Rumour Bluemour Discussion XLI

[Aphrodite]

#BUMP from February


Re: 'Alleged' rumours resurfacing ...

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Thanks all!

 

[mrkyuss]

At the start of this saga would people have entertained a trade for a B grader , salary dump and two picks in the teens for the second most marketable player in the comp (also under long contract)? Don’t think so.

 

[ctwenty1]

Done.

Take 10 and 11 and go fishing for Humphrey or Rachelle if GC don’t budge.

Done as it is offically done, or just your view?

 

[Lukeblueboy]

Done.

Take 10 and 11 and go fishing for Humphrey or Rachelle if GC don’t budge.

Yeah, if we accept this deal quickly, then I reckon there’s more at play here. If we sit on it and f around then I’d say that’s it

 

[Blue and Silver]

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NICK DUIGAN

I don't know. I reckon he feels better

 

[The Bighouse]

Done.

Take 10 and 11 and go fishing for Humphrey or Rachelle if GC don’t budge.

Wouldn’t be going the Rachelle path myself.
Frank is loose up forward.
Humphrey = yes

 

[outabounds]

Not a bad offer , they want him badly, reject it and find out just how badly they want him. there is room for more

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

I would say no and just sit there looking at Sydney until there are five minutes left, they will offer more.

 

[MitchRobinson12]

I can live with that deal let's take it and go for another player.

 

[Blue oval]

I can understand everyone wants more and Curnow is a superstar etc. etc. but at the highest level you can't just get by on talent alone. Charlie definitely lacks something between the ears, drops the heads and sooks it up when things don't go his way, looks like most teams have worked this out and here we are.

 

[kingkingston]

I think it is significantly better than the Geelong deal, but still not acceptable.

Pick #11 is better than Pick #19.
Sydney F126 is better than Geelong F126
Haywood is better than Geelong F127.
+ Florent...

Better on all counts, but still not there.

Sydney will finish higher than Geelong next year with Curnow. I can see Geelong starting to fall away. So the future first is no guarantee to be better than Geelong's.

 

[Juddrockz]

My feeling is that we were never going to hold Curnow to his contract - Sydney know that and they know we’re going to blink instead of adding to the deal as deadline grows closer- Sydney are taking away from the deal.

Exactly. Loose lips Charlie probably wouldve told Swans he doesn't want to go back to the Blues therefore they can lower their deal just making sure its a tad higher than the Cats to get it over the line.

 

[Gavstar]

Yeah, if we accept this deal quickly, then I reckon there’s more at play here. If we sit on it and f around then I’d say that’s it

Caveat emptor Swans?

 

[Bluebag13]

Done.

Take 10 and 11 and go fishing for Humphrey or Rachelle if GC don’t budge.

Is Rachelle even gettable?
I would love either, but i dont think GC will accept that for Humphrey.
Also how do we get Dean then?

 

[kingkingston]

 

[Treesloth]

Meanwhile our other Coleman winning KP forward has a history of head knocks and has had challenges with Mental Health (which can be linked).

Lot of eggs to put in the Harry basket, is he happy to be the main man? What's plan B if he has another severe concussion?

This is giving me the Cinderella's!

"If we take some time to think it over, baby
Take some time let me know
If you really wanna go
Don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Don't know what it is I did so wrong
Now I know what I got
Just this song
And it ain't easy to get back
Takes so long"

Yep. Fair points.

The Brisbane/Collingwood approach the model to follow for mine. Prioritise skills and a dynamic, dangerous forward mix that doesn’t rely too heavily on the big guys.

Think Moir, Kemp, Hayward, Ainsworth are nice starting point here. Keen for what HOK can do as well and if we can get Motlop to the level (I’m a believer in Jesse)

 

[Big Red is back]

Meanwhile our other Coleman winning KP forward has a history of head knocks and has had challenges with Mental Health (which can be linked).

Lot of eggs to put in the Harry basket, is he happy to be the main man? What's plan B if he has another severe concussion?

This is giving me the Cinderella's!

"If we take some time to think it over, baby
Take some time let me know
If you really wanna go
Don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Don't know what it is I did so wrong
Now I know what I got
Just this song
And it ain't easy to get back
Takes so long"

Mids who can run and kick win flags, our entire list needs a rebuild so I wouldn't worry, we are 4 years from being relevant as it's a complete game style and list change needed

 

[Schoonerman]

Get them to add a future second we can use for Buku then it’s a deal

 

[ctwenty1]

Sydney will finish higher than Geelong next year with Curnow. I can see Geelong starting to fall away. So the future first is no guarantee to be better than Geelong's.

But with Curnow I think geelong woudl finish higher idk

 

[Coona Blues]

Petulant, dumb, greedy, disloyal. Whatever the right word is I don't think we really know. But he's a very consistent player.

We didn’t consistently see his best. We consistently saw “ enough”.

The bloke is a freak, he should be CONSISTENTLY a top 10 PERFORMER in the competition.

The biggest issue structurally is his positioning and the effect on our entire forward line. We have lamented the lack of effectiveness of forward coaches, how much has his demeanour and commitment level impacted that performance?

Charlie carried the club to finals through the back end of ‘23. He was clearly all in. He was clearly cooked and kept giving. Then went missing in finals, was he physically cooked or perhaps checked out a bit mentally. (Ed selections?)

Has been downhill from there. Flippant footballer, all the chest thumping does not excuse the petulant play on pinging when the game is on the line. The percentages do not add up.

I shudder to think what he could do at Sydney or Geelong with some elite delivery, but remind myself that for quality connection, both the bloke kicking and the bloke leading need to put in. If he raises an arm and says kick it to me here, he may sabotage the club’s system.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Yeah, if we accept this deal quickly, then I reckon there’s more at play here. If we sit on it and f around then I’d say that’s it

We'll have already been in discussions for on-trading picks. Don't need to accept before talking to clubs

 

[CaptainCharisma]

Charade has gone on too long - take the deal and move on.

Try and turn 10 & 11 into something else along with Dean and Ison in the draft.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Sydney will finish higher than Geelong next year with Curnow. I can see Geelong starting to fall away. So the future first is no guarantee to be better than Geelong's.

But if we took Geelong's offer the reverse applies.

 

[Red Bull]

Done.

Take 10 and 11 and go fishing for Humphrey or Rachelle if GC don’t budge.

Chris … you’re not listening !!
Sydney have to do better than that.
They can start by taking Florent out of the deal.
We don’t want him and his 4 year contract.
The deal isn’t good enough for us to be accepting a dump as well !!

 

[Pixelshooter]

They also want pick 22 back...so yeah, nah. GAGF.

 

[BlueJim95]

Morris now saying Sydney want 22 back with Charlie
All part of the posturing, we will end up going back to them with Charlie and a late pick and it’ll end up going through.

Trade period could be 3 days and everything would still happen, it’s all such a wank