Rumour Bluemour Discussion XXXV - 'Loopy' Season has begun

[RoyalBlues]

Could change in less than a week

What do you mean, Arr0w?

the Hewetts and the Haywards are close. . .
(and that’s not just South Australian pluralising of a surname!)

 

[JJBagger]

A forward who is less wayward is likely to sign on, one who’s publicly said:

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Sign on at Carlton, or at his current club?

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Speaking to a former Saints great who's still involved with a few guys working at the club at a work party tonight, said that SOS and Gubby are supposedly wanting to go scorched earth this off season to try and bring in some elite kids via the draft and kickstart a rebuild/refresh while they still have some years left in Wilkie, Steele etc to help bring them through.

Seems somewhat contradictory to some of the reports from media regarding the Stains looking at bringing in players like Weitering, LDU, Stengle etc so I'm not too sure what to make of it...

Would be some decent scraps to pick at if true though - Battle, Wood, Sinclair, Sharman, Howard, Membrey... Not saying they'd all be targets for us but think you could get a few years out of a few of them at a decent price as short term upgrades.

 

[DangerousD]

Speaking to a former Saints great who's still involved with a few guys working at the club at a work party tonight, said that SOS and Gubby are supposedly wanting to go scorched earth this off season to try and bring in some elite kids via the draft and kickstart a rebuild/refresh while they still have some years left in Wilkie, Steele etc to help bring them through.

Seems somewhat contradictory to some of the reports from media regarding the Stains looking at bringing in players like Weitering, LDU, Stengle etc so I'm not too sure what to make of it...

Would be some decent scraps to pick at if true though - Battle, Wood, Sinclair, Sharman, Howard, Membrey... Not saying they'd all be targets for us but think you could get a few years out of a few of them at a decent price as short term upgrades.

Other than Sinclair, the others are just role players aren’t they?

Lots of mixed messages, I’d be surprised if they went scorched earth, I could see a few of their fringe players moved on and SOS trying to get a few extra picks in.

Who knows

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Other than Sinclair, the others are just role players aren’t they?

Lots of mixed messages, I’d be surprised if they went scorched earth, I could see a few of their fringe players moved on and SOS trying to get a few extra picks in.

Who knows

Would love Sinclair as a complimentary run and carry mid for us but you'd have to think he'd be on huge coin at the Stains so I doubt it would be possible. Wood would be a good stop gap for 1-2 years while Ollie fills out too but not sure we'd look at that given Voss seems to love Ollie like a son. Battle, same as Sinclair... $$$ the key factor.

 

[The Bighouse]

Would love Sinclair as a complimentary run and carry mid for us but you'd have to think he'd be on huge coin at the Stains so I doubt it would be possible. Wood would be a good stop gap for 1-2 years while Ollie fills out too but not sure we'd look at that given Voss seems to love Ollie like a son. Battle, same as Sinclair... $$$ the key factor.

Is M.Wood a UFA?
Re-invent as a forward / wing backup. 31yo though IIRC.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Is M.Wood a UFA?
Re-invent as a forward / wing backup. 31yo though IIRC.

Believe so.

 

[Worm4]

Wreaks of desperation given their current position. SOS and Ross will be shown the door if they arent seen to be proactive right now, given Tassie draft situation in the next few years

 

[BlueJet]

Speaking to a former Saints great who's still involved with a few guys working at the club at a work party tonight, said that SOS and Gubby are supposedly wanting to go scorched earth this off season to try and bring in some elite kids via the draft and kickstart a rebuild/refresh while they still have some years left in Wilkie, Steele etc to help bring them through.

Seems somewhat contradictory to some of the reports from media regarding the Stains looking at bringing in players like Weitering, LDU, Stengle etc so I'm not too sure what to make of it...

Would be some decent scraps to pick at if true though - Battle, Wood, Sinclair, Sharman, Howard, Membrey... Not saying they'd all be targets for us but think you could get a few years out of a few of them at a decent price as short term upgrades.

Battle & Howard would be pretty handy.

 

[teddy-hopkins]

Speaking to a former Saints great who's still involved with a few guys working at the club at a work party tonight, said that SOS and Gubby are supposedly wanting to go scorched earth this off season to try and bring in some elite kids via the draft and kickstart a rebuild/refresh while they still have some years left in Wilkie, Steele etc to help bring them through.

