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

  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

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  T

  3.3

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  CL

  4.2

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  D

  22.2

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  K

  8.6

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  HB

  13.6

  5star

  M

  3.2

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  T

  6.0

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  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
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  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

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  M

  3.2

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  T

  6.3

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  CL

  6.3

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  D

  25.1

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  K

  11.1

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  HB

  14.0

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  M

  3.6

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  T

  5.6

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  CL

  5.9

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  D

  19.2

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  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

Rumors from October 1

• We have offered Darcy Fogarty
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  Darcy Fogarty

  Age

  25

  Ht

  194cm

  Wt

  100kg

  Pos.

  Fwd

  Career

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  Last 5

  D

  8.5

  2star

  K

  5.7

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  2.8

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  M

  3.7

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  T

  1.7

  4star

  G

  1.2

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  D

  6.3

  1star

  K

  4.0

  1star

  HB

  2.3

  2star

  M

  3.0

  3star

  T

  2.3

  3star

  G

  1.0

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  D

  8.0

  2star

  K

  5.4

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  HB

  2.6

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  M

  3.4

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  T

  2.6

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  G

  1.0

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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)

 

[Fritz n Sauce]

He still ain't worth pick six though

I don’t disagree but the AFL has dubbed Battle a pick 8. Herein lies the problem

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

So the Peatling trade are we simply asking GWS to swap F2 and F3 with them as the deal to get Peatling where by we don't actually lose any picks we simply push them back.



With the assumption that GWS finish above us?



Like what if they don't (unlikely) and we end up with better picks and a player? That would be like 4D chess level trading

Doubt it.

More likely to be a swap of future 2nds, then we hand over out 3rd.

 

[crow2crow]

So does anyone have any leads on this 4th target?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Strange to see people wishing for David Noble back. I remember him not being very popular around these parts. Maybe I’m misremembering.

He was a good operator, but was wearing too many hats towards the end as we had too many vacancies.

Far better than our incumbent.

 

[Vader]

Yeh he was. Ironically I'm not sure Clarko has won any more games than noble did as coach anyway.

Fair question - and their results have been very similar.

Noble coached Norf for 38 games, achieving a 5-1-32 record.
Clarkson has coached Norf for 36 games, achieving a 6-30 record.

There really isn't a lot between them, at least in terms of coaching Norf.

 

[crow2crow]

Fair question - and their results have been very similar.

Noble coached Norf for 38 games, achieving a 5-1-32 record.
Clarkson has coached Norf for 36 games, achieving a 6-30 record.

There really isn't a lot between them, at least in terms of coaching Norf.

yeh i didnt think there was much in it

 

[baldandbroke]

So does anyone have any leads on this 4th target?

Yep ...

 

[crow2crow]

Yep ...

he could be bloody useful on the field

 

[Crow till I die]

So does anyone have any leads on this 4th target?

Naitanui making a comeback in ruck for us?

 

[FR0GGY]

Laird did his spot yesterday and actually sounded happy and positive.
Maybe had some feedback

That’s the worrying bit, should be unhappy after feedback.

 

[George Kramer]

Couple of interesting tidbits that I got out of my mate today:

• The Tauru talk of going to North at pick 2 or even in the top 5 is fantasy nonsense from Twomey, still projected to go in the 8-12 range - North are the most keen on FOS or Lalor (Lalor ahead of FOS if both available), one of those two very likely at North
• Crows will likely take FOS or Draper, Lalor and Langford unlikely to still be on the board at pick 4
• Eagles still very very keen on Draper, should get a bit more info on this after the SA combine this weekend

Based on this and previous stuff I've heard, a possible draft order is (excluding Ashcroft):
1. Langford
2. Lalor
3. Draper
4. FOS
5. Smith

For the draft watchers, FOS over Smith?

 

[Crow till I die]

For the draft watchers, FOS over Smith?

FOS is a country lad that boarded in Melbourne IIRC?. Smith is Vic metro and private school. If I am correct, that alone tells me enough

 

[El Doederino]

No they were looking at Wright for a far more senior role. Effectively would have been 2IC to CEO.

I would look to bring in Balme as a part-time consultant to help with major football operational decisions.

So are we still looking for someone to fill the role, or has Davis filled it?

 

[knobby]

I wonder if Geoff Parker would cross Port Rd for a Head of Football role?

 

[Slime Roy]

We’re never gonna get anyone for that damn ‘godfather’ role lol

We got him ages ago, it's Adam Kelly
(but it was Godfather Pt.3)

 

[jackster83]

We got him ages ago, it's Adam Kelly
(but it was Godfather Pt.3)

 

[crow2crow]

We got him ages ago, it's Adam Kelly
(but it was Godfather Pt.3)

Surely Kelly knows hes out of his depth

 

[conVINCEd]

FOS is still my preferred option, so I’m hoping Richmond take Smith, North go Lalor and West Coast selects Draper.

Would feel weird ending up with a Vic Metro lad in Jagger. Would we actually take him or go for Travaglia in that scenario?

 

[ams4crows]

Couple of interesting tidbits that I got out of my mate today:

• The Tauru talk of going to North at pick 2 or even in the top 5 is fantasy nonsense from Twomey, still projected to go in the 8-12 range - North are the most keen on FOS or Lalor (Lalor ahead of FOS if both available), one of those two very likely at North
• Crows will likely take FOS or Draper, Lalor and Langford unlikely to still be on the board at pick 4
• Eagles still very very keen on Draper, should get a bit more info on this after the SA combine this weekend

Based on this and previous stuff I've heard, a possible draft order is (excluding Ashcroft):
1. Langford
2. Lalor
3. Draper
4. FOS
5. Smith

Is this suggesting that Richmond are taking Langford at pick 1 or a
Our own draft Board rating at Adelaide.

So if Richmond take Lalor North FOS and West Coast Draper..... That leaves Langford at 4 for us to take? Which I believe Hamish would be pretty happy with

 

[Hodgy]

FOS is a country lad that boarded in Melbourne IIRC?. Smith is Vic metro and private school. If I am correct, that alone tells me enough

O’Sullivan seems incredibly vanilla to me, and hardly gets any of it in any game I’ve watched. I really don’t understand the hype at all. Of those 2 it would be Smith by a long way regardless of where they were from.

 

[SugarShane]

Strange to see people wishing for David Noble back. I remember him not being very popular around these parts. Maybe I’m misremembering.

Wasn't Noble the negotiator when we got taken to the cleaners by Geelong for Dangerfield? And then came out of it all bullish like "Wow, they are so great to deal with! We're confident we got a great deal."

 

[George Kramer]

Wasn't Noble the negotiator when we got taken to the cleaners by Geelong for Dangerfield? And then came out of it all bullish like "Wow, they are so great to deal with! We're confident we got a great deal."

“We couldn’t ask for future first as they needed it for Henderson”

 

[Runnin Blue]

Wasn't Noble the negotiator when we got taken to the cleaners by Geelong for Dangerfield? And then came out of it all bullish like "Wow, they are so great to deal with! We're confident we got a great deal."

I think so and that didn’t win him many admirers.

Although, I think it was the first free agent ‘megastar’ deal of it’s type. So, it was kind of uncharted waters.

 

[Ham]

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[Mr_Moogle]

Wasn't Noble the negotiator when we got taken to the cleaners by Geelong for Dangerfield? And then came out of it all bullish like "Wow, they are so great to deal with! We're confident we got a great deal."

"We need to get this done quickly, Geelong have a lot of other deals in the works".