The club should be cutting all ties now and not help him out with his legal battles anymore.

Especially if it meant Port "looked after us" in a Boak/Jurrah trade. Jurrah and 2nd round pick for Boak. Pretty bloody good deal for them, especially if we help with the court costs.

You must be, because all I feel is dread that he'll tear it apart at Adelaide or Port next year, while we continue to rot at the bottom of the ladder with our mostly talentless list, and our lack of forwards.

Friggin horray!

I just feel like it's one thing we don't have to spend 6 months worrying about now. I'd all but given up hope of a good outcome anyway - I saw it as a long and drawn out car crash still in the process of happening for our club.

I could handle him leaving the AFL for his cultural family reaosns bu tto turn around and play for another club and we get nothing for him, that just plain sucks on his behalf. After everything we have done.

Our cupboards are so bare.

Liam was one of a few special players we have at Melbourne.

"Sigh"

Is he under contract till next year?

If so, then any other afl club will have to trade no matter what. Won't they?

I just feel like it's one thing we don't have to spend 6 months worrying about now. I'd all but given up hope of a good outcome anyway - I saw it as a long and drawn out car crash still in the process of happening for our club.

Like I said, it would be a sad day if he quit footy, but it wouldn't shock me.

But he didn't quit footy, he quit our club.

I mean how much more sh*t can we cop? FFS, we have about 4 good players on our list, one has a serious injury to come back from, and the other just quit and will probably pop up at another club without us getting anything in return.

It's not a question of right or wrong. Nor is it a question of who's in the right and who's in the wrong. It's just sad.

None of us can imagine the emotional ties and consequent difficulties for Liam playing in Melbourne and for Melbourne. I wish him luck for the future wherever it is and whatever it brings and thank him for the all too brief joy he provided when he played with us.

I am grateful we had the chance to see liam play as he is a great talent but if this is true then it hurts, passed by Rockliff to take him

Is he under contract till next year?

If so, then any other afl club will have to trade no matter what. Won't they?

Not under contract.

Why do I get the feeling he may be at Collingwood next year? Just a gut feel.

Great, we can spend the next 6 months getting excited about pick 54 that we get for trading him to Port.

You must be, because all I feel is dread that he'll tear it apart at Adelaide or Port next year, while we continue to rot at the bottom of the ladder with our mostly talentless list, and our lack of forwards.

Friggin horray!

Edit: if he was walking away from footy, I'd say "fair enough". It's been a tough road for him, and he's in for a whole lot more pain. But to walk away from our club, after everything we have done for him, is just too hard to swallow.

Jaded he has contributed nothing since late 2011.

I had crossed him off already so don't get too depressed.

He will get picked up with a late draft pick by one of the SA teams

What have they got to lose

Having a player with Jurrah's talent at Melbourne was always too good to be true.

Epic. Fail.

Waylen Manson anyone??

Especially if it meant Port "looked after us" in a Boak/Jurrah trade. Jurrah and 2nd round pick for Boak. Pretty bloody good deal for them, especially if we help with the court costs.

Why deal at all Port can just take him with a late pick for nothing. If he comes good fine is not they are no worse off than any other player taken with a late pick

Having a player with Jurrah's talent at Melbourne was always too good to be true.

Talent is useless without the requisite application.

Waylen Manson anyone??

Why these guys cannot cope with living in Melbourne

Talent is useless without the requisite application.

I never said otherwise.

Fantastic Job Aaron Davey is doing...

Really????

Petterd would be breathing a sigh of releif. May mean an extra chance for him.

Also isn't Aaron Davey meant to be the indiginous ambassador at the club? How could he have not known about something like this?

how could he let it have gotten to a point where the club has no prior notice to make any type of arrangements...

Am I the only one who feels a sense of relief along with the disappointment?

Me too Nash.

Sad to see him go but this will be one less headache and resource consuming element that this club can do without.

All the best LJ.

Not under contract.

Why do I get the feeling he may be at Collingwood next year? Just a gut feel.

Enough BS RR, no more conspiracy theories; next you will be telling me the moon landing wasn't real.

Jaded he has contributed nothing since late 2011.

I had crossed him off already so don't get too depressed.

He will get picked up with a late draft pick by one of the SA teams

What have they got to lose

There is no point arguing about this.

You may have written him off, but I haven't.

If he goes to another club and dominates, it will kill me a little more each time he plays.

Just another "could have been" for our club.

Depressing stuff.

Petterd would be breathing a sigh of releif. May mean an extra chance for him.

Also isn't Aaron Davey meant to be the indiginous ambassador at the club? How could he have not known about something like this?

how could he let it have gotten to a point where the club has no prior notice to make any type of arrangements...

lack of oversight by Schwabby?

Would have been nice if the MFC had announced it first, or at least appeared to be aware of it...