Rumour Bluemour Discussion XLI

[Aphrodite]

#BUMP from February


Re: 'Alleged' rumours resurfacing ...

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Thanks all!

 

[CCurnow3picks]

I need to breath…

 

[BrianSetzer]

Just give us Gulden already

 

[Weitbricks]

It will be unexpected that's for sure

Welcome to Carlton !!! (I'm just guessing, that would blow me away)

 

[Bfevola]

Love your avatar Brian. I love your pic.

 

[agro]

Let me get this straight.

Will Hayward offered big money to go to Carlton in 2024.

Hayward sign five year extension in June 2024 at Sydney for LESS money than he was offered at Carlton.

Hayward extends for five years

Sydney Swans forward Will Hayward has signed a long-term contract extension until at least the end of 2029.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

Then just two months later Sydney sign on his company to be official Seltzer partners.

A Doozy of a partnership

The Sydney Swans are excited to announce Doozy as the club’s official seltzer partner until the end of 2027.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

I mean, could it be any more obvious, taking less money to stay then magically getting a business contract from the club two months later.

Does the AFL integrity unit even try?

Once.

 

[SOSforPM]

I think everyone is going to be VERY happy after tonight

Impossible!!

 

[Stiffler's Dad]

How the hell am I supposed to pretend to work now

Take a leaf out of George Costanza's textbook and huddle under your desk for the day.

 

[passmark]

F*** the kids!

Not a great battle cry for teachers.

 

[Its an amigo!]

Not a good day to be a teacher and not have access to your phone for large parts of the day lol

Haha. Put Bigfooty up on the class white board. It is a reading and comprehension lesson and whenever there is a rumored deal it is "data and statistics lesson" where they have to work out the value of each player and pick.

 

[KnaveyBlue]

I mean, could it be any more obvious, taking less money to stay then magically getting a business contract from the club two months later.

Does the AFL integrity unit even try?

A dodgy workaround to ensure a NSW club stays as strong as possible? The AFL probably advised them on how to do it.

 

[No1Suspect]

I think everyone is going to be VERY happy after tonight

 

[Rosscoe 17]

 

[GoBlues!]

Rejected us last year now isn’t thrilled at coming

It’s not great for team morale having a player not wanting to be at your club….

But we’ll end up taking Hayward and Florent anyway.

 

[Blue and Silver]

Let me get this straight.

Will Hayward offered big money to go to Carlton in 2024.

Hayward sign five year extension in June 2024 at Sydney for LESS money than he was offered at Carlton.

Hayward extends for five years

Sydney Swans forward Will Hayward has signed a long-term contract extension until at least the end of 2029.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

Then just two months later Sydney sign on his company to be official Seltzer partners.

A Doozy of a partnership

The Sydney Swans are excited to announce Doozy as the club’s official seltzer partner until the end of 2027.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

I mean, could it be any more obvious, taking less money to stay then magically getting a business contract from the club two months later.

Does the AFL integrity unit even try?

Legitimately need someone from Parliament to put the fear of God into them and have an enquiry.

Never happen though

 

[Mike_blues]

If I'm wrong ... I will delete this 20 year old account.

LIDS OFF

 

[Blue and Silver]

Looking forward to the Judgement of C4.

My favourite 80's action flick

 

[marcmurphy3]

It’s not great for team morale having a player not wanting to be at your club….

But we’ll end up taking Hayward and Florent anyway.

Ainsworth didn't sound thrilled to move to us either to be honest. Not upset but clearly got pushed out at a time the Suns were finally coming good, but he'll adjust. Every year young players get sent to clubs they'd rather not go to, yet a lot of them never leave even when given the chance. Won't take long for our new players to love the club.

 

[kreuze_missile]

It will be unexpected that's for sure

NICK DAICOS, ZAC BUTTERS & MATT ROWELL ALL COMING TO CARLTON.

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.

 

[JustaBattler]

Thread title should be renamed after C4 - knocking on <heaven or death's door>

oh my goodness that rhymes ! and ther eis a melody that can be worked into it as well..

 

[Matty411]

Gotta wonder what - if all is true about Swans boys being forced to walk - this move will do to both club cultures.

Charlie comes in at the expense of a few painted-on Swans who've been there for years. Sure, he'll make them better. But it might take some time.

As for us... knowing that Hayward and Ollie didn't want to come and were almost forced could be terrible for their mindset. In saying that, I hope they use the feeling and channel it into being better for us out of anger/spite/desire to prove the Swans wrong.

In any case, moving on the players who were holding the collective back culture-wise isn't a bad thing all round. I hope it bites Sydney in the arse royally.

 

[T2B_]

In CD, I mean, C4 we trust

 

[No1Suspect]

If you’re wrong, I’ll delete my account.

If your wrong, Chief deletes bigfooty

 

[Blues_1864]

If I'm wrong ... I will delete this 20 year old account.

Steady on. Things can change!

There is much more to you than just being right!

Not sure about others, but I am here for the journey and the destination in equal measure (in fact, probably more for the journey, if I am completely honest). You have made the next 10 hours fun regardless, and chances are we'll need you to back up again next year, no matter what truly happens today!

 

[Bonz]

Come here in peace.

Not 100% sure what the final deal looks like today (but I doubt that 22 is part of it).

But from a Swan's fan POV if the deal goes through you are getting two wonderful players in both Florent and Hayward.

Hayward - Know a lot of people talk him up for his finishing or one on one contested work, but there are other strengths to his game, his tough as nails and regularly plays through injury (In fact if the game is close and he gets injured somehow he always tends to lift when there is a bit of adversary).

Hayward is also one of those players who can win a contest without the ball being sent to him perfectly, his athletic enough to bring the ball to ground and is decent once the ball is there as well regularly roving off packs or his own contests.

He can go missing a little in games (bit of a Sydney problem as we tend to use kicks to lead up players, where Hayward would excel a bit more if we went longer to the teeth of goal a bit more regularly).

Florent - Was one of my own favourites for years (Since I saw him nail the winner on the run against North in his first year), unfortunately he was moved out of position mid last year and Cox never really seemed to like him (He prefers players who are a bit more defensively focused).

I am sure people have already waxed lyrical around his kicking, durability and movement but will break it down a little bit. Florent's best trait is when he can weave in and out of traffic, he is exceptionally mobile in the contest with ball in hand, whether that is around the ball or off the half back flank. I have always thought he was best on the outside of the contest, where he can use his agility to avoid a player and set up the next play (is deceptively good by hand).

I think Florent would really flourish with a role where is he a bit more unstructured, and definitely not responsible for a direct opponent, he played this role early last year and was exceptional before Longmire moved him to the half back flank and he went a little downhill.

Lastly both players are exceptionally popular with our playing group and will bring in some great culture.

Fair few of our fans are not happy with the deal and losing both players, but if it goes through I will definitely be cheering on both in Carlton colours (Unless they are playing the Swans of course)

 

[RPCB]

It’s not great for team morale having a player not wanting to be at your club….

But we’ll end up taking Hayward and Florent anyway.

I reckon it will end up being more a case of Hayward isn’t thrilled to be moving clubs, but he will be professional enough to know it’s a business at the end of the day and will give 100% for his new club.

The person to blame for Hayward getting uprooted from his club is Charlie Curnow who has cracked the sads with four years to run on his contract. If Charlie didn’t do that, Hayward would be staying at his club and not moving to a different club.