Brodie McLaughlin linked to Saints

[Otiman]

IMO a structured, reliable forward line will be better than a talented one without structure or reliability.

[Sainternist]

McLaughlin has been delisted by GCS, along with Jed Anderson and Charlie Constable. Hmmm I remember we were into getting Constable when he was at Geelong. May have dodged a bullet there

[magnifisaint]

Wow this guy must be a gun. Who makes up this s***?

[shanegrambeau]

Wow this guy must be a gun. Who makes up this s***?

Found this..
Chances of him being another Callum Wilkie?
Well?


From the VAFA to AFL: Brodie McLaughlin’s remarkable rise to the Gold Coast Suns.
And then there was one at the Suns.
VFL forward Brodie McLaughlin remains in contention for an unlikely rise to AFL ranks, continuing to train with Gold Coast during the pre-season supplemental selection period.

Of a small group of hopefuls invited to trial, Frankston’s McLaughlin is the only player still at the Suns. The club has one vacancy on its list.
Frankston coach Danny Ryan is calling the 25-year-old – who was overlooked for the Under 18 NAB League and entered senior football in the lower grades of the Victorian amateurs – “the last man standing”.
“He’s obviously been performing well and impressing a few people. We hope he can get across the line,” Ryan says.

McLaughlin says he was surprised but prepared when he received a call, inviting him to train with the Suns.

He flew to the Gold Coast in early December.
“I’ve known myself that I’ve been ready for this opportunity for a while,” he says.

“But I think there’s that little bit of shock when an AFL club is interested in you. It’s pretty surreal to have that, when you play VFL and a club at a level higher reach out and show that interest in you.

“It’s great to have a reward for effort and get some attention.

“Every year I’ve tried to push myself a bit further and been ambitious in what I think I can achieve. I’ve been hard on myself and determined to push myself as hard as I can until I could get to that opportunity. If it wasn’t to be, it wasn’t to be. I wasn’t going to leave anything out on the park. I didn’t want to have any regrets.”

He says his time at the Suns has been “really exciting, and hopefully it ends with a good result, but regardless it’s been a great opportunity”.

[King Max]

Our big recruit

A mature age rookie who hasn’t played a game

Nobody is suggesting he is anything other than a handy back up.

Why the need to feel superior?

[magnifisaint]

Who?

[bobmurray]

We haven't recruited him, he's only just been delisted.

It's all media bulldust until it has or hasn't happened.

Yes, i know, fan forums have to gab about something whilst Nothing is happening.

[axcellence]

Look at ability…

The little fella at Bulldogs goes ok. The Riewoldt St Kilda let go also went ok.

[Impatient Sainter]

I believe if Membrey does retire we are a chance to offer McLaughlin a position, otherwise I doubt there will be sufficient list spots. Hopefully Members bounces back and gets his health sorted, he is an important link to our forward structures.