Rumour Rumour File

[zeeCFC]

I think you have been doing too much stalking on twitter zee

hey, the follow button is there for a reason haha
and by doing a 'Brock' i mean, returning to his childhood club

 

[Blue Dimension]

Whispers going around that Shannon Hurn and Rhys Palmer could be headed to South Australia, might give us an opportunity to work in a three-way-trade situation for someone like Trengove, McKernan or Salopek.

I would throw everything we could to get Hurn if he went on the market. He is one of the types we're lacking in the backline. Have him with Russell and Armfield and our backlinee smalls are set.

 

[Silvagnis]

@ trade week and suggested trades thrown up on BF.

 

[Salaryman]

So how about Jacobs to Port, Salopek to Essendon and Cale Hooker to us?? Could be that big body we are looking for down back??

 

[Blueboys7]

So how about Jacobs to Port, Salopek to Essendon and Cale Hooker to us?? Could be that big body we are looking for down back??

Swap Hooker with that Tyson Slattery bloke and that's a winner!

 

[Aphrodite]

hey, the follow button is there for a reason haha
and by doing a 'Brock' i mean, returning to his childhood club

I know exactly what you meant but I bolded it for a reason

 

[Sin City]

Where did you get that?

 

[thylacine60]

You can see it's not real, Sin. The stars in the background aren't random.

 

[blues4flag]

Did somebody say Goddard??

He's Goddard-ish.

 

[Sin City]

You can see it's not real, Sin. The stars in the background aren't random.

Of course it's real, silly. That's snow

 

[Silvagnis]

So how about Jacobs to Port, Salopek to Essendon and Cale Hooker to us?? Could be that big body we are looking for down back??

Gibbs for Neagle and a first round pick.

/Malifice

 

[Malifice]

Gibbs for Neagle and a first round pick.

/Malifice

Id do it for Walker and a 1st rounder from the Crows.

But weve covered this already.

 

[BlueGibbs2011]

Garlett + 3rd rounder for Hurn!

 

[zeeCFC]

we're really underestimating how good Betts and Jeffy are...no way i'd trade!

 

[Mister Carlton]

Garlett + 3rd rounder for Hurn!

Racist.

 

[Blues_Man]

Garlett + 3rd rounder for Hurn!

You + Alpha for Hodgepodge..maybe a third round pick as a sweetner .

 

[Kramer1]

Garlett + 3rd rounder for Hurn!

Would take Garlett and a first rounder this year.

 

[Malifice]

Would take Garlett and a first rounder this year.

For Hurn?

Rate Hurn, but no way would I be shipping pick 18-20 off with Jeffy for him.

 

[HARKER]

For Hurn?

Rate Hurn, but no way would I be shipping pick 18-20 off with Jeffy for him.

I was waiting for the smiley face to pop up in that post also.

I'd personally hate for us to start to dismantle something that may be extra special in years to come.
Sometimes the sum of the parts can be more than when weighed up separately.

I'd put a committed development program into Betts, Garlett and Yarran.
When these boys starting covering the ground they can in our forward 50, there is no team capable fo holding them back.

 

[Kramer1]

For Hurn?

Rate Hurn, but no way would I be shipping pick 18-20 off with Jeffy for him.

Looking at it realistically Hurn was pick 13 in a strong draft, has come on very nicely, would be in the top handful of kicks in the AFL, strong bodied and not yet 23. Would also fill the equal biggest priority on our list.

Not a draft watcher, and don't know who will be about at pick 20 or so, but on face value I'd think it around the mark.

 

[AndyLucimitis]

I was waiting for the smiley face to pop up in that post also.

I'd personally hate for us to start to dismantle something that may be extra special in years to come.
Sometimes the sum of the parts can be more than when weighed up separately.

I'd put a committed development program into Betts, Garlett and Yarran.
When these boys starting covering the ground they can in our forward 50, there is no team capable fo holding them back.

Exactly - the Three Amigos are our point of differentiation. It makes us harder to match up on than the traditional two big forwards option.

 

[Malifice]

Looking at it realistically Hurn was pick 13 in a strong draft, has come on very nicely, would be in the top handful of kicks in the AFL, strong bodied and not yet 23. Would also fill the equal biggest priority on our list.

Not a draft watcher, and don't know who will be about at pick 20 or so, but on face value I'd think it around the mark.

I dont like relying on where player 'X' was drafted initally in future comparisons of relative worth to side 'Y'.

Hurn is a good young player, but so is Jeffy.

Both would be valuable members of our best 22 going forward IMO.

But the top pick sours the deal for me. A pick in the 20's is likley to be another good young player, and we need a bit of (talented) depth going forward.

 

[Kramer1]

Exactly - the Three Amigos are our point of differentiation. It makes us harder to match up on than the traditional two big forwards option.

It's a point of difference. Don't know that its a particularly good one.

I just can't see the three small forward set up working often enough compensate for the many games in which it does not work. I also believe that it is something opposition teams will become increasingly adept at planning for...Geelong certainly didn't have as many issues this time around.

If we are to persist with three small forwards I think it looks more convincing when Mitch is one of the three. Adds a different dimension, and we lose nothing in defensive forward capabilites.

If the trading of a small forward facilitated the arrival of a Hurn or similar (and sent Bryce to the midfield full time) then I'm all for it.

 

[HARKER]

It's a point of difference. Don't know that its a particularly good one.

I just can't see the three small forward set up working often enough compensate for the many games in which it does not work. I also believe that it is something opposition teams will become increasingly adept at planning for...Geelong certainly didn't have as many issues this time around.

The quality is there for it to work, but like anything being built, it just takes time.
The three boys all play above their height of 180cm. max and are dynamic in keeping the ball in our forward half as well as kicking goals.
Their roles will change over time and there will ceratinly be mixing and matching, but from what has been on display this year to date, there is something there to work on.

In all fairness, our forward half as a whole has been nothing short of terrific considering the way the ball has been delivered in there at times this year.
I think our issues to overcome, stem from further back down the ground just at this point in time, to which I'm somewhat surprised to say, considering that was not the way most of us would have seen things at years commencement.

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

It's a point of difference. Don't know that its a particularly good one.

I just can't see the three small forward set up working often enough compensate for the many games in which it does not work. I also believe that it is something opposition teams will become increasingly adept at planning for...Geelong certainly didn't have as many issues this time around.

If we are to persist with three small forwards I think it looks more convincing when Mitch is one of the three. Adds a different dimension, and we lose nothing in defensive forward capabilites.

If the trading of a small forward facilitated the arrival of a Hurn or similar (and sent Bryce to the midfield full time) then I'm all for it.

Maybe because when Betts, Garlett and Yarran becomes Betts and Garlett, it is far less potent?