Rumour 2024 Rumours and Speculation Part 2

[Scorpus]

Spoiler: Older Rumors

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Rumors from September 30

• FiveAA claims we are after Scott Borlace, current Head of Development at Brisbane (link)
• Claims of Rory Sloane
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  Rory Sloane

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  heading to Melbourne Demons as a development coach, but maybe not before asking for a job at the Crows first?
• Inside Trading suggests we are interested in Gold Coast's pick 12 (link)
• Inside Trading also suggests Clayton Oliver
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  is possibly back on the trade table, but doesn't link him to any specific clubs

Rumors from October 1

• We have offered Darcy Fogarty
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  a five year contract extension early ahead of free agency (link)
• We are attempting to lure Graham Wright to our football department (link)

Rumors from October 2-3

• Graham Wright, who we are chasing as a head of football, is also being chased by Carlton for a CEO position (link)

Rumors from October 4-5

• Gettable claiming pick 25 for Neal-Bullen and a future 2nd for Peatling (link)

Rumors from October 6

• Tom Morris claims we are open to splitting pick 4 (link)

Rumor summary October 8

• Jon Ralph claims we are not prepared to use a future 2nd on Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 9

• Graham Wright will not join Adelaide, instead taking up the Carlton CEO role (link)
• Tom Morris claims the Peatling trade will involve future 2nd and 3rd round picks, and we have offered him a four year deal at about $600k per season (link)
• Riley Beveridge claims we asked GWS if they were interested in one of our players in the Peatling trade (link)

Rumor summary October 10

• Collingwood are interested in Justin Reid as their new head of football (link)
• GWS want our future 2nd and pick 46 for Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 11

• Poster claims we are attempting to lure Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, maybe in 2025 (link)
• Tom Morris claims we will do the Peatling deal for pick 46 and a future 2nd provided there are other late pick swaps (link)

Rumor summary October 13

• Tom Morris suggests we have offered a trade involving a swap of future 2nds for Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 15

• After West Coast got absolutely rogered, Cal Twomey claims we have offered either two future 3rds for Peatling, or a swap of 2nds and a future 3rd (link)
• We have interest in Sam Davidson from Richmond VFL (link)
• Mitch Cleary claims some GWS players are facing suspensions from the AFL due to behaviour at an end of season event (link)
• Brett Montgomery is staying at GWS, meaning we were unsuccessful at luring him (link)

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I know people have said it before, but how could Rioli be worth 6 and Houston effectively 13.
Houston is twice the player Rioli is. No wonder the pear faithful are fuming .
Personally feel 13 is about right for an uncontracted Houston . (So they got slight under cos he’s contracted)
Rioli is a second round pick .

Yep absolute steal by tigers

Daylight robbery

If it was 9 and not 13 it would prob look ok for port on paper at least

 

[rabidcrow]

I think Luko will turn out better than people here would like if port use him right. He has a lot of talent and it's not as if we haven't witnessed any of it yet.

Underestimated - like Rankine was on here when trade week was happening


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[George Kramer]

Rioli is getting on

But did you know they were younger than the baby Hawks in the finals……….not that they talk about that…..except weekly

 

[crow2crow]

I know people have said it before, but how could Rioli be worth 6 and Houston effectively 13.
Houston is twice the player Rioli is. No wonder the pear faithful are fuming .
Personally feel 13 is about right for an uncontracted Houston . (So they got slight under cos he’s contracted)
Rioli is a second round pick .

payback for screwing richmond over plotting to take their coach?

 

[latinoheat]

Richards was competing with Shultz and Bobby Hill

Ports small forwards are really poor outside Rioli , I think he’s chosen a weaker team for more opportunities

Half ports team are small forwards ! They drafted 2 last year , got another one this year in Barrett as well

 

[adelaidecrows]

Port have basically ignored the draft for the last few years. They will have a serious lack of any young talent coming through now. We have seen how much that has hurt us with us botching multiple drafts and losing young players all at once. Now we have a lack of players around the 25-30 age bracket. Port will have the same problem very soon.

Port get away with this strategy by the media because of the success Geelong and Hawthorn had with it. The difference is the Hawks and Geelong got star players every trade. Port have got mediocre city players with a couple of star players mixed in.

