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

[Aphrodite]

#BUMP from February


Re: 'Alleged' rumours resurfacing ...

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Thanks all!

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

What about the top part?

Let's not get into the top or bottom discussion here.

 

[thechef95]

Did he play solely in the Swan's midfield? His average disposals seems quite low..only 16. High tackles though @ 7.3 per game.

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Rowbottom had 22 shots on goal this season... that would be second to Cripps (31) in our midfield brigade of Hewett (12), Walsh (10) and Cerra (8) in 2025.

So much for just being an inside mid.

 

[Blue1980]

2022: 3rd in B&F, Swans Runner Up
2023: 3rd in B&F, Swans Elim Final exit
2024: 6th in B&F, Swans Runner Up
2025: 8th in B&F, Swans outside the 8

If we're baulking at a player from a great football environment that's proven himself in a midfield of Warner, Heeney and Gulden for the better part of the last 4-5 years, then we've got rocks in our head.

We don't need him, where will he play in our team? Why get an extra guy into a position where we are actually strong and ignore bolstering our short-comings?

 

[GoBlues!]

From a source close to the player -

Ben Ainsworth will happen today.

Our Vietnamese correspondent, Soapy called it 3 days ago from downtown Hanoi….

 

[thechef95]

We don't need him, where will he play in our team? Why get an extra guy into a position where we are actually strong and ignore bolstering our short-comings?

Free up Walsh to play an outside role again.

Jagga comes in and gives us strength in a current weakness on top.

There's your magnet moves.

 

[Blue__Balls]

A-Graders from trades on the lists.

Brisbane
Dunkley, Neal & Charlie / Allan & Draper could reach A Grade in the Brisbane environment.

Collingwood
Houston, Hill, Mitchell & Howe / 2025 put their hat in the ring for Curnow & Oliver

Hawthorn
Battle, Barrass, Gunston, Impey, Ginnivan / Chasing Merrett & Humphrey

Geelong
Dangerfield, Smith, Cameron, Stengel / chasing Curnow & Marshall

What A-Graders do we have on the list from trades?

I’d say Newman

Cerra, Newman, Haynes, Hewett, Saad, Evans.
OK, not Evans...but the rest are valid.
Chasing Humphrey and presumably Butters.

I'm sure you'll argue that they're not A-graders in your view, but that starts getting into semantics on the letter-grading system.

Cerra is on par with Dunkley or Impey or Houston.
Haynes we got late, but he was excellent pretty much all year and placed well in the B&F, would have him on par with Howe.
Hewett has been, hands down, our most consistent and reliable mid for a while now, on par with Dunkley, Mitchell and Houston.
Saad is getting on bit now, but has undoubtedly been one of the games premiere running half backs and his defensive efforts have, by and large, been very good too.

I'd suggest our issue hasn't been getting A-graders in, it's been getting them in the right spots.

Cerra feels surplus to requirements given Hewett, had we secured a quality small or medium forward instead I think our prospects would have been a bit different.

 

[Sam The Doc]

Where did you see this?

Not definitely but just out of the blue

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Durdin to Port > Ainsworth to us > Pick 29 from Port to GC
- Gleeson

 

[thechef95]

Durdin to Port > Ainsworth to us > Pick 29 from Port to GC
- Gleeson

Do it in a heartbeat.

 

[marcmurphy3]

I edited the post from Dunkley and Atkins to just Atkins to be fair to them. Not sure if they responded to it before it was edited.

And thats purely because Dunkley is so good at what he does we'd be better off shipping out some of our inside mids to fit him in.

He would have replied after as it says Atkins in his post, but if he saw Dunkley first and thought he was replying to that, then fair enough.

Agree, Atkins a better comparison. Dunkley a level or 2 above those 2 although still not a need. If Rowbottom is a worse version of Hewett, Dunkley is a better version of both.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Not definitely but just out of the blue



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Check the update

 

[CrippaTheGoat9]

Not definitely but just out of the blue



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I like the sounds of that!

 

[Jatz]

I don't hate that. I do like Durdin but he really hasn't come on as I'd hoped.

 

[Big Delut]

Free up Walsh to play an outside role again.

Jagga comes in and gives us strength in a current weakness on top.

There's your magnet moves.

Our midfield is too slow and poorly skilled. You want to add a slow player with poor skills.

 

[Blue1980]

Durdin to Port > Ainsworth to us > Pick 29 from Port to GC
- Gleeson

I had no idea Durdin had currency of any kind, or why he does?

 

[morningbrown]

Ainsworth definitely an upgrade on Durds and also strengthens the age bracket we are currently lacking in.

 

[Bletch]

Durdin to Port > Ainsworth to us > Pick 29 from Port to GC
- Gleeson

I'd expect we'd have to give Port something extra in that deal.

 

[Blue1980]

Free up Walsh to play an outside role again.

Jagga comes in and gives us strength in a current weakness on top.

There's your magnet moves.

Hard no from me, our club may feel differently, and we could get him and it turns out awesome, but we let Kennedy go for the exact reason we wouldn't be bringing Rowbottom in IMO.

 

[marcmurphy3]

I had no idea Durdin had currency of any kind, or why he does?

Great for us if true. No idea why port would give 29 for him.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Free up Walsh to play an outside role again.

Jagga comes in and gives us strength in a current weakness on top.

There's your magnet moves.

And what happens to Lord in that situation?

 

[blues4flag]

Do it in a heartbeat.

I'd delist Durdin and pay him out if we need the list spot. Surely we'd need to give something to Port. Unless it's a token of good will for us stopping our pursuit of Butters.

 

[SolGoodman]

Not definitely but just out of the blue



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Never really set the world on fire did Durds, but seems like an absolute legend of a bloke, especially his relationship with his younger sister.

I hope he doesn't go, but if he does, I hope it's to a good club and he flourishes.

 

[thechef95]

He would have replied after as it says Atkins in his post, but if he saw Dunkley first and thought he was replying to that, then fair enough.

Agree, Atkins a better comparison. Dunkley a level or 2 above those 2 although still not a need. If Rowbottom is a worse version of Hewett, Dunkley is a better version of both.

What makes you believe Rowbottom is a worse version of Hewett?

 

[skadoosh]

 

[Blue1980]

Ainsworth definitely an upgrade on Durds and also strengthens the age bracket we are currently lacking in.

For us to get him for the value of only losing Durds seems very much a salary dump by GC.