Personally i think The MFC was too nice to Clarry last Summer, i don’t blame them for it, but it wasn’t what Clarry needed. 
He should have been given Tough Love, “Get yourself Superfit & then you will be considered for selection” should have played at least 10 games at Casey. 
it’s no wonder other listed players have been annoyed at what transpired. 
Clarry needs to grow up….

he caused all this….

Btw, the sooner Max and/or Gus become CEO/President of the club the better.

7 minutes ago, ChaserJ said:

Journos were talking about Geelong thinking Clarry could be levered out during the season, so they may been some degree of contact well before now.

Sammy Edmund suggested Clarry’s behaviour on Brownlow night wasn’t viewed positively. Not a long bow to surmise that the club gave him prompt feedback (or attempted to), Clarry didn’t appreciate this and subsequently met with Cats, which in turn led to Pert calling clubs later that week.

What is this about the Brownlow night? 

6 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Personally i think The MFC was too nice to Clarry last Summer, i don’t blame them for it, but it wasn’t what Clarry needed. 
He should have been given Tough Love, “Get yourself Superfit & then you will be considered for selection” should have played at least 10 games at Casey. 
it’s no wonder other listed players have been annoyed at what transpired. 
Clarry needs to grow up….

he caused all this….

This has been an achilles heal of Goodwin for some time. Some players within the group think he has double standards. Players like Oliver get special treatment while others are yanked in and out of the team week to week. Can’t be good for team moral. (I’ll avoid using the C word)

I agree with you, if half of the [censored] that was spread about Oliver last year was true, we should’ve made him do the hard yards at Casey.

6 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

What is this about the Brownlow night? 

I went on to the Cats Big Footy to get a sense of the trade yesterday and they seemed to ahve a lot of intel on what went on

1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

 

So this confirms that it IS to do with Petracca. Thank you. 

 

2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Good. Keep it at 'any'.

4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Nor we should…

Clarry should work his [censored] off this preseason and earn his spot in the MFC Midfield 

 

Surprised the confidential details of Clarry’s meeting with the club haven’t leaked yet. Wonder what the hold up is? 

Edited October 3, 20241 yr by Rab D Nesbitt

51 minutes ago, Brownie said:

A move to Tassie is looking good.

AFL Bail out (again) - Tick
Training Base - Tick
Our own home ground - Tick
Government and AFL bankrolling - Tick
New Board and Footy Department - Tick
Sweet Draft picks - Tick
Media Hype and AFL Support - Tick
It's not a long flight 😁
(Just Joking, kinda)

 

Shorter flight than the drive to Casey - Tick :P

21 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

What is this about the Brownlow night? 

 

21 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Personally i think The MFC was too nice to Clarry last Summer, i don’t blame them for it, but it wasn’t what Clarry needed. 
He should have been given Tough Love, “Get yourself Superfit & then you will be considered for selection” should have played at least 10 games at Casey. 
it’s no wonder other listed players have been annoyed at what transpired. 
Clarry needs to grow up….

he caused all this….

not only did he cause this but he looks like coming out of this a real winner. gets to keep his bag of gold with a 6 year contract, playing for a team in the finals window. no downside.

meanwhile he leaves behind a trainwreck of people and the club. how many people who tried (vainly) to help, will lose their jobs over this and what a let down for his team-mates, spnsors and club supporters.

just grates me that he comes through this totally unscathed and unpenalised

The fact he went with another bloke as his date?  This is a joke btw. 

Edited October 3, 20241 yr by Norm Smith's Curse

1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

 

just grates me that he comes through this totally unscathed and unpenalised

You have absolutely no idea what he's been through, if you truly think he will come out of this unscathed.

Sometimes we forget that players are people first.

I understand that as fans we are all emotional and we just want our club to succeed at any cost, but that's not how clubs operate, nor how they should operate. The last time a club said lets win at any cost, they injected players with god knows what and ruined their club for 2 decades and counting.

This is a very delicate situation. For all that Clarry has done wrong, he is hardly alone. He is not the first or last player to have a fall. If any supporter thinks that Clarry leaving will magically fix the issues that have been festering for a while, then they are sadly mistaken. 

4 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

not only did he cause this but he looks like coming out of this a real winner. gets to keep his bag of gold with a 6 year contract, playing for a team in the finals window. no downside.

meanwhile he leaves behind a trainwreck of people and the club. how many people who tried (vainly) to help, will lose their jobs over this and what a let down for his team-mates, spnsors and club supporters.

just grates me that he comes through this totally unscathed and unpenalised

That’s exactly why we should keep him on the list and make him earn the contract he signed…

8 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Nor we should…

Clarry should work his [censored] off this preseason and earn his spot in the MFC Midfield 

 

Or recoup his trade value so we don't get screwed in a possible trade next year.

i'd double down on cats paying his whole salary. this is not a salary dump situation.

if that means he stays and plays at casey until he fully reforms and grows up, then so be it

hope club shows some gonads and bargains hard

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

You have absolutely no idea what he's been through, if you truly think he will come out of this unscathed.

Sometimes we forget that players are people first.

I understand that as fans we are all emotional and we just want our club to succeed at any cost, but that's not how clubs operate, nor how they should operate. The last time a club said lets win at any cost, they injected players with god knows what and ruined their club for 2 decades and counting.

This is a very delicate situation. For all that Clarry has done wrong, he is hardly alone. He is not the first or last player to have a fall. If any supporter thinks that Clarry leaving will magically fix the issues that have been festering for a while, then they are sadly mistaken. 

No but out of a cohort of four it seems only one will be left. 

 

Just now, Norm Smith's Curse said:

No but out of a cohort of four it seems only one will be left. 

That's a very naive and uninformed take.

 

1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

i'd double down on cats paying his whole salary. this is not a salary dump situation.

if that means he stays and plays at casey until he fully reforms and grows up, then so be it

hope club shows some gonads and bargains hard

Geelong can ask the Vic Gov to cover the cost of Clayton's salary.

4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Thanks Tom, good insight, all is forgiven. 

4 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

That's a very naive and uninformed take.

 

It's better than a made up one. 

10 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Or recoup his trade value so we don't get screwed in a possible trade next year.

But we wouldn’t get anywhere near recouping his trade value right now…

He needs to get himself fit and fiiring