Stats dont favour this strategy though. Hawthorn last won their premierships in 2015. Geelong have started to opt away from this strategy and started hitting the draft and its showing with their results. They are putting some good results together. Port seem hell bent on sticking with it and its just not working.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Underestimated - like Rankine was on here when trade week was happening


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Yeah feel the same , even guys like Kane are underestimating what Luko could become

Plenty of talent to harness

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Half ports team are small forwards ! They drafted 2 last year , got another one this year in Barrett as well

Not any good ones outside of Rioli

Major weakness

 

[cleanhands]

But did you know they were younger than the baby Hawks in the finals……….not that they talk about that…..except weekly

Too much milk from the teet of the cash cow

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Port get away with this strategy by the media because of the success Geelong and Hawthorn had with it. The difference is the Hawks and Geelong got star players every trade. Port have got mediocre city players with a couple of star players mixed in.

Stats dont favour this strategy though. Hawthorn last won their premierships in 2015. Geelong have started to opt away from this strategy and started hitting the draft and its showing with their results. They are putting some good results together. Port seem hell bent on sticking with it and its just not working.

They’ve just traded heavily into this draft though ?

 

[FR0GGY]

How many years for rat?

 

[spenze]

Rioli is getting on

The cones?

 

[jackster83]

Yep absolute steal by tigers

Daylight robbery

If it was 9 and not 13 it would prob look ok for port on paper at least

Richmond doing a great job of fleecing other clubs (who coincidentally have ex-Richmond coaches).

 

[Peter Doherty]

But did you know they were younger than the baby Hawks in the finals……….not that they talk about that…..except weekly

Hawthorn's sub was a 33 yo, the Power had a 19 yo.

Who had the younger 22?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Richmond doing a great job of fleecing other clubs (who coincidentally have ex-Richmond coaches).

Gold Coast are going to hand over all their gains from Port deal to Richmond.

Rioli fetching 2x more than Houston will sting.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Richmond doing a great job of fleecing other clubs (who coincidentally have ex-Richmond coaches).

And ex Richmond list managers/ recruiters ( west coast )

 

[Jeffcrowe]

How many years for rat?

Imagine if he was listed until he was 35 haha

 

[Crow till I die]

Gold Coast are going to hand over all their gains from Port deal to Richmond.

Rioli fetching 2x more than Houston will sting.

They play by different rules with their steady stream of top Academy talents they have, will get this year and also next year. It doesn't really matter when you get top rated players every year for cents in the dollar

 

[Danger in Texas]

And ex Richmond list managers/ recruiters ( west coast )

Anyone Tiger connections at Freo? Might be telling re: whether they cave on 10/11

 

[dplggr47]

How many years for rat?

Was signed to Suns til end of 2025, so Port have only offered him a 1 year deal.

 

[Ciao Giacomo]

I am calling it now. There is no way Port ever win a premiership while they have this missing pieces trading strategy. Its demolishing their depth. Im honestly looking forward to next year because i predict Port will almost certainly seek permission to use every future 1st and 2nd from the new found rules to bring in more players.

It’s a sensible strategy. They can keep using draft picks for the following two years, every year, until the club folds .

It’s like a person on the dole going in to cash converters to get an advance on their next dole cheque, the day after receiving and blowing their last dole cheque.

 

[adelaidecrows]

They’ve just traded heavily into this draft though ?

They traded a player who wanted out and the AFL probably put it as a stipulation that the Houston pick they receive couldn't be traded out for a player, because they are using next years pick for Luko. One hypothetical reason Port backed out of the deal in the first place was because they wanted to keep the future 1st but throw pick 13 at a club for another player. I wouldnt put it past them.

But I do suspect the reason they originally opted out of the trade was they recognise the need for top end talent via the draft and they want to start getting back into having 1st and 2nd round draft picks. I think there eyes were opened about the results of last years trading perhaps didnt yield the results they thought it would.

 

[CromradeCromulent]

apparently the gws players are in trouble for waring dressups the AFL didnt like to their party

FFS. AFL too woke

They're employee's of the AFL getting paid a lot of money and are public figures

 

[George Kramer]

Hawthorn's sub was a 33 yo, the Power had a 19 yo.

Who had the younger 22?

I don’t know, they don’t talk about it at Port

 

[Jeffcrowe]

They traded a player who wanted out and the AFL probably put it as a stipulation that the Houston pick they receive couldn't be traded out for a player, because they are using next years pick for Luko. One hypothetical reason Port backed out of the deal in the first place was because they wanted to keep the future 1st but throw pick 13 at a club for another player. I wouldnt put it past them.

But I do suspect the reason they originally opted out of the trade was they recognise the need for top end talent via the draft and they want to start getting back into having 1st and 2nd round draft picks. I think there eyes were opened about the results of last years trading perhaps didnt yield the results they thought it would.

They definitely were desperate to get into this years draft like alot of clubs , maybe too desperate in the end