The Rumour Mill

[KT31]

Not exactly a statement of commitment to the Giants. He didn't even spell the one word he used correctly.

Maybe he was doing a Rocky impersonation and meant youse, as in I will play for youse.

[doggies ftw]

Yes as in thank *!*!*!*! my time in this shithole is done

[ledge]

I don't know how that means he is leaving,did I miss something?

[anfo27]

Rumour doing the rounds on the blues forum is we have offered Casboult 500k for next year.

[Dry Rot]

Rumour doing the rounds on the blues forum is we have offered Casboult 500k for next year.

To paraphase Paul Keating in 1990, if the answer is Casboult then it must have been a silly question.

[Remi Moses]

I wouldn't read to much into His reaction after a tight game.
After all they're all his teammates and all around the same age.
We've dodged bullets with Gumbleton and probably Dawes, yet we still aim for players with flaws to fill a gaping hole!!
I just don't get it

[chef]

I for one would love to get Casboult(we are paying overs, but we are going to have to do that no matter who we are after).

[The Doctor]

I wouldn't read to much into His reaction after a tight game.
After all they're all his teammates and all around the same age.
We've dodged bullets with Gumbleton and probably Dawes, yet we still aim for players with flaws to fill a gaping hole!!
I just don't get it

it's because we haven't recruited with any semblance of balance for God knows how long and I've been banging on about it for ages. last year we had the perfect opportunity to land a decent KP prospect in Ben Brown, who is going well at finals bound north but we went for another midget half back flank hack in Fuller. It shits me to tears.

Brown would have cost us bugger all in $$ and a 3rd round pick. Instead, we are now being linked with anyone who is over 6 foot in the hope they become our KP messiah and will probably have to pay draft/trade overs. If we are throwing $500k at Casboult it means the lunatics have taken over the asylum at the Western Oval.

[westdog54]

Do you honestly think Brown would be doing as well as he has without Petrie and Black to take the first and second tall defenders? Brown's only real point of difference to Casboult is the size of his hair.

[Topdog]

Do you honestly think Brown would be doing as well as he has without Petrie and Black to take the first and second tall defenders? Brown's only real point of difference to Casboult is the size of his hair.

And about $200k a year in their pay packets which is obviously a negative for us

[Scorlibo]

it's because we haven't recruited with any semblance of balance for God knows how long and I've been banging on about it for ages. last year we had the perfect opportunity to land a decent KP prospect in Ben Brown, who is going well at finals bound north but we went for another midget half back flank hack in Fuller. It shits me to tears.

Brown would have cost us bugger all in $$ and a 3rd round pick. Instead, we are now being linked with anyone who is over 6 foot in the hope they become our KP messiah and will probably have to pay draft/trade overs. If we are throwing $500k at Casboult it means the lunatics have taken over the asylum at the Western Oval.

Well we needed and still need a half back with good skills as much as, if not more than, we need a key forward. Fair enough to compare Fuller to Brown in terms of their results, but I hardly think we'd be complaining if Fuller had come on in his first season and played a lot of seniors.

[1eyedog]

Rumour doing the rounds on the blues forum is we have offered Casboult 500k for next year.

Desperate needs call for desperate measures. Well if he takes the best defender then Jones, Stringer and Crameri may benefit out of the acquisition. His selection to me is more about these three than him making any type of meaningful scoreboard contribution. Clearly there is not much on offer in the KP stakes this trade period.

[bornadog]

it's because we haven't recruited with any semblance of balance for God knows how long and I've been banging on about it for ages. last year we had the perfect opportunity to land a decent KP prospect in Ben Brown, who is going well at finals bound north but we went for another midget half back flank hack in Fuller. It shits me to tears.

Brown would have cost us bugger all in $$ and a 3rd round pick. Instead, we are now being linked with anyone who is over 6 foot in the hope they become our KP messiah and will probably have to pay draft/trade overs. If we are throwing $500k at Casboult it means the lunatics have taken over the asylum at the Western Oval.

I remember you talking about this last year, and frankly, in hindsight, we should have done it. Fuller doesn't even look like VFL level let alone AFL.

[The Pie Man]

Do you honestly think Brown would be doing as well as he has without Petrie and Black to take the first and second tall defenders? Brown's only real point of difference to Casboult is the size of his hair.

While we're on missed KF opportunities........

[The Pie Man]

Desperate needs call for desperate measures. Well if he takes the best defender then Jones, Stringer and Crameri may benefit out of the acquisition. His selection to me is more about these three than him making any type of meaningful scoreboard contribution. Clearly there is not much on offer in the KP stakes this trade period.

While the $ being spoken of is clearly overs, I would welcome Levi to the kennel - not only a great mark, but a genuinely competitive second ruck option, not just makeshift pinch hit relief.