Oliver Trade Rumours

[Clintosaurus 7,800]

1 hour ago, KozzyCan said:

Probably because the response from Geelong and SDK was more emphatic than we are or our players are.

We could be the most emphatic a club has ever been about a player and the media will continue the BS they go on with. 

[von 1,559]

12 hours ago, Sir Windsor said:

Clarry will be a special player in MFC history but the game is changing and we need to evolve our midfield. 

The only mistake we made was not making the trade with Adelaide last year. Whether it was a mental health reason who knows but we dropped the ball big time.

Trac - as much as I loathe him for his antics - is the better player and has much more impact so should be the one we keep. 

I have become so used to this media noise I really don’t care for it anymore. It’s liberating. 

Trac isn’t better. 

[Demonland 70,990]

 

[layzie 33,677]

3 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

 

I asked yesterday if someone could ask Kane exactly why we should move heaven and earth to get Clayton off our books and he appears to have done that here. Up until then it seemed he was purely talking in terms of trade scenarios.

Frustrated with the situation with Oliver but not going to take that out on media personalities. 

Edited October 2 by layzie

[DeeZee 7,361]

I’d rather trade Pert than Clarry

Cooney is delusional by the way

Edited October 2 by DeeZee

[Superunknown 4,200]

9 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Oh yes , the saints will suit christian, with their massive crowds and near term success 

 

and 16 for Pickett?

It’s not April 1, Adam

 

[Garbo 1,514]

11 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

That’s about the dumbest thing I’ve ever read

[demoncat 1,218]

Pert needs to be sacked yesterday 

 

[The Jackson FIX 2,999]

18 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Freo give 16 get a contracted K Pickett? Pardon me?

Cooney is genuinely a halfwit. How he is still making a buck from the media is mind blowing. 

[KozzyCan 754]

1 minute ago, demoncat said:

Pert needs to be sacked yesterday 

 

That should pretty much stamp his papers.

[Demon Jack 6,835]

20 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

[Oxdee 325]

I genuinely believe Oliver’s best football is past him and the club knows this. Without his ability to burst out of packs he becomes just another ‘in and under’ player. Not worth $1m. I reckon if a club were to offer to take his contract, dees would be happy to part ways.

[Oxdee 325]

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Edited October 2 by Oxdee

[Red But Mostly Blue 4,535]

2 hours ago, Tough Kent said:

I just listened to Clayton Oliver on The Unlaced Podcast with Jake Barker-Daish. It was an excellent listen. Do yourself a favour.

My takeaways:

1. Clayton is in a very good head space. He sounds like he is in a very healthy state.

2. He loves the Melbourne Football Club and all his mates there.

3. He can’t wait to get back into training, he’s going back with the 1-4 year players. He acknowledges he was not fit this year and still describes himself as being “a bit fat”. He is very confident he will get back to where he was.

4. He rubbished the claims that Melbourne’s culture is poor. “We’re all mates and love having a laugh together. We just laugh at the media because they don’t know what’s happening on the inside”.

5. He loves Gawny and all that the skipper has done for him.

This was recorded last week. If Clayton is sitting down with Geelong, I can guarantee that it is not him that is pulling the strings on any potential move.

Over to you, Melbourne.

Really interesting, and not surprising based on what I have heard to date. Clarry looks to have gotten himself into a really good space, happy and healthy, which is great. He loves the club. From what WCW has said and what we have observed, I think he's an emotional guy, so this love for the club is important, and so is the love in return.

That's where it gets interesting. So my take is that he's been shopped - hence the Cats have, again, felt he is gettable - since they've received intel that he's on the table for the right price. Clarry has caught onto this. He updated his insta to remove references to the Club (#13) 😢 - and met with the Cats. This express action, I think, would be consistent with an emotional (maybe a little immature, sure, we know this already) guy who has felt pushed out.

This does not look to be Clarry's doing and as usual, we're getting mixed messages/non-messages from the worst comms team in the southern hemisphere. Maybe all the lands. 

Feel for Clarry. I reckon he's gonna be a jet next year. He's happy and healthy and will have a good preseason with the 1-4 year players. He's keen. But it appears this issue is not confined just to Clarry, which is really frustrating. 

[BDA 22,619]

48 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Adam Cooney can get in the bin

[Jaded No More 68,790]

Just now, BDA said:

Adam Cooney can get in the bin

An even dumber version of Kane. 

[RedFox 510]

One thing that is abundantly evident is that there is a significant disconnect between the back office and the football department. The idea of Pert intervening here and telling Oliver directly to look around, despite reports most key figures in the football department wants him to stay is very concerning and unprofessional. It's all getting very tiresome with all the smoke and mirrors of the club these days & hard to believe a word that anybody says. 

[BDA 22,619]

36 minutes ago, demoncat said:

Pert needs to be sacked yesterday 

 

What the actual [censored]

If Pert is acting against the wishes of the footy dept then he needs to be marched out the door immediately.

[ChaserJ 4,943]

39 minutes ago, demoncat said:

Pert needs to be sacked yesterday 

 

To quote Lincoln ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand’.

Seems Pertinent.

[Deestinga2 75]

If Pert has been shopping him around and the coaches dont want to trade him, how ling before Pert is shown the door??

Brad Green, get on the front foot and move him on right now.

Cant cop much more of Perts rubbish. Move on DH.

[Demonsone 2,029]

Since when do CEOs shop players around?? That’s the footy dept list mgt /coaches role …. If true he needs to go & club needs to hose this BS did not confirm it as too much BS on our club 

[whatwhat say what 22,503]

1 minute ago, Demonsone said:

Since when do CEOs shop players around?? That’s the footy dept list mgt /coaches role …. If true he needs to go & club needs to hose this BS did not confirm it as too much BS on our club 

since always

they're football ceos not business ceos

 

[SPC 3,526]

3 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

since always

they're football ceos not business ceos

 

I would also argue that there is a possibility that Goodwin wants this, but if a trade is not agreed- would want to appear as if he is not involved.  As he will need a working relationship with Clarry. Just a thought. 
Better to make Pert the bad guy. 

[sue 9,085]

18 minutes ago, Deestinga2 said:

If Pert has been shopping him around and the coaches dont want to trade him, how ling before Pert is shown the door??

Brad Green, get on the front foot and move him on right now.

Cant cop much more of Perts rubbish. Move on DH.

I enjoy posts which start with IF in the first sentence (good) but then in the rest of the post act as if there is no doubt.

[Macca 16,899]

Stafford gone, Roffey gone, McQualter gone, Janette Kendall gone from the board, ANB going, Oliver going?

Are we in the midst of the domino effect?

The external/internal review happening now

Those under discussion by those on the outside ... 

Pert, Richardson, Petracca, Lamb, Kozzie and there might be one or 2 more

And the review might expose Goodwin (game plan primarily) 

From my point of view, the biggest concerns are player behaviour, injury issues and and our pedestrian style of play

Off field?  There's probably a lot that we don't know about, so it's a guessing game

Edited October 2 by Macca