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Unfortunately we had no idea how to handle success. When Alex Ferguson took over united they were a basket case. He cleaned house (took a few years) and turned them into a powerhouse. He used to say he always made sure no player thought they they were bigger than the club. As soon as they got ideas above their station they were out. He also made a point of adding new players every year. Kept everyone on their toes. They are a number of reasons why we have stagnated but a big factor is tolerating clarrys poor behaviour. Wouldn’t happen at a strong club. And players wouldn’t be allowed to run the joint. Recipe for disaster. Goody is a legend of the club but this took hold and was allowed to fester under his watch. Anyways, we’re back to where we’ve always been. Hopefully king knows what he is doing. On the bright side we have an excellent talent picker in JT. If he has some good picks he’ll turn them into quality prospects for us.

Because he’s a positive leadership influence around the club. We need that if we’re in a rebuild phase

the joke is not on clarry its on us because we are paying his fat salary

We’re a football club not a baby sitting service. Clarry is a grown man who has made some terrible decisions, mental health or not. I’ve little sympathy for him. That said he was showing some signs of improvement towards the end of the season so maybe he might turn it around. King has different ideas by the looks of it

Viney is a positive leader around the club. Trac and clarry are not.

I have no problem with the club looking to move clarry. His output v his salary are poles apart. But paying 700k is bonkers and makes no sense to me. And I reckon we should have let clarry know sooner than this week.

Youll renew. just like the rest of us will

Maybe tassy draft concessions are driving these decisions. Clear the decks, collect picks and rebuild now.

$700k is a huge chunk of cap to shallow. I reckon we’re better off keeping him if that’s the case. Of course it might not be true but a journo making a statement like that, which is so hard to believe, actually makes me think it might in fact be true.

And why wouldn’t king be meeting clarry anyways. Sounds like standard process to me.

Let’s wait and see how the meeting goes. Quite possibly journos getting ahead of themselves. They need grist for the trade radio mill so we need not jump at shadows re clarry

no corporate speak nonsense. we've had enough of that guff I know i'd love to have this guy coaching me. Speaks clearly. No one will be unsure of their role. I'm very much in favour of the shift in communication style from the clubs leadership And i'm delighted we have this bloke rather than FIGJAM coaching the team

Dusty was at the beginning of his career. Undoubted talent but very questionable application. No body wanted him so tiges had to honour the contract. Worked out very well for them though. Trac is at a completely different stage of his career and the factors around the trade totally different. If Trac was happy and contented with us no trade would happen.

I don’t think it’s possible to have a very public tour of the country checking out a number of clubs and then return to us because a deal can’t be done. We will all know he is back because he can’t find anything better. I don’t want someone at the club that views us as second choice. We have our pride if nothing else. I think we should be firm that we are dealing with GC. Hopefully we can persuade Trac that they are the best suitor for him and us because the crows don’t have the capital to satisfy us. Plus they are aholes anyways and wouldn’t be reasonable even if they they did have the capital.

I think Trac is the talent and his missus the brains of the operation. Hence why she's travelling with him.

my in laws are saints supporters they're different

they pay overs. money talks

Walking him to the PSD is a genuinely valid option Pony up Freo or else

Solid player

hayden young is more valuable than Trac. Unless he pushes for a move, and he has never given any indication he is unsettled, Freo will never trade him. There have been persistent rumours around jackson so he might be a possibility.

Dogga is coming home!

they are future first jj was suggesting

no nonsense update from Tim Lamb. I've been critical of him. Maybe was i too harsh and McVee can get in the bin

If its flags that trac is after I reckon the suns are closer than the Crows

i reckon gold coast has to be the go. Adelaide will just stuff us around