Rumour Speculation, Rumours, Lies Thread 2025

[Scorpus]

Rumour Summary October 1st

• Adelaide expects a decision from Christian Petracca
  3

  Christian Petracca

  Age

  30

  Ht

  187cm

  Wt

  94kg

  Pos.

  M/F

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  19.4

  5star

  K

  9.5

  4star

  HB

  9.8

  5star

  M

  3.5

  4star

  T

  3.0

  5star

  CL

  2.5

  4star

  D

  24.4

  5star

  K

  10.4

  4star

  HB

  14.0

  5star

  M

  3.5

  3star

  T

  3.6

  4star

  CL

  3.4

  4star

  D

  19.0

  5star

  K

  7.8

  3star

  HB

  11.2

  5star

  M

  3.0

  3star

  T

  3.8

  5star

  CL

  2.0

  4star

  by Saturday, according to a poster (link)
• Christian Petracca's decision between Adelaide and Gold Coast is a 50/50, according to Tom Morris (link)
• Taylor Walker will sign a one-year contract extension, according to Josh Money (link)
• Adelaide have been working on the Petracca trade for months, compared to Gold Coast who have joined the race more recently, according to a poster (link)
• Christian Petracca is meeting with Gold Coast in person (link)

Rumour Summary October 2nd

• Melbourne are open to trading Clayton Oliver
  10

  Clayton Oliver

  Age

  28

  Ht

  189cm

  Wt

  88kg

  Pos.

  Mid

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  27.8

  5star

  K

  9.5

  4star

  HB

  18.4

  5star

  M

  3.2

  3star

  T

  6.3

  5star

  CL

  6.3

  5star

  D

  25.1

  5star

  K

  11.1

  4star

  HB

  14.0

  5star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  5.6

  5star

  CL

  5.9

  5star

  D

  19.2

  5star

  K

  4.6

  2star

  HB

  14.6

  5star

  M

  2.0

  3star

  T

  4.4

  5star

  CL

  3.8

  5star

  , according to Sam Edmund (link)
• Clayton Oliver expects to be told to explore his trade options, according to Tom Morris (link)

 

[davos44]

He's not really from Adelaide.

From what I read he grew up here in his very young days before the family moved to Wodonga.

We only get our VIC talent from the Murray Bushrangers or the Sandringham Dragons for some reason

He isn't a hardcore Melbourne lover by any stretch "duh there is nothing to do in Adelaide, hur hur, it have boring"

Bro all you do is play NBA2K or Fortnite and go for brunch.

 

[knobby]

From what I read he grew up here in his very young days before the family moved to Wodonga.

We only get our VIC talent from the Murray Bushrangers or the Sandringham Dragons for some reason

He isn't a hardcore Melbourne lover by any stretch "duh there is nothing to do in Adelaide, hur hur, it have boring"

Bro all you do is play NBA2K or Fortnite and go for brunch.

Yeah his Dad, Ben, played for Westies during early 2000's they went back to Albury when Elijah was 9.

 

[hugecannon]

C4[2]Yo`DooR

Any news on Bailey or possibly Butler maybe heading our way?

Which Butler?

 

[Crow till I die]

Which Butler?

no not that one above...the hawthorn one

 

[Cromulant]

Which Butler?

Sam from Hawthorn

 

[hippyhippy]

If we swapped him for Sholl he is worth the risk. He is from Adelaide and as you mentioned he supported us, perhaps the emotional connection to the club will help.

I would do that trade. Sholl doesn't offer anything to us. His spot is totally covered and he's probably 3rd in line for it now.

 

[kikkavic]

Not a rumour, but I had a dream last night that Ah Chee did his knee tomorrow night.

 

[Carmo]

One thing I love about this board is how fallacies echo chamber themselves into truths. Like we sacked/kicked out Stengle.

 

[Scorpus]

One thing I love about this board is how fallacies echo chamber themselves into truths. Like we sacked/kicked out Stengle.

Tyson Stengle parts ways with Adelaide Football Club

Young forward Tyson Stengle has been sacked by the Adelaide Crows after a string of off-field incidents, including a drink-driving charge.

www.abc.net.au

Tyson Stengle has been sacked by the Adelaide Crows after a string of off-field incidents.

 

[skam85]

One thing I love about this board is how fallacies echo chamber themselves into truths. Like we sacked/kicked out Stengle.

We offered him a take it or leave it year in the SANFL to win back trust.
In the same ilk, we lowballed Jarryd Lyons into a very undervalued contract.

