One Dee to another .....

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If we can believe TM, several clubs will be coming for Clayton because we are prepared to pay a large portion of his wage for the next x years. At least a few may have something juicy to offer in return

6 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

Not your best few weeks Danny

Unfortunately, no.

What I was told about Clayton in the last weeks shifted with King coming in.

And regarding McVee, I think everything I reported was correct. He met with King, was happy and said he would recommit, before yet another backflip.

Apologies for getting these two wrong.

The Clayton one has devastated me but I’m trying to side with the need to refresh the club. Clearly Trac, may and Clayton aren’t culture guys required in the fresh start.

3 hours ago, Demonland said:

Maybe gone up to Goody's for a cuddle.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Rab D Nesbitt

5 hours ago, demoniac said:

Clarry's challenge is reach the brutal running levels required of an AFL mid. Possible Dees don't think he can check that box at the level required.

Not sure inside mids really need to "check that box", more so now with 5 on the interchange. What's to say 2 crash and bash rotating mids isn't the fashion in 2026?

3 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

We must have some good mids on the hook in the trade period to be pushing Clarry out and seeing Trac off.

Not necessarily. Maybe we're trying to create opportunity for players like Rivers, Langford, even Windsor and Linsday, backing them in to get the job done.

Sure, baptism of fire and all that, but if they're our future midfield they need to start getting serious midfield minutes.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by bing181

One could argue Merret and Curnow are bigger names than Trac and Clarry but get nowhere near the same amount of attention as these two. Is it me that looks at this way or is MFc glasses on?

Also re Oliver, I think there is no way he stays . No way. Fool me once , shame on you, twice and thrice shame on me. I’d walk as well no matter how blown up it is. If there was even the slightest BS to the media coverage he is the type of bloke that would come out and say it.

One theory I have is maybe Flanders camp wanted a sign or commitment of his midfield time at the Dees and the promises we were making about him being in the a-team. Perhaps this is it. Not necessarily asking Oliver to leave but saying his inside role is done and if he’s not happy about it, he can explore elsewhere.

So good to know what Josh Jenkins thinks of our decisions and what Oliver might be thinking.

Oh right, I forgot, who TF cares?!

6 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

Pretty obvious that the vision King sold the club on did not include Oliver.

It did 3 weeks ago in the interview

The assignation of our club by the media is an absolute disgrace & can’t be tolerated anymore

I’m right behind King & co it’s time to put the big boys pants on

3 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Not necessarily. Maybe we're trying to create opportunity for players like Rivers, Langford, even Windsor and Linsday, backing them in to get the job done.

Sure, baptism of fire and all that, but if they're our future midfield they need to start having serious midfield minutes.

All great in theory, until we lose another 10,000 members who were told by the club for 3 years running that we should be playing finals.

The vision and the execution are diametrically opposed.

If the club wants to rebuild I’m all in, but don’t p!$$ on my back and tell me it’s raining when you lose 2 of your prime mids, a premiership defender and a promising small defender and bring in Max Heath and 6 picks in a poor draft.

Look King might have aces up his sleeve. This could be his McRae moment. But unless he’s bringing in Naicos 2.0, I can’t see how we go forward without going backwards. Which again I’m fine with, but that’s not what we are being sold.

Melbourne's pre 2026

1 hour ago, Ted Lasso said:

could push for Max Gruzewski given he's very much on the fringe there.

I reckon we should get him just for his name. Imagine next year at the ground . . . Come on Max . . . and then realise you have to make a distinction . . . Greeziewestkylie.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Queanbeyan Demon

Just now, Queanbeyan Demon said:

I reckon we should get him just for his name. Imagine next year at the ground . . . Come on Max . . . and then realise you have to make a distinction . . . Gruzewestkylie.

Max G 1 ... or Max G 2 🤔

38 minutes ago, DeeMee said:

Bit sad today. So our generational talent are no more.

I've been sad for 2 years.

2 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

Fancy Sam Mac-No-Clue lecturing about hair styles.

I'll have the bert and ernie cut thanks

Just watched the 7News segment

My take on this after watching this all unfold today (Probably should have been doing uni work haha), is that King told Clarry that he needs to adapt to his game style, and if he doesn't, then he's not guaranteed a spot in the team. Clarry has clearly not taken this well, and it's been reported that he stormed out of the meeting.

I believe the club probably has a similar stance to Trac; they're happy for him to go if they get something back, which is why it's been reported that they are happy to pay some of his salary. The club probably knows there isn't a market if he stays on his current contract.

11 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Not necessarily. Maybe we're trying to create opportunity for players like Rivers, Langford, even Windsor and Linsday, backing them in to get the job done.

Sure, baptism of fire and all that, but if they're our future midfield they need to start having serious midfield minutes.

Yes, this is all about building our next premiership midfield

6 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

If we could somehow turn Trac and Clarry into Humphrey and Flanders this will all be worth it.

Pipe dream I’m sure, sadly.

1 minute ago, beelzebub said:

Max G 1 ... or Max G 2 🤔

I guess there's some symmetry given today's events.

9 minutes ago, dice said:

Not sure inside mids really need to "check that box", more so now with 5 on the interchange. What's to say 2 crash and bash rotating mids isn't the fashion in 2026?

Repeat fitness might diminish if they reduce total game time but there’s the speed and skill requirements where Clarry and Tracc are lacking too.

The only way to get the ball out the fatside and in to an open 50 is to have mids that outrun their opponents

4 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

Will always be a champion of this club. Publicly humiliating him reflects poorly on the club. It feels like we've sunk back to the days when we turfed Junior McDonald and other loyal senior players and destroyed the culture of the club for a a decade.

I couldn't be more disappointed with our club today. I'm excited that we'll have a completely new look on field next year, but really poor how the clubs been managed the last few years. Completely burnt our only successful period in decades. I'm expecting a bottom four finish next year and years of pain ahead when Tassie enter the league.

He was a champion, signed a huge contract and not worth the dollars we're paying him. He's been taking the [censored] for 3 years and doesn't like being called out on it. Immature and unprofessional.

Despite all that, how has the club publicly humiliated him?

5 minutes ago, DubDee said:

I'll have the bert and ernie newton cut thanks