Rumour 2023 Rumours and Speculation (Rumours total 37!, 1 (busted) BIG FISH ALERT last October 9th) (9 confirmed! 17 Busted!)

[Shuestar13]

100% this is not the case

Tis was an optimistic viewpoint. I would have hoped that his time at WCE would have broadened his horizons, but we have been a risk averse conservative club, Simpson (at the time VB was an assistant) was very much in ‘control’ fully and the style of play, team selection etc. was static. He’s been forced to adapt and change.

I’d take him back in a New York minute

Yes I get it. He certainly wasn’t solely to blame for the grand final aftermath and everything that entailed. Like many coaches, you’d think he would be better the second time around.

From everything that I (a layman, fan) can see, he’s doing a pretty good job as CEO thus far. Much needed change.

 

[Danger in Texas]

If there was any self-awareness by our coaching group, we wouldn't have shape-keepers. Crouch and Laird attending the same CBAs or Sloane getting a contract.

The recent increase of Soligo and Rankine’s CBAs gives me a slither of hope we’ll see a phasing out of Laird (and maybe Crouch, but I’d be happy to keep him around) by next year

But yeah, given Nicks’ general track record, I’m not holding out too much hope

 

[Samcro24]

The recent increase of Soligo and Rankine’s CBAs gives me a slither of hope we’ll see a phasing out of Laird (and maybe Crouch, but I’d be happy to keep him around) by next year

But yeah, given Nicks’ general track record, I’m not holding out too much hope

I’ve had similar hopes.

Then I think about it and I’m sure Laird and Crouch will continue to play. Which is dumb.

Just hand the keys over to Soligo Rankine Dawson already. Use Crouch and Lairds minutes to try to unearth more.

 

[BunjiMac]

Yeah, armed robbery is fine with them.

That was kind of the point actually.

No one is justifying the crime but the way they backed their players in says something about their culture and means something to the player.

What you do inside those four walls matters more than anything and it's a safe place where you can just play football.

 

[GreyCrow]

“He is out of contract…

Thats all I needed to see

 

[GreyCrow]

I think it makes sense, if he played every game and was a fair price.

As long as Laird moves out, it helps us with the shift to the next generation.

A 31 year old helps us move to the next generation?

Are you high

 

[Captain Furious]

A 30-year-old with groins made of crepe paper, who's looking for a new deal before his wheelchair arrives? Seems legit.

I wonder why we bother giving fuel to these manager manipulations.

But I guess that's what I just did.

 

[Sanders]

I think it makes sense, if he played every game and was a fair price.

As long as Laird moves out, it helps us with the shift to the next generation.

Nah bruv

 

[spenze]

A 31 year old helps us move to the next generation?

Are you high

Somebody laced his apricot slice?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

The recent increase of Soligo and Rankine’s CBAs gives me a slither of hope we’ll see a phasing out of Laird (and maybe Crouch, but I’d be happy to keep him around) by next year

But yeah, given Nicks’ general track record, I’m not holding out too much hope

We need to stop the phasing & go big bang - move Laird to half back.

Crouch, Dawson, Soligo & Schoenberg have enough experience. Bring in one of the younger guys too to have a few rotations.

 

[1970crow]

That Yeo rumour can't be real. The only team that would do a deal like that is one at the tail end of a dynasty that wants to squeeze out the very last drop with that group of players.

Or a delusional bunch of nuffies that believe they're only a piece or 2, including an experienced mid, away from flag contention.

 

[Crow till I die]

Or a delusional bunch of nuffies that believe they're only a piece or 2, including an experienced mid, away from flag contention.

I tend to agree we are only a few pieces away from a flag tilt. New and much better coach. Elite mid to go with what we have and Thilthorpe to step up bigtime next year.

 

[MRB37]

We need to stop the phasing & go big bang - move Laird to half back.

Crouch, Dawson, Soligo & Schoenberg have enough experience. Bring in one of the younger guys too to have a few rotations.

If they're worried about losing experience the time to move Laird out it is now while you still have him there to support or if you get super desperate and can move him back in.

 

[MRB37]

Or a delusional bunch of nuffies that believe they're only a piece or 2, including an experienced mid, away from flag contention.

I've had a few fans seem to think so. "Yeo delivering the ball to Tex, Fog and Tilly is worth an extra 2 goals a game and we'd be in the GF with that!" response I got from someone yesterday.

 

[Carn The Texan]

I've had a few fans seem to think so. "Yeo delivering the ball to Tex, Fog and Tilly is worth an extra 2 goals a game and we'd be in the GF with that!" response I got from someone yesterday.

Of Yeo, Tex and TT it's possible (maybe even probable) that no more than 1 of those 3 is on the park at any given time in 2025.

I would envision Yeo's situation looking most likely like the Gibbs one - a year left in him at most. At least we wouldn't be trading anything for him, but the opportunity cost is high unless we sign literally nobody else.

I think it's unlikely we take Yeo but interesting as a thought exercise mostly - what would you be willing to pay an ageing champion to play out his days with us as a way of bridging to the next generation of midfielders? The focus should really be on the "next generation of midfielders" part of that sentence rather than the "ageing champion" part. It's a path we've gone down before and it's failed us.

 

[Coopers]

Or a delusional bunch of nuffies that believe they're only a piece or 2, including an experienced mid, away from flag contention.

The bottom 6 or so players in our best 22 are not that great. They can all be replaced by better players.

And we still don't have enough elite top end talent.

We can occasionally jag a game with big performances from our best players, but the drop off in quality after say, 15th selected, means we aren't in commanding positions often enough and we have holes all over the shop in tight games.

 

[skam85]

We do jump at shadows. 1st Danger now Yeo. Save your ammunition until something is a fact.

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crazy concept considering we're in a rumours and speculation thread

 

[Betts are off]

crazy concept considering we're in a rumours and speculation thread

I miss the Henley Beach Cafe.... Where it was encouraged to go way out there with rumours!

 

[Twist_of_Lemon]

If there is any legitimacy to the Yeo offer I'll eat a Cartel-branded hat and vomit it back up on the clubs door-step.

 

[Mutineer]

I think it makes sense, if he played every game and was a fair price.

As long as Laird moves out, it helps us with the shift to the next generation.

Makes no sense at all if we're looking to the future especially with Yeo's age and injury history, hard no.

 

[Crowboto]

I tend to agree we are only a few pieces away from a flag tilt. New and much better coach. Elite mid to go with what we have and Thilthorpe to step up bigtime next year.

What happens if said elite midfielder goes down with an injury?

 

[Crow till I die]

What happens if said elite midfielder goes down with an injury?

We no longer contend?

 

[StickerMan]

Yeo's missed games in his prime:

2020: Rd 10, Rd 12-23
2021: Rd 1-10
2022: Rd 1-4, Rd 7-13, Rd 17-23
2023: Rd 1-3, Rd 6-10, Rd 16-20
2024: Rd 9-tba

31 year old injury prone midfielder past his prime. Solves all our problems.

Out Sloane, in Yeo

 

[DJ75]

Sloane an extra year, Dangerfield, Yeo - who's next?
3 year deal for John Klug?

 

[1990crow]

Sloane an extra year, Dangerfield, Yeo - who's next?
3 year deal for John Klug?

Isn't Mathhew Bode Carltons runner? Maybe he could keep shape for us.