Rumour Speculation, Rumours, Lies Thread 2025 - Part 2

[pjcrows]

Players meet with Clubs during seasons now ....generally on the down low

And no, there's been zero discussion on whether a fair trade can be done, on these in-season meet ups

If you buy a car, do you sort out the deal first ....or select the car first, then do a deal ....it's the latter, everytime

Dumb analogy. You know the ballpark of what you can afford.

 

[Mutineer]

Do you think it's the coach desperate for results now rather than a more long-term view for GC preferring Petracca to Humphrey?

No idea, all I know is long term if Humphrey moves I think it bites Hardwick on the bum big time.

 

[cmndstab]

Shame that we won't be getting Petracca, but at least it prevents us from selling the farm for someone well past their best like we did with Gibbs.

Onto the next target.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Dumb analogy. You know the ballpark of what you can afford.

Yes you do ....but what happens when you finally sit down with the incumbent Club, and it turns out to be double what you anticipated

There's anticipation & then reality

 

[Scorpus]

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

If Viva la Mattner ‘s source is correct about our interest in Oliver, have we screwed the pooch by not committing to him sooner ?

 

[Floating Doughnut]

Possibly ....but can Green & Oliver play other roles, when not in the Midfield .....seems a bit like the Grundy / Gawn pairing at Melbourne ....good in principle, terrible in practice ...neither could play as Forwards

If he wants up there I can’t see them passing him up on half salary. Reckon Green would benefit dropping a little from 90
Cba and Clarry would have to go outside for the crossover, not ideal but there seems to be a lot of media talk.

 

[bigman]

I am curious on the Suns’ salary cap management.

How many players are on 1 million plus? Andrew, King for sure. Now Petracca. Rowell and Anderson would be close? I’m sure Miller and Rioli aren’t too far off either.

Seems very top heavy.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

lol I guess the question is has he asked Gold Coast do the same thing ?

If not, that tells what his real preference was.

 

[relapse]

The reality is, as mentioned much earlier, Petracca was never being firesaled and they will not let him go unless they’re happy with what’s being offered. And everyone already, including Melbourne FC, knows we’re prepared to walk away if what we think they’re asking for is too much.

I think the reason we went public is because confidence has dropped. The stupidity is that prior to the public outing of this, we should have had a decent idea of the price required. So perhaps Suns have blown us out of the water with what they’ll pay and Petracca’s 50:50 call has been made for him because Melbourne have said it’s Suns or is, we’re not accepting Adelaide’s offer.

I hope it’s Suns, purely to see what they pay. If not us that is.

I actually think you're on the money with this

I suspect that GC have put up Pick 6 and Melbourne have told Petracca that they wouldn't trade him to Adelaide for what we're prepared to give and the GC offer is the only option that Melbourne would be willing to accept.

Maybe Lyon was being the mouthpiece for the club when he said that "You don't go out of your way to try and woo a contracted player to your club if you're only prepared to offer Pick 14 and Jordan Butts as a trade option"

Missing out on Petracca might be another Justin Reid misstep, I've heard asround the traps that he has a similar reputation to Adrian Dodoroo as being someone who refuses to ever pay overs and wants to win every trade.

 

[bates121]

If that is the case great we walked away. That would have been madness.

 

[bigman]

Increased on 1.2m??

Greedy.

 

[Scorpus]

lol I guess the question is has he asked Gold Coast do the same thing ?

If not, that tells what his real preference was.

Yep, exactly.

If he goes to the Suns on his regular four year deal that confirms his preference was them

 

[Danger in Texas]

This is part of identifying a good trade .....projecting a players life cycle

Do you think the Crows have done this exercise in giving a 28 YO Ah Chee, a 5 year Contract ?

So you think we should have charged ahead and sold the farm ....because of your perceived desperation for something, anything

That shitty midfield got us to minor premiers .....you are overreacting terribly if you think our Midfield is that bad

Who know's who they inject into the midfield next year, who develops over the PS .....Nankervis, Michaellaney, Taylor, Curtin

We have a greater need for "real speed, than another big bodied mid .....that said you never knock back a player of Petracca's quality

We clearly saw that midfield couldn’t stand up in finals, who’s to say that’ll be much different in the coming years. Draper didn’t exactly light the world on fire, and we just can’t rely on guys beyond pick 20 becoming stars

We are kinda desperate for midfield star power

 

[pjcrows]

Yes you do ....but what happens when you finally sit down with the incumbent Club, and it turns out to be double what you anticipated

There's anticipation & then reality

Melbourne are pushing Petracca out. Petracca chose Gold Coast over us. If he chose us, a deal would've happened.

This is obvious.

Well played by the club to use Twomey to make it appear we backed out though. It appeases some.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

If he wants up there I can’t see them passing him up on half salary. Reckon Green would benefit dropping a little from 90
Cba and Clarry would have to go outside for the crossover, not ideal but there seems to be a lot of media talk.

Yes I agree ...if a Club smells a bargain, they'll try & make it work

But, as you well know ...even this year, many were still & are, questioning how the Darcy / Jackson pairing would work at FREO ....that was a bargain / opportunity buy by FREO ...that still has many ????

 

[cmndstab]

Increased on 1.2m??

Greedy.

I mean, it doesn't hurt to ask, right? Seems like he had two suitors, either he asked the question of both and one agreed, or else he asked the question of one knowing he could always fall back on the other one if he got turned down.

 

[Mutineer]

JFC no wonder we walked away, he's very good when fit and firing but that's ridiculous given the bounty we would have had to give up trade wise
5 years for a 30 year old on top dollars what could possibly go wrong

 

[StickerMan]

Increased on 1.2m??

Greedy.

More this goes on, the more of a flog Petracca is.

Did I want him? Yes
Was I prepared to mortgage our future? No.

So it seems he was trying to screw us and we backed away.

Hope he's happy playing in front of 5K each week and that is enough to stroke his enormous ego.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Okay this seems fair from us

 

[Mr_Moogle]

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Offer the NWM money to Humphrey. About to explode, this kid.

Sounds great, but what would we give up for him? We'll need to give up someone like Rachele for it to happen plus a first rounder.

 

[Scorpus]

Happy to walk back my claims that we only walked away from the deal after Petracca chose Gold Coast if he joins Gold Coast on a 5 year deal

 

[jackster83]

I called it the other day.

He was always going to try and get a better deal.

 

[Mutineer]

I actually think you're on the money with this

I suspect that GC have put up Pick 6 and Melbourne have told Petracca that they wouldn't trade him to Adelaide for what we're prepared to give and the GC offer is the only option that Melbourne would be willing to accept.

Maybe Lyon was being the mouthpiece for the club when he said that "You don't go out of your way to try and woo a contracted player to your club if you're only prepared to offer Pick 14 and Jordan Butts as a trade option"

Missing out on Petracca might be another Justin Reid misstep, I've heard asround the traps that he has a similar reputation to Adrian Dodoroo as being someone who refuses to ever pay overs and wants to win every trade.

That last paragraph is total crapola.