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

[Aphrodite]

#BUMP from February


Re: 'Alleged' rumours resurfacing ...

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There is no need to further speculate. What will be will be.

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Simply put, don't be a dick.

Thanks all!

 

[kreuze_missile]

Durds and 10 for Butters. Get it done.

Send Frank back.

Straight swap? Or would Port need to add a pick?

 

[Matty411]

Tim Mitchell on X (no idea who he is) proposing/suggesting Roberts, Hayward and 2026 R1 for Charlie. Slightly better but I'd rather McInerney. Roberts a rising star, just don't think - with Chesser in - we need another HBF. Esp. with Newy back.

Though it might allow us to get rid of Ollie from the backline and back to the wing...

 

[Aphrodite]

Ainsworth to Carlton now per cal

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Tim Mitchell on X (no idea who he is) proposing/suggesting Roberts, Hayward and 2026 R1 for Charlie. Slightly better but I'd rather McInerney. Roberts a rising star, just don't think - with Chesser in - we need another HBF. Esp. with Newy back.

Though it might allow us to get rid of Ollie from the backline and back to the wing...

Chesser is a wing or half back, as is Roberts. So far his best position has been wing imo.

I too would rather McInerney but both have some flexibility.

 

[skadoosh]

 

[kreuze_missile]

I don't rate him, but that doesn't change the fact that will be our best half forward by a mile.

 

[carlton_99]

It's happened so quickly I'm nervous about what we are giving up

 

[thechef95]

It's happened so quickly I'm nervous about what we are giving up

It's happened quickly from our perspective, but this was likely days in the making.

 

[Mondyboy]

I don't rate him, but that doesn't change the fact that will be our best half forward by a mile.

He can make mistakes and be selfish. But, he’s far more mobile and skilful than whah we have.

 

[Countryblueswitnotattoos]

I vommed a bit reading that.

BTW - is there a country blue with tattoos?

Ha ha, the name was just a little jibe at our list. SOS almost exclusively recruited stright-laced kids from country areas.

 

[Canyouhearthedrums]

I don't rate him, but that doesn't change the fact that will be our best half forward by a mile.

This is it right? Good teams incrementally improve positions of weakness. It’s not always about big swings for AA types

 

[Gavstar]

Tim Mitchell on X (no idea who he is) proposing/suggesting Roberts, Hayward and 2026 R1 for Charlie. Slightly better but I'd rather McInerney. Roberts a rising star, just don't think - with Chesser in - we need another HBF. Esp. with Newy back.

Though it might allow us to get rid of Ollie from the backline and back to the wing...

Newman will be 33 and coming off a serious injury. I'm far from confident about his longevity.

 

[Stiffler's Dad]

Looks pretty good here:

Would look better in Navy Blue too.

 

[Matty411]

Curious about how quickly BA move has happened compared to others. Suggests that we need something from that deal to move others around OR it was super straight forward.

Praying its a salary drop and we get massive overs.

 

[Bluebag13]

Ainsworth is the type of 'B'-grade players we have been screaming out for.
Has some deficiencies yes, but filling the list out with these types/levels of player is exactly what we need.

 

[Aphrodite]

 

[ESKIE]

Ainsworth is a good pick up thumbs up emoji

 

[ESKIE]

Something harpooning ?

 

[Aphrodite]

 

[Mondyboy]

It’s alllll happening! While I’m at lunch! Thanks Trade-Gods.

 

[DrTrain]

So is it durds plus our 27F2 for pick 29 or our 26F2?

 

[No1Suspect]

Ainsworth a better kick for goal than most of our fwd line... good get, raises the floor

 

[thegreatbeast]

Send Frank back.

Straight swap? Or would Port need to add a pick?

How dare you even bring his name up in a trade.

 

[zeggie]

Of course they're different... is that supposed to be a revelation of some sort?

Reality is, we are still way too reliant on a core group of 30+ yr olds...

Bringing in one of the best players sounds nice on paper, but like 2008, the squad isn't in the right bracket to be landing a big star (IMO to please WalshistheGOAT ). We'd have to sell the farm in terms of trade and stump up a massive chunk of our cap.

For what? To cling to a feint hope that the aging core group around him who have proven to be perennial losers continue to stink it up until they retire? No thanks.

There's also the risk to piss Walsh off, like others have already mentioned, look at what the Stains had to do when they're loyal players saw all these big $$$ deals being bandied around for players outside their system...

So we risk losing Walsh, we risk losing insurance to match the Cody bid and we end up nowhere... or maybe we'll meet some people's very low bar of "making finals" ...

Stop being obtuse.

Our 2008 squad was shithouse when we got Judd.

Our current squad is not shit. Clearly an obvious point.

You said getting Judd and not winning a flag was the benchmark essentially. So has every trade the past 30 years been a failure then?

 

[bluemahogany]

Trade has been completed - Same source