Trade Whispers / Rumours and Confirmations

[ugg]

He's contracted, so he won't be offloaded as such unless he wants to go and we can find a club to pick up his current contract.

Was reported in the Perris article that Armstrong was uncontracted. Could be incorrectly reported though, since in the same article it said Jesse White was likely to move to Sydney...

[Triple B]

Was reported in the Perris article that Armstrong was uncontracted.......

If that is the case, I join the chorus of those who believe he will be moved on...

[Flying South]

If we want trade up to earlier picks, then we'll have to do it with other clubs, because GWS will give us nothing. They will be out to screw us big time.

[Ludwig]

If we want trade up to earlier picks, then we'll have to do it with other clubs, because GWS will give us nothing. They will be out to screw us big time.

I don't think it would be very smart for them to try to screw us. The best situation is for both Sydney clubs to prosper and be competitive. It's a very big market and there will be a lot to go around. The goal is to make the AFL pie bigger.

In the long run, the Swans will get the upper hand if there is bad blood between the clubs.

As a Swans fan, I'm happy to see players like Mummy go to the Giants if it can help them become more competitive. I much prefer to see players move between the 2 Sydney clubs than have them go to a Victorian team.

[ernie koala]

He's contracted, so he won't be offloaded as such unless he wants to go and we can find a club to pick up his current contract.

I've heard a few journo's on trade radio today say he's uncontracted....So he's more than likely contracted.

But if they actually got this one right, you'd think he'll be heading elsewhere.

[aardvark]

Rumour floating about that the Swans are looking at rookie listing James O"Connor

[annew]

Rumour floating about that the Swans are looking at rookie listing James O"Connor

Who is James O'Connor

[MightyBloods]

I have a bad smell about us gaining some good draft picks for some of our players such as trading Mumford,Everitt, Lamb, Armstrong. I now think that GWS will get Mummy in the PSD. And we may do a schneider, dempster, buchanan to off load some players for late picks if clubs aren't forthcoming with an earlier draft pick. The opposition clubs would know that with Tippett and Franklin on our books that we would try and free up more salary space and possibly call our bluff to either delist or agree late picks. I hope I'm wrong.

[DK_]

Who are the remaining out of contract big name players that are not free agents?

Chapman? He'd have to be a good fit there with all his experience.

[desredandwhite]

Chapman? He'd have to be a good fit there with all his experience.

I doubt he would agree to come on a vastly reduced salary, and there are concerns about his fitness... but I've been a big fan of Chappy for a long time now, and could see him being a useful cog in that hard-tackling fulltime forward role that Jude played this year.

[Auntie.Gerald]

id rather keep Lambie is a similar role to Chappy and see if Lambie can kick on

[Ludwig]

Chapman? He'd have to be a good fit there with all his experience.

He'll be 32 next year. But he's a pretty good player. Could come in for one year, get another premiership medal, and then he's gone. If there's a free spot on our list at the end of all the trading, it could be worth a go.

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I just realised that if Mummy goes in the PSD then the next cab off the rank is Melbourne, so Jed Lamb can just walk to the Demons through the PSD, and perhaps Dre then goes to the Saints. So there's a very real scenario where were we could lose several players for nothing.

[Primmy]

Thats an awful lot of players people are planning to offload, added to the three retirees and one delisting! Oughten we keep a couple of them, you know, so we can field a team of senior players in 2014???

[Ludwig]

Thats an awful lot of players people are planning to offload, added to the three retirees and one delisting! Oughten we keep a couple of them, you know, so we can field a team of senior players in 2014???

Except for Mummy, the others would struggle to make our best 22. We do have Buddy now, who will take 3 spots by himself, and Tippo takes another 2, so that doesn't leave much for Dre and Jed.

And we have a slew of starters coming back from injury. I have a lot of trouble fitting in players like Shaw, LRT and McGlynn in next year's side when everyone is up and running.

[DK_]

He'll be 32 next year. But he's a pretty good player. Could come in for one year, get another premiership medal, and then he's gone. If there's a free spot on our list at the end of all the trading, it could be worth a go.

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I just realised that if Mummy goes in the PSD then the next cab off the rank is Melbourne, so Jed Lamb can just walk to the Demons through the PSD, and perhaps Dre then goes to the Saints. So there's a very real scenario where were we could lose several players for nothing.

I was talking about GWS - out of contract players that they might like to use a PSD pick on instead of shafting the Swans on Mumford. Don't know if he'd be worth a first pick though given his age. Wouldn't be too much competition for him.

Bit of shame the whole thing. An ignominious end (or close to it) for a true champion. It's a tough game.

We can hardly complain about losing players for nothing, we've gained two stars for nothing