Rumour Speculation, Rumours, Lies Thread 2025

[Scorpus]

Rumour Summary October 1st

• Adelaide expects a decision from Christian Petracca
  3

  Christian Petracca

  Age

  29

  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)

 

[maxlilly]

Hope he does play on.

I felt that Tex got ever drop out of his body this year, not sure if there is anything left in the tank

 

[GreyCrow]

Tex seems to have had plenty of time to make a decision on his retirement.
If nothing has been said by now, do we assume he will play again next year now ?

Seems strange that there is no news on a new contract, no whispers about retirement

Is he in Melbourne?

Is he doing a lap before the game?

 

[George CantStandYa]

Yeah all that is true but improving our floor and depth helps cover for injury or form drop in players and that alone has to make us better. The dogs fans are starting to worry themselves as they may be losing a few and may not have much coming in if butts and wilkie stay put.

What floor are we improving?

 

[Crow till I die]

What floor are we improving?

the bottom one

 

[cleanhands]

I felt that Tex got ever drop out of his body this year, not sure if there is anything left in the tank

Don’t they have pills for that now

 

[FR0GGY]

Hasn't there been a weirdly persistent Chris Scott wants to move to Adelaide (the city) rumour that's been hanging around over the course of the year.

Written it off as fantastical, but as a rumour it's had some staying power

You could just see Adam Kelly mixing up the Scott brothers, we’ve told people it’s Chris but talking to Brad.

 

[PeterSalt]

You could just see Adam Kelly mixing up the Scott brothers, we’ve told people it’s Chris but talking to Brad.

Chris Scott's wife is from Adelaide. Close friends with 1 of my mum's god daughter's (his wife)

No I don't know anything else beyond that. Her god daughter went to boarding school in Adelaide, most of the family is still in Queensland

 

[maxlilly]

Is he in Melbourne?

Is he doing a lap before the game?

Its been deathly silent, no talk at all

If he was doing the lap, I think it would have been announced by now

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Panicking and sending Laird into the midfield instead of Curtin in the finals is absolutely a mindset thing. Especially after we trusted Curtin in the middle in previous games.

It's mental gymnastics to argue otherwise.

Proves everyone knew our midfield was spluttering ....of course you would opt for experience over youth in a Final

 

[cleanhands]

Leave it George CantStandYa

 

[spenze]

Its been deathly silent, no talk at all

If he was doing the lap, I think it would have been announced by now

Pretty sure he is O/S atm.

 

[MRB37]

Pretty sure he is O/S atm

Yep.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Panicking and sending Laird into the midfield instead of Curtin in the finals is absolutely a mindset thing. Especially after we trusted Curtin in the middle in previous games.

It's mental gymnastics to argue otherwise.

 

[Golumless]

Yeah all that is true but improving our floor and depth helps cover for injury or form drop in players and that alone has to make us better. The dogs fans are starting to worry themselves as they may be losing a few and may not have much coming in if butts and wilkie stay put.

I don't think there is much improvement left when it comes to our floor. Looking at most of our performances, we were quite bottom heavy in the sense that we had few standout performers and not enough stars.

It's good against the bottom sides, but as we saw, that 22 even spread of contributors idea does not hold up in finals when star power is what matters. Too many weak links that can be broken.

 

[UcantCme]

Hope he does play on.

I don’t - let him retire an AFL player, rather than a player that played that one season too long and played most of his last year in the twos

I don’t think he will get through another year

 

[Eagleboy2011]

I don’t - let him retire an AFL player, rather than a player that played that one season too long and played most of his last year in the twos

I don’t think he will get through another year

I suppose it's a chance to blood someone like Curtin in that position.

 

[Golumless]

I suppose it's a chance to blood someone like Curin in that position.

We are long past that being an option owing to Curtins run in the middle of the year. Unless you're thinking that we'll draft Coby.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

We are long past that being an option owing to Curtins run in the middle of the year. Unless you're thinking that we'll draft Coby.

That would be good. I just dont see a natural Tex replacement at the moment.

 

[Crow till I die]

I don't think there is much improvement left when it comes to our floor. Looking at most of our performances, we were quite bottom heavy in the sense that we had few standout performers and not enough stars.

