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

[Aphrodite]

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Re: 'Alleged' rumours resurfacing ...

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[hairy biker]

I honestly think unless Swans really give us something to think about, I'm talking Papley, Hayward & 1R and F1R then NO DEAL!

Charlie is an absolute needle mover and we can always wait until next year to cash in on him at a higher price...

Like SOS did with Gibbs those years back...

An A Grader for an A Grader, perhaps in a position where you have depth to cover that A Grader.

What is so hard for clubs to understand about that?

Entirely up to you what you want/would accept for Curnow from the Swans, but with regard with waiting '......until next year to cash in on him at a higher price...Like SOS did with Gibbs those years back...''

Can I paraphrase Kerry Packer and suggest You only get one Adelaide in your lifetime, and you've had yours.

 

[Matty411]

Ainsworth. Met with and interested

Personally, believe Charlie trade will unlock several deals like this. Sydney very very keen

Club seems to be warming to idea but deal still needs to be good

Thx for sharing, mate. Ainsworth shouldnt cost much as a salary dump, youd think.

Swans public stance is all posturing, Id wager. We looking at a boring 2 mid first and WH plus OF?

 

[Dramoth]

very good

I thought it was quite good. Maybe Shitney could send Florent to WCE along with Warner. I heard he's considered trade bait this year.

 

[NavySteel]

Anyone else thinking Sydney saying Hayward is untouchable after initial reports is just to butter us up value wise when he is in fact available?

Yes

 

[agro]

As long as the filth are paying top dollar I don’t care….he must be looking at NWM and going I really want some of that

Collingwood and the AFL have Les Grossman and his gang of idiots at Shit Kilda to thank for that.

 

[Sonny Jim]

He ‘ains-worth-much’

Damned right he isn't.
Looked brilliant in his draft year, just never hit the heights.
Personally doubt that he will, but who knows? He still has time.

 

[Blue_Fusion]

True. Depends on how hard the clubs stance is on Charlie leaving/staying.

It also depends on Charlie's ability to be a professional and return to the club with full motivation... I have severe doubts on this...

 

[bmaurizio]

Hayward, Florent and Swans F1 rounders 2025/26 is a reasonable request for the club to make.
A good trade , two decent 26/27 year old footballers and guarantees Dean Walker two young guns.
Meanwhile leaving compensation picks to attract another decent quality player, which could be Ainsworth.

 

[BrisbaneCFC]

Good trade for reiddy.

Happy that Walsh will be taking captaincy-

Given Cripps was reported a couple of weeks ago as saying Walsh was about 2 years from being ready to take on captaincy, does that suggest he is being pushed out of the position?

nek minnit freo comes calling…

Good. Trade.

 

[ctwenty1]

Hayward, Florent and Swans F1 rounders 2025/26 is a reasonable request for the club to make.
A good trade , two decent 26/27 year old footballers and guarantees Dean Walker two young guns.
Meanwhile leaving compensation picks to attract another decent quality player, which could be Ainsworth.

3 players for one this year - who do we move on?

 

[teagueyubeauty]

Naicos would be too scared to leave. The Pies supporters would be in his DMs every day making threats.

No, but he’s going to make damn sure he gets every single bit of coin he thinks should come to him

 

[BrisbaneCFC]

We have been talking about a Carlton exodus.

But the Suns have a massive amount of players looking at their options

They should look around. Their team is pretty stacked. Hard to break in to most positions.

 

[ctwenty1]

They should look around. Their team is pretty stacked. Hard to break in to most positions.

That is a a bit fo a natural leveler between teams

yes, players wnat to play in a strong, winning team, but first and foremost they want to play

Only natural some players fall out, especially given who GC (and probabaly St Kilda too) are bringing in

 

[jaggabagga]

It also depends on Charlie's ability to be a professional and return to the club with full motivation... I have severe doubts on this...

Maybe with a better coach who understands the importance of moving the ball quickly and scoring he never would have had a problem in the first place. I hear a lot about how bad the players attitudes were but not much about the negative attitude of the coaching dept, and it's hyper focus on defence.

 

[BrisbaneCFC]

So Hayward is not an option.
Guess Sydney can go away then and we can get used to Curnow playing for us next season..

I genuinely believe that would be the absolute worse option for the club.

 

[Blues_1864]

I thought he was talking about twomey

How many times this last couple of weeks? Someone writes something like "absolute flog", and you think, you've simply GOT to be more specific... to which of the 300 candidates of immediate and frequent interest to these pages, are you referring?

 

[chuncey]

I genuinely believe that would be the absolute worse option for the club.

Agree

 

[Thrawn]

I’ll never forget that play on around the corner in that game, literally cost us the game. Take 30 seconds and that game was over. He’s done it 10 times since.

I think the whole club has given Charlie a lot of leeway on and off the field over the years. Just put it down to Charlie being Charlie but he’s cost us as well at times.

He’s a bit of a space cadet let’s be serious !

Yet it was his game vs GC in 2023 that made us to the finals, where he single-handedly dragged us across the line.

I'll never forget that either.

 

[Benaly28]

Ainsworth biggest issue is he dosent apply defensive efforts.If he can get into his game might be another moneyball option.

 

[jaggabagga]

I genuinely believe that would be the absolute worse option for the club.

You've been consuming too much social media then

 

[BrisbaneCFC]

Just wait until someone tells Crippa he's out of the midfield group and needs to play 70% forward in a Dangerfield-type role.

I genuinely think that's what we should be doing with him. Play him at half forward

 

[macky99]

I genuinely believe that would be the absolute worse option for the club.

He kicked 44 goals for the season, he is miles in front of our small medium forwards .

 

[sweethoney]

No, but he’s going to make damn sure he gets every single bit of coin he thinks should come to him

Not unless he takes his dad advice again and leave plenty on the table so they can get more players in to be able to keep contending every

 

[kingkingston]

Ollie improved on both a lot this season. By the end of the year he was making sound decisions under pressure.

no he wasn't

 

[PumpyChowdown]

Ainsworth is an interesting one. He and his partner absolutely love it up on the Gold Coast, but they have just had their first child (about 6 weeks ago), so that could be what's motivated Ben to look south - so they can be closer to family. Also, I'm not sure Dimma has Ben in his long term plans so that could also be a motivation.

Benny is a decent player, but can go missing for large portions of games. I too think he could go through the middle. His best couple of games he's played have been on the ball.

I'd imagine he'd be pretty cheap and if so, could be worth a punt. Don't hold your breath for a messiah though folks.

PS - his partner and her family are all Carlton nuffies, so if he ends up with us, they'll be stoked.