Rumour Bluemour Discussion XXXVI - 'Loopy' Season in full swing

[bmaurizio]

Reckon that Cerra and Pitto should be both be added to our list of potentially tradable. If not for this years cycle , we’ll have canvassed market response for next year , can’t see these to players as part of long term plans.

 

[Juddrockz]

I just think these heroes really muddy the waters and ruin the actual ITKs for the rest of us.

Just scroll on by?

 

[Arr0w]

Where's this said?

Read that long post

 

[Aphrodite]

I just think these heroes really muddy the waters and ruin the actual ITKs for the rest of us.

It's a rumour thread and a public forum.

Don't like it, ignore it.

 

[carlton_99]

We don't need more poor users of the footy.

Berry is a bit like Blake Acres without the engine.

We aren't getting Berry - it was just jumping on the joke. However, he is a hugely underrated player. Was massive for them in the final series - and his engine is fine considering he has transitioned very well from a natural inside mid to a winger

 

[yibbida]

cerra will not be named round 1 (part of why he wanted to be traded also as he got told at the exit interview to expect to start in the VFL and earn his way into the line up which he found offensive)

If this is true, that is insane. The season hasn't even been finished for a week and we have picked the Round 1 team? Lol. Absolute amateur hour.

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

we will see, runs on the board have value and so far you're still on 0.

continue cricketing metaphor

why do you go there?

Not necessary.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Read that long post

May have been edited?

 

[yibbida]

only just got this source a few days ago as my mate became a manager himself.

So basically everyone in the AFL industry would know who your mate is now.... I bet he isn't employed as a player manager for too much longer....

 

[Sector 7G]

Cerra being told he isn't playing round 1?

And after being rushed back into the team for the final.

Happy to hear the rumours but people get judged by their track record. There is a reason why some of those that rarely post are so highly revered. When they do people make a fuss.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

the actual ITKs

Surely you can tell the difference?

 

[carlton_99]

Cerra being told he isn't playing round 1?

Carlton taking selection so seriously in 2025 that they are picking teams 6 months early!

 

[mjonc43]

Plenty of decent free agents moving this year

Plenty of 'top' free agents next year.

The best we've done this year is Haynes, for obvious reasons.

 

[AndyLucimitis]

Where’s this coming from??

Glickies earlier post

 

[goreds]

only just got this source a few days ago as my mate became a manager himself.
this is what is happening behind closed doors CONFIRMED. Directly from Player manager and other managers.
obviously i dont as this is the first time ive had a proper source.

Keep bringing it Glicksy11 ...

You will get some right and some wrong but at least you're passing on what you've heard and having a go.

No need to justify yourself to anyone!

 

[Juddrockz]

Plenty of 'top' free agents next year.

The best we've done this year is Haynes, for obvious reasons.

Haynes isnt in concrete yet either.

 

[Lukeblueboy]

I have on v good authority 11 is for berry and isnt touchable

Gut is telling me Konstanty, Haynes and one other player (salary dump type in the works that has been alluded to, we will all be pretty happy if it occurs-like i said yesterday an 850K range player)

Houston to Norf it seems

Trac keen to come to us-he has said this behind closed doors confirmed straight from a player manager source of mine. his manager doesnt want him coming out in case it doesnt happen (50/50) he comes out at this stage publicly. He is still fuming at the club and Oliver out does not help (off to Cats confirmed) as it is his best mate at the club.

berry, Travaglia (F1 and owies for 12 with GC) and hotton (salary dump pick, Kennedy pick, Carrol pick and F2 bundled) for a top 20 pick.

Very well known Austin rates this draft and sees it as a way to regenerate the list with 5 elite young talents (3 top 20 picks and campo twins). I also know the club rates ben campo as a top 10 in the open draft and already have him pencilled in to line up round 1 next year-he is ready made.

Berry is the small forward we need. Travaglia v composed HB, I think the club wants Cowan as an inside mid/winger so they want travaglia now as they don’t think they get Houston (this was the logic to push cowan up the ground and Houston HB) club are very bullish on Cowan-idk if you all recall In that car interview with vossy how he said Cowan is now one of the first picked. They know Cowan wants mid time and want to give him that so he doesn’t go to Tasmania-(genuine fear of the club and rightly so as a Tassy boy)

Hotton also high on Austin’s list as a Rayner type bulldozing mid/forward that can win a game off his own boot . I think we miss that atm unfortunately Elijah hollands is X factor and elite as the mid/HF but not a match winner. Needs hotton on the other HF to complement him.

