2 minutes ago, DeeMee said:

We have said no trade unless we get wowed by an offer. Morris says pick 6.

Tim Lamb, the master negotiator, will probably settle for pick 13 or whatever GC's actual first round pick is.

The club has said from the get go... no deal unless a player involved.

Remember that....

Y'all fussin' bout nuttin atm

10 hours ago, Demons1858 said:

But they weren't premiership players if l recall ...

I don't see how that matters. While our premiership players are legends the club had been clear about needing a new voice and King with starting with a clean slate. King had also been clear about Trac and Oliver being in his best 23 and the need for Oliver to develop his outside game which should be now suprise to us.

In previous years we lost JJ and Bedford due to inflexibility re Trac, Oliver and Viney, Brayshaw had to learn a different role after finishing 3rd in the Brownlow, and we risk losing Riv as well as limiting the development of Windsor, Langford, X, and Kolt if we keep doing the same thing.

Everyone sees it differently @picket fence - I feel like I've defended Clarry for years and he will always be a favourite. But he is on massive coin and is not playing like it anymore + seems to be a distraction to the rest of the playing group (though he's not alone there). The club has done the right thing by him in refusing to trade him two years ago when it he was not in a stable place off the field (would have got a lot more than we will this year if he goes) and supporting him since.

I've hoped we would seee him get back to his best the last few years - while there are signs, he's still a long way from it. He (along with Trac and Viney) continue to bang it on the boot which doesn't work in the modern game. They couldn't possibly be coached to do that - but clearly it's not an easy thing to coach out of a player. Trac has the marking / forward craft, Viney has the leadership.... Just not sure what Clarry offers that is ahead of the alternatives.

I'll get around him if he stays. But if he goes - it might be what he needs. He's treading water at Melbourne

Trac in front of 10,000 fans a week

The Club doesn’t want picks, GC need their picks for academy selections.

• In - Humphrey & Flanders

• Out- Trac & 23

10 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Clarry going is akin to Barrassi leaving Melbourne, ask anyone of that time how they felt! It was like a death in the family!

Too early for me but I do remember when Wells left…and I had hand sewn 11 ( badly) onto the back of my jumper as a 10 year old. He told me it was crooked at training one day and I almost threw it away afterwards . So fair to say I struggled for a couple of years when he left. It’s an emotional game and our connections with players are weirdly deep. Goody, Trac, Oliver and May is a decent sized divorce isn’t it. That being said, you survived Barassi you’ll survive this…cause you love the dees. I don’t always like your posts lol but you’re a big part of the site. Hang in… let’s see how it pans out.

15 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Clarry going is akin to Barrassi leaving Melbourne, ask anyone of that time how they felt! It was like a death in the family!

I hear you Picket. He is the best midfielder I've ever seen at MFC and I would have loved him to get to 300 with 3 flags. If he left after 2022 I would be inconsolable but he is nowhere near the player he was. From 31 brownlow in 2022 votes to 0 in 2025. Still love the bloke.

I would take

1. Bailey Humphrey

2. Pick 6 plus Flanders

Otherwise he stays

just nuts what has happened to this club since the 2021 premiership

it reminds me so much of the filth after 1990 - they took a decade to recover from it

hopefully we're not the same

1 minute ago, GCDee said:

The Club doesn’t want picks, GC need their picks for academy selections.

• In - Humphrey & Flanders

• Out- Trac & 23

Come on. Be realistic about this at least lol

49 minutes ago, adonski said:

Fantastic news

Yes, one Of our only two A graders is going. 'Fantastic' news. Insanity rules.

In the meantime, I found myself agreeing with Cornes for the first time this morning. Tim Lamb is hopeless. So is Green. Out of his depth. Sooner Smith comes in the better.

Let's see if the club is legit or all talk and no action.

Flanders and Humphrey are both still under contract. GC can stipulate that either player has to move to us as part of the Trac deal, and vice versa.

Getting pick 6 or 7 would be a massive fail for a club that is saying Trac only gets traded for a massive offer.

People wanting Bailey Humphrey AND Flanders for Trac have rocks in their head. Humphrey would be worth more on the open market than Trac by himself. He’s 8 years younger and ready to explode. Trac’s been a wonderful player but his best days are behind him.

Flanders is a nice player but Humphrey has top 5 player in the competition potential.

If we can somehow prise him out of Gold Coast this all becomes a lot more palatable.

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1 minute ago, Redlagged said:

Yes, one Of our only two A graders is going. 'Fantastic' news. Insanity rules.

In the meantime, I found myself agreeing with Cornes for the first time this morning. Tim Lamb is hopeless. So is Green. Out of his depth. Sooner Smith comes in the better.

Cornes just shifts the goalposts to wherever he needs them so that he can keep bagging people. All year he was saying we spend all our energy trying to placate guys like Oliver and Petracca. They get moved on and he's still having a crack.

Just now, mo64 said:

Let's see if the club is legit or all talk and no action.

Flanders and Humphrey are both still under contract. GC can stipulate that either player has to move to us as part of the Trac deal, and vice versa.

Getting pick 6 or 7 would be a massive fail for a club that is saying Trac only gets traded for a massive offer.

Do you believe any of the club's [censored]? Green, Lamb, Guerra and now King all talking over each other, and none of them make any sense. It's the biggest case of football maladministration in memory.

5 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

just nuts what has happened to this club since the 2021 premiership

it reminds me so much of the filth after 1990 - they took a decade to recover from it

hopefully we're not the same

Do you trust the young core we have?

Say ready to compete in 3-4 years, as long as we recruit intelligently (unlike during our premiership window 🫠)

Lamb said himself its a compromised draft so obviously we don't care about picks, unless they are used in other trades. We need players if we're losing players, ready to go players, surely the club and King won't mess this up we hold all the cards for goodness sake! Be strong and don't take anything less than we should!

Humphreys is more valuable than Trac

It'll be Trac plus a pick. Our F1 potentially (i'm not with pick trading so may be off the mark here but definitely won't be a straight swap for Trac)

Just out of interest, can anyone recall a player openly nominating a club and then not getting there?

3 minutes ago, Redlagged said:

It's the biggest case of football maladministration in memory.

hyperbole

/hʌɪˈpəːbəli/

noun

1. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

9 minutes ago, GCDee said:

The Club doesn’t want picks, GC need their picks for academy selections.

• In - Humphrey & Flanders

• Out- Trac & 23

Someone print this out for GC to sign !! 👍😆

6 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

Cornes just shifts the goalposts to wherever he needs them so that he can keep bagging people. All year he was saying we spend all our energy trying to placate guys like Oliver and Petracca. They get moved on and he's still having a crack.

Cornes isn’t wrong about Oliver’s Contract being the worst in AFL history, hasn’t fired a shot since he signed in, now we’re willing to pay $700k+ for him to play somewhere else, talk about mismanagement and a total [censored] show

Humphries is ready to play inside mid and has zero chance with Rowell, Anderson, Trac, Miller

He might want the chance to be guaranteed Midfield minutes with Langford, Kozzi and co.

Victorian boy, I'm sure he misses his mum

Okay, I'll take a straight swap. Done