Rumour Speculation, Rumours, Lies Thread 2025

[Scorpus]

Rumour Summary October 1st

• Adelaide expects a decision from Christian Petracca
  3

  Christian Petracca

  Age

  29

  Ht

  187cm

  Wt

  94kg

  Pos.

  M/F

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  19.4

  5star

  K

  9.5

  4star

  HB

  9.8

  5star

  M

  3.5

  4star

  T

  3.0

  5star

  CL

  2.5

  4star

  D

  24.4

  5star

  K

  10.4

  4star

  HB

  14.0

  5star

  M

  3.5

  3star

  T

  3.6

  4star

  CL

  3.4

  4star

  D

  19.0

  5star

  K

  7.8

  3star

  HB

  11.2

  5star

  M

  3.0

  3star

  T

  3.8

  5star

  CL

  2.0

  4star

  by Saturday, according to a poster (link)
• Christian Petracca's decision between Adelaide and Gold Coast is a 50/50, according to Tom Morris (link)
• Taylor Walker will sign a one-year contract extension, according to Josh Money (link)
• Adelaide have been working on the Petracca trade for months, compared to Gold Coast who have joined the race more recently, according to a poster (link)
• Christian Petracca is meeting with Gold Coast in person (link)

Rumour Summary October 2nd

• Melbourne are open to trading Clayton Oliver
  10

  Clayton Oliver

  Age

  28

  Ht

  189cm

  Wt

  88kg

  Pos.

  Mid

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  27.8

  5star

  K

  9.5

  4star

  HB

  18.4

  5star

  M

  3.2

  3star

  T

  6.3

  5star

  CL

  6.3

  5star

  D

  25.1

  5star

  K

  11.1

  4star

  HB

  14.0

  5star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  5.6

  5star

  CL

  5.9

  5star

  D

  19.2

  5star

  K

  4.6

  2star

  HB

  14.6

  5star

  M

  2.0

  3star

  T

  4.4

  5star

  CL

  3.8

  5star

  , according to Sam Edmund (link)
• Clayton Oliver expects to be told to explore his trade options, according to Tom Morris (link)

 

[1970crow]

given recent trade periods Petracca will want confidence that a club is all in and can get a trade done

ATM GC having a dip at 4-5 players which might raise a red flag for him and his manager

Elliott is a free agent and JUH is a 3rd round type trade at most. We’ve been linked to a few players too, this isn’t important in a player’s decision making. Getting the deal done is, but that they’re also chasing other players isn’t.

 

[spenze]

I was sweating bead’s before pushing post reply

Why, it is such a simple name Harmichael

 

[GreyCrow]

Cheeky post

Oh Frank. Thursday night comedy show is your future

 

[1990crow]

We are people pretending to act surprised that trade target would want to meet the senior coach?

Come on now. It's called humour.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Someone should know. Is Trak's manager Eddie Betts' wife? saw it mentioned somewhere.

 

[kirky]

Lewis suggesting trading Rachele to get Petracca.

No idea.

They never do their homework.

Rachele isn’t a Melbourne metropolitan boy, he is a country lad.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Interesting to see where Brisbane are after getting rid of Keays and Hinge.

Did Brisbane delist Hinge?

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Cheeky post

I mean, it's a tad rich coming from someone who presumably lives in Perth.

 

[1990crow]

Did Brisbane delist Hinge?

I wonder how much injury impacted Hinges season. Hopefully a lot.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Im not sure how I feel about this.

Seeing the way Brisbane played on the weekend with a bunch of quick small forwards made me re think a 36 yr old Tex.

If he smells a Petracca signing though he might be thinking 1 more shot at a flag

They also played 2 rucks and 2 tall forwards

 

[cleanhands]

Why, it is such a simple name Harmichael

See you do have to really think about it

 

[1970crow]

Suspect they are chasing JUH hard now it looks like Curnow prefers Geelong.

No club is going ‘hard’ at JUH. It’s a 3rd round pick trade as long as the club accepts his $900k salary.

 

[morris086]

I don’t think JUH will be that minor - WB will won’t compo

Curnow desperately wants out and did sound out GC

Although Curnow prefers Geelong - his only way out could be GC who have the draft capital which Geelong doesn’t have

Curnow goes to GC of a deal can get done

Suns may have currency currently (6,13,16,31,56 + futures) but they also have according to Twomey two academy players rated in the top 4.

 

[CDC60]

Someone should know. Is Trak's manager Eddie Betts' wife? saw it mentioned somewhere.

Many people know the answer is Yes

 

[PeterSalt]

I was sweating bead’s before pushing post reply

Would've just appeared as Harmichael campaigner

 

[morris086]

Someone should know. Is Trak's manager Eddie Betts' wife? saw it mentioned somewhere.

Yep

 

[BunjiMac]

Players don’t magically gain elite endurance once finals hits. It’s also not fair reducing Keays to a hard worker considering what he offers offensively.

He’s limited no doubt which is why he could never be your main half-forward. But he’s a great foil to Rash and Izak - we just never got to see that in finals.

Are you telling me teams don't try harder and run harder during finals?

I think everyone can see this with their own eyes.

In fact it's a scientific fact.

"During finals games, players covered on average 11% more total distance, and the greatest increases in total occurred during rotations in the second half of matches.

Not only did players spend a greater amount of time running at moderate to high speeds – but they also had to accelerate hard at these speeds. That is, players accelerated more often from a higher velocity, with less time between accelerations."

You can read the whole article here:

AFL Grand Final makes players harder, better, faster, stronger … but how?

Anyone with a passing interest in Australian football will know the AFL Grand Final is unlike any other game of the season. There’s more hype, more expectation, more emotional investment from players and…

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Induvidual indurance will never be the difference maker in the finals, especially if that is your main weapon.

If you expect to out work your opponent in a final I think it's the complete wrong attitude to start with.

Expecting it to be an arm wrestle and expecting to win duels and contest whilst also executing is the right attitude.

And I know it's not nice, but I do think that's Keays main strength and everything he does is as a result of the hard work.

 

[MRB37]

Someone should know. Is Trak's manager Eddie Betts' wife? saw it mentioned somewhere.

Yep. Petracca left Connor Sports at the start of the year. Supposedly cost Petracca a fair chunk of change to ditch them too.

 

[FullyBigKPro]

4 weeks?

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/geelong-players-celebrate-mad-monday-after-2025-gf-loss/news-story/4a37ffcfa88d84f3d9e7d488d8aadf27

Yeah Melbourne is amazing...

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/multiple-arrests-at-emporium-after-dramatic-cbd-pursuit/news-story/d7aca39fff631365e6594085d4f8b860

 

[WaynesWorld19]

It seems like he’s met with Adelaide in person first, that has to count for something in terms of where he is likely leaning. His manager being the wife of a former Crows great obviously helps too.

If he wants a bit more anonymity then he gets that with the Suns, but that appears the complete opposite to his vibe.

Does it ....wasn't she ultra critical of the Club during the Camp saga

 

[kirky]

Yea, but he's from Victoria so why would he want to stay in Adelaide?

Because he isn’t a Melbourne centric individual, he is from country Victoria (Shepparton).

 

[BunjiMac]

Does it ....wasn't she ultra critical of the Club during the Camp saga

That crew is mostly gone now apparently

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Fair point
Will delete

I didn’t see what you said, this will drive me insane

 

[Schulzycrow]

It's going to be a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong 3 weeks

Never stop being you, Trade Radio. The biggest bunch of clueless muppetts going around.

 

[spenze]

Does it ....wasn't she ultra critical of the Club during the Camp saga

You think she should have praised the club for the camp?