While we may not have explicitly said "pack your bags", that is as kicking out as it gets.

 

[skam85]

Tyson Stengle parts ways with Adelaide Football Club

Young forward Tyson Stengle has been sacked by the Adelaide Crows after a string of off-field incidents, including a drink-driving charge.

www.abc.net.au

clappers gonna clap

 

[skam85]

I would do that trade. Sholl doesn't offer anything to us. His spot is totally covered and he's probably 3rd in line for it now.

I think it's wild we think that we get anything for Sholl at all. He screams DFA

 

[Scorpus]

While we may not have explicitly said "pack your bags", that is as kicking out as it gets.

No we did sack him.

He was contracted until the end of 2022 but we terminated and settled his contract in March 2021

 

[skam85]

No we did sack him.

He was contracted until the end of 2022 but we terminated and settled his contract in March 2021

Yeah forgot about that article, sounds like we actually did sack him and the play a year in the SANFL was the fallacy

 

[Scorpus]

Yeah forgot about that article, sounds like we actually did sack him and the play a year in the SANFL was the fallacy

Looking back through the archives, the timeline was that we stood him down in December 2020 then sent him off to WWT to train the following January

By March we sacked him and he played out the year at WWT in the SANFL

 

[bigman]

No we did sack him.

He was contracted until the end of 2022 but we terminated and settled his contract in March 2021

He refused to change his ways despite being given repeated warnings.

Yes Geelong’s expectations and parameters obviously different to ours, or at least ours at the time.

Keep in mind we were a rabble that year and badly needed a lift in both leadership and standards.

I’m more annoyed at Stengle than I am at the club.

If it was a one off, sure. But it wasn’t.

Was it the right call? Hindsight says no but we also weren’t nearly as well run at the time to deal with something like Stengle, who obviously had no respect at the time for the club or his career.

It was a crap situation all-round. I can see both sides with this one.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I think it's wild we think that we get anything for Sholl at all. He screams DFA

Sholl is worth more than Hollands who has been booted by his club.

 

[Makeshift Park]

Anyone heard from Whateley about this? He must be seething and would have wanted a long ban for Smith...because that would show he would be being consistent....abuse is abuse is abuse eh Whateley

[pompously clears throat and meekly smiles with indignation]

We must be clear: Bailey Smith erred. His language was coarse, his gesture unbecoming, his confrontation unnecessary. And yet, to stop at condemnation is to ignore the immense weight borne by young men drafted not only to play football, but to live inside a relentless theatre of scrutiny.

Smith is 24. He has been a poster-boy since adolescence, his every haircut, every muscle, every misstep catalogued. On this occasion, a photographer captured him at a moment of physical vulnerability — strapped, sore, under duress. He cracked. That is not criminal; it is profoundly human.

The apology he offered was swift and sincere. It was accepted by Alison Wynd, a veteran of the press pack who herself recognised the heat of the moment. That mutual grace matters.

If anything, this incident reminds us not of Smith’s failings, but of the impossible double-bind we place on athletes: sell yourself to the spectacle, but never resent the lens. We should demand standards, yes, but also extend compassion. Bailey Smith is not the caricature of entitlement; he is a young man grappling with a spotlight few of us could bear.

(Apologies for the intrusion)

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

[pompously clears throat and meekly smiles with indignation]

We must be clear: Bailey Smith erred. His language was coarse, his gesture unbecoming, his confrontation unnecessary. And yet, to stop at condemnation is to ignore the immense weight borne by young men drafted not only to play football, but to live inside a relentless theatre of scrutiny.

Smith is 24. He has been a poster-boy since adolescence, his every haircut, every muscle, every misstep catalogued. On this occasion, a photographer captured him at a moment of physical vulnerability — strapped, sore, under duress. He cracked. That is not criminal; it is profoundly human.

The apology he offered was swift and sincere. It was accepted by Alison Wynd, a veteran of the press pack who herself recognised the heat of the moment. That mutual grace matters.

If anything, this incident reminds us not of Smith’s failings, but of the impossible double-bind we place on athletes: sell yourself to the spectacle, but never resent the lens. We should demand standards, yes, but also extend compassion. Bailey Smith is not the caricature of entitlement; he is a young man grappling with a spotlight few of us could bear.

(Apologies for the intrusion)

Lol, you nailed him!

