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

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  Last 5

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  23.7

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  K

  11.7

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  11.9

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  M

  3.5

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  T

  6.6

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  CL

  5.7

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  15.3

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  7.3

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  8.0

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  1.3

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  4.2

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  22.2

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  8.6

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  13.6

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  M

  3.2

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  T

  6.0

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  CL

  4.6

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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

  Age

  27

  Ht

  189cm

  Wt

  88kg

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  Mid

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  27.8

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  K

  9.5

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  18.4

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  M

  3.2

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  6.3

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  CL

  6.3

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  D

  25.1

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  11.1

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  HB

  14.0

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  3.6

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  5.6

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  CL

  5.9

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  D

  19.2

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  4.6

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  HB

  14.6

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  M

  2.0

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  T

  4.4

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  CL

  3.8

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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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  Darcy Fogarty

  Age

  25

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  194cm

  Wt

  100kg

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  Fwd

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  8.5

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  5.7

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  3.7

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  1.7

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  1.2

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  D

  6.3

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  4.0

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  2.3

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  3.0

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  T

  2.3

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  1.0

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  D

  8.0

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  K

  5.4

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  HB

  2.6

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  M

  3.4

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  2.6

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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)

 

[latinoheat]

Imagine if he was listed until he was 35 haha

He can have Cummings ticket to the USA with boaky and ever crew

 

[Runnin Blue]

Port fans waking up tomorrow.

 

[latinoheat]

Pear still thought Rankine played for Gold Coast …. thought they were getting Rankine as part of the mega trade , rather than Ratkin!

 

[jenny61_99]

Poor taste? I'm happy for others to raise awareness of the situation. This and Epstein implicate many famous people.

They can all burn in hell.

It’s not funny, nor joke worthy. For those of us who have survived abuse at the hands of an adult, it’s hideous that anyone can find humour in this.

 

[GameofSloanes]

It would have worked better if they were happier to miss out on the draft if it came to that

But they were desperate to get involved

It’s very interesting and kind of opposite to us this draft , we’ve basically traded out ( other than pick 4 )

Will be interesting to see how it pans out for both clubs , we won’t know for 3-5 years

I am convinced that our draft pick will be a better player than any of theirs. Only 13 is likely to be any good. People acting like pick 29 is going to be a multiple brownlow winner. More likely to play less than 50 games.

 

[Draft Bored]

It’s not funny, nor joke worthy. For those of us who have survived abuse at the hands of an adult, it’s hideous that anyone can find humour in this.

I'm not even sure what comment was said or who said it but people are going to make jokes about pdiddy. It is literally unavoidable in social media and everyday conversations right now. Comedians are using it as content. I've heard comments in the work place about it. It's as viral as it gets.

We all agree the man is a demon though.

 

[Draft Bored]

I am convinced that our draft pick will be a better player than any of theirs. Only 13 is likely to be any good. People acting like pick 29 is going to be a multiple brownlow winner. More likely to play less than 50 games.

I would like to trade Essendon for pick 28. They don't need it and the Port tears would be delicious.

 

[AFC979810]

Power are 10th fave for flag next year. That’s the key issue you are not factoring in

And they were 8th fav for the flag last year and still made top 4....

 

[adelaidecrows]

And they were 8th fav for the flag last year and still made top 4....

They did get lucky in a few games. But they have a cracking midfield and youd be a fool to not think they wont get a few wins against the grain because of them.

 

[AFC979810]

They did get lucky in a few games. But they have a cracking midfield and youd be a fool to not think they wont get a few wins against the grain because of them.

And look - I am not saying they should be considered flag favorites.

Its just that using premiership odds is an idiotic way to asses a teams list.

The fact remains that Port have finished 4th in 3 of the past 4 years. 9 of their top 10 players from their B&F are returning.

They have 3 elite midfielders and they have added Luko which gives them a 2nd key forward which was something that was really lacking.

This is a team that won 17 games in 2024.

IMO their biggest issue is that a front running team. When they are up and about they are very good, but when the chips are down they fall apart very quickly. This has been evidenced by their finals performances over the past 4 years (average losing margin of 50+ points).

Its crazy to think that of their 9 losses (including finals) in 2024 - 6 of them were by 30+ points.

In comparison we lost 14 games yet only 4 of them were by 30+ points.

Its a brutally tough position for the Power to be in. You have to think that internally they know the list isnt as good as other top 4 sides, but is still good enough to get them to top 4. You have to keep tweaking and hope it falls your way.

 

[adelaidecrows]

And look - I am not saying they should be considered flag favorites.

Its just that using premiership odds is an idiotic way to asses a teams list.

The fact remains that Port have finished 4th in 3 of the past 4 years. 9 of their top 10 players from their B&F are returning.

They have 3 elite midfielders and they have added Luko which gives them a 2nd key forward which was something that was really lacking.

This is a team that won 17 games in 2024.

IMO their biggest issue is that a front running team. When they are up and about they are very good, but when the chips are down they fall apart very quickly. This has been evidenced by their finals performances over the past 4 years (average losing margin of 50+ points).

Its crazy to think that of their 9 losses (including finals) in 2024 - 6 of them were by 30+ points.

In comparison we lost 14 games yet only 4 of them were by 30+ points.

Its a brutally tough position for the Power to be in. You have to think that internally they know the list isnt as good as other top 4 sides, but is still good enough to get them to top 4. You have to keep tweaking and hope it falls your way.

They do get SPP back too.

Unfortunately for Port injuries occur. If they only ever have an average of 1-2 injuries at a time on their list they will likely finish around the same part of the table. But the reason they played a handful of poor to very crap games around the showdown earlier in the year was because they had some injury issues. Their depth was exposed and it was a complete basket case. I predict they will finish around 6-8th mark because injuries will expose that joke of a depth and the loss of Houston will hurt their ball movement of half back. But i expect them to still win the 13 games to make the finals.

They are a hard side to predict though. People have been expecting Geelong to slide and they never did.