Rumour 2024 Rumours and Speculation Part 2

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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 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 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 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)
 
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Was only a gut feel from them, but they thought he likely stays as there’s more opportunities with Cumming and Perryman gone to be a best 22 regular.
Just not as a mid?

I thought he was looking for midfield minutes? Or was that Perryman?

'There’s more opportunities to be a best 22 regular.' - Have they seen our list?
 

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Just not as a mid?

I thought he was looking for midfield minutes? Or was that Perryman?
Perryman does go through the midfield a little bit, him leaving just opens up another midfield rotation spot for him. This was only a gut feel from another club not involved in this trade though, they were only definitive on the contract terms.
 
Is it?

We've missed on countless targets over the past 3 years.
Is our target aiming wrong?
I'd suggest we've also offered the mid time he desires but wouldn't get at the Giants. He'd slot nicely into our rotation.

Yes we've missed targets of course, but the fact he's (reportedly) got down to 2 and 1 of them is us, means we're probably doing a few things right.
 
If we do get Peatling, something will have to give. And it won’t be Laird. Very concerning that guys like Taylor won’t get a look in. Let’s hope he replaces guys like Berry and Dowling, who in my opinion, aren’t going to make us better long term.
 
It would certainly help to attract players if we could actually make the finals once in a while.
That’s got nothing to do with this, we are trying to pry out a player that is a local academy product and has all his family/friends living near him. Offering more money and a guaranteed midfield spot is the best we can do here, if that’s not enough we can’t do anymore.
 

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More money, more midfield time, happy gf and play infront of 45k+ regularly...... the decision not actually that hard.
Against that is our dysfunctional reputation…
 
Managed to get some intel on Peatling from my contact. The Crows are offering the best deal by far in terms of pure $$$, if he stays at the Giants it will be for less money (even with the extra year added today). We have given this our best shot, it he stays then there’s genuinely not much else we could have done.
We are in a position to offer Peatling more money & more midfield time... so hopefully with 2 good mates at AFC, he decides to join them.

If he doesn't make an announcement prior to their B&F, I would be feeling very confident he is leaving GWS.
 
Walking away from an overpriced trade wasn't a mistake. The mistake was caving and going back the second time.

Although you have to shake your head in bewilderment when you look at the 2 first rounders Carlton were demanding back then for Gibbs due to his contracted status, then look at what they're now reportedly offering for the also contracted (and back to back All Australian) Dan Houston.

Part of their annoyance was they’d paid the frontloaded portion of Gibbs’ contract and he was bailing on the cheap portion.
 
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