Thoughts on Barlow

hardnut · April 26, 2015, 11:34:30 AM

I traded in Barlow when Ablett went out thinking he was a safety and coming off a 140-odd. He's now failed to score a 100 in both his games COMBINED since bringing him in.
I'm overseas but does anyone know the deal? I noted a very low TOG of 69% which is normally red vest country against Sydney. Injured, simply a form slump or being pushed out of Freo's best midfield? It definetly is not a tag!

Comments welcome...

Ricochet · April 26, 2015, 11:38:08 AM

Was battling with his ankle, so not sure if its still affecting him man. I didn't get to watch the game last night so couldn't give you any more than that

colmullet · April 26, 2015, 11:50:58 AM

Yeah i did the same move, he's been killing me

Torpedo10 · April 26, 2015, 11:56:27 AM

Took Lewis. Hard luck for all Barlow owners.

Mr.Craig · April 27, 2015, 01:29:57 PM

Sometimes I split my strategies between AF and DT. In AF I got Barlow for Ablett, in DT I got Heppell.

Fair to say I've enjoyed DT more in the last two weeks.

Rusty00 · April 27, 2015, 02:10:02 PM

Quote from: Mr.Craig on April 27, 2015, 01:29:57 PM
Sometimes I split my strategies between AF and DT. In AF I got Barlow for Ablett, in DT I got Heppell.

Fair to say I've enjoyed DT more in the last two weeks.

In AF I already had Barlow so I bought in Sloane for Ablett. In DT I already had Sloane so I bought in Barlow for Ablett.

Fair to say I didn't enjoy either this week :'(

hardnut · April 27, 2015, 02:57:09 PM

But is there a reasons for Barlows terrible scoring...This is key defender bad from a guy who just doesn't go so low....The TOG really worries me and I'd expect Mungu to slot back into 21...not out of the question for Barlow to start in green is it? Very tempted to cut my loses and get Heppell but another sideways trade would suck.

Rusty00 · April 27, 2015, 03:22:17 PM

Quote from: hardnut on April 27, 2015, 02:57:09 PM
But is there a reasons for Barlows terrible scoring...This is key defender bad from a guy who just doesn't go so low....The TOG really worries me and I'd expect Mungu to slot back into 21...not out of the question for Barlow to start in green is it? Very tempted to cut my loses and get Heppell but another sideways trade would suck.

Only thing I can think of is like Rico said he is still struggling a bit with his ankle. Hard to explain otherwise for a player who has historically been such a reliable accumulator ???

Barra13 · April 28, 2015, 11:21:53 AM

Best thing is I just traded him for both of those lovely scores. >:(

The_Captain · April 28, 2015, 11:35:03 AM

When the most reliable dt scorer becomes the most unreliable in a matter of just 2 weeks :(.