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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  5.7

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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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  Clayton Oliver

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  25.1

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  14.0

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  3.6

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  5.9

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  19.2

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  4.6

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  14.6

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  4.4

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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)

Rumor summary October 16

• Stalemate on the Peatling trade as of 4pm, with us threatening to send him to the PSD (link)

 

[Mutineer]

Was that level of uncompetitiveness evident in his U18 year? Maybe he's just struggling to fit in there a bit mentally?

All I know is he's a bloody long way away from AFL ready at this point.

I'm more in the school of thought you don't use 1st round picks on slow developing ruckmen, Dodson is already reasonably well developed physically so he might not take as long but I guess it gets down to how much you value a ruckman as part of your team. A lot of the better rucks have come from later picks even the rookie draft.

I quite like Flynn Penry who will either go late or rookie or maybe go undrafted this year but I'd be reasonably confident he'll be on an AFL list down the track if he chooses to go to the State Leagues and not back to his hometown team the Cobden Bombers.

 

[Trigger13]

Watch those picks down the road get Sharp and Cochrane

 

[WaynesWorld19]

He absolutely does not. Got told this from someone inside clubland that would know, Twomey calls all clubs frequently trying to get info on drafting/trades, to the point it happens so often (and is just plain annoying) that they usually ignore him.

It has been speculated, Twomey's strengths are not his footy knowledge, or talent ID .....rather, he's supposedly a very good networker

 

[Cromulant]

Or Chris Yarran 2015?

Oooft

 

[jenny61_99]

Just do whatever a competent club would do

Teams trade up. It's not some weird suicide mission we'd be embarking on. We wouldn't be the only club in history to have traded up.

Can you name the teams that have traded up in the last five years?

 

[jackster83]

Can you name the teams that have traded up in the last five years?

Us in 2023
GWS in 2022
Hawthorn in 2022
Port in 2021

Just to name a few.

 

[Mutineer]

Can you name the teams that have traded up in the last five years?

I can name 1 off the bat...

 

[Crow till I die]

What will suck is if Port get North's future 1st for Houston so are in a great position to get Dyson next draft.


God why can't we push out Laird to a club who needs experience.

it would be horrendous to see that unfold

 

[jenny61_99]

I can name 1 off the bat...

Oh I know it's been done, but I wonder how common it is. It's stated like it's done every year, but that hasn't been my recollection.

 

[jenny61_99]

Us in 2023
GWS in 2022
Hawthorn in 2022
Port in 2021

Just to name a few.

But at what level? Not trading up from 33 to 25, but into the first round?

 

[WheresGroomgone]

What will suck is if Port get North's future 1st for Houston so are in a great position to get Dyson next draft.


God why can't we push out Laird to a club who needs experience.

Because we are the nice guys - we reward our players with years of contracts even when the evidence shows they are falling away.

We can’t be ruthless thats nasty. Better to be seen as lovely people than have success.

Other than Bernie have we ever traded a favoured son?

 

[Anzacpaul]

Fair chance we could trade back in come draft night. Can't plan this far ahead

This is more the case. Clubs have an eye on a player, and if they are still on the board or slide to a club that they know they can trade with, that's when they'll go for it.

No point trading now for pick 20 to have Dodson taken at 19 for example.

 

[jenny61_99]

Because we are the nice guys - we reward our players with years of contracts even when the evidence shows they are falling away.

We can’t be ruthless thats nasty. Better to be seen as lovely people than have success.

Other than Bernie have we ever traded a favoured son?

Kane Johnson?

 

[jackster83]

But at what level? Not trading up from 33 to 25, but into the first round?

Those were all first round trade ups to secure the following players:

Curtin
Cadman
Weddle
Sinn

North Melbourne and WCE got involved in that Cadman one, which saw WCE split their pick 2 and JHF end up at Port.

 

[Amacca 23]

Kane Johnson?

Modra


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[jenny61_99]

Those were all first round trade ups to secure the following players:

Curtin
Cadman
Weddle
Sinn

North Melbourne and WCE got involved in that Cadman one, which saw WCE split their pick 2 and JHF end up at Port.

So not huge amounts... but it does happen.

 

[chook94]

Is the big fish announcement still happening soon?

 

[crow2crow]

if saints get soldo why not throw a huge offer at rowan marshall

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12.9

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K

9.3

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3.6

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CL

2.8

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HO

17.8

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10.6

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K

5.8

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4.8

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CL

1.0

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HO

7.8

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what about
marshall, phillipou for F1, Butts, ROB

 

[The Karma Bus]

North wouldn't be stupid enough to give up pick 2 for Houston would they?

If anything they'd trade 2 to freo for 9+10 or something right, then on trade 10 to port?

They did trade pick 11 and F4 for Polec and good ol' Pittard.

 

[MarcusP2]

Is the big fish announcement still happening soon?

Delayed until next year apparently

 

[kirky]

What will suck is if Port get North's future 1st for Houston so are in a great position to get Dyson next draft.


God why can't we push out Laird to a club who needs experience.

Because all Laird is worth is a packet of stale chips.

 

[fuic08]

Is the big fish announcement still happening soon?

 

[Cromulant]

if saints get soldo why not throw a huge offer at rowan marshall

what about
marshall, phillipou for F1, Butts, ROB

Because he'll play in front of Soldo.

 

[Nicks_out_now]

Is the big fish announcement still happening soon?

Lol...no

That guy on X is full of shit. Just an attention seeking flog.

 

[FR0GGY]

So we should do nothing then?

Read the post above mine by DABM

No we tell Dodson, to suck it up for a year or so and that he’ll want to come back and play for the mighty AFC soon.