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

[Aphrodite]

#BUMP from February


Re: 'Alleged' rumours resurfacing ...

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[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

EH role for sure high hf

I see what you did there

 

[kreuze_missile]

Chesser way more valuable than a speculative future 2nd

Chesser hasn't been able to consistently hold a spot at the West Coast Eagles who are one of the worst sides in AFL history.

Honestly never heard of him before he was rumoured to come our way.

 

[manang magoos]

Have you looked at his career stats? Like I said he's average at best.

AFL Player Profile

AFL Player Profile

www.wheeloratings.com

That’s more disposals then Durds ever got

 

[carlton_99]

Chesser hasn't been able to consistently hold a spot at the West Coast Eagles who are one of the worst sides in AFL history.

Honestly never heard of him before he was rumoured to come our way.

To be fair that's due to injuries mainly

 

[thebluenewdeal]

Slightly upgraded? Durdin was playing twos half the year?

Production at the same age was pretty much the same... don't think we need to overhype Ainsworth

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Hang on wasn’t Ainsworth a salary dump with Petracca coming in ? Feels like again Austin accepts a neutral deal.

Was purely floated on this board as a possibility. No media reports that that was the case.

 

[BigFrizz36]

I don't see why we shouldn't go for both really.

Because we don't need a long term KPD on about $650k a year. We really really like O'Farrell when he gets back and Dean after an apprenticeship. Any other KPD on the list becomes superfluous in 2027/28 at sometime (like Young) wouldn't make sense to me to bring in Leek when he wouldn't be required in a couple of years.

Torn about May, if he didn't have his baggage he would be perfect in terms of teaching Dean and O'Farrell and bowing out when they were due to take over.

 

[CaptainCharisma]

Chesser hasn't been able to consistently hold a spot at the West Coast Eagles who are one of the worst sides in AFL history.

Honestly never heard of him before he was rumoured to come our way.

Mainly due to injury rather than form.

 

[carlton_99]

I very much doubt pick 67 will be used. Has zero points value

It will come in quite a bit on draft night with teams matching bids or passing.

 

[Eddie19]

I love the pickups! Chessar high upside and only pick 41. Ainsworth was under contract so I'm fine with it as he is an easy upgrade on Durdin.

 

[kingkingston]

Chesser hasn't been able to consistently hold a spot at the West Coast Eagles who are one of the worst sides in AFL history.

Honestly never heard of him before he was rumoured to come our way.

He has played in a team that has nothing around him. People often use the "worst team" argument excessively when evaluating players. he has had some injuries as well.

 

[BlueJim95]

Ainsworth if played as a pure forward gives me Jamie Elliott vibes.
Quick, skilful, smart around goals and a very good overhead mark for his size.
Trade capital aside I think he will be a very good addition.

 

[The Rhino]

Who actually wants Charlie at the club next year? Not me. The trust is gone. The club has been nothing but supportive of him despite self induced misfortunes along the way. He's approaching 30 and acts like a teenager. Get the best deal and move this baby on

 

[gbatman]

Adding a genuine forward who has an aerial game who presents and gives an option going forward as opposed to forwards who aren't really genuine forwards who don't have an aerial game who get out of position regularly or sit back and wait for the ball to come in improves our ball movement and opens up space in our forward line as well as improves our scoring ability.

Guys like Ainsworth and the upcoming of Kemp and Moir are the makings of a better structured forward line.

Guys like Durdin, Fogarty, Cottrell etc as the making of our forward line is not going to take us forward so we need to find players who read the game better as a forward, get involved in our passages of play more and have a more complete game and skillset.

 

[carlton_99]

According to Blakey's IG ... James Rowbottom is definitely leaving the Swans.

You hearing anything about us being interested in Rowbottom?

 

[Jatz]

Who actually wants Charlie at the club next year? Not me. The trust is gone. The club has been nothing but supportive of him despite self induced misfortunes along the way. He's approaching 30 and acts like a teenager. Get the best deal and move this baby on

I'm quite on board with getting a huge haul for him.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

For everyone melting about Ainsworth being a dud

His game vs Brisbane this year in Rd 20

27 Disposals
3 Goals
1 Behind
3 Goal Assists
12 Score Involvements
447 Metres Gained

Even if that was a one off I'd love to know when the last time anyone not named Curnow or Mckay in our forward line had a game even slightly comparable to that?

Get him in a good role in our team and he will be a lovely acquisition.

 

[marcmurphy3]

Durds probably would have been delisted this year if out of contract. Austin might have been happy just getting him off our books.

 

[The Rhino]

Ainsworth is no dud. Solid pickup

 

[HarryFlashman]

The only reason why Lord doesnt play more senior footy is because they think his development will be better served in hte 2's

Yeah & one of the reasons that people think Voss has no ****ing clue about his players abilities/talents & how to use them is shit like that.

Lord is a player, quicker we embrace that & back the kid in, the quicker we get better.

 

[skadoosh]

 

[bluerooster]

Trading a F2 and giving away Durdin is not a good trade

What I think is being missed by a lot of tge negative reports on Ainsworth is that whenever I see him play he looks fit and ready to go. Hence, he gives himself every opportunity to be better than players like Durdin who never looked fit or Motlop and a few others.

What that does is make others lift their standard, these are also leadership qualities we are lacking. He loves a goal and has a real competitive streak. We lack all these qualities.

 

[Blue By Blood]

You hearing anything about us being interested in Rowbottom?

Murmurings are he might be GC bound.

 

[Cowboyblues]

They gave us Frankie.

We're in front for the next decade!!!!!!!!

This is who comes to mind for me when thinking of Ainsworth as an addition.
Once Frankie was pushed up as hif we played much cleaner with good delivery and output of goals from him.
Having watched a fair bit of GC as a mate is their biggest fan, Ben gives me the same sort of vibes. Effective inside 50 disposal and willingness to take a shot at goal on.
These guys I think will supersede Fogartys role as me has become a little more muted in his effectiveness

 

[Pablito]

I very much doubt pick 67 will be used. Has zero points value

It'll move up when picks ahead get eaten up by matched bids. But still wont be worth much. I suspect we may actually use it. Dean, Ison and a 3rd player