Rumour 2022 Rumour Discussion Thread

[Scorpus]

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[FR0GGY]

What the actual F***

He’d just come off about 6 weeks off hadn’t he?

 

[LeftyLuke]

In the case of Richmond, it was reported that Reiwoldt and Cotchin both took pay cuts and are now only on approx $300k.

Compare that to what we are paying Sloane, who has done * all for the last four years.

Sloane is well paid for making Instagram posts. I guess he can now put his occupation down as an influencer.

 

[Peter Doherty]

It’s very short-sighted and borderline delusional to assume we’ll improve our ladder position next year. Every chance our draw won’t be so forgiving. Cop a couple of injuries to key players and this list will not cope. And, given next year’s draft crop is stacked with talent, we really should keep next year’s first. Too many see phillipou as a shiny toy in the window and, like a kid who just got their allowance and must spend it at once, don’t stop to think about the long game. Let’s save our pennies.

How would you get the Rankine deal done?

 

[Samcro24]

He’d just come off about 6 weeks off hadn’t he?

He missed round 5-15

 

[FR0GGY]

He missed round 5-15

Good form then

 

[Sanders]

He’d just come off about 6 weeks off hadn’t he?

He was still out injured when he re-signed.

 

[George Kramer]

He was still out injured when he re-signed.

Hey, don’t ruin the fairytale. It’s amusing when the Weed is so strong in his opinions and they end up being full of s**t

 

[Sanders]

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/adelaide/adelaide-crows-offering-rory-sloane-a-longterm-deal-is-not-the-solution-to-the-contract-dilemma/news-story/93dd50308d9ee41c15a290e321992633?amp

 

[WeedsMullet84]

Sloane is well paid for making Instagram posts. I guess he can now put his occupation down as an influencer.

Don’t call yourself a supporter scumbag


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[Gets!]

The last 4 pages…sigh.

 

[robboaustralia]

Tex and Matt Crouch

5

Matt Crouch

Age

29

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

28.4

5star

K

12.0

4star

HB

16.4

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.9

5star

CL

4.8

5star

D

24.9

5star

K

9.7

4star

HB

15.1

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

4.4

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

10.8

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

2.0

4star

spotted in Noosa today. No rumour just thought I would tell you.

 

[George Kramer]

Don’t call yourself a supporter scumbag


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You need help for your anger

 

[crow2crow]

Tex and Matt Crouch spotted in Noosa today. No rumour just thought I would tell you.

you do realise noosa is not the gold coast right?

 

[Crows I Am]

It’s very short-sighted and borderline delusional to assume we’ll improve our ladder position next year. Every chance our draw won’t be so forgiving. Cop a couple of injuries to key players and this list will not cope. And, given next year’s draft crop is stacked with talent, we really should keep next year’s first. Too many see phillipou as a shiny toy in the window and, like a kid who just got their allowance and must spend it at once, don’t stop to think about the long game. Let’s save our pennies.

Saying anyone who thinks we will improve next year is delusional is a bad call. We could easilly win 2 or 3 more games and end up 10-12th on the ladder. We lost 3 games this year by under a goal, including 2 to teams still in the finals. Another preseason into our young kids and then add in Rankine and I can definitely see us improving on this year.

And it's got nothing to do with adding a 'shiny toy' in Phillipou, I just want us to add a high quality elite midfielder. If that's Phillipou or Tsatas or someone else I don't care, we just desperately need more class in our midfield.

It is just smart to keep pick 5 and use next years first if we can, our pick this year is a known quantity, our best chance to grab that elite midfielder is with a top 5 pick which we have this year. Next year may be another top 5 Pick, but it could also push out to 8-10 if we win a couple more games next year. Just makes it that bit more difficult, we need to take advantage of our position this year as this could be our last chance with a top 5 pick before we start pushing up the ladder.

 

[LeftyLuke]

Rmour that Melbourne choked out of the finals.

 

[huludicidal]

He's way too young for Geelong anyway. I'm surprised they aren't going after Callan Ward and Phil Davis

I mean they’re clearly going to win the flag so it’s difficult to criticise their recruiting strategy at this point lol

 

[Crows I Am]

Rmour that Melbourne choked out of the finals.

I also heard rumour that Lever is an over paid flog

 

[Big Dub]

Saying anyone who thinks we will improve next year is delusional is a bad call. We could easilly win 2 or 3 more games and end up 10-12th on the ladder. We lost 3 games this year by under a goal, including 2 to teams still in the finals. Another preseason into our young kids and then add in Rankine and I can definitely see us improving on this year.

And it's got nothing to do with adding a 'shiny toy' in Phillipou, I just want us to add a high quality elite midfielder. If that's Phillipou or Tsatas or someone else I don't care, we just desperately need more class in our midfield.

It is just smart to keep pick 5 and use next years first if we can, our pick this year is a known quantity, our best chance to grab that elite midfielder is with a top 5 pick which we have this year. Next year may be another top 5 Pick, but it could also push out to 8-10 if we win a couple more games next year. Just makes it that bit more difficult, we need to take advantage of our position this year as this could be our last chance with a top 5 pick before we start pushing up the ladder.

We could well improve and still hold a top 5 pick.

No Ashcroft to push our pick down. GWS, Essendon and Port all underperformed to their lists and at least 2 should bounce back. Gold Coast should also improve. Hawks probably have some senior players trade away or lose form and should fall, as generally will a top 8 side.

Our pick could be anywhere from 4 to 9.

 

[Glenny83]

Sonsie's a future star player .....Cotchin gets pushed out .....Graham potentially struggles from too many of the same type

Well he might be, but when you bring in the GWS guys, Somsie doesn’t get the games in the middle he needs if Cochin is still playing, which he is.


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[spenze]

What the actual F***

He is like the Abbie Chatfield of the board

 

[clinto69]

My two concerns with giving up next years first for Rankine is that what if we finish worse than this year and what if JHF is on the table next year?

 

[Sanders]

My two concerns with giving up next years first for Rankine is that what if we finish worse than this year and what if JHF is on the table next year?

What if, what if…

What if the world ends with the zombie apocalypse

You can’t live worrying about what if too much

 

[Mego Red]

Wrong.

He was off to STK, but his problems with injury, form and tags saw other offers pulled from the table

You're gonna need to provide some evidence to support that.

 

[Truck25]

I also heard rumour that Lever is an over paid flog

Have to say, I was just enjoying the game as a neutral with no preferred winner, I really enjoyed his brain fade in the last that killed off any chances, dickhead!

 

[1970crow]

And? He signed a 5 year deal at a time when he was getting offers from other clubs, when other players had already jumped ship. Far out same people who complain about loyalty and not being able to retain players complain about Sloane being a Crow for life.

Get a grip.

Plus we’ve already spent up big making him a better father, husband, brother, teammate etc etc etc, which we need to get value from. He’s the godfather and protector of our playing list. If he leaves we just fold I reckon, no club worth having without him.