We saw with Brisbane a young core is key and the club also don’t take lightly the energy the young kids brought at the end of the season with all the injuries, which Austin can see also and is using this draft to regenerate the list before tassy come in. There will also be much better selection integrity- a massive discussion point in the ‘crisis meeting’ of all the top dogs I.e. cerra will not be named round 1 (part of why he wanted to be traded also as he got told at the exit interview to expect to start in the VFL and earn his way into the line up which he found offensive). And we will play kids like binns over Doch, Moir over owies (gone and why his leaving-we actually didn’t offer him a contract cuz of his lack of defensive intent), lord over cerra etc.

have on very good authority Stewie Dew coming into help Vossy as a senior assistant- very excited for this he was just with Brisbane will make us dynamicccc

Obviously if Trac goes public it blows this all up as he is a generational player and he will change our whole list strategy if he publicly nominates us and rightly so. My fear is Trac comes out and nominates us and it will be a papley type scenario and won’t happen in the end despite him nominating as we won’t satisfy the dees in the end and we miss out on getting high picks cuz other teams wheel and deal for the other First round picks in the draft.

all i know is Austin is not shying down his got his eggs in all different baskets and knows our window is the next 2-3 years and to be aggressive at the draft pre tasmania.


once again dont have to believe me but this is the talk amongst player managers from a direct source.

Anything on paps glick?

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Not sure what part of NO DISCUSSION some don’t understand.
It’s in CAPS in thread title.

Lost count on the amount of deleted posts in the past 2 days.

Bluemour File rumours only - NO DISCUSSION​

We'll need a separate Glicky thread at this rate.

 

[ferrisb]

Let’s just say the name was Marcus B … no wait, that’s too obvious. It was M. Bontempelli.

KohPhi dupe account confirmed...

 

[katmanblue]

You can accomplish both simultaneously. Make the hard calls. Trade out those who are excess to your nucleus to fill the holes you need while simultaneously drafting.

It requires smart, savvy, list management but is certainly accomplishable.

Where Geelong have been most successful in this aspect (father/son aside) is finding the hidden gems. We need to start nailing the middle and latter picks of the ND and rookie draft.

Paying Hawkins so little at the end and using that cap space to get pick 7 certainly helped.

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[Bennyboy7777]

One can easily romanticise getting any of the following players: Houston, SDK, Petracca etc… , but getting them seems like it’ll cost a lot in trades and money. I’m more than happy keeping our first rd draft pick and getting a high calibre young player, along with the Campo twins. Haynes and/or Membrey for steak knives sounds good too.

I think our biggest weakness is a good key back to complement Weiters (they don’t grow on trees) and speed around the ball - this is not rocket science as everyone seems to know this. Are there any Moneyball scenarios where we can get a solid key backman?

 

[ferrisb]

Yellow Rumour flag is helping people get banned. Noice

It is confusing I differentiate by the ‘loopy’

I too am differentiated by the 'loopy'...

 

[ajb72]

I would rather read rubbish on here that listen to 5 seconds of Trade Radio.

 

[Bagger24]

Anything on paps glick?

Not happening-was never on the cards.

Konstanty gonna come to us (formality) either for an F4 or as a DFA. He was a pick 20 2 years ago to swans. Austin rated him highly and wanted him over Cowan-he was trying to get up the board for him.

Has been injury prone and appaz has no mates at the swans doesn’t fit into the culture. Gonna be our best small forward instantly if he stays fit. He applies defensive pressure (which obviously Fogarty provides in spades) but also kicks goals was elite for Gippsland.

Don’t wanna hype him up but get veryyyy excited. Averaged 6 tackles in his draft year and kicked 4 goals in a prelim for Gippsland. Should he stay injury free I expect him named over durian and mots R1


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[ferrisb]

Interesting that the Cats going after Smith and Oliver with the 'no dickheads' policy for many years

Footy world: Will Oliver and Smith fit in with your culture?
Geelong: No, dickheads.