Adam Cerra

[Alex Flood 245]

He’s out of contract & yet to make a decision on whether to stay at Freo or come home to Victoria. This is obviously known now but rumour has it that Richmond are keen on him.

Just wondering if you guys think we should look at getting him & if so what would you give in return ?

[Adam The God 30,407]

Brayshaw is the much better player out of that Freo midfield. 

It depends what Cerra'd cost us. I know some of the WA posters like him, but I'm not a big fan. 

That said, we're clearly looking to add outside polished to our midfield (see Merrett), so if Merrett is a no go, maybe we do look at Cerra. He's got a great name.

The one thing I know is the more we keep winning and the deeper we get this year, the more appealing we will be to a player like Cerra who might be assessing his future.

[titan_uranus 25,043]

If we win the flag this year I don't care what happens in the drafting/trading period.

[WERRIDEE 5,504]

I don't think we can afford anymore high priced players. We need to look at our own. Weideman would be the only one on the trade table ATM but he will be given every chance to prove him self.

[BW511 2,688]

Thought there was talk of Geelong.

Or was that them getting involved as a third party and palming off Clark?

[adonski 12,427]

Would be the Cerra on top but don't have the draft capital. I'd assume we'd be looking at Langdon types who will only cost 2nd rounders or there abouts.

[dazzledavey36 55,319]

Would cost a fortune.  We don't have the picks or salary Freo/Cerra would demand.

[deebug 1,754]

Save the $$$ and bring home Andy Brayshaw?

[DubDee 26,117]

Save the money for our own stars. We don’t want a Collingwood scenario

[spirit of norm smith 16,588]

Cerra is about the become a star. Another excellent game today/tonight. I’d love him in red and blue.

He’d be a huge target for clubs like Bombers and Kangas. Hawks probably also could offer a first rounder.

Imv at this time MFC are unlikely to have the trade picks or players to get Freo interested.  

[JimmyGadson 3,455]

1 hour ago, A F said:

Brayshaw is the much better player out of that Freo midfield. 

It depends what Cerra'd cost us. I know some of the WA posters like him, but I'm not a big fan. 

That said, we're clearly looking to add outside polished to our midfield (see Merrett), so if Merrett is a no go, maybe we do look at Cerra. He's got a great name.

The one thing I know is the more we keep winning and the deeper we get this year, the more appealing we will be to a player like Cerra who might be assessing his future.

All I can say is that you have no idea what you're talking about if you're not a fan of Cerra. 

Genuinely no idea. 

You obviously haven't watched enough of him. 

[Canplay 634]

Jason Taylor a great talent spotter -  just give him the picks and keep bringing in talent.

[BDA 22,875]

Super player but can't see how we manufacture a trade or fit him into the cap

[KingDingAling 3,758]

Cerra doesn’t really fill a need for us. He is going to be a star, of that I have no doubt - really like the kid (not many flaws). His ball use is something that we could use, but we drafted Bowey and Laurie for that. Cerra would come at a high cost and he plays in a position where we are already very strong. We need to fill our weaknesses at this point. Money better spent elsewhere. I’d perhaps look to move on a big dollar forward in exchange for a proven wingman to compliment Langers.

[rjay 25,088]

We've done pretty well out of Freo as of late.

Langdon and effectively May.

Can't see how we manufacture this one though.

[hemingway 7,631]

Who ??????? 

 

[Dr.D 1,771]

I hate how we start a thread on every single player that would be good at the dees.

[DeeSpencer 26,081]

Too expensive in terms of cash and draft picks I’d imagine.

A third A grade mid is a huge expense. Particularly when we have Gawn, Viney, Harmes, Langdon and most likely Gus on the books.

Unless we find value in trading players out I’d imagine we look towards free agency, even if it’s matching and getting a discount.

Plenty of other holes we need to fill with draft picks or cheaper trade acquisitions. 

 

[layzie 33,991]

I like Cerra but very wary of price tags considering our cap situation. Not much bait on hand either, I think it would be a pass.

[Nascent 9,283]

Cerra would be great but can't see us having the picks/cash to get it done. Tucker might be gettable though.

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,510]

Great player, who would complement our current midfielders perfectly.  Would need to robe Peter to pay Paul to get him over though.  Clubs will be falling over themselves for a player of his quality and we won’t have the draft currency to compete.  We’d need to give a quality player to get him and free up the cap space.

 

 

[Adam The God 30,407]

2 hours ago, JimmyGadson said:

All I can say is that you have no idea what you're talking about if you're not a fan of Cerra. 

Genuinely no idea. 

You obviously haven't watched enough of him. 

You've always seemed to like opposition players more than our own mate.

I said Brayshaw was the better player and I'm not a big fan. Doesn't mean I'd say no to Adam, but in terms of doing what they do, Brayshaw has taken his game to another level this year and his level is significantly higher than Cerra's thus far. Doesn't mean it can't turn, but it is what it is at this point.

[titan_uranus 25,043]

Seriously why are we discussing the trade/draft period right now, when we're 10-1 at the halfway mark of the 2021 season?

if there has ever been a season where we don't have to start thinking about the trade/draft period mid-year, it's this [censored] one!

[Adam The God 30,407]

26 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Seriously why are we discussing the trade/draft period right now, when we're 10-1 at the halfway mark of the 2021 season?

if there has ever been a season where we don't have to start thinking about the trade/draft period mid-year, it's this [censored] one!

I like the idea of building a dynasty and improving every year. That's why I like these sort of threads, even when we're in the position we find ourselves in now.

[JTR 2,856]

2 hours ago, Dr.D said:

I hate how we start a thread on every single player that would be good at the dees.

Yeah, it sure is inconvenient to not click on a thread and having to scroll another 0.5cm to the next one.