Let me come home: Cam McCarthy
The West Australian
Fremantle target Cam McCarthy is pleading with Greater Western Sydney to grant him a trade home to be closer to family and friends.
The 20-year-old forward has been the subject of a drawn-out stalemate this trade period, with the Giants unwilling to entertain a transfer despite the Dockers offering as much as two first-round draft picks.
It is understood the Dockers would consider adding a player to the mix and potentially bringing in a third club in order to get the Giants to sit down at the table.
GWS forward McCarthy pleads for trade to Fremantle
AFL.com.au
GREATER Western Sydney forward Cam McCarthy has ramped up his bid for a trade to Fremantle, pleading with the Giants to consider dealing him before next Thursday's deadline.
McCarthy is contracted for the next two years after re-signing with GWS midway through the season, but is now desperate to return to his home state and be closer to family.
He has suggested he would ask for a trade again at the end of next season if his request is denied by the Giants.
Ex Hawk and Docker headlines WA Combine
AFL.com.au
FORMER Hawthorn and Fremantle-listed player Sam Menegola headlines a group of 23 players that will participate in the WA State AFL combine on Saturday.
Menegola, 23, spent the 2011 season on Hawthorn's rookie list and then spent three seasons on Fremantle's rookie list but never played an AFL game before being delisted at the end of 2014.
But a staggering season for Subiaco in the WAFL has put him back in contention for another shot at AFL football.
St Kilda dither and Jake Carlisle could yet become a Hawk
The Age
Not for the first time, Hawthorn has shown the Saints how to do something. In this case, the lesson handed out is in the art of landing a player.
If St Kilda does not move quickly and find a way to satisfy Essendon, then Jake Carlisle will be wearing a brown and gold jumper – and quite possibly a premiership medal – in 2016.
He will look good in that garish jumper, but it will not be a good look for the rest of the competition.
The Hawks don't muck around when they want a player.
Nor do the Cats, who are renowned for the clarity of their position, for preparing contingency plans and a willingness to compromise.
But the Saints have pursued Carlisle without a reliable game plan, one that will stand up in October. St Kilda does not want to part with pick no 5 for Carlisle.
The Saints have said this often enough for it to be a verse in the club song. But everyone has known all along that they cannot get big Jake without trading pick 5 – or next year's first pick – as part of the deal.
AFL Trades: Jake Carlisle, Chris Yarran and Adam Treloar hoping to get deals done
Herald Sun
HAWTHORN has the ammunition in needs for a Jake Carlisle deal after trading exciting midfielder Jed Anderson to North Melbourne.
The deal was done on Friday morning, with Hawthorn also giving the Kangaroos picks 38 and 40 in the draft.
In return the premier receives picks 15 and 54.
That means the Hawks now hold picks 15 and 18 which they are selling to Essendon as a swap for Carlisle — a shock move that would end the key forward’s hopes of joining St Kilda.
