Rumour 2024 Rumours and Speculation Part 2 (Rumours total 25, last 28th August)

[jenny61_99]

Trade Radio reckons Port have offered Luko 7 years!

 

[Cromulant]

Trade Radio reckons Port have offered Luko 7 years!

Its a BIG deal, takes him to 31

 

[Cromulant]

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Ugh.....

 

[Danger in Texas]

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Why do this, man? Just setting us up for disappointment when no announcement inevitably comes

 

[rocket18]

This is the thing that frustrates me

We have a poor record of attracting known quality players to the club. The best pathway we have to obtaining quality players is through the draft and developing those players.

Ummm, whilst your idea above makes sense the reality is quite the opposite.

We've had 5+ years of rebuild/high draft picks and our best two players by a country mile have been the ones we've traded in.

These two players were fortunate enough to develop outside the AFC/Nicks 'system'.

 

[Cromulant]

Why do this, man? Just setting us up for disappointment when no announcement inevitably comes

And people said I was a Port fan, this smacks of it.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Ummm, whilst your idea above makes sense the reality is quite the opposite.

We've had 5+ years of rebuild/high draft picks and our best two players by a country mile have been the ones we've traded in.

These two players were fortunate enough to develop outside the AFC/Nicks 'system'.

Two sides of the coin

On one hand, they got a lot better here than they were at their previous clubs
On the other hand, given our development history, it's tough not to say if they were at the AFC since they were drafted, they wouldn't be close to the players they are today

 

[JPetro83]

Can you imagine if Port ship Houston to North for their F1 and it ends up being pick 2 next year, they could literally be swapping Houston for Dyson Sharp.

They have Lukosius and if they beat us to Cumming, thats their Houston replacement as well. Enough to make you vomit at how well they could manage this offseason compared to us.

This is why they are constantly in the top 4.. they are a coaching change away from making that elusive GF.
They just have better and smarter people running their club..

 

[GreyCrow]

Why do this, man? Just setting us up for disappointment when no announcement inevitably comes

Its a troll

 

[JPetro83]

Likely the latter. At the end of that game I knew they'd up their offer in $$ and picks to get him. They're desperate to fix their forward line to compliment their banging midfield.

The same way we're desperate to fix our midfield with very decent forwards and backs.

As soon as that forward line clicks at port they will be top 2 locks for years to come.. especially when Ken leaves. I just wish a big Vic club would offer Butters the keys to city and a godfather deal to get him out of Port

 

[Danger in Texas]

If I’m hearing right, Twomey/Beveridge seem to think Cumming decision will come before Perryman

 

[Amacca 23]

As soon as that forward line clicks at port they will be top 2 locks for years to come.. especially when Ken leaves. I just wish a big Vic club would offer Butters the keys to city and a godfather deal to get him out of Port

yeah right their backline is crap and forwards aint much better

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[MRB37]

Then we need to change, not ship out the talent we can’t handle.

We do, but I think we all know we won't. We will expect the player to conform to our rigid set of expectations and then pound them when they don't.

 

[TBM]

Here is the full list of players we've recruited from other clubs in the past 20 years, who were best 22 at their club and under the age of 27

Izak Rankine
Jordan Dawson
Eddie Betts
Scott Thompson

Our recruiting record is abysmal. We pick up the occasional fringe player scraps (Seedsman, Lynch, Hinge, Symes, Jacobs) but when it actually comes to recruiting best 22 players from other clubs our record is appalling

Wow. That's not a down patch, that's a long-standing systemic issue

 

[Cromulant]

Wow. That's not a down patch, that's a long-standing systemic issue

Correct.

 

[MRB37]

I disagree. Rachele has shown massive upside and people are too quick to jump on his mistakes and forget his great moments. Even if he wasn't projecting well trading him would likely also lose us soligo and nank eventually.

I'm not criticising Rachele or his ability, I'm saying we are not (currently) a club who will get the best out of such an outgoing personality because we expect every player to conform to a rather vanilla, bland and corporate friendly style. There's a reason we hold guys like Van Berlo, David Mackay, Rory Sloane up as the epitome of what it means to be an Adelaide Crow player.

Rash is a guy who seems to thrive on confidence and is extremely outgoing, both on and off the field. All the sorts of things we seem to hate in a player.

 

[1990crow]

New name on its way, the AFC are hunting are playing their cards well. Expect new news within 48hrs, slight delay for good causes View attachment 2121145

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We all assume you are a troll but Ill hold out simply because the alternative is ****ing depressing.

 

[TBM]

If I’m hearing right, Twomey/Beveridge seem to think Cumming decision will come before Perryman

Any indication which way? Twomey usually has good inside lines at Port Adelaide.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Any indication which way? Twomey usually has good inside lines at Port Adelaide.

Not really. Still need to watch the rest of Gettable so they might say something later in the piece

 

[Scorpus]

Gettable saying Malcom Rosas Jr is staying at Gold Coast

 

[TBM]

Gettable saying Malcom Rosas Jr is staying at Gold Coast

Another one our LM guys could've gone a lot more "aggressive" at ...

 

[Danger in Texas]

Another one our LM guys could've gone a lot more "aggressive" at ...

Sounds like it's more a case of GC reneging what they said about him being able to explore his options elsewhere

 

[Cromulant]

Gettable saying Malcom Rosas Jr is staying at Gold Coast

They let him have a look, he found a few clubs and they went "oh **** we didnt actually think you would do it"

 

[Cromulant]

Another one our LM guys could've gone a lot more "aggressive" at ...

We and a number of others had a crack and they told him to stop looking

 

[Scorpus]

Gettable also saying the Neal-Bullen trade is likely the first trade of the trade period, and will be done for pick 25