Oliver Trade Rumours

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I too am willing to ‘take a pay cut’ if I can play for Geelong… sadly, like Oliver, it ain’t gonna happen.

 

 

 

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On 09/10/2024 at 10:41, mo64 said:

It doesn't really shed any light either way.

Yes it does. Just not the light you want it to shed cause you seem to hate the club for some reason. 

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It’s an easy out for McClure… “Oliver was keen to be traded, but Geelong and Melbourne couldn’t agree on his value”.. so for now he can continue to throw “stories” out there with no accountability 

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2 minutes ago, von said:

Yes it does. Just not the light you want it to shed cause you seem to hate the club for some reason. 

What are you talking about? 

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4 minutes ago, SPC said:

It’s an easy out for McClure… “Oliver was keen to be traded, but Geelong and Melbourne couldn’t agree on his value”.. so for now he can continue to throw “stories” out there with no accountability 

100% correct.

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30 minutes ago, reynolds46 said:

must be true because he has a source who wasn’t willing to speak publicly. He really is the lowest quality journalist and makes Damian Barrett and Tom Morris look like Pulitzer Prize winners

Nah they are all very very poor and lazy media personalities that would prefer to beat a dead 🐎 so to speak than get out there in footy land and actually tell us what is happening rather than poring over Clayton, Shmayton.

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43 minutes ago, adonski said:

via The Age

Clayton Oliver has started his own pre-season early, as the 27-year-old clings on to hope that Melbourne will trade him to Geelong before next Wednesday’s deadline.

The four-time Melbourne best and fairest has been spotted several times in his home town of Shepparton this week, training weights and running.

A source at Geelong, who wasn’t willing to speak publicly given that Oliver still has six years of his contract still to run at Melbourne, said the star midfielder was willing to take a pay cut if it helped get a deal across the line.
....But Melbourne’s strong stance has not dampened the appetite of Oliver, who remains in contact with the Cats.

A pay cut may help the Demons reconsider a trade, but two club sources remained staunch when contacted by this masthead on Thursday. They said a deal to move Oliver to the Cats would not be entertained.

Oliver is contracted until the end of 2030 at an average of $1.3 million per season.

While all three parties – Melbourne, Geelong and Oliver’s management – have privately confirmed that the Cats’ future first-round pick in next year’s national draft had been initially raised, they say there is yet to be a meaningful trade offer beyond that.

Shannon Bloody Byrnes 

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But Brad Green said he'd be in the centre bounce next year with trac. 

I'm confused. I think I'll just wait for Clayton to say he wants a trade publicly 

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Absolutely nothing about this makes sense and I'm happy people on Twitter are starting to notice, too.

 

1. Oliver is happy and ready to go for 2025 in red and blue.

2. Overnight, he is shopped around, and suddenly ends up on a farm on the outskirts of Geelong. Okay?

3. He suddenly wants to get to Geelong. After one meeting on a farm. No tour of facilities. No chat to the coach. Nothing.

4. Now he is willing to take a pay cut. Two sources - one from Geelong and one from his management group - say this on condition of anonymity. 

You're telling me this guy wants to leave a $1.5 million a year contract on the table, to take a paycut to play for Geelong? Overnight? Suddenly willing to take a paycut?

Either this is absolute lunacy and just a made up story, or Geelong is pulling serious shifties.

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10 minutes ago, praha said:

Absolutely nothing about this makes sense and I'm happy people on Twitter are starting to notice, too.

 

1. Oliver is happy and ready to go for 2025 in red and blue.

2. Overnight, he is shopped around, and suddenly ends up on a farm on the outskirts of Geelong. Okay?

3. He suddenly wants to get to Geelong. After one meeting on a farm. No tour of facilities. No chat to the coach. Nothing.

4. Now he is willing to take a pay cut. Two sources - one from Geelong and one from his management group - say this on condition of anonymity. 

You're telling me this guy wants to leave a $1.5 million a year contract on the table, to take a paycut to play for Geelong? Overnight? Suddenly willing to take a paycut?

Either this is absolute lunacy and just a made up story, or Geelong is pulling serious shifties.

I believe it's been recently reported that Oliver's management raised the possibility of a trade midway through the season, and there's of course the near-trade situation from last year, so I don't think anything about this has happened over night.

I would also say, simply because it's not been reported; it doesn't mean Oliver hasn't spoken to Chris Scott or toured the facilities.

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I’ve never heard of a person more desperate for an AFL trade to happen than Sam McClure wanting Oliver to head to Geelong.

It’s as if he wants Clarry to go to Geelong more than Clarry himself.

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1 minute ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I’ve never heard of a person more desperate for an AFL trade to happen than Sam McClure wanting Oliver to head to Geelong.

It’s as if he wants Clarry to go to Geelong more than Clarry himself.

Barrett too. Both clowns.