Seems somewhat contradictory to some of the reports from media regarding the Stains looking at bringing in players like Weitering, LDU, Stengle etc so I'm not too sure what to make of it...

Would be some decent scraps to pick at if true though - Battle, Wood, Sinclair, Sharman, Howard, Membrey... Not saying they'd all be targets for us but think you could get a few years out of a few of them at a decent price as short term upgrades.

That would be true to form for SOS. He's not one to stuff around building a team to finish 8th. They've got Max King to build a team around.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

Saints will get Stengle I reckon, if they have money to spend they will need to get someone in to pay 95% of the salary cap and to avoid over paying their current bunch of junk players.

 

[Blue__Balls]

Starting to wonder if "rebuild" is a career strategy for SOS. Almost guarantees a medium-long term position because it divorces the LM team from the on-field results.

 

[Canyouhearthedrums]

There will be a few desperate teams looking at Tasmania coming in and thinking they have to act now.

 

[HereComesJuddy]

Jack Higgins would be a great get. However contracted til the end of 2027.

He would really top off our smalls and bring even more pressure

 

[Beyond Blue]

Battle & Howard would be pretty handy.

If you think Young is a ball stopper and indecisive then you won’t like Howard at all. He is a hard pass for me.

If the rumour is true that the Saints are looking to blow it up (which in my opinion they should) then the only guy I’d be interested in is Wilkie.

 

[Blue and Silver]

Is Hunter Clark

11

Hunter Clark

Age

25

Ht

186cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.3

3star

D

16.0

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.9

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.0

4star

CL

0.0

1star

always injured?

I remember rating him highly

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[BlueJet]

If you think Young is a ball stopper and indecisive then you won’t like Howard at all. He is a hard pass for me.

If the rumour is true that the Saints are looking to blow it up (which in my opinion they should) then the only guy I’d be interested in is Wilkie.

I like him because he can stand a KPF & free up Weiters to play CHB - neither Marchy or Young can.
Overall benefit is pretty clear to me.
Also, we'd all prefer the All-Aus level player but the discussion was around picking through the scraps.

 

[Aphrodite]

Speaking to a former Saints great who's still involved with a few guys working at the club at a work party tonight, said that SOS and Gubby are supposedly wanting to go scorched earth this off season to try and bring in some elite kids via the draft and kickstart a rebuild/refresh while they still have some years left in Wilkie, Steele etc to help bring them through.

Seems somewhat contradictory to some of the reports from media regarding the Stains looking at bringing in players like Weitering, LDU, Stengle etc so I'm not too sure what to make of it...

Would be some decent scraps to pick at if true though - Battle, Wood, Sinclair, Sharman, Howard, Membrey... Not saying they'd all be targets for us but think you could get a few years out of a few of them at a decent price as short term upgrades.

There is no such thing so I don't believe you

 

[teddy-hopkins]

Starting to wonder if "rebuild" is a career strategy for SOS. Almost guarantees a medium-long term position because it divorces the LM team from the on-field results.

True but... Not many list managers get appointed to a role where everything is going fine. Nobody could argue StK aren't in need of major surgery.

 

[BigFrizz36]

Battle & Howard would be pretty handy.

John Howard is probably past his best so that would be a no for me.

If you are thinking Dougall Howard then I rate him as a footballer behind what i rate John Howard as an off spin bowler.

 

[BlueJet]

John Howard is probably past his best so that would be a no for me.

If you are thinking Dougall Howard then I rate him as a footballer behind what i rate John Howard as an off spin bowler.

Fair enough.
As a stopper he's an upgrade on everyone we have, bar Weiters.

 

[Benaly28]

Fair enough.
As a stopper he's an upgrade on everyone we have, bar Weiters.

Aints supporters whipping boy Howard


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[BlueJet]

Aints supporters whipping boy Howard


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Fortunately nuffy fans hold precisely zero sway when it comes to LM.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

There is no such thing so I don't believe you

He put 3k on tab at the Espy for the 9 of us. That's a great in my eyes!

 

[Andypooh23]

He put 3k on tab at the Espy for the 9 of us. That's a great in my eyes!

G-Train?