08-14-2016, 09:43 AM
(08-14-2016, 08:59 AM)Peter Brady link Wrote:If that's the situation then the question becomes "is Casboult worth more to us as a part of our team, or is he worth more to us as a trade option. I see him as a player who actually has a bit of trade value, certainly more than many on the list who are sometimes suggested as good trade options.
To get something of value you have to give up something of value.When McKay, Curnow, Silvagni and maybe a player like young Ben Silvagni are our forward line will there be a place for a player who takes a good mark but is only a 50/50 proposition as a goalkicker?
A player like Casboult may have enough value for another team who are prepared to pay a good price. But we won't know that until negotiations start. If we get a good offer we should definitely consider it because we know what we've got with Casboult and there isn't much more to learn.
I reckon Cripps has more chance of playing as a key forward than Charlie Curnow and Silvagni do. The latter two should be important parts of our forward line but we still need at least two key forwards and a back up or two.
If Ben Silvagni continues to progress and is drafted in 2018, he may or may not make his debut in 2019. Until then, we have McKay, with potential but doubts about his durability, and Jones, Foster and Jaksch not showing much at all. Then we have Casboult averaging a goal a game, rated 6th in the competition for contested marks and with the size, attitude and actions to intimidate opponents. We also know that there is limited key position talent in the coming draft. Trading Casboult might get us another swag of GWS rejects or another midfielder from an early draft pick, but we're not going to get another key forward for Casboult.
I would be signing Casboult to a three year deal.
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