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Not sure on the headline DL, what he actually says is:

"It’s a longshot, but Gold Coast should make Clayton Oliver an offer he cannot refuse. He’s exactly what the Suns lack, a consistent, genuine A-grader who they can build the club around for the next decade. He’s a $1-million-a-year player in the making, at age 21."

He does also mention the possibility of Gus to Freo, which could potentially combine with some supporter murmurs from both clubs and build, OR of course it could just dissipate.

4 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Not sure on the headline DL, what he actually says

As site owner I am allowed the occasional click bait. ?

I was going to use the title of TRADE CLARRY

5 minutes ago, Demonland said:

As site owner I am allowed the occasional click bait. ?

I was going to use the title of TRADE CLARRY

ban yourself

That article is like reading Demonland the last 6 months. Everything in that article has been expressed here except the Oliver part. 

Forget the ice baths... they would have to get a Le Tan sponsorship and dip him into a 44 gallon drum of sunscreen any time he was in QLD or he would be burnt to a crisp. 

P.S. I’m a ranga too so you know it’s true. 

7 minutes ago, Demonland said:

As site owner I am allowed the occasional click bait. ?

I was going to use the title of TRADE CLARRY

At least put a question mark at the end to mask the engagement...

 

Chasing the coin doesn’t seem like it would be part of Oliver’s makeup, but who knows. It’s not like he won’t get a nice payday here anyway,

As far as the topic heading goes, it probably goes without saying, there’s no way the club would entertain a trade unless its hand was forced.

might as well trade gawn too, eh?

he obviously doesn't actually watch us that much if he thinks anb plays thru the midfield

When's Oliver out of contract.

Should be our biggest priority, no ifs buts or maybes.

To trade either Oliver or Brayshaw would be the height of stupidity. 

Goddard can go and eat ........

Why stop at Clarry, why not have a garage sale and sell the whole place?

Yes lets give up our good players to start yet another rebuild?

 

That sort of approach worked really well for the Suns with Ablett, or Carlton with Judd, or Collingwood with Buckley, or Essendon with Goddard..........

OMG.  Why not just close the club down, or  sell off Ollie, Brayshaw, Gawn and anyone else who could help us get somewhere?

I am 100% certain that GC$ would love to have Clarrie.

Stick to throwing pretzels around Goddard you big [censored] sook

Same article suggests we should target Bryce Gibbs. 

What are the odds of that happening?

Edited July 10, 20195 yr by Moonshadow

Imagine how much money they’d need to pay Clarrie to go play for that disaster of a club in front of 7000 fans every week....be an Ablett size deal at least 

I actually agree with most of his article. We will likely need to get used to godfather offers coming for Clarry. If this year is the outlier then I think we'll have nothing to worry about, but if we have another bad year then he'd be stupid to not to consider his future elsewhere. The sun's will always be able to over more money than us. He could get $1.5m or more up there. Not to mention the potential banana boat endorsement. But wins will always help us keep him.

His comment on Gibbs is spot on. Although I don't want him, he is at least the type we need, rightly Goddard suggests Gibbs as a discount Brad Hill. But Hill is a better fit for us on and off the field and for more years. Damn the expense

Another column inches filler article.Poorly written and researched. 

 

Next.

Plenty of common sense hung on a farcical central hook. (Well, central headline, anyway.)

1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

ban yourself

Absolutely!!  Totally unacceptable behaviour, Andy!!  Hang your head in shame, young lad!!

To be fair, Goddard wrote the first part of the article, down to the Ed Langdon photo. Everything else is from Jay Clark. 

I don't see anything wrong with Goddard's contribution, and most of Clark's contribution has been discussed previously.

Clarry is Red and Blue forever. I think that I will give up watching AFL if he leaves Melbourne.

If that calibre of player leaves my team to play for an AFL franchise, it is almost time to close the door and walk away...

essendrug was a great career move for Goddard. 

17 minutes ago, Thehardtackler said:

Clarry is Red and Blue forever. I think that I will give up watching AFL if he leaves Melbourne.

Being "red and blue forever" generally means you sign a 1 million a year contract at an expansion team. We should do everything in our power to make Oliver as disgruntled as possible at MFC so that he plays well and accepts less money to stay at Melbourne out of spite. nothing says "[censored] you" like signing 3 consecutive 1-year contracts for less money. We should also drop him a few times, and then see if anyone will accept a package of him + ANB for a second round pick.

Edited July 10, 20195 yr by praha