Rumour 2024 Rumours and Speculation Part 2

[Scorpus]

Spoiler: Older Rumors

Rumor summary September 30

• Cal Twomey confirms we are interested in James Peatling (link)
• FiveAA claims we are after Scott Borlace, current Head of Development at Brisbane (link)
• Claims of Rory Sloane
  9

  Rory Sloane

  Age

  34

  Ht

  183cm

  Wt

  87kg

  Pos.

  Mid

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  23.7

  5star

  K

  11.7

  4star

  HB

  11.9

  5star

  M

  3.5

  4star

  T

  6.6

  5star

  CL

  5.7

  5star

  D

  15.3

  4star

  K

  7.3

  3star

  HB

  8.0

  4star

  M

  1.3

  1star

  T

  3.3

  4star

  CL

  4.2

  5star

  D

  22.2

  5star

  K

  8.6

  4star

  HB

  13.6

  5star

  M

  3.2

  4star

  T

  6.0

  5star

  CL

  4.6

  5star

  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
  13

  Clayton Oliver

  Age

  27

  Ht

  189cm

  Wt

  88kg

  Pos.

  Mid

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  27.8

  5star

  K

  9.5

  4star

  HB

  18.4

  5star

  M

  3.2

  3star

  T

  6.3

  5star

  CL

  6.3

  5star

  D

  25.1

  5star

  K

  11.1

  4star

  HB

  14.0

  5star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  5.6

  5star

  CL

  5.9

  5star

  D

  19.2

  5star

  K

  4.6

  2star

  HB

  14.6

  5star

  M

  2.0

  3star

  T

  4.4

  5star

  CL

  3.8

  5star

  is possibly back on the trade table, but doesn't link him to any specific clubs

Rumor summary October 1

• We have offered Darcy Fogarty
  32

  Darcy Fogarty

  Age

  25

  Ht

  194cm

  Wt

  100kg

  Pos.

  Fwd

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  8.5

  2star

  K

  5.7

  2star

  HB

  2.8

  2star

  M

  3.7

  4star

  T

  1.7

  4star

  G

  1.2

  4star

  D

  6.3

  1star

  K

  4.0

  1star

  HB

  2.3

  2star

  M

  3.0

  3star

  T

  2.3

  3star

  G

  1.0

  4star

  D

  8.0

  2star

  K

  5.4

  2star

  HB

  2.6

  3star

  M

  3.4

  4star

  T

  2.6

  4star

  G

  1.0

  4star

  a five year contract extension early ahead of free agency (link)
• We are attempting to lure Graham Wright to our football department (link)
• Tom Morris claims the race for Peatling is down to GWS, Adelaide or a Victorian club (link)

Rumor summary October 2

• Ricciuto claims we will announce a director of coaching this week (link)
• GWS have upped their offer for Peatling to four years (link)
• Twomey claims the Peatling decision is down to Adelaide, GWS and Western Bulldogs (link)
• Graham Wright, who we are chasing as a head of football, is also being chased by Carlton for a CEO position (link)
• Kymbo says the Peatling decision is down to Adelaide or GWS (link)
• Poster claims Peatling has decided to stay in Sydney (link)
• Poster claims our offer for Peatling is the best in terms of dollars by far (link)
• We've landed Murray Davis from the Brisbane Lions as coaching director (link)

Rumor summary October 3

• Free agency lodgements for Cumming to Adelaide and Himmelberg to Gold Coast will go through tomorrow (link)
• James Peatling has chosen Adelaide (link)

Rumor summary October 4

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

 

[tinman]

I don’t doubt Jenny but don’t know why the recruiting group would give anything away?

Or lock anyone in 6 weeks out. They’d do that in the week ahead of the draft.

Doesn’t mean that they wouldn’t have done the work and have a very good idea at this point. But I understand that the recruiters finalise selections in the week before. Hell, at the moment we don’t know what selections we’re taking to the draft.

Although I can’t see us trading pick 4.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

I might be wrong but I think there would most likely be only 2 clubs with him possibly top of their list.

There are 6 as it currently stands before the combine

 

[D Style]

LOL
Couldn't help but bringing in his Powa reference.

That J Money dude is such a dick. Should not be in the open media, just report on one club.

Also found out he is 'special comments' for ABC radio for Powa ladies games

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

 

[Mutineer]

There are 6 as it currently stands before the combine

I call bullshit.

 

[119others]

Unless we get an F1 or F2 coming back the other way.

it does seem ridiculous when a club - like us - have had SO many first and second rounders over a 2/3/4/5 year period. so arbitrary to preclude the flexibility of having one year only trading out both a first and second rounder

 

[daniel_4tw]

Cumming is free.

