Ollie fan

You know, it beggars belief as you say. I'll tell you what: don't believe one tenth of what you read in the media including on here, starting with the whole premise of this thread.

Collingwood can have him. I never wanted another HBF - that is one position we have covered. As for Trac: he may have had issues with the club. So? They may be justified, they may not. He might be a top bloke, he might not. I will never see him in the same light again: he apparently was prepared to go to Collingwood - to stand in the circle and sing their song with his arms over the shoulders of Brayden Maynard. I am NOT impressed with that. Any team mate of Gus's who would contemplate that loses me. And as for culture: it is noticeable that BBB stayed at Melbourne and still does. He has the score on the board as a person who speaks up when things are wrong.

Sorry, I thought it was true, but if you say it is rubbish I will accept your reasoned and evidence-supported response.

It's the"fans" bit that bothers me. There are a number of posters who do nothing but criticise. That's hardly being a fan. BTW, a poster on this site recently revealed that during the period where Petracca was in the news and Kate Roffey was silent, she was actually in hospital with COVID. So perhaps we can all back off that particular bit of criticism.

Yes, and particularly you, so you can't use the slightest bit of criticism in the findings as a platform for your ceaseless Lawrence campaign.

Let's just suppose that is correct. Then why are you dragging up an incident from mid-2022, purely between two players, one of whom doesn't go very well with alcohol. What has that got to do with the culture of the club? Why are you repeating rumours about Goody which are totally unsupported, which he flatly denies, and which are highly defamatory? Why are you saying that Clarry wanted to leave when he has made it completely clear that the only thing that got him even thinking of leaving were the (unsubstantiated) reports that the club was open to trading him? No, you've lost me.

Yep, sure, and the club LOOOVES "supporters" like you who slag off at everything and, as I said before, rely on rumours, defamatory statements without support... Why do I bother going on? I'm getting really sick of this site and its unbelievably unsupportive "supporters".

He didn't. He managed to include that, even though it is more than two years old ( in which time we had two top four finishes).

No you didn't. You managed to compile each and every scurrilous rumour, whether supported by evidence or not, many of them promulgated by disaffected people with an axe to grind, whether or not they are potentially defamatory, whether or not they are over two years old - no, Dr G, you didn't miss anything. Congratulations. With supporters like you, who needs opponents.

You won't

Barrett getting ready to sink the boots into Melbourne, as usual. As previously discussed, I hope the review outcomes are not publicly released, as Malcolm Speed discussed. Imagine what that horror DB would have to say about even the slightest negative finding!

To me, the men's coach in waiting is Mick Stinear....

The only confirmation bias on this topic is this: all the senior club officials have said, he will not go. He is a much loved player, has been an absolute champion, and there is a good chance that he will be again. If he were to be traded to another club, with us paying one cent of his salary while he dominated against us, all supporters would be absolutely up in arms. The club officials would have to admit they were liars. This is not going to happen.

Is this something you KNOW or is it just your opinion? I know which one I think it is. But perhaps it is from a source inside the club, such as a paid up member, or a cleaner at the G, or perhaps the bootstudder's assistant? (Thinking of which, I have thought for a long time that we need a new bootstudder. I am sick of watching our players slip over in the wet)

Dr Gonzo always says it. I think he is in the same group as Hawk the Demon and Dr Don Duffy - the Lawrence group.

Sounds like an excellent replacement for ANB to me.

That is always fun!

113 pages of mindless rubbish

Exactly. All this criticism, doomsaying, character-assassinating as result of what? The club has said multiple times: he won't be traded. Some media snipers dispute this but offer no actual evidence. People need to get a grip!!

I thought he had said pretty much that numerous times. That he loves the club and will only go elsewhere if forced to do so

Interesting that he doesn't refer to Petracca. FWIW, if Trac was really interested in going to Collingwood, he has lost me. How any Melbourne player could contemplate standing in a circle singing their song with that POS Maynard is beyond my comprehension. If he was really contemplating it, I would let him go to Carlton for de Koning and McKay.

That would amaze me but if you know that, then you know it. But I stand by what I said. He is forever kissing Geelong's you know what, and on the rare occasions that he isn't, he is bagging Melbourne.

Damian Barrett is so pro-Geelong it is embarrassing. That he should be in the AFL website - which should be objective- is a joke. He is all about how great "Jezza", "Danger" or Scott is, and also, if he can get half a chance to slag off Melbourne he jumps at it. He clearly has an agenda: to destabilise Melbourne and Oliver and thus get Oliver to Geelong. And BTW, if Clarry is past it and out of date in his style, why is everyone so interested in pursuing him? I hope and believe he will be at Melbourne next year, hopefully on his way to his THIRD AFLCA medal.

I think it was probably a joke. You don't get to change your mind after you have done it, and I suspect it was like the occasion where he clutched at his hamstring at training as a joke.

Yes, until PROVEN otherwise. We should disbelieve it.