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Worthington considered playing in Adelaide

If a club goes for a budget import or a bench import which some have done in the past there is a process to get players points reviewed.

Oh and to be clear I know DeVries has played in Aus before, I was just mentioning that if he was 8 (let's be honest, it was 2 years ago) aswell as Winder we'd be able to fit Worthington.

Are imports automatically 10 if they haven't played here before?

If Winder and DeVries were both 8, we'd probably be able to fit him under the points cap. While I'm not a Worthington fan, I wouldn't have been against the idea, there is only one player I would have never accepted in an Adelaide uniform and he's now retired.

wow, he would have been a great signing, but would have probably come down to points/$$$ available, the blaze were willing to cut davison so would have most likely had alot more $$ available than the 36ers without cutting one of our imports.

From a points perspective i think i have read we have 8 available so we may have been able to let go either say Hill or Dowdell along witw Herbert being out and grab Wortho and a cheaper player such as Daly or a college returnee id guess we would have 1-3 points available. Part of me wish they did do this, and this may have been considered.

What would people prefer
Wortho + a rookie (eg Tom Daly)
or
a 6-8 point player + Hill or Dowdell?

Tough decision and i can understand why they didnt (a) from a loyalty point of view cutting a decent young player before the season even starts especially someone like Hill who has been around for years,

(b) the fact Wortho could quite easily have gone to Europe next year and they may in the long run be better off with a 8 point player who sticks around and not cutting anyone.

Personally if you could guarantee Wortho would stay the 3years i would have made the change and got him, but the $$$ is also a big issue and id be fairly sure the Blaze would have out bidded us as Davisons contract would be bigger than Herberts you would think.

well maybe next season we can have a reshuffle and include worthington. I think we would have alot more potential that way of getting a few more flags up on the rafters

yeh i just read that. if we got wortho i think we would have been set. but as you said Isaac its good for the future reference atleast so next season it could be an option. interesting how Marty Clarke knew nothing about this, wonder what thats about.