Who is the "big fish" that GWS have landed?

[Big Blow Hard]

Callan Ward if Damien Barratt is to be believed.

The thread said "Big Fish". We all know Ward is gone. I think this refers to someone else, an elite player.

 

[b1ggl3s]

The Title of the Thread says Big Fish,Not Big Turkey

Definitely not Stuart Dew coming out of retirement again then.

 

[morgoth]

Jordan Russell? Not a big fish per say but unable to get a game.

Goldstein constantly comes up in talk around the traps but that would be end of next year as he is contracted.

I suspect it is a trade for Goddard. Have heard he does not see eye to eye with Lyon and is not a fan of the Seaford training base.

What clouds all this talk is the trading for the 4 17 year olds, their big fish could be coming via this mechanism whilst we all focus on uncontracted. Did hear earlier in the year that Essendon had a package on the table of Ryder and Reimers for a 17 year old. Apparently Essendon are hot for the kids from Perth, O'Meara?

 

[Wickzki]

Jordan Russell? Not a big fish per say but unable to get a game.

Took himself out of the senior team because of a combination of a poor preseason leading on to poor form and further injury during the season. Was purely his decision to go to the Ants rather than hold onto a position a more in form player could take. He should be back against the Saints. As good a club man as the Blues have.

A few days ago I had heard a rumor that the GWS had offered Henderson a 3-year 2 million contract to head up there. He, Kane Lucas and Paul Bower are our three relatively big time potential players out of contract now that Hammer is signing a 3-year deal.

 

[jackess]

Mitch Clark is still being shopped around so I don't think GWS can say with any certainty that he'll be at GWS next year. Although it does look highly possible.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Feel free to provide a link to your post breaking that deal, along with the eight or so other deals you claim to have broken.

I'm happy to link to any number of your complete bullshit stories. Seaby to Collingwood, Nicoski to Richmond, Chad Cornes to GWS, Griffin to Sydney...

Here we go:
Nicoski agrees 2-year deal with Richmond
Seaby 100% off to Collingwood (those pesky Sydney rumours were a smokescreen because really...
Jon Griffin is off to Sydney
Jon Griffin is off to Freo or Port (12 months earlier)
Adam Thomson to Essendon all but done

Rich to West Coast on 4 year deal.

Can add Taylor Walker signing a 4-year deal with GWS to the litany of failure now.

Still waiting on a link to one correct call...

 

[pazza]

Eddie may have opened a real can of worms here.

It all has to do with getting O'Meara and in terms of big fish - this bloke is the biggest - literally.

Fremantle to trade Sandilands for O'Meara.

What that means is the Freo ruck division becomes Clarke, Griffin and Bradley and they get the best 17yo in the country for losing Sandilands. Hmmm.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

It's Brendan Fevola. Not breaking any rules. And could still be considered a pretty big fish.

They said "big fish", not "flounder".

 

[whats_at_stake]

I reckon Goddard could be a chance.

 

[Big Blow Hard]

They said "big fish", not "flounder".

Oh, another flounder joke. That very original. I'm surprised you didn't suggest Paul Salmon

 

[Defacto]

I reckon Goddard could be a chance.

people really need to give up on his and stop clinging to it. the bloke is contracted until 2012/2013. if he goes at the end this year it will have to be via a trade, which i cant see ross going for.

the saints have a lost generation of players between 20-24 and an ageing playing list. players like hayes, baker, gardiner, blake, milne, reiwoldt, kozi, fisher are 28+ and wont be around in 2-3 years time. they need goddard at 26 to be around for the next rebuild, to lead the younger playing group.

the saints are all about a gradual rebuild rather than bottoming out and culling to quickly.

 

[mjay]

Heard from a reliable source from the club that the jungle drums are beating louder and louder that Goddard will request a trade to GWS.
Didn't believe it when first told a couple months ago, but he is becoming more and more adamant this will happen.

 

[Ducky Tie]

Will this trade take place in trade week or just like the uncontracted signings.

 

[captain peanut]

Sheesh. All this thread and noone has nailed it.

I can tell you exactly who the Big Fish is, not that I expect people to beleive, but it's the truth.

The GWS have come to terms with Geelong's STEVE JOHNSON.

No lies. Just wait and see.

i've heard that it is definitely a geelong player. that's why i was asking about harry taylor earlier. but johnson would definitely fit the bill

 

[mjay]

Will this trade take place in trade week or just like the uncontracted signings.

Not sure of the rules but he's not uncontracted so I assume trade week, as GWS will have to trade picks and probably one of their 17 yr olds.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Will be interesting, surely Gws have a big fish signing lined up. Scully and ward can't be the big fish.

 

[blaze036]

Its Sam Mitchell

 

[LordLucifer]

I think a lot of people in this thread have lost sight of what the term "big fish" really means.

It's not some fringe player or a guy like Sylvia who still hasn't delivered on all of his promise. Fancy listing gys like Nahas, Bastinac etc, they haven't even got past the stage of spawning yet so there is no way known that they can even be classed as a fish let alone a big one.

A 'big fish' is a bone-fide gun key position player (Dawes ??) or one of the competitions elite midfielders (Mitchell ??) or ruckman (Sandilands ??).

If Eddie Maguire is sprouting that GWS have landed a 'big fish' then it has to someone who fits that sort of criteria.

Hopefully that helps with you narrowing it down to the realistic probables instead of an endless list on non-sensical thoughts.

 

[Chism]

Its Sam Mitchell

I have also heard this.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Hope they get chris Dawes surely the pies will lose something of note.

 

[liam_13]

Have heard from a guy who supposedly is friends with SJ that he has been targetted.

Johnson has been named in here.

He is a huge fish in terms of exposure.

He hasn't been talked up in the media.

Meets all the criteria (except GWS claiming they were going for youth. That could just be Sheedy bullshit though).

That's it for me, I think he is going.
I reckon it will be Johnson-Scully-Ward-Palmer-Davis-Carlile + 1 or 2 fringe players such as Cruize Garlett or Paul Bevan

 

[new breed]

Mitch Clask declined a $ 750 000 per year deal over 5 years at GWS , looks likely to stay at Brisbane or Freo .

 

[HFF]

Hope they get chris Dawes surely the pies will lose something of note.

He is hardly a "big fish". Good player but not something that would have you shocked.

He is staying put anyway.

Surely, we probably won't lose something of note.

 

[The Press]

Hope they get chris Dawes surely the pies will lose something of note.

We are to smart for that, dawes wont go anywhere im worried about Ben reid to be honest....

 

[The Magenius]

i heard Chris Judd was spotted up in sydney on sunday.... just saying.... XD

If they offer him enough he will go in a heartbeat. But would have to top visys payments, will be tough. The guy has loyalty only to himself, any blues fan that hasn't worked that out yet are kidding themselves.