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

[Samcro24]

Jesus, quick look at that twitter account and it has zero credibility.

Never get your footy rumours from a cricket tragic

 

[Danger in Texas]

Never get your footy rumours from a cricket tragic

Matt Crouch to SACA, you heard it here first

 

[Mostyn]

Where did you get that idea from?

That he doesn't want the responsibility to be the number one target in a forward line?

Has he ever wanted it? It doesn't seem like being a key goal kicking target is his priority.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Never get your footy rumours from a cricket tragic

That twitter account reads like one of the posters on here that creates a new profile every 6 months.

 

[Peter Doherty]

That he doesn't want the responsibility to be the number one target in a forward line?

Has he ever wanted it? It doesn't seem like being a key goal kicking target is his priority.

The idea that he wants to play in a footy town.

I get the impression that he wishes Hardwick never went to the GC, he was liking it just fine there.

 

[Mostyn]

Terrible take.

End of the day he's choosing money and Tex isn't the one putting the contract in front of him.

Sorry, but you're being naive.

The money would be almost identical.

Tex is the great hometown hero, who has supposedly gone back to Broken Hill and given Cumming advice in the past.

This is the time for Tex to be the person showing Cumming around the club and selling the vision. He should make it as tough as possible to say no.

And if he DOES say no, then I think Tex has some responsibility in that.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Sorry, but you're being naive.

The money would be almost identical.

Tex is the great hometown hero, who has supposedly gone back to Broken Hill and given Cumming advice in the past.

This is the time for Tex to be the person showing Cumming around the club and selling the vision. He should make it as tough as possible to say no.

And if he DOES say no, then I think Tex has some responsibility in that.

100%

Tex shouldn’t be the selling point - he should be the seller

 

[Samcro24]

Sorry, but you're being naive.

The money would be almost identical.

Tex is the great hometown hero, who has supposedly gone back to Broken Hill and given Cumming advice in the past.

This is the time for Tex to be the person showing Cumming around the club and selling the vision. He should make it as tough as possible to say no.

And if he DOES say no, then I think Tex has some responsibility in that.

Why’d you choose the crows in the end Isaac. The cash is the same, port are playing finals, crows are bottom 4.

Oh I dunno. Tex told me to.

 

[Mostyn]

The idea that he wants to play in a footy town.

I get the impression that he wishes Hardwick never went to the GC, he was liking it just fine there.

I don't get that at all.

Played at a footy high school, played at the top local level at 18, played in a fantastic state side. Footy was something important, with great social standing.

And he went to the Gold Coast, where he might as well not have existed.

I think he wants to feel important again.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Lol, what?

Geez, you have some strange takes.

Tex is now responsible for recruitment.

Just on this - the off-field staff can be the backbone of the recruitment process, but shouldn’t Cumming’s mentor and friend be the figurehead of said recruitment? That’s how we’re going to get through to the player the most

Not a strange take at all IMO

 

[Mostyn]

Why’d you choose the crows in the end Isaac. The cash is the same, port are playing finals, crows are bottom 4.

Oh I dunno. Tex told me to.

Port are the way down, Crows are on the way up. The number one team in the town you want to live in, with far greater future financial opportunities to come. Plus - when you go home, you've played footy with the King of Broken Hill.

He should be sold the vision.

Make it so he can't imagine going home and telling the family that he finally got the chance to play with Darcy Byrne Jones.

 

[Peter Doherty]

I don't get that at all.

Played at a footy high school, played at the top local level at 18, played in a fantastic state side. Footy was something important, with great social standing.

And he went to the Gold Coast, where he might as well not have existed.

I think he wants to feel important again.

He's being forced out.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Why’d you choose the crows in the end Isaac. The cash is the same, port are playing finals, crows are bottom 4.

Oh I dunno. Tex told me to.

Of course we should offer more cash, but it’s way more intricate than ‘Tex told me to’. If he can get through to him on a personal level, then that’s an advantage that we have over Port

Port should be doing the same for Luko with Rozee

 

[Mostyn]

Just on this - the off-field staff can be the backbone of the recruitment process, but shouldn’t Cumming’s mentor and friend be the figurehead of said recruitment? That’s how we’re going to get through to the player the most

Not a strange take at all IMO

Absolutely he should.

And if he's not, we're not taking this seriously.

Players are often a key part of the recruitment process - and if I was Cumming and Tex wasn't selling me on the club, I'd see that as very suspicious.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Absolutely he should.

And if he's not, we're not taking this seriously.

Players are often a key part of the recruitment process - and if I was Cumming and Tex wasn't selling me on the club, I'd see that as very suspicious.

More disappointed than suspicious, I think. I’d suspect that Tex would volunteer to be a part of the Cumming recruitment process - and if that offer was turned down by Kelly, Reid and co, Cumming would see that as a bit soulless

 

[BRL121]

So @crickettrag1965 has mentioned we upped our offer to Cumming today, given Port's expanded interest in him with Coll keen on Perryman. Also mentions Nathan O'Driscoll... but more along the lines of 'why aren't we keen on him'?

Does that mean he visited us after Port? If so, good.