bondiblue wrote:
Sidefx wrote:
It's a catch 22 though.
He could come in and just blow it and be worth even less.
At lest at the moment he is racking up disposals in the 2s and adding perceived value based on that.
A club might see him as a good project that needs a sea change.
What do you think he's worth right now to anyone?
When the season ends, and he's out of contract, what do you think we will get for him?
We encouraged Setters to go for a 3rd rounder.
We delisted Stocker for nothing.
Both our choices.
What choices will we get for Dow? DFA or 4th rounder me thinks.
Bartel warns Dow not to listen to the sales pitch he will receive from Carlton at the end of the season.
I still believe Dow will be given a chance to show his value, and possibly improve his value and desire to stay with Carlton if offered a spot.
I can see Dow avoiding injury, to give himself a clean slate with a new club in 2024.
That's the Catch 22 I see by not playing him till late in the season when our season is over.
We traded Setterfield and our 4th rounder for a future 4th.
So we literally gave him away.
We also played Setters for 13 games which only really gave other clubs interest, yet added no real value.
So if we got a 3rd or even 4th for Paddy outright then we would be doing well, but I doubt this would happen.
If he comes in and absolutely stinks it up, then you can pretty much kiss not only any value away but interest also.
It's in his best interest to play as hard as he can otherwise he will either be lost or playing VFL only next year.
He has more to lose than we do ATM and the only thing he can bank on is high disposals in the VFL and he was #3 pick in the draft.....perceived value.
Weather he stays with us or moves on.