"Meanwhile, Darcy is consulting a tight circle of friends and telling them that he has doubts about a Dockers premiership soon because of a dramatic decline in playing style."
"Fyfe is telling his closest friends that he craves a flag to round out his glittering but injury-troubled career."
Both Darcy & Fyfe are "telling their closest friends..." stuff that Sumich gets wind of. Wow, he's got more intel than Brad Hardie!
Actually, I've heard from a source close to Sumich that he has ambitions to be the lead story writer at New Idea. Cutting your teeth on newspaper footy rumours is small fry compared to the big time of women's magazines.