It's good against the bottom sides, but as we saw, that 22 even spread of contributors idea does not hold up in finals when star power is what matters. Too many weak links that can be broken.

Maybe, but on the flip side, we lost our 1st final by 4 goals and the next one by just over 5 goals. Not a massive margin and we were ordinary in both games. Would AhChee and Stevens make a difference? maybe. Would a Draper with a full season under his belt coming off a big preseason? maybe. Would Dan Curtin with a season in the centre, maybe? Do Rankine and Rachele back in the side make a real difference? maybe. We don't have too many glaring holes other than in midfield, but if you can upgrade Smith, Berry, Taylor, possibly Cumming, replace a rapidly fading Tex with a mobile forward...there is improvement to be had and thats without adding in a Petracca for example.

 

[Mutineer]

I suppose it's a chance to blood someone like Curtin in that position.

Well it's Fogarty's big chance to shine if Tex retires.

I'm in the corner that thinks Tex should retire btw.

 

[Golumless]

That would be good. I just dont see a natural Tex replacement at the moment.

I don't either. It's one of the most appealing parts of going for Toby Murray as the Tex replacement, and rotating Fogarty into being that third tall. Try and get around the personnel problem through match ups, alongside a potential fix for Fogs consistency issues (seeing he's a real confidence player at the moment).

There really isn't a natural Tex replacement, and you can't justify going smaller without hitting the draft to get in another gun small forward. Even then, I doubt that's worth it as a direction to go in as Fogarty is nothing if not inconsistent and we want to use Thilthorpe as a 2nd ruck (and having periods of only one key tall or ROB up forward sounds gross).

Maybe, but on the flip side, we lost our 1st final by 4 goals and the next one by just over 5 goals. Not a massive margin and we were ordinary in both games. Would AhChee and Stevens make a difference? maybe. Would a Draper with a full season under his belt coming off a big preseason? maybe. Would Dan Curtin with a season in the centre, maybe? Do Rankine and Rachele back in the side make a real difference? maybe. We don't have too many glaring holes other than in midfield, but if you can upgrade Smith, Berry, Taylor, possibly Cumming, replace a rapidly fading Tex with a mobile forward...there is improvement to be had and thats without adding in a Petracca for example.

True, but the method showed in both games we were pretty far behind the best when it mattered. Whilst I do agree there is improvement in this list (and it's probably considerable, seeing Curtin), I don't think you bridge that gap without adding in a Petracca like player or having a kid or two break out into a similar elite tier.

As much as the biggest spike is in cleaning up our clearance game and putting in a big time ball winner.

 

[Crow till I die]

I don't either. It's one of the most appealing parts of going for Toby Murray as the Tex replacement, and rotating Fogarty into being that third tall. Try and get around the personnel problem through match ups, alongside a potential fix for Fogs consistency issues (seeing he's a real confidence player at the moment).

There really isn't a natural Tex replacement, and you can't justify going smaller without hitting the draft to get in another gun small forward. Even then, I doubt that's worth it as a direction to go in as Fogarty is nothing if not inconsistent and we want to use Thilthorpe as a 2nd ruck (and having periods of only one key tall or ROB up forward sounds gross).



True, but the method showed in both games we were pretty far behind the best when it mattered. Whilst I do agree there is improvement in this list (and it's probably considerable, seeing Curtin), I don't think you bridge that gap without adding in a Petracca like player or having a kid or two break out into a similar elite tier.

As much as the biggest spike is in cleaning up our clearance game and putting in a big time ball winner.

I agree. Its more that if we can't add one (top end mid), we have to nail the others we bring in so that we are continually improving the best 23 and we need to invest hugely in Draper, Edwards and Curtin next year with the view to having them primarily in the middle with Dawson, Rankine and possibly Rachele. We just have to get our mercurial talents into the guts and if as I have said before, we regress a bit next year while the first 3 develop and learn whats needed there, so be it as the rewards if we get it right and they develop like we hope could be huge.

 

[FR0GGY]

Pretty sure he is O/S atm.

Overly sensitive?

 

[spenze]

Overly sensitive?

Overseas







































He's in Portugal

 

[BRL121]

Overly sensitive?

Outsized.