Quite frankly if Neeld and Rawlings havent been able to sway him.. we just keep looking. No point in my mind taking a player as some sort of hostile captive trophy.

All i can say is if he wants to go home...let him. Tough bikkies for us.

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Yeah trade for any dud and say we got a player who wante dot play for us. woopy do.

That's the spirit!

Yeah trade for any dud and say we got a player who wante dot play for us. woopy do.

So you would prefer us to waste more time chasing this dead end? I'm not sure if you understand this but the most important thing about any trade is the player in question must want to come to the club - this is of paramount importance. If the player doesn't want to come to the club then the trade doesn't happen.

So you would prefer us to waste more time chasing this dead end? I'm not sure if you understand this but the most important thing about any trade is the player in question must want to come to the club - this is of paramount importance. If the player doesn't want to come to the club then the trade doesn't happen.

I do understand. My point is that we cant seem to find that player who both wants to play for us and meets our needs.

So you would prefer us to waste more time chasing this dead end? I'm not sure if you understand this but the most important thing about any trade is the player in question actally must want to come to the club. If the player doesn't want to come to the club then the trade doesn't happen.

You do realise that Trade week is not just about getting players. Keeping your most dangerous opponents accountable is also part of the game. Getting involved in the Clark negotiations was always a win-win.

You do realise that Trade week is not just about getting players. Keeping your most dangerous opponents accountable is also part of the game. Getting involved in the Clark negotiations was always a win-win.

Rubbish. Unless we actually get some draft picks out of it it's not a win at all for us.

I do understand. My point is that we cant seem to find that player who both wants to play for us and meets our needs.

We will. This club is going places. The important thing is we have a good coaching structure in place.

Rubbish. Unless we actually get some draft picks out of it it's not a win at all for us.

If our offer to Clark forces Fremantle to offer more $$ and use more of their salary cap we have still achieved a small win.

Freo could well be one of our major opponents in finals over the next few years.

Rubbish. Unless we actually get some draft picks out of it it's not a win at all for us.

Cool. With that attitude MFC would get nowhere.

You do realise that Trade week is not just about getting players. Keeping your most dangerous opponents accountable is also part of the game. Getting involved in the Clark negotiations was always a win-win.

Very true. its all a game within a game of sorts. Not a lot occurs in isolation.

Well if nothing else everyone was forced to sit up and take notice, we're not stuffing around anymore, we're here to play for keeps.

Possibly Clark to Melb was a bridge too far.

Currently being tweeted that a deal with Freo is about to be anounced

Currently being tweeted that a deal with Freo is about to be anounced

who are you following there Hardtack?

I'm just watching the #tradeweek tweets

who are you following there Hardtack?

@ninenewsperth has announced it..apparently.

or try search on #tradeweek

It was never more than an outside chance from the start and good on them for trying. As we've seen with Judd, Scully and now Clark, you need months if not years to set up the major coups.

Bloody spewing to be honest. It has been determined that we need a KPF, we've targeted 2 this trade period, and have failed on both for various reasons. But seriously, why the f**k can't we land a player that we target?

I would have to say in the 30+ years barracking for Melbourne, this has been the most disappointing for so many reasons. The loss to Geelong - the way the players showed no respect for anything associated with the MFC was disgusting. For me, losing Scully was a tragedy. We are not a 1 man team, but this bloke had the makings of a superstar, and the way he treated the MFC was also disgusting. And now during trade week, we were told at the start of the week we were going to focus on the mini draft selections - MISS. Then we focused on filling the key forward role, offered great dollars/contract - 2 MISSES (Dawes, Clark).

No doubt I'll get my ass chewed off about this post, but FFS, what next?

So has he signed with freo or not?

Billy... Mitch wants to go home. Hes more than aware that should a deal not happen with the Lion sthen he could stil wind up a Demon and would be happy enough with that.. Again, he wants to go home. Not he doesnt want to play with us..he wants to go home. Why is this so hard for people to understand.

cant see us picking him up if he goes to the PSD. Bad juju.

All good to threaten it but really Freo have the position of power here. Brisbane will fold at some point.

Billy... Mitch wants to go home. Hes more than aware that should a deal not happen with the Lion sthen he could stil wind up a Demon and would be happy enough with that.. Again, he wants to go home. Not he doesnt want to play with us..he wants to go home. Why is this so hard for people to understand.

B59 - It's not about understanding it, I can perfectly understand that he wants to go home. BUT...we wanted him, we made him a great offer, but still couldn't convince him that "home" is going to be in Victoria for the next few years. All credit to Clark - he knocked back an outstanding offer, I respect that. Doesn't mean it's not a kick in the guts though that we targeted someone, offered them something good, and they still rejected it.

Bloody spewing to be honest. It has been determined that we need a KPF, we've targeted 2 this trade period, and have failed on both for various reasons. But seriously, why the f**k can't we land a player that we target?

No doubt I'll get my ass chewed off about this post, but FFS, what next?

Let's see - one who plays with the biggest club in Australia, in this years GF, is a current premiership player and can look forward to a number of years of real contending ahead and one who expressly said he wants to go home to Perth. It's good that we took a decent shot - there's only so many KPFs around. We just have to work down the list.

I understand the frustration that fans feel when we cannot attract players, but not long ago we were a basketcase. It's a steep climb.

We have been able to attract off-field names and that is promising, but we are still wading through the inertia that comes from being as poor as we have been.

As for Clark, he wants to go home.

B59 - It's not about understanding it, I can perfectly understand that he wants to go home. BUT...we wanted him, we made him a great offer, but still couldn't convince him that "home" is going to be in Victoria for the next few years. All credit to Clark - he knocked back an outstanding offer, I respect that. Doesn't mean it's not a kick in the guts though that we targeted someone, offered them something good, and they still rejected it.

As much as some don't like to admit it we have to build up some respect within the football community before we can attract top line players to our club.

At the moment we are not the place they want to go to and the way we have been over the last so many years why would you blame them. We have to begin to rebuild our club and that process has started.

It's not the end of the world guys - we were never going to get him and must move on. Time to land a Lisle or perhaps a VFL/SANFL/WAFL Key position player. Moving forward Lucas Cook is the man - we just need someone else whilst he is developing. I'd also like to see if we can land 1 or 2 mature bodied midfielders as this is an area we need to work on.

No doubt I'll get my ass chewed off about this post, but FFS, what next?

Yeah you will because there is absolutely no benefit in thinking this way. You're a committed, long term Melbourne supporter and you're not jumping off. The more we focus on our negatives the more we'll be viewed as losers. No-one wants to be associated with losers. We're the club that invented the game, we're debt free, great facilites, talented young list, increasingly large football department, an inspirational president and a fine young coach. The only negative I can see is the 'woe is me' mentality that has gripped so many supporters of late.