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)

 

[WheresGroomgone]

Mini Sanders wannabes lol.

I was away for a while- where is Sanders?

 

[Danger in Texas]

Cumming.

Cumming.

It’s not that hard. Not the cricketer. The footballer.

Also not the Coleman Medal winner from West Coast

 

[cleanhands]

I was away for a while- where is Sanders?

He’s away for a long while

 

[WheresGroomgone]

Not trying to be an elitist or whatever but it blows my mind that people spend enough time here to know others' posting styles across usernames, etc.

If someone changes their avatar I basically forget who they are.

Oh yeah that’s exactly what someone who was pretending to be an oil worker from Texas would say to put everyone off the scent….

 

[Draft Bored]

we’re attempting another fisher mcasey masterclass move

Made me lol

 

[Magma]

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Geez this ANB guy might be okay

i assume he's one of those guys who is absolutely fantastic for a club as a footballer and will never get proper attention outside of it. plays his role week on week, causes no trouble and makes those around him better. worth their weight in gold.

 

[AFC979810]

I was away for a while- where is Sanders?

 

[Moonwatcher]

Are trades done on the weekend?

 

[footy4ever]

Yes but his answer to why he chose us.
Nothing wrong with accepting the best offer.

It would have beed perfectly ok to have said...

"My family's here and I barracked for the Crows as a kid and Crows tabled a better offer so it was a no- brainer"

That would have been perfectly acceptable, even though I don't see anything wrong with what he actually said.



He should have added "That, and I ****ing hate Port Power"....

 

[footy4ever]

Wouldn't be surprised if Ned plays SANFL Crows and has an AFC job of some sort.

Great clubman!

 

[FR0GGY]

Wouldn't be surprised if Ned plays SANFL Crows and has an AFC job of some sort.

Reckon someone on here said Ned knew he was getting delisted but doesn’t want to play sanfl.

 

[crow2crow]

He's about as good as Gallucci. Huge bust.

agree hes a bust but why is he holidaying with out lot not his own crew? i know hes racheles mate but rachele isnt even there

 

[Redline]

Interview today where they said protecting pick 4 is like their most important thing lmao try harder

Yep, we are definitely going with pick 4.

The draft pick strategy is fairly simple this year. All we are doing is
Using pick 4
Have enough points for Welsh
Upgrade Keane

Anything else will be surplus to requirements so I expect we would be looking to improve our 2025 draft hand.

 

[Moonwatcher]

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?

I haven't paid attention to draft / trade prospects. Why aren't we taking Michalaney?

 

[Moonwatcher]

Ok peeps, if Richmond take Lalor at 1, North take FOS at 2, WCE take Draper at 3, are we happy with Smith at 4? or is that when out crew look to get creative with our pick

Small defender please


(this is a joke)

 

[Moonwatcher]

An alternative might be an auction system.

That would defeat the purpose of FA.

 

[Crows I Am]

We can ask... I doubt the AFL would agree, but we can definitely ask.

Today's news from Silver probably renders it a moot point anyway. We now know that we're only taking 2 picks in the ND - pick #4 and (presumably) Welsh. It's unlikely that matching a Welsh bid will require a pick inside the top-40.

Do you know what happens if nobody bids on Welsh and we get to take him in the RD? As in do we then need to take another pick or promote someone else to achieve our minimum 3 selections?

 

[conVINCEd]

We can ask... I doubt the AFL would agree, but we can definitely ask.

Today's news from Silver probably renders it a moot point anyway. We now know that we're only taking 2 picks in the ND - pick #4 and (presumably) Welsh. It's unlikely that matching a Welsh bid will require a pick inside the top-40.

Where were Silvers’ comments reported?

 

[rabidcrow]

What's the Graham compensation with WC. If the amount of his deal is what it was reported, we move to pick 5.

That was just a stupid idea floated by a journo. Won’t happen.


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[conVINCEd]

Do you know what happens if nobody bids on Welsh and we get to take him in the RD? As in do we then need to take another pick or promote someone else to achieve our minimum 3 selections?

It all gets a bit weird but I think we’d need to just take him with our next available national draft pick, as at that point we wouldn’t have a vacant spot on the rookie list.

 

[rabidcrow]

Reckon someone on here said Ned knew he was getting delisted but doesn’t want to play sanfl.

Heard Ned interviewed a few weeks back - he seemed very comfortable with his lot

Has plenty of opportunities outside footy and was just happy he had the chance to have a shot.


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[1970crow]

Unfortunately we already signed him for 2025.

He could still ask to go, we’d not get in the way.

 

[Crows I Am]

It all gets a bit weird but I think we’d need to just take him with our next available national draft pick, as at that point we wouldn’t have a vacant spot on the rookie list.

Yeah I think that's right, if he doesn't get bid on we will just select him with our final selection.

 

[crow2crow]

Cumming was, but Peatling definitely wasn't.

but he was in their academy when nix had a development role

 

[Trigger13]

Maybe we are not touching next year’s first because we know we need it to make a play for NWM?