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1 hour ago, Flowergirl said:

I wasn't name calling. I was saying that people can post without being hurtful. The "you" was meant to mean everyone on this forum, not anyone personally. Also, calling someone the "morality police" is name calling. The morality police actually kill women for expressing opinions. Look it up. Quite hurtful to be called that tbh. Not interested in keeping this going, my initial reply was to stick up for WCW who I think is a  kind hearted person who contributes to this group and should not have to feel she has to leave because of the poor treatment of other. 

Actually you did name call, albeit censored. It was aimed indirectly at the "other", and your position on the matter is diminished by doing so

Your enthusiasm to defend WCW has led you to confuse me with someone else. I never called you the "morality police".

Linking me requesting that you refrain from name calling with women being killed is both offensive and unnecessarily inflamitory.

It's time for all of us to leave the matter up to the mods for them to deal with. I would suggest you contact them if you want to stick up for WCW

Back to Clayton Oliver...

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1 hour ago, Flowergirl said:

Also "award winning journalist" is a stretch. Wasn't his award rescinded? 

McClure actually gets a lot wrong.

In addition to the Harley Reid drafting stuff up that he muffed, he also came up with this zinger almost a year ago in regards to Opening round 2024:

”Tonight I can reveal exclusively on air that the AFL will be sending Collingwood and Essendon up to Sydney for the inaugural opening round 2024 to play Sydney and GWS”

 

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20 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

@Demonland  Andy, gotta say it’s disappointing that bullies are afforded the freedom to hurt people. It really should be curtailed. I paid for a life membership and I’ve made donations to DL so to be driven out is super unfair.

I’ve refunded every single donation you’ve made. 

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1 hour ago, adonski said:

via The Age

Clayton Oliver has started his own pre-season early, as the 27-year-old clings on to hope that Melbourne will trade him to Geelong before next Wednesday’s deadline.

The four-time Melbourne best and fairest has been spotted several times in his home town of Shepparton this week, training weights and running.

A source at Geelong, who wasn’t willing to speak publicly given that Oliver still has six years of his contract still to run at Melbourne, said the star midfielder was willing to take a pay cut if it helped get a deal across the line.
....But Melbourne’s strong stance has not dampened the appetite of Oliver, who remains in contact with the Cats.

A pay cut may help the Demons reconsider a trade, but two club sources remained staunch when contacted by this masthead on Thursday. They said a deal to move Oliver to the Cats would not be entertained.

Oliver is contracted until the end of 2030 at an average of $1.3 million per season.

While all three parties – Melbourne, Geelong and Oliver’s management – have privately confirmed that the Cats’ future first-round pick in next year’s national draft had been initially raised, they say there is yet to be a meaningful trade offer beyond that.

Comedy hour

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2 hours ago, FreedFromDesire said:

I would very much doubt Geelong would set out to publicly embarrass another club only to then have to sit down and negotiate a trade with them.

After the last couple of months, it seems pretty clear that any leaking likely came from the Melbourne side of things somewhere.

Leaking does not always happen as a matter of dysfunction. It is also done strategically. 

For a clue, always ask who stands to gain from this?

Further, who knows the details, in this case the meeting place?

Answers below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geelong FC and Geelong FC

 

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3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

I’ve refunded every single donation you’ve made. 

Andy. I’ve been bullied and harassed too. I’ve PM’d you my bank account details. 

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1 hour ago, layzie said:

Maybe he started his pre season early to..you know.. start his pre season early?

Don't know how 7 days of extra training would get him to Geelong in a trade..

and that's why you'll never be a journo, layz

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1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

The media wouldn't report on it if the club were not dysfunctional. The problems lie with the club, not with the media reporting on the club.

So the news media are perfect and the club is no good? What a load of garbage. Why don’t you go and support another club! Or maybe you do and you’re just on here to dig the boots into our club. If you don’t like what’s happening at the club do something about it! Get involved in the club! Don’t just sit tapping on your keyboard at home and saying the club is “dysfunctional”. That doesn’t help anything!

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So the circus continues! One player sucks all the  oxygen of our club! The same player who didn’t present professionally for preseason & sent home during the Lorne camp! The same player which the club supported him & not dropping him & risking the culture of the club!

Edited 58 minutes ago by Demonsone

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15 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Actually you did name call, albeit censored. It was aimed indirectly at the "other", and your position on the matter is diminished by doing so

Your enthusiasm to defend WCW has led you to confuse me with someone else. I never called you the "morality police".

Linking me requesting that you refrain from name calling with women being killed is both offensive and unnecessarily inflamitory.

It's time for all of us to leave the matter up to the mods for them to deal with. I would suggest you contact them if you want to stick up for WCW

Back to Clayton Oliver...

I think I know what I meant by my post and it certainly wasn't directed at the poster, more in general people who make disagreements personal. I said people can disagree without being [censored]. I didn't mean him personally. I also didn't confuse you with the initial poster who said "morality police". I was just highlighting that he was name calling and that that term is highly offensive. 

Happy to leave the matter there too and leave it to the moderators to deal with.

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Clarry was at The Golf Course today, fairly chilled out. Didn’t seem to anxious. 
i think the journos are the anxious ones…

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