7 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Can someone remind me what the Stringer trade price was?

I'd be interested to know where our Clarrie sits on that D(*)H scale...

(*Let's be kind, please: 'Disturbed')

Ess got pick 53

1 minute ago, beelzebub said:

Ess got pick 53

Ouch.

Same ballpark, pick value; different street, record.

So, D? 🥺

Just now, Demonland said:

1 minute ago, Demonland said:

Lazy statement of the obvious, Tom. Stick your neck out; 2025 30s pick = X dollars, future 3rd = Y* dollars.

*Hopefully 0

I'd rather pay no dollars and get zero back in worthless picks

I don't know all the reasons why we are so desperate to rid ourselves of this clown but a future third round pick is simply tokenistic

What a dumpster this fool has created for himself and the club that gave him the world on a silver platter

On 11/10/2025 at 12:40, DeeSpencer said:

Mould exposure!!!

Yeah wtf was that about 😆

Whilst I'm more confident in the upcoming new era (Coach, CEO, President) I still can't wrap my head around paying close to 10% of our cap in 5 years time for players that won't be on our list (Oliver, Brayshaw). Let alone $3.5 million over the next 5 years for Oliver to play at another club.

Surely we've seen enough cautionary tales at other clubs recently to start attaching behavioural clauses to these large contracts.

I can't shake the idea that the previous administration was drinking their own bathwater.

Have these incidents and behaviours only reared their ugly head since signing the contract? No warning signs?

2 minutes ago, Gibberish said:

Whilst I'm more confident in the upcoming new era (Coach, CEO, President) I still can't wrap my head around paying close to 10% of our cap in 5 years time for players that won't be on our list (Oliver, Brayshaw). Let alone $3.5 million over the next 5 years for Oliver to play at another club.

Surely we've seen enough cautionary tales at other clubs recently to start attaching behavioural clauses to these large contracts.

I can't shake the idea that the previous administration was drinking their own bathwater.

Have these incidents and behaviours only reared their ugly head since signing the contract? No warning signs?

The person handing out the contracts is still there.

Giants have just grabbed pick 12- are we about to see the Clarry trade drop?

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

Pay as little salary as we can, don't care if we get pick 800. A crappy 2nd rounder aint worth it.

18 minutes ago, SPC said:

Giants have just grabbed pick 12- are we about to see the Clarry trade drop?

You would like to think our brains trust have asked BWS for a 1st rounder if we are paying over $500k a year.

I'm not holding my breath though.

22 minutes ago, SPC said:

Giants have just grabbed pick 12- are we about to see the Clarry trade drop?

No, they just traded away one of the picks they could’ve used to get Oliver to get pick 12.

Unless we can convince them with more salary they’ll hold out for a future 3rd

3 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

You would like to think our brains trust have asked BWS for a 1st rounder if we are paying over $500k a year.

I'm not holding my breath though.

We could pay over a million a year and there’s still no way a club gives up a first for Oliver. The on field product just ain’t worth it even if it was paid peanuts.

6 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

We could pay over a million a year and there’s still no way a club gives up a first for Oliver. The on field product just ain’t worth it even if it was paid peanuts.

Where is the KY at? This is going to hurt.

Stringer value dropped because he is injury prone and the fact is that he was shunted by the Dogs and Bombers. Back to Clarry, if he really wants out he take a much lower pay packet then we can accept pick 35. Otherwise we pay part of his wage for pick 12 they can have our pick 24 plus we can have a choice of player outside their top 30 players. Or we pay part of his wage ,take their pick 35 in exchange for any of their players outside or their top 30 plus they pay all of the players wage. Having said all that we probably made a dumb deal. Whist on Stringer the Dons are not paying a cent towards his wage.

5 hours ago, GS_1905 said:

You are right, i think he absolutely tries, but his body is broke and i think no matter what he does, he will struggle to get back to the absolute ripping form he was in 2-3 years ago. I hope he can prove us wrong (sort of), but im pretty sure with Oliver, what you see on the field is what GWS can expect to get for the remainder of his contract.

But I cannot see why a player can sign a contract and then " in a huff" walk out on it AND the Club has to pay !!!

This applies to both Oliver & Petracca

On 10/10/2025 at 23:12, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

You would have to take it that deal.

Whaaaaat ! On one hand we are lauding Oliver as if he is the second coming then ........the above.

Does it get him off our books $$$$ wise.

Look at what Pendlebury , Sidebottom & Howe have provided to C'wood. Oliver & Petracca could contribute in the same manner if they could thonk of anyone but their own egos

Not seeing the logic of both paying a significant chunk of his salary and taking a worthless draft pick.

Suppose it comes down to dollars but what a haircut

10 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Not seeing the logic of both paying a significant chunk of his salary and taking a worthless draft pick.

Suppose it comes down to dollars but what a haircut

paying half his salary hurts.

1 hour ago, KozzyCan said:

Pay as little salary as we can, don't care if we get pick 800. A crappy 2nd rounder aint worth it.

Sadly agree. No sense paying half his wage for 5 years for a pick we'll probably not use or just throw to Gold Coast anyway.

Future 3rd and approx 300kpa is far more palatable.

16 minutes ago, Random Task said:

Future 3rd and approx 300kpa is far more palatable.

I don't think we're being offered that good a deal. I'm sensing $500k or thereabouts

Just now, Diamond_Jim said:

I don't think we're being offered that good a deal. I'm sensing $500k or thereabouts

I think you're probably right

A third-round pick for Clayton Oliver AND a huge ongoing financial commitment for Melbourne?

That is sheer madness and if the club is willing to get shafted to that extent it would deserve to become a laughing-stock.

If Oliver goes, Melbourne should pay zero towards his salary. Whether he chooses to take a pay cut is up to him.

I would rather just tell Oliver that he's going nowhere unless another club is prepared to meet his salary demands in full.

If we are going to pay most of his salary anyway, he might as well play for Casey.

2 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

You would like to think our brains trust have asked BWS for a 1st rounder if we are paying over $500k a year.

And at least throw in a bottle of Veuve, and a 6 pack (but none of that non alcoholic stuff. We are going to need to drown our sorrows).