3 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

I worry Melbourne are doing that thing where you advertise a garage sale on a Saturday morning and people start ringing on Thursday with sob stories about why they cant make Saturday, so you let them come early and they then low ball everything and you take it because you worry it wont sell, then on Saturday realise you could have got way more...

Whoa what’re you selling at your garage sales that people are so desperate that they’re calling you to come early???

I’n curious…I might need to swing by your next one, but I’m busy Saturday. Can I actually come by today and have a look?

9 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

WAS a champion player

And that makes the endless leaking and circus surrounding the club's position on him staying or going OK?

Putting aside whether you think Clarry should stay or go, the optics of how this has once again all come out are poor.

7 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

I worry Melbourne are doing that thing where you advertise a garage sale on a Saturday morning and people start ringing on Thursday with sob stories about why they cant make Saturday, so you let them come early and they then low ball everything and you take it because you worry it wont sell, then on Saturday realise you could have got way more...

I feel like you had a bad garage sale once, and it tainted your whole perception of the world.

1 hour ago, KozzyCan said:

Looks like King isn't playing around.

The next Mark Neeld you reckon?

The last time Demonland was all on the same pages was when we needed a strong man.

Let's hope not.

1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I like it.

Blow the place up Kingy and reset again.

We have no idea whether he can coach yet.

Short memories on here.

1 hour ago, demoncat said:

It does seem like that doesn’t it?

Reckon we’re paying the price for the club’s delusion that we’d be a contender in 2025

Still, I’d rather a club that’s willing to make the tough calls than not make any calls at all

If this is true and we're trading Trac, Clarry, May and McVee, it's completely at odds with the messaging from both Guerra and King about finals next year or the year after.

I'm giving the club the benefit of the doubt. Hierra and Lamb have both said don't pay any attention to the media, watch our socials. So like @Jaded No More , I'm expecting confirmation one way or other today regarding our true intentions with Clarry.

Another club will still have to pay around $800,000 for him and on current form it's still too much. A trade could be difficult.

If the club have decided that they need to move on without Oliver and Petracca, I don't like it but I accept it on the condition that we also punt those responsible for the absurd contracts which have left us with this mess. Number one in the gun is Tim Lamb - he is borderline incompetent in every aspect of his job.

So we’re all having an incredibly productive day at work today, huh?

1 minute ago, lorn said:

Another club will still have to pay around $800,000 for him and on current form it's still too much. A trade could be difficult.

$1.3m - $700k = $600k.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by KozzyCan

A few years from now we’ll be able to read about what went down at the club from ‘22-‘25, and I imagine it will be more than a little startling.

It’s kinda fascinating how - despite the countless leaks over the years - the real stories still manage to completely elude the supporters. I guess those hacks in the press still have the mental capacity to understand the difference between what’s libel and what they can get away with.

But man, what I’d give to have a sit down with one of the players over a counter meal and a couple of glasses of truth-potion.

Exactly - what if MFC is now just a reality television show measuring how many hours people take from their regular work, parenting and life obligations to continually press refresh on threads like this one?

58 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Gawn Viney Kozzi Langford is a good mix

+Rivers Windsor Lindsay

Not a bad set of mids

Apart from a few games Viney doesn't cut it in the middle any more.

46 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

We have offered to pay up to $700,000 of his salary for whoever takes him on if anyone.

1 minute ago, The Cult of Disco Turner said:

So we’re all having an incredibly productive day at work today, huh?

I have an entire packaging report to get done today.

MFC has got to arrange their timing with me when they are next planning to blow the joint up.

9 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

And do you work in the AFL industry? Because if not, how your industry is reported is completed irrelevant to how a tribal, emotional sport like AFL is reported on. They know what gets clicks.

The AFL media doesn’t operate in an isolated sphere, devoid of all media conventions, practices and methodologies. In fact, I wouldn’t even say it’s overly unique in terms of the media cycle.

My point still stands and I’ve said it numerous times. If people want to be fantasists and drive the notion that all reporting relating to the MFC is filled with falsehoods, mistruths and fictional narratives, that’s on them. It isn’t reality and the end of the day, the media do not just ‘make up stories’. That’s not to say that everything happens as expected via reports, but that is the end game when you’re dealing with real-time information.

I also think a massive issue is that a significant number of people who consume media in general, are not able to deduce the difference between an opinion and a fact. Media literacy in Australia is appalling, but you see it multiple times on here when a journalist/AFL media personality delivers an opinion and people treat this a statement of fact. They are not the same thing at all.

1 minute ago, Mel Bourne said:

A few years from now we’ll be able to read about what went down at the club from ‘22-‘25, and I imagine it will be more than a little startling.

It’s kinda fascinating how - despite the countless leaks over the years - the real stories still manage to completely elude the supporters. I guess those hacks in the press still have the mental capacity to understand the difference between what’s libel and what they can get away with.

But man, what I’d give to have a sit down with one of the players over a counter meal and a couple of glasses of truth-potion.

I did hear that the happenings of that period were being toyed with as the script of the next Underbelly serious but cannot confirm...

If King said to Clarry he is not in our midfield plans who is going to want a bloke who can’t get a game in a bottom 6 team

How about we pump him up a bit to get some trade value!

1 minute ago, Cranky Franky said:

Apart from a few games Viney doesn't cut it in the middle any more.

we need at least one senior hard head to extract the ball.

BnF winner last year too

If anyone in the club agrees to pay 700k of Olivers wage without a truly great player in return then they should be sacked. this is just [censored] idiocy at its best.

Fine, move him on if you think thats best (I don't) but don't pay his wage, that lunacy.

I'm really starting to hate this [censored] club and how they just [censored] everything up they ever [censored] touch.

3 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I have an entire packaging report to get done today.

MFC has got to arrange their timing with me when they are next planning to blow the joint up.

was just talking to the boss, he said tomorrow is fine for that report

So Out : Petracca , Oliver , May , Mcvee

In : Miochek ? Heath ?

Looks like a rebuild to me at this stage !

What day is Morris or Cleary sending out the “Bayley Fritsch told to explore his options” tweet?

5 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

Apart from a few games Viney doesn't cut it in the middle any more.

He doesn’t cut it anywhere else and we’ve got 3 more years to pay him!

There’s a limit on how much we can pay guys not to play for us!

Just now, DubDee said:

was just talking to the boss, he said tomorrow is fine for that report

I have a special catagory of leave called 'MFC Syndrome Internet Meltdown Leave'

This situation definitely has some similarities to both the Mitchel Hawthorn takeover and the McRae Collingwood takeover.

Both clubs had:

• long-running coaches who moved/were moved along, with a new first-time coach coming in.

• had old, outdated game plans that frustrated their fans

• Recent success with their current list

Then, when the new coach comes in:

• High-paid players were moved out (Collingwood: Grundy and Trelor, Hawthorn: Omera and Mitchell)

  • Although saying this, I believe Trac and Clarry are a different level of player, even if their past two years have been down

• A promise of a fast, modern game plan was made

Obviously, there are many differences in our situation, but I'm personally quite bullish on what this could bring about

Clarry has been my favourite player since that GWS Debut. So seeing him in another team's colours won't feel right

But I very much could see us playing some high-end footy in the back end of next year, with the first half being an adjustment period for the new game plan