 

[MRB37]

Yeah forgot about that article, sounds like we actually did sack him and the play a year in the SANFL was the fallacy

My feeling on that offer was we knew he was never going to accept it, so it gave us a "Well we tried!" excuse to cut ties with him.

 

[kikkavic]

[pompously clears throat and meekly smiles with indignation]

We must be clear: Bailey Smith erred. His language was coarse, his gesture unbecoming, his confrontation unnecessary. And yet, to stop at condemnation is to ignore the immense weight borne by young men drafted not only to play football, but to live inside a relentless theatre of scrutiny.

Smith is 24. He has been a poster-boy since adolescence, his every haircut, every muscle, every misstep catalogued. On this occasion, a photographer captured him at a moment of physical vulnerability — strapped, sore, under duress. He cracked. That is not criminal; it is profoundly human.

The apology he offered was swift and sincere. It was accepted by Alison Wynd, a veteran of the press pack who herself recognised the heat of the moment. That mutual grace matters.

If anything, this incident reminds us not of Smith’s failings, but of the impossible double-bind we place on athletes: sell yourself to the spectacle, but never resent the lens. We should demand standards, yes, but also extend compassion. Bailey Smith is not the caricature of entitlement; he is a young man grappling with a spotlight few of us could bear.

(Apologies for the intrusion)

Hahah please please send that into 360

 

[spenze]

[pompously clears throat and meekly smiles with indignation]

We must be clear: Bailey Smith erred. His language was coarse, his gesture unbecoming, his confrontation unnecessary. And yet, to stop at condemnation is to ignore the immense weight borne by young men drafted not only to play football, but to live inside a relentless theatre of scrutiny.

Smith is 24. He has been a poster-boy since adolescence, his every haircut, every muscle, every misstep catalogued. On this occasion, a photographer captured him at a moment of physical vulnerability — strapped, sore, under duress. He cracked. That is not criminal; it is profoundly human.

The apology he offered was swift and sincere. It was accepted by Alison Wynd, a veteran of the press pack who herself recognised the heat of the moment. That mutual grace matters.

If anything, this incident reminds us not of Smith’s failings, but of the impossible double-bind we place on athletes: sell yourself to the spectacle, but never resent the lens. We should demand standards, yes, but also extend compassion. Bailey Smith is not the caricature of entitlement; he is a young man grappling with a spotlight few of us could bear.

(Apologies for the intrusion)

Exceptional work

 

[Mr_Moogle]

[pompously clears throat and meekly smiles with indignation]

We must be clear: Bailey Smith erred. His language was coarse, his gesture unbecoming, his confrontation unnecessary. And yet, to stop at condemnation is to ignore the immense weight borne by young men drafted not only to play football, but to live inside a relentless theatre of scrutiny.

Smith is 24. He has been a poster-boy since adolescence, his every haircut, every muscle, every misstep catalogued. On this occasion, a photographer captured him at a moment of physical vulnerability — strapped, sore, under duress. He cracked. That is not criminal; it is profoundly human.

The apology he offered was swift and sincere. It was accepted by Alison Wynd, a veteran of the press pack who herself recognised the heat of the moment. That mutual grace matters.

If anything, this incident reminds us not of Smith’s failings, but of the impossible double-bind we place on athletes: sell yourself to the spectacle, but never resent the lens. We should demand standards, yes, but also extend compassion. Bailey Smith is not the caricature of entitlement; he is a young man grappling with a spotlight few of us could bear.

(Apologies for the intrusion)

This is good content.

 

[ftmch]

I can't see how with our track record of sacking players like Stengle and targeting "good blokes from good families" in the draft that we'd be interested in Hollands

I reckon that was a timing thing. Big part of the reason we dropped Stengle was because we were just starting out on a journey of rebuilding culture, setting standards etc.. We made an example out of him.

If he were on our list now and transgressed the same way, I reckon it would be a different outcome. Culturally we are a different club now to what we were then.

 

[adelaidecrows]

I reckon that was a timing thing. Big part of the reason we dropped Stengle was because we were just starting out on a journey of rebuilding culture, setting standards etc.. We made an example out of him.

If he were on our list now and transgressed the same way, I reckon it would be a different outcome. Culturally we are a different club now to what we were then.

I think you will find Brad was moved on for similar cultural reasons, he was just able to be traded.

As for Hollands, i dont think the club would be against getting a player with his talent into the club if he came fire sale cheap with a contract to match. In other words, the ball would be in Hollands court to turn around his career, or he can be sacked midseason, no skin of our nose type scenario.