Yes… I know.

That’s why I mentioned 3 players for 2 picks. That’s our ins and that’s our outs.

 

[spenze]

Not sure where we are in terms of salary cap but if f we aren’t at 105% we should cut some deadwood like Shoenberg, Burgess etc. those guys aren’t the future and probably aren’t on lge contracts let’s move them on and see what we can pick up speculatively

 

[FR0GGY]

There are 6 as it currently stands before the combine

Why would recruiters give away anything to any other recruiter?

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

I call bullshit.

Good for you, but I'm not making this up out of thin air

 

[FR0GGY]

Cumming is free.

Jenny!

 

[tinman]

That's not what the rule says. The new rule says 4 years, plus a 5th if they haven't played 10 games. The old 3-year time limit has now disappeared completely.

Yes, it's a 2-tier system. That's a good thing, as it encourages teams to use the rookie list for developing rookies, rather than a half-way house for players on their way out of the system.

Clubs will still use it for a halfway house for players on their way out of the system. The games limits kick in for years 4 and 5.

If we rookie Smith what chance do you think he’d still be on the rookie list in 4 years?

The sooner they move to having one list the better. Just make a rule that players drafted after a certain pick number can be put on one year contracts?

 

[Mutineer]

Good for you, but I'm not making this up out of thin air

That's a third of the AFL teams....in this particular draft I call bullshit.

 

[FR0GGY]

Not really, he explained all of his picks and a lot of these deals haven’t even started yet.

 

[Hodgy]

They're never going to be AFL players, but at least Strachan provides us with reasonable depth in a position where we have few options. Burgess offers little.

Culling Strachan (or others) opens up a list position, but it doesn't get us into a draft position where we might be able to grab the likes of Dobson/Travaglia/etc. There's not a lot of point in culling a contracted player, if the replacement is someone we're selecting at pick 70+ in the draft.

Agreed, it only makes sense if we trade our F1 into this year. Probably why they haven’t done it yet, waiting to see what happens in trade week.

Obviously we aren’t taking Jack Michalaney though. Do you know if he nominates for the draft this year, and doesn’t get taken, does he still qualify as a Father/Son next year?

 

[119others]

McCartney on Tradio didn’t really sound like he’d be a super hard-arse on the Peatling deal, said they’d ‘work through it with the Crows’

also mentioned expectation of perhaps end of second rounder as FA compo for CumminG. Strange strategy and 180 degree different to the Saints whinger

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

That's a third of the AFL teams....in this particular draft I call bullshit.

Amazing, eh? He's only been touted a possible pick one for 18 months. Just because you don't like it doesn't make it any less true. Can things change after the Combine? Absolutely, but that is the state of play now.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Good for you, but I'm not making this up out of thin air

You created this account 1 month before trade period starts and immediately claim contacts with a club's recruitment team.

Don't be surprised people are sceptical.

(No judgement from me).

 

[Danger in Texas]

You created this account 1 month before trade period starts and immediately claim contacts with a club's recruitment team.

Don't be surprised people are sceptical.

(No judgement from me).

I mean, that is BACCS

 

[FR0GGY]

You created this account 1 month before trade period starts and immediately claim contacts with a club's recruitment team.

Don't be surprised people are sceptical.

(No judgement from me).

It’s BACCS

 

[Magma]

Offering what?

he could take lachie murphy's old job at crowmania

 

[Peter Doherty]

I mean, that is BACCS

It’s BACCS

Sorry, I must have missed that.

 

[Fritz n Sauce]

Yeah I agree, his contract seems a mystery though. Paying out Smith, Schoey or Strachan also an option.

I have said previously, and I know West Adelaide believes the same that he has another year to go

 

[Vader]

Obviously we aren’t taking Jack Michalaney though. Do you know if he nominates for the draft this year, and doesn’t get taken, does he still qualify as a Father/Son next year?

No. Players are only eligible for selection under the F/S rules the first year in which they nominate for the draft. We could still draft him next year, but we wouldn't have any special rights under the F/S rule, he would just be another kid in the open draft.

 

[Mutineer]

Amazing, eh? He's only been touted a possible pick one for 18 months. Just because you don't like it doesn't make it any less true. Can things change after the Combine? Absolutely, but that is the state of play now.

No he hasn't Finn O'Sullivan was the clear No.1 coming into this season, Draper was in the next discussion along with Levi Ashcroft, Jagga Smith and Josh Smillie. Smillie was probaly a clear 2nd in that group even.

Me liking it or not is bullshit too.

My order of preference all along has been 1, Lalor, 2, Sid Draper, 3. Finn O'Sllivan.