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I’m honestly over everything.

Trade season used to be a highlight at Demonland - the last few years it’s just an opportunity for the entire football world to knife our supporters repeatedly in the chest, and stain the future season so much that there’s no enjoyment.

I haven’t even bothered to visit Demonland very much since we became ineligible for finals. 

Can’t even go to footy news sites or forums or socials without feeling like being kicked in the chest. 

Such a change from the euphoria of 2020-2023

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It is possible that Pert believes his time is up. And so to help Goodie who may be playing the good cop, if nothing comes of it, he has opened up offers and facilitated Clarrys interview with Geelong. Just a possibility.

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4 minutes ago, Damo said:

It is possible that Pert believes his time is up. And so to help Goodie who may be playing the good cop, if nothing comes of it, he has opened up offers and facilitated Clarrys interview with Geelong. Just a possibility.

I have a feeling you don't know Pert very well.

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3 minutes ago, Damo said:

It is possible that Pert believes his time is up. And so to help Goodie who may be playing the good cop, if nothing comes of it, he has opened up offers and facilitated Clarrys interview with Geelong. Just a possibility.

I think it's far more likely our club is simply poorly run than we're running some bizzaro scheme like this that yields no tangible benefit for anyone and only serves to make the club look shambolic.

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1 minute ago, wonnabeeri said:

I have a feeling you don't know Pert very well.

Sorry, you obviously do. I should have run it by you.

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1 hour ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Didn’t Pert call around GF week though? Does that mean Clarry met Geelong earlier than that?

Journos were talking about Geelong’s belief that 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.

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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….

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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? 

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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.

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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

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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

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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. 

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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…

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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.

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