Rumour Bluemour Discussion XL - ‘Silly Season’ in full swing 😱

[Aphrodite]

#BUMP from February


Re: 'Alleged' rumours resurfacing ...

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[Blue and Silver]

Finnbar Maley

 

[swuzzlebubble]

The son of a giant once a wildcat may be on the watch list. "Early doors."

(Personal note on this one: I don't see it happening as intention is to re-sign, I believe)

OHB?

 

[The Bighouse]

The son of a giant once a wildcat may be on the watch list. "Early doors."

(Personal note on this one: I don't see it happening as intention is to re-sign, I believe)

Scott Fisher has a son?
North Melbourne Giants & Perth Wildcats..

 

[The Bighouse]

That really sums up Blake at the moment — he’s been gifted a long-term contract and, to be honest, far too comfortable. I think this is exactly the kind of attitude GW is trying hard to shift by changing the way we offer contracts in the future for role players.

And the crèche facilities…

 

[Wickzki]

Source for the Maley news is a former NBL peer/colleague from when I was involved in the league. That's why I put disclaimer on it (I had heard a few weeks ago he planned or hoped to re-sign).

 

[Chemical]

Can we not use codewords for potential players. I'm really slow.

 

[lily of laguna]

I know it’s overs but that’s how the club is playing it and Austin has said players not picks and our TDK pick is up for grabs……
So Humphries plus Walter and a swap of firsts and Charlie gets to GC.
We still can use the resulting first for something if Dean can be gotten using Jacks pick.
Thoughts?

 

[JoeyPBLUES]

Finnbar Maley

I did NOT realise who Finbar’s dad was.
ALSO there is a chance he doesn’t get a new contract given he’s just been superseded by Cooper Trembath

 

[jj1978]

Charlie wants Geelong. Sydney and GC are just being mentioned to rock the boat prior to Geelong finishing their season and the official trade period on October 6th.

What does Charlie's Mrs want is what I'd be asking....

 

[The Bighouse]

Source for the Maley news is a former NBL peer/colleague from when I was involved in the league. That's why I put disclaimer on it (I had heard a few weeks ago he planned or hoped to re-sign).

CCJ just announced for 1yr extension. + someone else/others mentioned.

Edit: Zac Branch or Banch

 

[CoachB]

Austin Bradtke?

 

[Jd15]

can anyone fact check this?

 

[jj1978]

On the other hand, Acres being in the Cats locker rooms celebrating the win with their players and holding a Dangerfield badge, doesn't cut it at all. Absolutely pathetic

Hopefully Voss and Wright tore shreds off him and stamped his papers.

As Mrs Boucher once said about Bobby, could be applied to Acres, "He hasn't got them, social skills". I just don't think he has the capacity to be able to read the room.

 

[The Bighouse]

I did NOT realise who Finbar’s dad was.
ALSO there is a chance he doesn’t get a new contract given he’s just been superseded by Cooper Trembath

Trembath was quite the find.
Though not a ruck and Teakle was delisted too.

 

[Crippa#9]

Cripps saying last night how he’s great mates with Charlie and he’s got his back etc etc but surely, as captain, he has to be pissed off about all this nonsense.
I mean, it’s not contract negotiation time for Charles. Get mad and lay it down Crippa!

More of the Weitering and Walsh “no BS” & “clear out if you don’t want to be here” attitude and less of this type of answer from Cripps…

I want a ruthless playing group. (Think of Luke Hodge and the brutal standards he set when leader. Result? Multiple flags.)

Don’t get me started on seeing a jovial Acres in the Geelong room on Friday night with an SDK badge on. **** me.

 

[Tommy Alvin]

More of the Weitering and Walsh “no BS” & “clear out if you don’t want to be here” attitude and less of this type of answer from Cripps…

I want a ruthless playing group. (Think of Luke Hodge and the brutal standards he set when leader. Result? Multiple flags.)

Don’t get me started on seeing a jovial Acres in the Geelong room on Friday night with an SDK badge on. Fck me.

It is a disgrace. Acres can try and get a game there and then realise his true value. He would play a lot of VFL.

TA

 

[The Bighouse]

It is a disgrace. Acres can try and get a game there and then realise his true value. He would play a lot of VFL.

TA

Should be finding himself in the VFL Blues if he turns in the same type of football he dished up in 2025.

One of the worst seasons witnessed and should have been dropped earlier.

 

[RPCB]

More of the Weitering and Walsh “no BS” & “clear out if you don’t want to be here” attitude and less of this type of answer from Cripps…

I want a ruthless playing group. (Think of Luke Hodge and the brutal standards he set when leader. Result? Multiple flags.)

Don’t get me started on seeing a jovial Acres in the Geelong room on Friday night with an SDK badge on. Fck me.

That’s all well and good but Weitering has been at Carlton for 10 years and Walsh for 7 years. That should have been the attitude years ago.

 

[JJBagger]

I've found it odd that he's just leaving Hawthorn to Geelong with seemingly no fanfare or investigation by media.

A former BnF winner, just entering his prime, in a position where depth is already an issue is leaving a prelim finals team and everyone has just shrugged their shoulders over it. I think it's quite a big move, Worpel may not be a consistent week on week A grader, but he has some x-factor abilities about him which will fit in with Geelong right now amazingly well.

The fact he's almost tip-toed out of Hawthorn seems weird to me.

I think it says more about how he’s rated internally at Hawthorn than anything else

 

[JJBagger]

Charlie's contracted for four more years so doesn't get to pick and choose

The club has reiterated this time and time again, yet the media won’t give up on this “Charlie wants to go to Geelong” narrative. Stop. Stoking. The. Flames

 

[Bic]

I go to the gym with Finbar, I'll ask him myself lol.

He is an odd bloke, sings in the changing rooms full of naked old blokes kind of guy.

 

[Wickzki]

That’s all well and good but Weitering has been at Carlton for 10 years and Walsh for 7 years. That should have been the attitude years ago.

It's disappointing that it took the shit hitting the fan and them looking down the barrel at a disappointing career for them to understand it.

We hear of stories like Joel Selwood who in year one pulled a veteran team into line.

It's good that it's happening now but on the other there's a genuine "too little too late" about it and we're suddenly a year into our next list build and they don't really know it yet.

 

[Coops93]

More of the Weitering and Walsh “no BS” & “clear out if you don’t want to be here” attitude and less of this type of answer from Cripps…

I want a ruthless playing group. (Think of Luke Hodge and the brutal standards he set when leader. Result? Multiple flags.)

Don’t get me started on seeing a jovial Acres in the Geelong room on Friday night with an SDK badge on. **** me.

I don't remember them shoving Franklin out the door and saying door riddance tbf. He was embraced whilst there and his personal decision was respected. You hear them talk about it now and they had no issue. They were grown up about it but had the stable group to handle it and get on with life without him - which is what led to multiple flags. On field is where the ruthlessness was but the togetherness was significant inside closed doors, which included Franklin up until he left, and even post there wasn't bad blood, everyone moved on.

 

[bradfisher14]

I'm all for "moneyball" style recruits, but Finbar is just not gonna cut the mustard. He has an honest crack (which we are lacking), but has very little AFL attributes if any.

 

[BlueLocke]

It's disappointing that it took the shit hitting the fan and them looking down the barrel at a disappointing career for them to understand it.

We hear of stories like Joel Selwood who in year one pulled a veteran team into line.

It's good that it's happening now but on the other there's a genuine "too little too late" about it and we're suddenly a year into our next list build and they don't really know it yet.

I'm really interested in how long this 'No BS' mantra lasts when Walsh has some monster free-agency contracts thrown his way next year.