Clayton Oliver Re-Signs Until 2023

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14 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Pert is fine. Cook has been spoken too

no idea how it went

Another ex player on the Board was my feeling

So you're saying Cook was spoken to about a board position?

[Sir Why You Little 34,405]

13 minutes ago, A F said:

So you're saying Cook was spoken to about a board position?

I know he has been spoken to

That is all i know AF

(Maybe to help negotiate our Training Base) 

I have no idea what the outcome is at this stage 

Edited April 14, 2021 by Sir Why You Little

[deebug 1,754]

Great news?

[DeeZone 7,642]

We just love Clarry he is everything that we knew he was a real Melbourne Champion- Thanks Clayton Oliver - Clarry Choo Choo. ?????Go Dee’s. ?!!!!!

[Pickett2Jackson 3,904]

Oliver has now played 90 games in a row, third longest streak in the AFL.

Trac has played 62 in a row good for 11th in the AFL, and Ed Langdon 61 which is 12th.

We have a few iron men in the engine room!

 

The next highest for Melbourne is 28 in a row for Jake Lever, and it isnt it amazing what some continuity can do for a player as Jake is in All Australian form.

Edited April 14, 2021 by Pickett2Jackson

[Willmoy1947 3,758]

Saw a pretty meaningful moment for me during last week's game, forgotten who we played, but two of our tough nuts both together at the same moment tackled an opposition player, with a ferocity that i hadn't seen for a couple of decades.

Ill just leave it up to you who i'm talking about.

[chookrat 3,774]

Fantastic news. Onward and upward Dees ?

[Commissioner Dreyfus 49]

After all the constant conjecture and speculation about his future, I am pleased we now have closure.

Good on you Clarry and well done MFC!

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2 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I know he has been spoken to

That is all i know AF

(Maybe to help negotiate our Training Base) 

I have no idea what the outcome is at this stage 

Can we just make clear this is nothing to do with Pert's position as CEO?

I believe it's seen as solid. 

[Sir Why You Little 34,405]

20 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

Can we just make clear this is nothing to do with Pert's position as CEO?

I believe it's seen as solid. 

You are the only one who has mentioned it

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1 hour ago, willmoy said:

Saw a pretty meaningful moment for me during last week's game, forgotten who we played, but two of our tough nuts both together at the same moment tackled an opposition player, with a ferocity that i hadn't seen for a couple of decades.

Ill just leave it up to you who i'm talking about.

I've been seeing it most weeks. The ones who consistently get in to help tackle and create a stoppage are Kozzy and Spargo. But overall as you say team tackling has been excellent.

[Nasher 33,047]

I realise this is easy to say now that it's done, but I was never really worried about this. This is the guy who, when told he needed to lose weight as a junior, just stopped eating. Getting bogged down in details isn't his style. I highly doubt he's the type of person who would want to bother himself protracted contract negotiations to squeeze out a few extra bucks, or to make ultimatums about team success.  

I feel the same will be true when he's a FA in 2023. So long as the MFC open with an offer that is fair and reasonable for a player of his calibre, it will resolve with no fuss. 

[Maldonboy38 5,807]

Great news. Clarry might actually be our best midfielder in a very long time.

Right up there with Greg Wells, Gerard Healy, and in my humble opinion better than Brian Wilson, Cameron Bruce or Todd Viney.

[Willmoy1947 3,758]

Funny how they all look just about the same age, yet they are not, and ANB and Spargo are sharp shooters.

Funnier still how cocky Clark and miskick Miers couldn't get over being rushed and being caught.

[Sir Why You Little 34,405]

1 hour ago, Maldonboy38 said:

Great news. Clarry might actually be our best midfielder in a very long time.

Right up there with Greg Wells, Gerard Healy, and in my humble opinion better than Brian Wilson, Cameron Bruce or Todd Viney.

Brian Wilson would love playing in this current side!!

He was a magnificent footballer

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1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

You are the only one who has mentioned it

Well with @iv'a worn smith’s hints at a change in a “really high” admin position in then it’s always gonna cause a stir with speciation. It feels reassuring that the ceo position’s been hinted as stable by you though.

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2 hours ago, Maldonboy38 said:

Great news. Clarry might actually be our best midfielder in a very long time.

Right up there with Greg Wells, Gerard Healy, and in my humble opinion better than Brian Wilson, Cameron Bruce or Todd Viney.

FWIW I think Wells and Healey also kicked lots of goals. Healey also played as a forward and kicked 90? One year.

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3 hours ago, willmoy said:

Saw a pretty meaningful moment for me during last week's game, forgotten who we played, but two of our tough nuts both together at the same moment tackled an opposition player, with a ferocity that i hadn't seen for a couple of decades.

Ill just leave it up to you who i'm talking about.

I really do like the intensity and hardness, we are applying all over the ground at the moment.

This intensity will take us a long way against mentally weaker clubs, Our lot seem to believe that there will be support for them if they muck up a handball or pickup.  And it has been there on most occasions .   Not sure I would have wanted to play against this quality of team,   Far too fast, and too intimidating.   But I love watching and supporting it.  Whoever brought this in is to be congratulated. I think the talent has mostly been there, but not the implementation.  Are they just a little bit older and wiser ?

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36 minutes ago, bush demon said:

Healey also played as a forward and kicked 90? One year.

Pretty close there, bushy.  Healy won the goalkicking with 77 in 1982, finishing just one in front of Mark Jackson, who remarkably kicked 76 goals in each of his two seasons with us.   

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43 minutes ago, bush demon said:

FWIW I think Wells and Healey also kicked lots of goals. Healey also played as a forward and kicked 90? One year.

Healey was a true champion's champion, particularly just before he was tempted by Sydney to re-locate. He was doing magical things in the forward line - an immense talent at that point.

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1 hour ago, nacnud said:

Well with @iv'a worn smith’s hints at a change in a “really high” admin position in then it’s always gonna cause a stir with speciation. It feels reassuring that the ceo position’s been hinted as stable by you though.

I get the impression that Iva has heard or been told similiar things to myself. 
but I cannot confirm that. Pert is the CEO, he is not going anywhere. BC doesn’t want to be CEO at Jeelong anymore, but he has been spoken to by people at MFC to come back home in some capacity. 
That is as much as i know. 
@iv’a worn smith

may have far more concrete info. 
Watch this Space...

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2 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I get the impression that Iva has heard or been told similiar things to myself. 
but I cannot confirm that. Pert is the CEO, he is not going anywhere. BC doesn’t want to be CEO at Jeelong anymore, but he has been spoken to by people at MFC to come back home in some capacity. 
That is as much as i know. 
@iv’a worn smith

may have far more concrete info. 
Watch this Space...

Thanks for keeping us in the loop SWYL. I shouldn’t compare the two,  but getting an elite home base would feel almost as good as winning a flag! If BC were to come on board and help with that in someway, then brilliant. 

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2 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Healey was a true champion's champion, particularly just before he was tempted by Sydney to re-locate. He was doing magical things in the forward line - an immense talent at that point.

Would have been nice to have him in 87 and 88. 

[Sir Why You Little 34,405]

16 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

Thanks for keeping us in the loop SWYL. I shouldn’t compare the two,  but getting an elite home base would feel almost as good as winning a flag! If BC were to come on board and help with that in someway, then brilliant. 

Would be great to get BC involved at some level

Kardinia Park was a Dump when he moved first moved down there. 

[Demons1858 1,657]

could see BC coming in to consult on the new training base and perhaps leading the project