That not true. Sinclair would have been abused by Grundy and Gawn. He doesn’t have the physicality that Lycett can bring
You are aware that Lycett got monstered in most of his games the past season? I believe he still got comprehensively beaten in the ruck in the finals, yet the 2 on 1 strategy worked.
Sinclair was contracted. He wanted to stay and WCE made the same statement given this trade period (in relation to Brander). Halfway through the 3 week trade period, Sydney offered a large contract (similar to Lycett), and then Sinclair requested to be part of the trade.