Season 2024 Over for Clayton Oliver

[Deemania since 56 6,547]

On 14/08/2024 at 10:28, layzie said:

Excellent. Time to put him on ice.

Have a breather Clarry and then get stuck into a ripping pre season. 

With surgery and a complete off-season training regime, I would expect Clarrie to resume the mantel of being the Dees' best player in season '25; however, some kicking discipline (long bombs) still needs to be re-visited for the team to benefit from this recuperation.

[FreedFromDesire 553]

Just now, Deemania since 56 said:

With surgery and a complete off-season training regime, I would expect Clarrie to resume the mantel of being the Dees' best player in season '25; however, some kicking discipline (long bombs) still needs to be re-visited for the team to benefit from this recuperation.

Agree with this very much. His kicking habits seemed to regress this year, however I wonder if that was due to his lack of underlying fitness, which meant he couldn't accelerate out of the contest as he could previously? The long bomb habit was there early in his career, but the eye test tells me he improved on that as he started to run and make space from the contest before using the ball. This year, for obvious reasons, that was much harder for him to do so possibly he was rushing to get rid of it.

Kicking is a big area for us to improve on this offseason, both with recruiting and with skills. I very much agree with you that with a proper season Clarry can get back to being able to burst from stoppage and regain his incredibly high standard.

[binman 41,894]

23 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

You have to remember Binman that Dangerfield said it was an error of judgement ( don’t be mean to our player).!!

I wonder what his error of judgment specifically was? 

[DeeZone 8,904]

Just now, binman said:

I wonder what his error of judgment specifically was? 

Ha ha we may never find out but the AFL pack have not attempted to sniff it out.!!

[Kiwi Dee 88]

Hopefully Clarry can put the season from hell behind him. Get his mind and body fit and healthy and get back to playing his best footy which is the best footy I've seen from almost any of his contemporaries.

[chook fowler 19,243]

1 hour ago, Lexinator said:

What operation are you having, Mr Fowler? 

Lobotomy 

[dazzledavey36 52,603]

 

Likewise, Geelong have kept an eye on Oliver all season.

Privately, the Cats think they could accommodate Oliver and Western Bulldogs’ Bailey Smith in its salary cap for next season, but a deal for both would be enormously difficult.

[dees189227 12,016]

Good, get him fixed up.

Is anyone else nervous with Oliver & the upcoming off season?

Just hope the only headlines we read about him are positive ones

[Ollie fan 2,956]

2 hours ago, dees189227 said:

Good, get him fixed up.

Is anyone else nervous with Oliver & the upcoming off season?

Just hope the only headlines we read about him are positive ones

I'm not nervous. I think he will be head down, bum up, and will come back in ripping form.

[Superunknown 4,034]

4 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

I'm not nervous. I think he will be head down, bum up, and will come back in ripping form.

Stick a pineapple on an Oliver brownlow, what, old boy!

[dimmy 1,278]

On 14/08/2024 at 10:16, Bates Mate said:

Good, will be a net positive for the final 2 rounds. He's been between serviceable and liability for much of the season and his last 3 weeks diabolical.

Amw back in ,Judd more midfield please. 

We need to make clarry earn his spot through performance next year

Get real !! The bloke has been playing injured and you cannot resist a crack at him !!

[dice 667]

On 14/08/2024 at 10:52, binman said:

And unquestionably still be our best midfielder this year. 

Unquestionably? Why then are there 6 midfielders listed above him in the Dland "player of the year"?

[Demonland 70,152]

 

[biggestred 4,762]

Righto geelong, what are you stumping up for him then?

[John Demonic 5,480]

Not that its happening, but Max Holmes and your two first rounders at a minimum

[Clintosaurus 7,536]

Vic media only want the good players at the clubs they support. Cats, Pies, Blues, Bombers, Dogs. Complete bunch of wankers.

[dice 667]

27 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Biggest media pile on a club since the Essendon peptides saga. When will it stop?

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,723]

Bring

On

The

Girls.

🙏

[Demonstone 21,629]

13 minutes ago, dice said:

Biggest media pile on a club since the Essendon peptides saga. When will it stop?

Who's copping more grief right now?  MFC or Raygun?  The pile on is over the top in both cases.

[titan_uranus 24,522]

https://www.3aw.com.au/sam-mcclure-gives-the-latest-on-the-unfolding-situation-at-melbourne/

Sam McClure in this grab said that he knows "for a fact" that other players at the club didn't like how Clarry was treated, i.e. saying they'd have been dropped for a month when he didn't cop anything.

If true (and yes, it's McClure), that tells me one of two things has gone wrong:

1. The club's response to Clarry's situation was not the right approach having regard to the rest of the team's dynamic and views
2. The club's response to Clarry's situation was correct, but we don't have a stable playing group who can appreciate this, and/or we weren't able to explain our approach to those other players in a way which they'd accept and understand.

Maybe the report's not true. He told everyone West Coast wasn't picking Reid because he wasn't going to go there last year. So yeah. But if it's true, it's not good for us.

[picket fence 16,614]

Clarry Choo Choo is odds on to be at [censored] land next year,! Thats my mail! 

And if he is...... 

[Redleg 39,917]

1 minute ago, picket fence said:

Clarry Choo Choo is odds on to be at [censored] land next year,! Thats my mail! 

And if he is...... 

Where?

[Jaded No More 67,469]

2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Clarry Choo Choo is odds on to be at [censored] land next year,! Thats my mail! 

And if he is...... 

And what are we getting in return? Since you appear to have mail

[ANG13 1,968]

4 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Clarry Choo Choo is odds on to be at [censored] land next year,! Thats my mail! 

And if he is...... 

Is he going to be on Demonland?

[adonski 10,760]

8 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Clarry Choo Choo is odds on to be at [censored] land next year,! Thats my mail! 

And if he is...... 

PF's mail: