Had a gut feel he’d be a champion forward. Has been crueled by injury.

We also need to bolster our forward line and Paddy could be an option. A far better marking option than Weid.

We don’t have a good forward line and we can’t rely on Melksham and Fritsch to kick 8 between them every week. They were both disappointing in round 1 as they only contributed 1 between them against WC. However, they will be much better against lesser teams and lesser defenders.

As for T Mac, we all bagged him after round 1 but he still managed 2 goals on the back of a poor performance against pretty much the best side in the league. That suggests to me that he would’ve been on track for a solid 50 goal year if the season went 22 games. To T Mac’s credit he’s a very accurate shot for goal and makes the most of his chances unlike many other forwards around the league.

Just on T Mac, he showed that he cannot hold a contested mark to save his life atm. So unless that turns around, our bomb it long game plan won’t suit him. He has trampoline hands, the likes of which have not been seen since Chris Dawes left the club. 

We are crying out for a quality KPF. Paddy has yet to prove he is even a sufficient KPF at AFL level. Pass.

We’ve thrown a lifeline to Harley, given KK a chance, kept persisting with AvB. We can’t keep on recruiting players with bodies that need fixing. 

I wish him all the best, can’t help but be a little concerned for him though. He’s got his whole life ahead of him. 

Poor guy retired for health reasons then watched on as the entire playing group gets to not play and still get most of their pay! No wonder he wants back in.

Seriously this guy can't take a trick. Not even eligible for JobKeeper.

Apparently we recruited KK thinking his concussion issues were resolved and they weren’t. Maybe I’ve been burnt but I would be afraid the same would happen with McCartin. 

I'd prefer Petty

Just not sure he's a particularly good player - seems a bit like Port's John Butcher to me.

Good luck to him, but pass.

 

 

McCartin has other health issues as well: I understand: he is diabetic and needs insulin injections regularly. That together with the spectre of concussion hanging over his head (no pun) makes for a too risky prospect I believe. As far as I can remember his only good game was against us in 2018 (opposed to a very immature Harrison Petty)!
And don’t forget Petty was showing a bit of ability up forward last season and we have young Jackson to debut if ever the football season starts again.

I think McCartin might be a better defender and I hope we take a punt on him.

 

Forget McCartin. We should throw everything we can behind recruiting Jeremy Cameron.

Here's a career comparison with Weid

Quick answer. Nearly the same.

People saying we should get him because Weid is no good haven't seen enough of McCartin play. He has never been good. He never got past the diabetes let alone the concussion

 

Key forwards and key backs for that matter need to run all day at pace. Paddy McCartin would be lucky to run for a quarter of the required level.

  On 13/04/2020 at 02:28, ding said:

Well, surprise surprise.

A constantly injured footy player without a job declares himself over his injury problems and ready to go. 

Sounds legit.

 

Hard pass.

Pretty much exactly what I was going to post.

Of course a bloke will declare himself ready for a big footy contract.

Nope, nope, nope, no way.