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22 minutes ago, Older demon said:

Its not a horror week. Read the articles. Houston will only leave if Port get adequate compensation for him, he may still stay. Weeks ago when this broke MFC were vying for a top 8 spot and could have gone as high as 4th if they hadn't lost those close games. Perhaps the club was willing to part with pick 12 or 13 but now we are looking at 6 that is too much.

It all depends on his reasons for leaving and where he expects to play. The only clubs with lots of picks will be Richmond or interstate teams like Freo. If he only wants to come to a club in the premiership window I can tell you there aren't many Victorian clubs in the 8 let alone in contention (maybe Geelong). I hate to say it but Cornes may be right here. Don't waste a top 10 pick on Houston.

I would imagine this is the situation that’s actually played out, the club were happy with 12 or 13 and now that it’s considerably higher, we won’t deal it away

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    Just now, titan_uranus said:

    I think he means Houston?

    I know, that's what I mean that's he's had great Intel with the Dees when it comes to off field player movement.

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    23 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Jay Clarke reporting that he thinks Dan Houston will now wont be at Melbourne

    Hope it's true.  Don't trade away our future on a twenty-eight year old.

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    1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

    Did this hack apologize for his [censored] take on Clarry now that his injuries have been made public? I bet not. 

    How about you worry about Port doing something in finals for once Kane

     

    Rightly or wrongly most media are of the view that Clarry will never return to the player we knew, regardless of injury or fitness levels. 

     

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    20 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

     

    Rightly or wrongly most media are of the view that Clarry will never return to the player we knew, regardless of injury or fitness levels. 

     

    Gawd, the media are now the yardstick of reason??? 
     

    To be fair, the whole world had an idea of the troubles, the lack of pre-season and hand injury Clarry had/has. 
     

    To be fair, a player does not lose their talent. History says this man has achieved extremely high standards and that does not go at his age. 

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    2 hours ago, Demonland said:

     

    Ken Hinkley on a call to Corndog: - "Thanks Kane. Good idea. Keep up the the good work mate. Power!"

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    19 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

     

    Rightly or wrongly most media are of the view that Clarry will never return to the player we knew, regardless of injury or fitness levels. 

     

    Most in the media have NFI what they’re talking about. They literally flip and flop on a weekly basis. 
    They had Carlton as premiers, they told me Bevo was getting sacked. 
    They get paid for clicks, not for truths. 

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    I feel like it would be a good move to not ready any football news or DL until round 1 . imagine the surprise at who’s playing! 

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    18 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

    I feel like it would be a good move to not ready any football news or DL until round 1 . imagine the surprise at who’s playing! 

    Casey + Half of the TAC CUP after the media has finished rebuilding us

     

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    1 hour ago, BW511 said:

    I would imagine this is the situation that’s actually played out, the club were happy with 12 or 13 and now that it’s considerably higher, we won’t deal it away

    pretty much my thought too

    there's a big difference between our first round pick + future 1st when the current year's component is 6 vs when it's 13

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    35 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Most in the media have NFI what they’re talking about. They literally flip and flop on a weekly basis. 
    They had Carlton as premiers, they told me Bevo was getting sacked. 
    They get paid for clicks, not for truths. 

    And they try push players to the clubs they support. Most of them still salty we won a flag.

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    4 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    Well if Houston is having doubts about us, other prospects will be too. What a shamozzle. 

    They manufacture your consent pretty easily don't they?

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    I read an article yesterday that suggested Port Adelaide was saying it wanted ANB and our first pick in the draft for Houston. It was probably based on conjecture but, at anything near that cost, I would be disappointed if we were interested in dealing with him anyway. Moreover, if he’s on board with the way the media is reporting the situation (and I’m not suggesting he is), then he’s not the person we want either.

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    Fascinated to understand who leaked the ‘Trac is unhappy’ story.

    If it was Trac trying to force a trade it was naive because he was never going to be traded with 5 years left. 
     

    If it was Trac trying to force the club’s hand to make change for the better it was also naive because now it makes us look like a basket case and we’re already suffering with the Dan Houston decision.

    If it was some coterie type because they’d had a gutful of watching us lose games from their leather armchair in the long room then that decision in its own right may have actually set fire to any remaining hope we can acquire the players that might help us get out of this mess.

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    If this latest news is true, and the public relations continues to go down the tank, we can kiss goodbye any thoughts of having a big trade week to dramatically improve our list.

    Less Houstons and more NQR’s in your McAdams and Fullartons.

    I’m throughly disappointed in this news. We could’ve had a genuine, genuine A grader walk into the doors next year.

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    The only noise I hear is that Houston wants a return to Victoria. And Port have lined up Perryman and Cumming to replace him.

    Houston is gone.

    The rest is playing media games for value. Which either we are really bad at, or don’t rate.

    And regardless, nobody is giving Port a 2024 first rounder for him.

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    I still find it hard to believe Houston's mind is flip flopping in regards to our fortunes right now when he has bigger fish to fry. The season is nowhere near done.

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    I feel that Houston not wanting to join our current [censored] show could be a blessing in disguise if the rumored price of our prized first round pick was the price for a 29 year old. 

    He’s a good player but not that good. 

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    Not too disappointed if true. I genuinely believe our premiership window is closed as others are and have gone past us. Having said that I don’t think we will fall off the cliff either. I think we have a mini reset take our hand to the draft and get some high quality mids to come through with the current crop of youngsters that we have. Obviously need to find a successor to Max. Too big a price to pay for Houston and will ultimately hurt us long term.

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    48 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    I still find it hard to believe Houston's mind is flip flopping in regards to our fortunes right now when he has bigger fish to fry. The season is nowhere near done.

    I would also hope his manager is speaking with specific people in the club rather than making decisions based on media reports 🤪

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