Rumour Bluemour Discussion thread - The sequel - I know what SOS did last Sumner

[No1Suspect]

He chose the Rabble.

He can rot down at Seaford.

Rabble? How much did they beat us by? Thats twice theyve done us for a good player...

 

[The Smoking Gun]

If Finlayson passes any kind of medical, I'd say that disqualifies him as one of our trade targets

Lol, went in for minor hip surgery straight after the NEAFL grand final...therefore he's a certainty.

 

[arsene wenger1]

Send Lyons to GC for one of their many 2nd rounders as they are looking for ready made players .
Add that pick to your 1st rounder this year and you have Gibbs .

Would think that's probably bout right

 

[My name geoff]

The geelong v Adelaide game is on fox atm and watching Lyons, I would be very, very surprised if after 2 more years and 50 games up his sleeve Nick Graham couldn't at least become of equal standard.

 

[ferrisb]

Matthew Kennedy might be the left field one

Left field of dreams...

 

[arsene wenger1]

The geelong v Adelaide game is on fox atm and watching Lyons, I would be very, very surprised if after 2 more years and 50 games up his sleeve Nick Graham couldn't at least become of equal standard.

You might be right.....having said that doubt you could find any Adelaide player who played decent against Geelong this season. Both matches

 

[Just Kreuzing]

Selfie....

 

[TheCoach16]

Send Lyons to GC for one of their many 2nd rounders as they are looking for ready made players .
Add that pick to your 1st rounder this year and you have Gibbs .

Not even close...

 

[bmaurizio]

I'd be very reluctant to trade Gibbs but if the family prefers to move back to Adelaide, it's Crows 2016 1st rounder and (2017) 2nd rounder, or pick 13 and Lyons or McGovern.
Nothing less will do, in exchange for a top quality , intelligent footballer , durable with huge connections to the Crows.

 

[Stiffler's Dad]

There's always a choice in trade negotiations. Could've demanded 2 first rounders for Dangerfield just like Carlton could do for Gibbs.

Adelaide would've had a better chance of getting to first rounders for an out of contract Dangerfield than blues would be for an in contract Gibbs. Look at what you guys gave up for an out of contract Judd....would you give the same for an in contract gibbs?

O.K you've just convinced me how much of a spud Bryce is. I'd be embarassed to sell him to you. What were we thinking? Oh wait!

I'll let you in on a little secret. There are another 16 clubs that may have someone more suited to your requirements and price range.....might I suggest *Essendon!

As for us we will just have to keep old Bryce until he retires. I just wish someone had pointed out to me earlier that he was such a spud. What were we thinking in taking him no1 in his draft year....idiots!

Good luck in your search for the perceived last piece or two in your premiership puzzle.

We are very busy at this time of the year so please don't call us in future, we'll call you!

Sorry for any inconvenience or misunderstanding on our behalf.

C F C.

P.S Give our regards to Big Sauce and Eddie.
Sorry there are no retrospective refunds.....Oh wait!!!!!!

 

[Bongo Drum]

Then, we get rid of pick #5 for a bunch of players and not even one of them is a midfielder. Even if one was, he'd be one of their fringe players. So now, we also miss out on a very strong chance of grabbing a gun mid.

Completely agree BF.

We desperately need a quality mid to fill the biggest hole in our list. Pick 5 gives us that gun mid in this draft.

And now we're going to trade that pick for a bunch of fringe players... with no genuine mid amongst them. Have a really bad feeling about the GWS deal

 

[ferrisb]

Signed until end of next year. Bolts wanted us to go after him as our key target but SOS wants Fyfe to be our focus instead.

Essentially our TPPs is being distributed with one of these guys clearly in mind but we're not going to have enough to land both so who we target has caused a fair bit of internal debate of late.

SOS is concerned about lingering effects of his knee reconstruction which ruled him out of football in 2014. Bolts points to the fact he still achieved plenty as a bottom-aged player in 2013, when he played four games for Vic Metro and had a strong season with the Calder Cannons.

