22 minutes ago, Deez21 said:

Addiction is a disease.

Clarry isn't a bad guy - he's lost his way.

It's a sad reality

Pity he didn't lose his way, before signing The Big One

45 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Um couldn't care less about me?? Seriously it aint about me, I met him once, treated me with respect! Didn't attend Max's 250th for whatever reason, would Max give a sheeeit? Doubt it!! As for Moron!!? Well ok there are plenty around but please! With two Masters Degree's and an ongoing PhD, ( which I will never probably complete) moron might be a bit heavy handed! Passionate yep but moron?? In retrospect probably u are half right! And defend him I will!! um not a son, but a bloody legend of this club

Nuf said

Hey PF, I dunno who you are, but you don't have to defend your opinion about anything or anybody to Any MF.

The Forum here is built on different opinions. Not definitive rules or petty differences. Oliver is gone but never forgotten, and in my ladder of MFC player ability near top. We move on.

4 hours ago, picket fence said:

Steadily going downhill?? Check his stats and where he sits on the coaches table so far after round 3 take ur hate glasses of lightweight!

4 hours ago, picket fence said:

Steadily going downhill?? Check his stats and where he sits on the coaches table so far after round 3 take ur hate glasses of lightweight!

4 hours ago, picket fence said:

Steadily going downhill?? Check his stats and where he sits on the coaches table so far after round 3 take ur hate glasses of lightweight!

I don't hate Oliver or anyone else.

I'm just sad that for the past few seasons he clearly failed to fulfill the immense potential he had to become an all-time great.

For a few seasons he was an outstanding player. Now he's just one of many good ones.

3 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

If the story is true, and I suspect it probably is, that tells you everything you need to know about why we punted him.

Couldn't get his [censored] together to show up for Gawn's 250th, after everything Gawn did for him over the last 3 years.

Yeah I kind of felt sorry for him, but something tells me he is just a [censored] bloke.

I think I’m finally done with this thread

Nothing would be lost by locking this thread IMO.

It's a shame he couldn't show up for Max after everything max did for him & the help he gave him.

Even howe showed up which was nice.

I mean he showed up earlier in the season for another milestone game.

Anyway hope he enjoyed his night out

Ease up on Pickett Fence guys.

He is a passionate man who loves Clarry and the Dees and talks some BS on here like we all do.

He is part of the rich tapestry of characters on here.

If the latest rumours are true it’s such a shame. I had hoped that the changes of city would help him turn things around.

I was much happier reading the other thread that said he had attended.

I wonder how GWS will deal with him. Not sure they will be an easy on him as we clearly were in the past.

Also agree with @DubDee people need to calm down. No need to be calling Picket names because he defends as ex player.

Strange that the headlines aren’t -

GWS Star out partying till 6am.

we await to see if GWS will punish him

11 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Strange that the headlines aren’t -

GWS Star out partying till 6am.

we await to see if GWS will punish him

I would imagine he wouldn’t have broken any team rules because the Giants have the bye this week, and from my limited knowledge the players are pretty free when it’s more than 7 days between games.

On 24/03/2026 at 14:19, kallangurdemon said:

Occams Razor .The club got caught up in all cultural and peripheral issues and missed the obvious that he was too good to let go.

This isn’t an example of ‘Occam’s Razor’; amongst other reasons, there are no competing hypotheses being compared here for the same set of facts. It’s merely opinion.

Edited Monday at 21:001 day by Ethan Tremblay

Gee. Times have changed. When I was young, you went to the circus to see jugglers, clowns, lion tamers, monkeys and trapeze artists. There were afternoon matinees and evening sessions but I never heard of a circus being open at 6.00am.

No doubt Adam Kingsley organized the trip to the circus for the boys as a bonding session after losing three in a row.

8 hours ago, 3KZ is Football said:

Pity he didn't lose his way, before signing The Big One

Well if things didn’t happen the way they did, we probably wouldn’t have Jack Steele. Silver linings…..

55 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Strange that the headlines aren’t -

GWS Star out partying till 6am.

no, it would read “ex-Dee exorcising his Demons”

15 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Gee. Times have changed. When I was young, you went to the circus to see jugglers, clowns, lion tamers, monkeys and trapeze artists. There were afternoon matinees and evening sessions but I never heard of a circus being open at 6.00am.

No doubt Adam Kingsley organized the trip to the circus for the boys as a bonding session after losing three in a row.

There would have been plenty of clowns there, that’s the only similarity

I loved Clarrie in his time at the Dees, but this latest "non-incident" is the perfect example of why I'm glad he's no longer at the club.

His team is 1-3, and he is out with his new teammates on a tour of Melbourne nightclubs til 6 in the morning, then finding himself with another little short news segment about his behavior.

9 hours ago, picket fence said:

I'll send a private message HBT

I am interested too Pickett.

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

Ease up on Pickett Fence guys.

He is a passionate man who loves Clarry and the Dees and talks some BS on here like we all do.

He is part of the rich tapestry of characters on here.

If they could convert our BS into oil the world would be saved.

7 minutes ago, Redleg said:

I am interested too Pickett.

I think that Splinters is by nature a very humble person ,and did not want to blow his trumpet the reason he was not in the rooms was that he was off to Aldi and Woolies to get all the red jelly snakes ,the boys apparently love them at half time .In the past he was the bloke in white with a Craven A filter cigarette cutting up the oranges .Passionate Dees supporters like Splinters is what we want .GO DEES .

2 hours ago, Colm said:

If the latest rumours are true it’s such a shame. I had hoped that the changes of city would help him turn things around.

I was much happier reading the other thread that said he had attended.

I wonder how GWS will deal with him. Not sure they will be an easy on him as we clearly were in the past.

Also agree with @DubDee people need to calm down. No need to be calling Picket names because he defends as ex player.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…

Picket Fence is HARMLESS.

I don’t know why anyone would bother to take him to task about anything he says. He’s not hurting anyone.

5 hours ago, DutchDemons said:

Nothing would be lost by locking this thread IMO.

second this

he's been farewelled

move on

1 minute ago, Ghostwriter said:

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…

Picket Fence is HARMLESS.

I don’t know why anyone would bother to take him to task about anything he says. He’s not hurting anyone.

Death, taxes and Pickett Fences defending Clarry. You know what your going to get when you come to this thread.

11 hours ago, rpfc said:

Made the right decision.

Happy to re-engage when he is a calmer 40 year old at reunions.

Let’s leave it there.

Now I’m off to wake up my 5 year old so he doesn’t pizz himself in his bed again

Well you didn’t get there in time did you

Bloody past-rpfc… got no idea

11 minutes ago, rpfc said:

Well you didn’t get there in time did you

Bloody past-rpfc… got no idea

Those overnight nappy pants for toddlers are the way to go, even for a 5yo. Get the Aldi home brand type, cheaper but just as good. If the nappy pants are dry in the morning they can be reused that night.

5 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Those overnight nappy pants for toddlers are the way to go, even for a 5yo. Get the Aldi home brand type, cheaper but just as good. If the nappy pants are dry in the morning they can be reused that night.

He’s in those. Mrs rpfc wants him out of them but little rpfc can’t wake up

Literally changed the bed with him on the bed and slapped a nappy on him and went back to bed

But this thread isn’t about my parenting - it’s about a flawed yet mercurial character that frustrates so many…

Or maybe we’ve said enough about picket??