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

[Aphrodite]

#BUMP from February


Re: 'Alleged' rumours resurfacing ...

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Thanks all!

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

Butters situation just got very interesting...

And I for one welcome our new Port Adelaide overlords

 

[Blue and Silver]

In my dreams

Carlton

Out: Curnow, Pick 10

In : Butters, Future 1st

Sydney

Out: Pick 11, Future 1st, Hayward

In: Curnow

Port:

Out: Butters

In: Hayward, Pick 10, Pick 11

 

[swuzzlebubble]

He’s a proper ITK is Deano

We should get one of those

 

[Bluebag13]

Hard NO to Ainsworth

from us or them?

 

[Gavstar]

From Deano35 on TC

We're having a crack early, I like it.

Goodbye Charlie.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

from us or them?

From El Topo

 

[Bluebag13]

From El Topo

righhttttt

 

[Dramoth]

There’s nothing like recruiting a player that played well against us - it’s been a KPI of our recruiting playbook since we got Brent Heaver.

And for all Boomer supporters since we got Peter McKenna

Since we got Barassi please.

 

[The Bighouse]

Hard NO to Ainsworth

We were into him last year too reportedly. Same with Hayward, though more mentioned on him. HFF being looked at. See how FTT goes next season.

BA could only be a salary dump. Save our picks but reckon he’s well overvalued & paid on output.

 

[Blue1980]

We're having a crack early, I like it.

Goodbye Charlie.

I think its the only way this can work, we need a-grade talent coming in if Charlie is going out, otherwise no deal (that would be my stance)

The less a grade talent we have, the less chance we have of attracting talent in going forward, and we just look like a feeder club.

I also would refuse to trade with Geelong out of spite.

 

[carlton_99]

From Deano35 on TC

Thanks mate. Was this just posted today on TC?

 

[Blue__Balls]

Is it right to assume that we would want to finalise any Charlie dealings early (i.e by Friday or at worst Monday) and not let it linger into the deadline territory?

Feel like if we did decide to trade Charlie we would want a couple of days to maneuver incoming picks to get us set up best for Dean (possibly a pick before his bid), Ison and Cody next year.
Plus we have some other business to sort with Chesser and Buku.

I think we'll sort Chesser and Buku independently of Charlie, probably Ainsworth as well by the sounds of it.

Picks can continue to be traded after the deadline, right up until and into the draft itself, so if Charlie goes down late we'll still be able to make pick trades to improve our positioning if other clubs are open to it.

 

[carlton_99]

 

[Faucon Bleu]

In my dreams

Carlton

Out: Curnow, Pick 10

In : Butters, Future 1st

Sydney

Out: Pick 11, Future 1st, Hayward

In: Curnow

Port:

Out: Butters

In: Hayward, Pick 10, Pick 11

Like this, wet dreams if this happens but I am not sure about Ainsworth.

 

[Lukeblueboy]

Go get him Chris!

 

[Dramoth]

So, Humphrey to Carlton is back on for sure.

 

[Lukeblueboy]

She’s a juggling act atm.
Butters/humphrey back and forth lol

 

[thegreatbeast]

She’s a juggling act atm.
Butters/humphrey back and forth lol

 

[Bluebag13]

She’s a juggling act atm.
Butters/humphrey back and forth lol

 

[Zlatan]

The only logical and likely destination. Geelong is just kicking tyres with no realistic intention to buy.

 

[zeggie]

No matter what? Are you sure about that?

So, if it means missing Walker because we have to use the draft capital as part of the trade?

If it means Walsh walks?

If the rest of the list still needs to be reset in key areas?

I'll just say this, as something to think about, we got Judd... where'd that get us? Sure we improved, but we didn't even make a prelim let alone come close to winning a flag...

Judd was 100% the correct choice.

Playing squad was a basket case. Judd led us out of that.

 

[Andonis1997]

Could be meeting someone halfway?

Albury or Wodonga?

 

[bluesDeluxe]

Sounds like more of a draft prospect meeting rather than anything with the Charlie trade

Too sensible

 

[carlton_99]

 

[Dramoth]

They should start adding exit clauses in contracts. But if you opt for that the overall contract value is much lower.

So you can exit after two years of your 6 year contract, but lose various premiums in the contract. Like any rewards for performance etc.

Add a loyalty bonus that vests over the course of the contract to come into effect after you've completed 66% of your contract.