Bolts has highlighted the fact he was Adelaide's second Rising Star nominee last year, in a game in which he gathered 24 possessions in and ran at 92 per cent disposal efficiency. Depsite not having the experienced Daniel Talia by his side, Jake took 10 marks, generated seven rebound 50s and won 14 intercept possessions, more than any other player in the league.

Bolts thinks he is getting better week by week and can still be a 150-200+ game player for us. He thinks he's a real leader and competitor and just loves the way he goes about it.

Despite the impressive resume already, SOS just can't go past Nate Fyfe.

SOS has been tracking him closely since 2012 to when Fyfe still polled the second-most Brownlow Medal votes at Freo despite playing only nine games in the home and away season, the fact that two were compromised because of his shoulder also didn't go unnoticed with SOS.

Despite his injury concern last year, the two years prior were elite and Bolts can't despute Fyfe was clearly Fremantle’s best contested possession winner which was also 14th overall in the AFL .

Bolts is largely concerned about his disposal efficiency but SOS doesn't care about his disposal efficiency, citing he won the AFL Players’ Association MVP award, All Australian selection in the and a second Doig Medal in 2014.

SOS believes he can get better still which he proved in 2015 by winning the Brownlow Medal, his second AFL Players' Association MVP award and another All Australian selection in the midfield. He is arguably the best player of the modern era so its a tough call.

Anyway this argument had led to tension building and I daresay had a big part in the recent rumoured rift between the pair.

It culminated in Bolts giving a lengthy but compelling argument to the board who were close to being prepared to overule SOS, but apparently SOS walked in while Bolts was finishing up, sat down with a considered look and had the whole room silent in anticipation. After a few minutes SOS stood up, looked and everyone earnestly and declared, better Nate than Lever.

That's all I know.

Holy hell!

That's the longest (and best) build-up to a punchline I have ever seen on BF...

 

[BlueJet]

He's also a future superstar freak. GWS usually keep those.

No doubt at all, he's got all of the ability in the world and has a fantastic attitude & work rate to match.

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[Doro]

Left field of dreams...

Post it, and he will come..

 

[Weiterbot23]

So, because we "think" we may get Fyfe next year, it's ok to let Gibbs go for unders? LOL!

Gibbs salary can go towards Fyfe. Plus honestly I'd take 13 for Gibbs considering his age and where we are at.

1- Pick #5 in a midfielder's draft will very likely be a gun mid.

2 - Marchbank can come to us with our 2017 2nd rounder, we don't need to waste pick #5
3 - Pickett was #4 so that's better than this year's #5? LOL. Lisfranc injury is career threatening. Not only that, but is he going to be a gun mid for us? Pickett is the type of player you add when you've established the side already. We are FAR from that.
4 - With Stewart, what about when the other forwards were injured? What about when he had his chance, what did he really show?
5 - What a surprise! Another fringe player!


I like the fact that SOS knows the kids we will get. All the rumoured players look to have to the potential to be top 15 for our list. If 2 do that, it's a win, if 3 do it's a giant win.




The only deal that doesn't bother me.

That's good. Pretty safe deal I agree.

What perspective did you think we were looking from? Pick #5 is the long term prospect, not a bunch of GWS journeymen and a guy that has been injured for the majority of the past 4 years of his life.

Journeymen is a bit extreme as most are 20-21 years old.

Gibbs is contracted, unless we can trade him for a top 10 pick or pick #13 and a very good young player, we keep him.

I move him for just 13

Out of all of the ex-GWS crew on our list so far, Plowman is the only one to have shown something. The rest, all sub-par. No wonder GWS got rid of them, I wonder why they're so happy to let another 4 go just for "one man"...

They have a unique situation where they have multiple budding B+ Players that can't get a gig, in our spot is rather 3-4 potential B+ than 1 potential A.

Overall I found your reply pretty smug with lots of "Lols" etc

I now really hope these deals go through and that it makes you sad.

