Rumour 2024 Rumours and Speculation (Rumours total 8, last 2nd July)

[Apsaalooke]

Daniel is 27, not 32.
He’d be a good get. Small but can accumulate and has great disposal. Our backline is pretty tall and can carry a small like him I think.

We could do a lot worse than Daniel - in fact we already do with McHenry and Murphy as smalls

 

[Saliba]

Following on from this, you can just guarantee they will take 2 x top end mids if they get that compo pick as B Crouch is all but finished due to injury. I hope Mutineer is right about there being a number of top end mids so we don't miss one with our pick otherwise it will be bleak

I think if Battle leaves for Hawthorn, Saints will take Luke Trainor. Will take mid with other pick. If they go this way, won’t have a lot of effect on our pick, given we shouldn’t be targeting a key back!

 

[Sanders]

How is 2020 a below average when we got Thilthorpe from it? That alone makes it at least a pass

Why?

Why does that automatically make it a pass with the no.1 pick

 

[Sanders]

To be accurate we need to leave 2019 out, Nicks joined just a week before the draft. That year is still the Pyke era.

Coaches have F all to do with who we draft

 

[Sanders]

Will Keane be a FA next year since he was on a list previously and may technically pass as having been delisted (even though it was because he walked away). We certainly were able to list him free because of it

He does NOT qualify as a delisted free agent

 

[skittlebrew]

We could do a lot worse than Daniel - in fact we already do with McHenry and Murphy as smalls

I'm just wondering if another midget is really the answer to any of our problems

 

[Danger in Texas]

He's playing SANFL, and not well. That's a long way from being a quality AFL anything.

Well he hasn’t had great continuity this year

I’ll wait until after this pre-season to make a better judgement

 

[rabidcrow]

Has Rory Lobb

7

Rory Lobb

Age

31

Ht

207cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.0

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.9

4star

D

11.3

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

3.3

2star

M

4.6

4star

T

1.4

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

7.0

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.6

3star

ever played as a full time ruckman? I never realised he was 206cm until today's article on AFL.com

TBH I honestly don't think I've seen him play as either a Docker or Bulldog. And being a potential 4 club player is a massive red flag.

But on the other hand, 206cm agile players don't grow on trees, and you'd imagine the Dogs would probably pay half of the ham sandwich it would take to get him

If Lobb comes - Thilthorpe becomes a ruckman without question


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[Crow till I die]

I think if Battle leaves for Hawthorn, Saints will take Luke Trainor. Will take mid with other pick. If they go this way, won’t have a lot of effect on our pick, given we shouldn’t be targeting a key back!

If their board is anything to go by, they are not even thinking about anything other than 2 top end mids with those picks and if crouch retires, you could take it to the bank imo

 

[Mutineer]

If Lobb comes - Thilthorpe becomes a ruckman without question


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Lobb is 32 before season 2025 starts....surely not!!!

 

[cleanhands]

Lobb is 32 before season 2025 starts....surely not!!!

And no good

 

[Apsaalooke]

I'm just wondering if another midget is really the answer to any of our problems

A replacement midget, not an extra one. But more seriously this always a knock on him prior to drafting yet he has forged a v good career despite it.
The main consideration is whether he’s still got it or not. Our 2 short people never had in the first place.

 

[dylan123]

Whilst I'm not pushing for Draper, certainly adds a lot more around the field vs what ROB does.

 

[lincsPJ]

Coaches have F all to do with who we draft

Unless the story is true about Pyke demanding speed over height.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

100%

Like I said on a previous post we have in the SANFL this weekend... ALL 1st round draft picks...

Thilthorpe - Pick 2
Curtin - Pick 8
Jones - Pick 9
Pedlar - Pick 11
McHenry - Pick 16
Edwards Pick 21
Oscar Ryan - Pick 27

2nd round picks..

Schoenberg - Pick 24

Injury List -
Milera - Pick 11
Josh Worrell - Pick 28

Our player development is shit.

 

[Sanders]

Unless the story is true about Pyke demanding speed over height.

It’s not.

 

[FR0GGY]

Rumour is we must have Gerard Healey on the payroll or hopefully a good judge.

“Adelaide’s backline is heading towards being the best in the competition”. SEN 10 mins ago

He usually has nothing good to say about us.

 

[FR0GGY]

Lobb is 32 before season 2025 starts....surely not!!!

Big part of our future

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I think we're floating the idea of Rory Lobb

7

Rory Lobb

Age

31

Ht

207cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.0

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.9

4star

D

11.3

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

3.3

2star

M

4.6

4star

T

1.4

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

7.0

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.6

3star

as a red herring.

So that when we land some no-name people will say Oh well at least it's not Rory Lobb

7

Rory Lobb

Age

31

Ht

207cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.0

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.9

4star

D

11.3

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

3.3

2star

M

4.6

4star

T

1.4

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

7.0

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.6

3star

 

[GreyCrow]

I think we're floating the idea of Rory Lobb as a red herring.

So that when we land some no-name people will say Oh well at least it's not Rory Lobb

'' we didnt **** up''

Now thats a strategy I can get behind

 

[rabidcrow]

Lobb is 32 before season 2025 starts....surely not!!!

If Lobb is coming it won’t be as a ruck. He has spent his whole career jumping from one club to another to avoid that very thing!!



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[tinman]

Of course he didn't have any interest in SA. But you sell it to him i.e. ram it down his throat (in a positive way).

If it comes with a big payrise and an apprenticeship in pub ownership then maybe he might feel a twitch in his pants.

GC needed us to do the Rankine deal first. We could've pushed him our way earlier and get a look in.

Go watch a stan doco? Just tell me to go **** myself, it would be more polite.

Yeah let’s make a spud our highest paid player. As if. And all for an extra pick. When we’re trying to improve the culture.

Dream land. Have a crack at the club by all means for the mistakes made. There’s been enough. But don’t have a go over this.

 

[tinman]

And no good

Lobbe isn’t no good. He actually has a lot of talent. Shown occasionally and is massively overpaid based on that. You don’t get his salary unless you can play. The only way you’d consider him is for a salary dump like a Grundy deal, where the Bulldogs paid a significant chunk of his salary.

Even then, I’m not convinced he’s a need. Or a good fit for us.

 

[Captain Furious]

Helps when you keep drafting defenders

To be fair, Murray, Butts and Nank were rookie picks, Keane and Hinge were free and MM was a f/s.

 

[Captain Furious]

Pick 4 and Burgess back for pick 9, 11 + Luko

We'd probably need to give them pick 5 alone for them to take Burgess back.

But (kinda) jokes aside, it does raise an interesting scenario where GC will be looking to get up the board ahead of a bid for Lombard, who I'm sure they would've been horrified to see blitz the carnival and likely move above their current pick 8.

That does throw up some interesting trade scenarios; currently we're at 5, 27 and they're at 8, 10, 20, 28, 31.

5 & 27 for 8 & 10 would be the dream but 5 for 8 & 20 wouldn't be the worst either, especially this year where you can throw a blanket over 12-25. Anyone worrying about moving down from 5, as long as we're in the top 10, I think we get a top tier mid - and a Murphy Reid or Moraes may well end up being better than a Jagga Smith or Draper.

Wouldn't be my preference - rather 2 mids or a mid + small forward/ruck - but Lukosius could also possibly be part of that deal, given he'd be taking up a big chunk of their cap that they'll need very soon and he isn't really a Hardwick friendly style of player.