Rumour 2024 Rumours and Speculation (Rumours total 25, last 28th August)

[Scorpus]

Also can anyone explain why we had a top shelf fitness coach but a bargain basement coaching panel during a rebuild while the main priority should have been player development?

 

[Mr_Moogle]

"Top job opening soon"

If you come and work here and the club turns it around, Nicks gets the credit. Probably better just to wait until he's gone.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I read that as 1m in the next two years, so 500,000 each year

No, Lukosius has a back ended contract with 2 years @ $1M pa.

This is way overs for his output, hence only worth trading for a discounted trade value.

 

[Firewalker]

If Darren Burgess does go that would be Matthew Nicks

Matthew Nicks

Age

49

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

9.4

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.4

3star

’ main ally gone, always seemed they were a package deal and their close relationship a reason Nicks got the job in the first place and why it seemed the club may have been worried if Nicks was let go Burgess would leave too. It will be a tremendous blow to Nicks’ power/safety at the club.

 

[hippyhippy]

If Darren Burgess does go that would be Matthew Nicks’ main ally gone, always seemed they were a package deal and a reason Nicks got the job in the first place and why it seemed the club may have been worried if Nicks was let go Burgess would leave too. It will be a tremendous blow to Nicks’ power/safety at the club.

Nicks should be sacked already...

 

[BenJman]

Channel 7 said absolutely nothing about this. Did Channel 10 find an old Cal Twomey tweet and treat it as gospel?

 

[Danger in Texas]

Malcolm Rosas Jnr Released from his Contract at the Gold Coast Suns

Gold Coast Suns release Malcolm Rosas Jnr, ending his time with the club despite a recent contract extension until 2025.

www.bigfooty.com

Is this just a mis-interpretation of Cleary’s tweet last night, or is there a genuine source backing this that I’ve not read?

 

[Peter Doherty]

Also can anyone explain why we had a top shelf fitness coach but a bargain basement coaching panel during a rebuild while the main priority should have been player development?

Think it's mostly because he was gettable.

 

[Firewalker]

Nicks should be sacked already...

Well yes… Burgess has also been granted unprecedented power for a fitness boss at the club at the behest of Nicks and Silvers, Silvers should be rightly outraged if he left but then again Silvers does come across as someone who is either a sucker for pain or wouldn’t even get upset if you drove a car through his home.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Welp, there goes one of our few competitive advantages

Only?

 

[King Elvis]

Why would Burgess want to stick around? He’s seen first hand what a shit show we are and his brand is being damaged

Right - competent people don't stay at the AFC, it drags them down.

 

[Fritz n Sauce]

When’s the last time Channel 10 got anything correct. They are more irrelevant than us.

 

[cleanhands]

That’s thrown a cat amongst the pigeons for the people that had Oliver connected to Burgess

 

[Danger in Texas]

Apparently 7 news said Borlase has signed a two year deal?

 

[1990crow]

Apparently 7 news said Borlase has signed a two year deal?

Surprising

 

[FR0GGY]

Surprising

Why wouldn’t he

(I know you meant from us)

 

[Danger in Texas]

Surprising

He’s needed if we trade Keane (think that’s all but guaranteed now)

Again, would’ve given him 1 year, but that’s not how Reid operates

 

[Shifty Crow]

Disappointing if true

Maybe Covid and the isolation amplified the issue of being separated, or maybe Burgess prefers Melbourne as a city


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[FR0GGY]

That’s thrown a cat amongst the pigeons for the people that had Oliver connected to Burgess

Oliver has touched some pretty ordinary stuff in the past, but even he wouldn’t touch us at the moment.

 

[FR0GGY]

Surprising

Keane gone?

 

[Mutineer]

Apparently 7 news said Borlase has signed a two year deal?

Ugh!

 

[woofsson]

So re my question…would you be ok leaving him a game or 2 short of the trigger just because we could?

not because we could, but because we should (needed to for list balance)

 

[FR0GGY]

Kicking goals this offseason already, Berry, Borlase, Tex and lose Burgess.

 

[Mutineer]

Apparently 7 news said Borlase has signed a two year deal?

If they have it's not been up on their Social Media sites, plenty of Walker/Berry though.

 

[woofsson]

Really I would have though it would be framed if you’re in good enough form to hit the trigger you deserve to get paid the same as the other years?

Maybe 2 triggers - first for extension at a lower amount, second for salary level