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Oliver Trade Rumours

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in Melbourne Demons

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I wonder how Max Gawn is feeling after all the effort he has put in over the past 12 months. Would it be relief or pure anger at how this ended? I also doubt we will ever know the truth behind the decision.

My kingdom for a stable, smart, proactive, water tight football club. We are a disgrace.

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    1 minute ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I’m pretty certain that the media have completely fabricated this story just so they can use the pun, “Oliver’s Twist”, in all of their headlines. 

    Do we get to save a penny or two??

    7 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I’m pretty certain that the media have completely fabricated this story just so they can use the pun, “Oliver’s Twist”, in all of their headlines. 

    If only he were leaving for money: “please sir, can I have some more?”

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    7 minutes ago, Heart Beats True said:

    I wonder how Max Gawn is feeling after all the effort he has put in over the past 12 months. Would it be relief or pure anger at how this ended? I also doubt we will ever know the truth behind the decision.

    My kingdom for a stable, smart, proactive, water tight football club. We are a disgrace.

    No we will get to read all about it in ten years time in the two memoirs 'The Tender of the Vines' and 'Times Gawn By'

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    8 minutes ago, Heart Beats True said:

    I wonder how Max Gawn is feeling after all the effort he has put in over the past 12 months.

    I would be surprised if he wasn’t consulted/ involved to a degree in the decision 


    Not across everything & not wanting to lose Oliver, but if this does eventuate why we only looking at a future 1st and not this years? I assume because this years first goes for Bailey Smith. Surely Oliver would warrant our choice of this years or next.

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    3 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    Do we get to save a penny or two??

    Isn’t there a “Mr. Brownlow” in Oliver Twist? I see what’s happening here. 

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    15 minutes ago, Flowergirl said:

    I'm asking if you know for sure if he's gone. Sam McClure is the only one who has said that Clarry wants to be traded and even then he has said that Clarry knows that it will be difficult to get done. 

    I heard it from a source 100% more reliable than Sam McClure that he will seek a trade in the next 24 hours. We will see if that eventuates. Same source has got a few wrong but got the Kennedy / Howe trade and the Toumpas choice before anyone else. 

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    15 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I have two actual phobias, snakes and costume party stores. 

    From reading your posts over the years Ethan, I am confident in saying your issues run far deeper than " two actual phobias" .

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    1 hour ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    This is actually all bat**** crazy.
     

    After picking up the phone to Geelong knowing they had bugger to trade with AND they already had Bailey Smith in their sights, if Melbourne go “nah, we’re gonna keep him, we don’t like the  look of what you’re offering” that would be the most outrageous, stupid and cruel (to Clarry) thing I’ve have ever witnessed in football. If we had a proper president Pert would get the flick in an instant.

    "cruel to clarry"?  puleez, give me a break

    this is all on clarry.  the talk of clarry's off field behaviour has been the talk of the town for years and now it seems it really wasn't just so much talk

    hard to feel sorry for clarry for all the damage done to the club despite all the help he has been given

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    1 hour ago, bing181 said:

    Demonland: we need a review, we need heads to roll. 
     

    Club implements review, Clayton Oliver is shown the door. 
     

    Demonland: not that kind of review

    Not those heads more like it

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    9 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Not across everything & not wanting to lose Oliver, but if this does eventuate why we only looking at a future 1st and not this years? I assume because this years first goes for Bailey Smith. Surely Oliver would warrant our choice of this years or next.

    I think that pick has been informally committed to Dogs for some time. Dogs want more though. If that deal falls through I’d imagine Smith will nominate for national draft and Geel will use that pick on him

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    1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

    "cruel to clarry"?  puleez, give me a break

    this is all on clarry.  the talk of clarry's off field behaviour has been the talk of the town for years and now it seems it really wasn't just so much talk

    hard to feel sorry for clarry for all the damage done to the club despite all the help he has been given

    There are major clarry stories that are widely known within AFL circles that have not yet leaked into the mainstream AFL community. Some seemed so riiculous that you wondered but then again...

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    Geelong can’t get it done, unless they off load something of serious value. I don’t think they have much they can afford to let go. 

    Geelong can get anything done - add another taxpayer funded bay of seats while you are at it. 

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    1 minute ago, The heart beats true said:

    Geelong can’t get it done, unless they off load something of serious value. I don’t think they have much they can afford to let go. 

    Everyone seems under the assumption that its only going to be a two club transaction. Geelong knows very well they will need to get at least one other team involved to get the draft capital to make it work. They are an excellent creative recruiting team.

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    GigaTrade #2024 - Caleb Serong, Welcome to the MFC!

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    Clayton Oliver
    AFL Premiership player: 2021
    2 x AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award: 2021, 2022
    3 x All-Australian team: 2018, 2021, 2022
    4 x Keith 'Bluey' Truscott MedallistL 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022

    In return, Geelong will offer up Spiro Malakellis, David Mensch and pick 53

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    37 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I’m pretty certain that the media have completely fabricated this story just so they can use the pun, “Oliver’s Twist”, in all of their headlines. 

    Oliver Twist's mentor was Fagin.  Clarry is off to Brisbane for sure!

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    Just now, Swooper Northey said:

    Clayton Oliver
    AFL Premiership player: 2021
    2 x AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award: 2021, 2022
    3 x All-Australian team: 2018, 2021, 2022
    4 x Keith 'Bluey' Truscott MedallistL 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022

    In return, Geelong will offer up Spiro Malakellis, David Mensch and pick 53

    Yeah sadly we just seemed to have pushed out a generational talent and no doubt it will bite us. 


    1 minute ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

    Yeah sadly we just seemed to have pushed out a generational talent and no doubt it will bite us. 

    um ... i think he pushed himself out, norm.  stop making excuses for him 

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    We'll probably get a 2nd rounder and still pay 300k-500k of his salary for the next 6 years.

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    8 minutes ago, Swooper Northey said:

    Clayton Oliver
    AFL Premiership player: 2021
    2 x AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award: 2021, 2022
    3 x All-Australian team: 2018, 2021, 2022
    4 x Keith 'Bluey' Truscott MedallistL 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022

    In return, Geelong will offer up Spiro Malakellis, David Mensch and pick 53

    AND THE CLUB WILL TAKE IT🤮🤮

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    We are prepared to take a second rounder if the cats pay $500k of his contract. 
     

    we may as well put Pickett and petracca up now, just get it over and done with 

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