Oliver Trade Rumours

[Adam The God 29,635]

If we trade Clarry to Geelong for a future 1st and we end up paying anything of his contract, it shows how much we want him gone. 

Would be disastrous, but telling...

Edited Wednesday at 10:42 by Adam The God

[RyanD 272]

6 minutes ago, Wrecker46 said:

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

You are correct, he was something we may never see again, particularly the consistency. He was the symbol for our club finally turning around.

But, never forget, the club is always bigger. Sometimes you need to move on. 

 

[John Demonic 5,596]

17 minutes ago, picket fence said:

AND END OF MY SUPPORT FOR MFC

I own a costume party store and I'd be willing to do you a good discount on a catman outfit

 

[beelzebub 23,240]

Bye Clarry... bye Pert... bye Trac ( end of 25 ) ... bye..bye bye birds...

If only bye Goody , Richo and all the other usual suspects..

The basket weavers have returned..

[censored]

[Flowergirl 456]

14 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

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. 

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. 

[Axis of Bob 11,285]

24 minutes ago, picket fence said:

AND END OF MY SUPPORT FOR MFC

Can you demonstrate this by deleting your Demonland account?

[Ethan Tremblay 30,391]

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. 

Edited Wednesday at 10:52 by Ethan Tremblay
Edit: Tom Morris and McClure are gross.

[Ethan Tremblay 30,391]

7 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

I own a costume party store and I'd be willing to do you a good discount on a catman outfit

 

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

[Heart Beats True 1,120]

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.

[beelzebub 23,240]

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??

[The Jackson FIX 2,828]

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?”

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,547]

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'

[The Jackson FIX 2,828]

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 

[Bombay Airconditioning 6,220]

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.

[Ethan Tremblay 30,391]

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. 

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,547]

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. 

[Bitter but optimistic 22,120]

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" .

[daisycutter 29,429]

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

[Dr. Gonzo 23,880]

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

[The Jackson FIX 2,828]

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

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,547]

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...

[The heart beats true 17,904]

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. 

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,547]

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

[Young Blood 2,341]

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.

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,547]

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