bondiblue wrote:
bluechampion wrote:
"Reports this week have suggested the Blues are open for business on trades for its megastars." (Reports we made, by the way.)
And that's how footy media works. Say something, then spend two days getting people's reaction to the thing you yourself said... then another day saying the opposite, but reporting on 'speculation'.
Every team would say the same, but do you a source for that quote from anyone at Carlton?
Or, is it something that came from here
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It comes after veteran AFL journalist Damian Barrett said Wright, who’s expected to take over from Brian Cook as early as July, would be prepared to shake things up at the Blues and could be willing to listen to trade offers for the pair of Coleman medallists.
“They’ve got some big-name players on big contracts. I’ve got no doubt, in fact I know, that if a club was to come to the Carlton footy club and Graham Wright with a feasible offer for some of those names, he will engage,” Barrett told Nine’s Footy Classified.
“Curnow and McKay ... if you want to put a proposal to them with three (or) two first-round draft picks, do it. The conversation can be had, and I would imagine will be had.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-trade-news-2025-nasiah-wanganeenmilera-could-become-next-10-million-man-carlton-blues-laugh-off-charlie-curnow-departure-rumours/news-story/ff7c95736104353440a9729f8dbed65fRalphy made a similar comment/ innuendo on Monday along with an even more outlandish headline that bla bla plus bla bla bla would be
quote]"meaning Williams on a million dollars this year, with next year to come"
This is exactly Barrets wording....
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“They’ve got some big-name players on big contracts. I’ve got no doubt, in fact I know, that if a club was to come to the Carlton footy club and Graham Wright with a feasible offer for some of those names, he will engage,” Barrett told Nine’s Footy Classified.
“Curnow and McKay ... if you want to put a proposal to them with three (or) two first-round draft picks, do it. The conversation can be had, and I would imagine will be had.”
Can you understand what he's doing? He's making shit up knowing everyone would be courteous enough to take a call from someone in their industry and hear what someone wants to say
THAT IS NOT FACT, that is common sense. If you believe Barrett you're a fool, and I'd advise anyone to not let him trick you with his wording, which is mostly ambiguous to catch a headline like bluechampion alludes to.
Today on afl.com video Barrett said when asked by fellow compare
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"Is it Fact or Furphy" what you said on Monday?",
After taking a minute to pause and think of an answer that will not get him in more trouble he then said
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" Its a fact that the conversation should be had"
OMG
What a fkwit.
Then Barret continued with
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" Potentially, Wright will explore any conversation"
...that's the common sense I'm talking about. No one has told Barrett anything....and he finishes off with a classic (braithy are you reading this?)
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"6 players take up the entire salary Cap".
Have you heard anything so stupid? Implies the other 38 players are not getting paid.
TDK hasn't signed yet. Walshy is next year. Who are the 6? Harry Charlie Weiters and Cripps...who are the other 2? Oh Williams, ofcourse it is. Yeah right.
AS far as I am concerned, I have seen no evidence that anything has come from the club,let alone Wright. Nothing confirmed either amongst the jounos making up stories, and its just standard Carlton headlines based on journo's of mainsteam media speculating and footy forums passing on that speculation from media and presenting it asfact.
And the response to Barrets "Facts" from his colleagues:
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But McFarlane and Ralph were in agreement that no such deals would eventuate.
“Absolutely no chance they’ll entertain an offer on Charlie Curnow. All this talk about Charlie could be up ... he’s staying,” McFarlane said on Fox Footy.
Ralph said: “Basically, what they’ve said to us today is if there was a unicorn shop where we could lose one unicorn and they could go and get another one, they’d be more than happy to trade ... they have basically laughed about this situation.
“There’s no way that they’ll be trading him. There are very few players in the AFL who are untradeable, untouchable — he is one of them.”
On the chances of McKay being dealt, Ralph said: “Again, there’s no way they’ll trade him, in a draft that is very weak on key-position players. He’s been involved in three wins; he’s won two of those games off his boot this year.
Bloody speculators tricking our Blue Brethren, how embarrassment.
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Such a good post. Damian Barret plays this word slippage game every time he puts his dumb mug on AFL.com.au. It's like he thinks he's the smart guy in the room with all the wordsmithing millions he's made from talking shit anybody else would be embarrassed to write. I bet he thinks nobody in punterland is onto his bullcrap. I wonder how he gets treated when he is in the club rooms, any club, do they humour him for safety reasons or do they show him the irnoic contempt he deserves?
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