Rumour Bluemour Discussion XLI

[Sam The Doc]

we'd have plenty of cash up our sleeves to spend next year surely?

 

[RPCB]

we'd have plenty of cash up our sleeves to spend next year surely?

We will.

Saad is OOC and very likely won’t get a new contract given his age. Williams is also OOC, but might get a minimum coin contract for 2027. We’ve banked good money from the departures of Charlie, TDK and JSOS (Gov sounds like he might be coming back but probably for one more year).

Plenty of money to throw at King or Butters next year. I’d be throwing money at one of them.

 

[SolGoodman]

we'd have plenty of cash up our sleeves to spend next year surely?

That to me is the biggest piece of the puzzle that's gone largely unnoticed, we should be a lot better SC wise now and hopefully have already got into Humphrey and Butters ears for next season.

However, it is of the utmost importance we have a solid enough season to implement genuine hope and an idea of where the club is headed for said players to see.

 

[TENACIOUS]

Just bounce “throw the ball up” FFS

 

[Gethelred]

Just bounce the ball FFS

They won't anymore.

 

[Benaly28]

Anyone who dosent think we have made the right decisions with youth and depth being our focus need only to look at the pies situation.

I know which camp id rather be in.

Just remember Tassie will make a mess of the 2027 draft.

 

[TENACIOUS]

My thinking re: Humphrey is I'm almost glad he is staying at Gold Coast knowing he will likely try to leave again next year. As it stands, if he was seriously up for trade this year, we would have been 3rd or 4th in line. The next 12 months offers us an opportunity to show opposition players we are an exciting team on the up, brimming with young talent.

Given we have lost 3 excellent players this year, its actually remarkable we have been able to attract very good footballers to the club. North weren't able to attract anymore except Spargo, likewise with many other teams.

Not all doom and gloom. I feel like the narrative and wheel is turning ar Carlton. A change in culture and approach on the way.

This year was our chance, we had the currency to get a deal done.

Unless we trade out players in 2026 or Tassie gets pushed back can’t see us having any chance at Humphrey or Butters.

 

[RPCB]

Wow! 3x 1sts. A lot of embarrassing overreacting going on in here.

That was only in the first five minutes when the trade details weren’t released.

It was all fine and dandy after that.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Just bounce the ball FFS

"Tip off"

 

[carlton_99]

This year was our chance, we had the currency to get a deal done.

Unless we trade out players in 2026 or Tassie gets pushed back can’t see us having any chance at Humphrey or Butters.

If they want to come we would have two firsts in each draft. No other club will have that.

 

[ferrisb]

This place

Geelong - offer 3x firsts (forum - oh what a shit deal)

Sydney - offer 3x firsts and a player, with picks going back (forum - oh yes! Lets circle jerk each other)

I’m a Hayward fan and glad we got him in the deal.

Fair call that fans are treating the two similar-ish deals very differently.

But there are some differences:

1) Syd deal includes Hayward
2) Syd's pick this year is 11 vs Geelong's 19
3) Geelong are likely to finish higher up the ladder next year (odds have them 3rd fave vs Syd =5th)

And most importantly...

4) We didn't deal with Geelong!!!

 

[T2B_]

Gee that Curnow trade board thread is a disaster zone, filled with salty Geelong fans and a select handful of toxic Blues fans that are so negative you'd swear they were troll accounts

 

[branedotorg]

It may be weaker on paper - but who knows.

At what point does a balanced team become greater than the talent within?

We’re about to find out hopefully.

We've been running with incredible individual talents for 20 years, we are so overdue for a great team instead.

As someone who prefers systematized sport over 'flair' and unpredictably I'm hopeful that this change delivers a better long term output.

 

[__Bobcat__]

Whens the coaches trade week begin? Can't wait.

Dont expect much, packet of chips, maybe.

 

[CarmenSandiego]

The other side of it is that in 2012-13, we all told ourselves that you couldn't pay a small forward what Betts was asking, that it was a smart trade. That if Waite wanted out, **** him. That if Robinson and Garlett were going to lie to the club, we didn't want them round anyway. That if Henderson didn't want to be here, he and his mum could piss off.

This saw us systematically dismantle our forward line at the behest of another Collingwood bloke who was brought in to take us to the next level. Now, Curnow is one piece, but that's an awful lot of goals out the door. If we cannot replace them, we're gonna struggle.

I dunno. They say history might not repeat exactly but it frequently rhymes. I like the idea of changing things around, the redeployment and the clear indications that we're aiming at 2027 hard; I struggle with the depth and breadth of quality we've lost on every line. It's not an unequivocal success nor unmitigated disaster, but time will tell how impactful this trade period was.

I keep getting worried about this also.

Suppose this time around we can say we actually got a return for our guys.

I can't even recall what we got for any of those players - literally nothing? Just Daisy Thomas, whom cancelled out any FA compo.

 

[Willow8777]

Anyone know how to change a username

Have to be a premium member.

 

[kingkingston]

We are in a better position to rebuild than in 2015. I think Carlton re-signs McGovern now to help McKay in the forward line.

 

[Revenant1995]

They won't anymore.

Aren't the umpires going to toss it up...? Seems a more appropriate title for the toss..s...

 

[Bringbackeddie]

Dont expect much, packet of chips, maybe.

Add it to the couple of packets we picked up in last year for Kennedy, Owies and Martin.

 

[GoBlues!]

Club not happy with Dogs. Deal all but agreed but Dogs kept changing

We will remember this

Sydney piss farting around till the last 5 mins also left us no time to get the Buku trade resolved.

 

[SolGoodman]

Another huge thing that will happen as a ripple effect of this trade period is that our VFL team should be so much more competitive now, competition for spots should be in 2026

 

[Blue_Fusion]

My thinking re: Humphrey is I'm almost glad he is staying at Gold Coast knowing he will likely try to leave again next year. As it stands, if he was seriously up for trade this year, we would have been 3rd or 4th in line. The next 12 months offers us an opportunity to show opposition players we are an exciting team on the up, brimming with young talent.

Given we have lost 3 excellent players this year, its actually remarkable we have been able to attract very good footballers to the club. North weren't able to attract anymore except Spargo, likewise with many other teams.

Not all doom and gloom. I feel like the narrative and wheel is turning ar Carlton. A change in culture and approach on the way.

Highly unlikely we will chase a big name at the trade table next year.

We won't be trading away our first rounders as we need them for Cody.

A free agent is our best shot to bring in an A grader.

 

[Revenant1995]

Highly unlikely we will chase a big name at the trade table next year.

We won't be trading away our first rounders as we need them for Cody.

A free agent is our best shot to bring in an A grader.

It'll be interesting, given we have 2 x 2027 R1 picks, plus potential to trade a 2028 R1 pick next year...

 

[Blue_Fusion]

It'll be interesting, given we have 2 x 2027 R1 picks, plus potential to trade a 2028 R1 pick next year...

No one will want those when 2026 is a super draft and 2027 is highly compromised...

Maybe Essendon, but they don't have anyone we'd want

 

[TENACIOUS]

If they want to come we would have two firsts in each draft. No other club will have that.

Our 2x firsts in 2026 are for Cody Walker.

We have 2x firsts in 2027 that we can do, in a majorly compromised draft.