Oliver Trade Rumours

[picket fence 16,800]

6 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

I am fine to see OIiver traded but I don't see the point in us paying a huge chunk of salary cap space as part of the deal. We should make it clear to his manager that this is a deal breaker for us and if they can't find a club willing to pay almost all the contract we should shut it down early. We should be prepared to take a token pick to clear him out if it clears us of his future wages.

Nar mate u have an already peeezed of Clarry, his management more so. An inept and impotent Club that has NFI Spells to me disaster of HUGE PROPORTIONS🤮

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1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

Watch them win a flag in 2025

With Clarry winning BEST FINALS PLAYER🤯

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,550]

Clarry is Gawn. It's done. 

Being the younger of the midfield dynamic duo we better walk out with a massive gain from somewhere else and Petracca had better not bail as well in 12 months. 

Otherwise pull the trigger now I say. 

[Seraph 1,823]

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,550]

2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Nar mate u have an already peeezed of Clarry, his management more so. An inept and impotent Club that has NFI Spells to me disaster of HUGE PROPORTIONS🤮

He is managed by the same company as Petracca and Houston. 

[picket fence 16,800]

AND END OF MY SUPPORT FOR MFC

[wheaters31 671]

The Storm are in the NRL grand final on Sunday.

Anyone else want to switch codes?

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,550]

Rest assured folks. As long as Pert doesn't seek a trade we are in safe hands! 

[Flowergirl 456]

2 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Clarry is Gawn. It's done. 

Being the younger of the midfield dynamic duo we better walk out with a massive gain from somewhere else and Petracca had better not bail as well in 12 months. 

Otherwise pull the trigger now I say. 

Is that your opinion that he's gone? Don't the club have to accept the offer that Geelong give?

[Fromgotowoewodin 1,585]

I was worried he’d actually confirmed he wants a trade to Geelong but it’s just McClure doing McClure things again.

Pretty sure we’ve already traded Trac for McKay in McClure’s head haven’t we? 

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,550]

3 minutes ago, Flowergirl said:

Is that your opinion that he's gone? Don't the club have to accept the offer that Geelong give?

The club floated the trade. Not Clarry. Clarry is now convinced it's for the best. 

The telling part is what we get in return. 

Connors manage Clarry, Tracc and Houston and would have an intimate idea of what is going on. Let's leave it at that. 

[seventyfour 1,038]

35, 53, future first, future second, future third. I'll take them all thanks Geelong.

It's not enough but it'll have to do.

[titan_uranus 24,858]

We spent all year backing him in. 

As recently as last week he was all in for a big pre-season with us. 

It doesn’t matter if he transgressed. We’re morons if we expected him to be a perfect model player after everything else. We had to know it was a risk, otherwise there was no point sacrificing our season playing him through his injury. 

I find this all disgracefully poor management from the club. Not just Pert. Everyone.

[Wrecker46 2,893]

I don't care if we get 5 first round draft picks for him, which we wont, there will never be another Clayton Oliver. We've won one premiership in 60 years and he wins the b&f and coaches award, dominates the premiership quater by taking out Bont, kicks the goal that seals the grandfinal and has been the best player of a generation.

I'd prefer us to stick fat with a club legend, who loves the club, family love the club and risk he doesn't get back to his best than let him go and see him get back to his best at another club which will destroy our culture more than it's already been

[Chook in Perth 2,109]

To misquote Damon Albarn, the club has no distance left to run. 

If they dont have the stomach to send the circus out on another tour, we are not getting close to parity in any deal. 

It's very, very sad.

[demoncat 1,021]

3 minutes ago, Chook in Perth said:

To misquote Damon Albarn, the club has no distance left to run. 

If they dont have the stomach to send the circus out on another tour, we are not getting close to parity in any deal. 

It's very, very sad.

Push has come to shove with Clarry, Chook? At least from the club’s perspective?

Edited Wednesday at 10:35 by demoncat

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,474]

Geelong’s future first rounder for the ANB pick we get from Adelaide and us paying $300K of the $1 million average salary per year will probably be the most we could extract from Geelong.

Geelong won’t offer any player of note aside from maybe a Jhye Clark at absolute best.

So there’s a chance we could have nothing to show for Oliver for season 2025.

Edited Wednesday at 10:37 by Bring-Back-Powell

[adonski 10,986]

Just now, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Geelong’s first rounder for the ANB pick we get from Adelaide and us paying $300K of the $1 million average salary per year will probably be the most we could extract from Geelong.

Geelong won’t offer any player of note aside from maybe a Jhye Clark at absolute best.

So there’s a chance we could have nothing to show for Oliver for season 2025.

Nice try, Andrew Mackie

[chook fowler 19,290]

What a debacle. Breathtaking incompetence in the way this is being handled whatever the pros and cons of a trade. We are a laughing stock and Pert and Richardson must go. 

[Superunknown 4,157]

As Justice Lee said so eloquently, what a [censored] omnishambles

[Bitter but optimistic 22,120]

If we haven't got sufficient nous, talent or people skills within the administration, football department ..... or whatever the [censored], to retain a player of Oliver's calibre then the MFC is a totally irrelevant and [censored] up organisation.

[Mel Bourne 4,429]

1 hour ago, Wrecker46 said:

Norm Smith curse all over again. The greatest player of the modern era pushed out by an out of touch board.

Love Claz, but I’m pretty sure whoever the greatest player of the modern era is knows how to kick. 

[BW511 2,591]

Our midfield was already paper thin for 2025, now it’s going to be absolutely cooked.

We’ll all watch Trac sit out the year and request a trade for 2026

 

Edited Wednesday at 10:38 by BW511

[Dr. Gonzo 23,881]

5 hours ago, Tolstoys Nudge said:

Us!!! Be issue the media have already driven the narrative we’re ‘shopping him around’ therefore he’s worth nothing, well nothing close to what he’s actually worth and thus any trade would be CRIMINAL cus it’d be a future first, for an all time great level player all cus we don’t want the attention and extra care Clazz brings which even if u true is now the narrative!

Again, this is a case of the media driving the narrative to where we are now forced to either accept a poor trade or keep him and either way our list and culture are ultimately what suffers! Whereas if player driven, we could drive a herd bargain and ask for 2 top 15 picks — but media have ensured that the perception now is that the CLUB is driving this even if untrue.. 

if GP DID mention to few clubs ‘Claz is up for right deal’ so WHAT — it should never get out but clubs make sure it does cus (ie cats) if they leak it our market position is undercut and we become snookered!

 

The media! The media!!

I heard this phrase on an NFL podcast yesterday and it is very apt - stop pointing fingers and start pointing thumbs.

[daisycutter 29,429]

5 hours ago, Demonstone said:

According to the live lobsters in their tank in the kitchen, it was a miracle.

sadly ds, the poor buggers were freshwater lobsters