 

[BrisbaneCFC]

Send Lyons to GC for one of their many 2nd rounders as they are looking for ready made players .
Add that pick to your 1st rounder this year and you have Gibbs .

TBF, that kind of doesn't make any sense. Gibbs for pick 13 and Lyons ( a best 22 player for the Crows) isn't good enough but Gibbs for a first rounder and a second rounder is?

 

[arsene wenger1]

O.K you've just convinced me how much of a spud Bryce is. I'd be embarassed to sell him to you. What were we thinking? Oh wait!

I'll let you in on a little secret. There are another 16 clubs that may have someone more suited to your requirements and price range.....might I suggest *Essendon!

As for us we will just have to keep old Bryce until he retires. I just wish someone had pointed out to me earlier that he was such a spud. What were we thinking in taking him no1 in his draft year....idiots!

Good luck in your search for the perceived last piece or two in your premiership puzzle.

We are very busy at this time of the year so please don't call us in future, we'll call you!

Sorry for any inconvenience or misunderstanding on our behalf.

C F C.

P.S Give our regards to Big Sauce and Eddie.
Sorry there are no retrospective refunds.....Oh wait!!!!!!

Ease up bud. I've clearly stated he's worth atleast a first rounder plus a starting 22 player. you don't offer first rounders for duds.

 

[mjonc43]

Gibbs is a high class and polish in any club. He hasn't delivered the Judd or Dangerfield levels, but that's simply due to the poor team he has had around him.

Judd and Danger are grunt, with good skills, Gibbs has some grunt, but awesome skills.

If Adelaide need Gibbs, which I think they do, then its first pick this year, an emerging player and a second or third rounder, this or next year.

 

[Just Kreuzing]

Post it, and he will come..

Too good

 

[The Flying Doormat]

Holy hell!

That's the longest (and best) build-up to a punchline I have ever seen on BF...

Errr, Thy's been buiding for 50,000 plus posts. Surely the punchline is imminent...

 

[ferrisb]

No source just pulled it from left field

Josh Kelly, huh?

Your arse is in left field?

 

[feffs93]

Deals that may possibly happen in the future should have no bearing whatsoever on current trades/deals at present. It sets a dangerous precedent. Ie the Fyfe scenario.

The GWS 5 arent A graders, the Giants know that and so do we, id prefer say a Marchbank and/or a Steele plus steak knives for pick #5 rather then just Marchbank and 4 fringe players for #5.

I cant see SOS giving up our first pick for Marchbank and a few fringe players.

On the Gibbs trade #13 and Lyons doesnt really to seem benefit us, losing arguably our best player whos a mid and replacing him for a worse midfielder (albeit younger) kinda defeats the purpose and we are left worse off in the middle.

 

[Blugazi]

Deals that may possibly happen in the future should have no bearing whatsoever on current trades/deals at present. It sets a dangerous precedent. Ie the Fyfe scenario.

The GWS 5 arent A graders, the Giants know that and so do we, id prefer say a Marchbank and/or a Steele plus steak knives for pick #5 rather then just Marchbank and 4 fringe players for #5.

I cant see SOS giving up our first pick for Marchbank and a few fringe players.

On the Gibbs trade #13 and Lyons doesnt really to seem benefit us, losing arguably our best player whos a mid and replacing him for a worse midfielder (albeit younger) kinda defeats the purpose and we are left worse off in the middle.

If the Gibbs trade happens I think North would be involved as they are interested in Tuohy + Lyons & Dear from the Crows, no doubt SOS would love to get his hands on Pick 11 from North + Pick 13 from the Crows.

 

[kingkingston]

The geelong v Adelaide game is on fox atm and watching Lyons, I would be very, very surprised if after 2 more years and 50 games up his sleeve Nick Graham couldn't at least become of equal standard.

6-7 years to develop ?, he would be delisted by then if he hasn't gone past 50 games

 

[TheCoach16]

We should all pinky swear that at completion of the trade period, WHATEVER HAPPENS, none of us say "Bryce Gibbs" or "trade" or "Adelaide" in the same sentence for at least twelve months....