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To be fair, I don’t think the side as it stands is winning another flag. Trading Clarry is a bold call, but I think the club recognises a level of reinvigoration is needed and weighed that against the impeding arrival of the compromised Tasmanian drafts; if the trade eventuates that is.

A trade may not eventuate, but personally I don't see how this is so out of the question and beyond belief as what some people on here are making it out to be. Club(s) are asking a question of a contracted player; at best the club shuts it down and the fact he is a required player is reaffirmed.

When journos report on players who will leave the Dees, they're making it up; when it relates to incoming players, it's gospel.

Disappointing if true but absolutely understandable. I can emphatically see why he'd want to move. In saying that though, what are the chances of the club recanting on their 'required player' position? I imagine it would have to be a somewhat favourable trade, or a trade that could help facilitate other movements the club may wish to be involved in.

Yes, I’m trolling because I said this a premature call.

Insanely premature to make this call off the back of one game, particularly given he’s struggled (IMO) previously.

Yeah, but he runs really, really fast

Overrated.

MFC - Mediocre Football Club

Petracca - Melbourne’s best butcher

He's close to one of the most overrated players in the league. He does the impossible once every 10 games and somehow this results in this totally mythical perception of him. He's done nothing to suggest he was worthy of being a first round draft pick. You can pick up a player that has his output with shrewd drafting in the rookie draft.

Melbourne - No Premiership Threat

Very generous towards May.

He’s the equal biggest sook in the AFL, along with Beverigde. Can’t stand either of them. It’s honestly embarrassing how Hardwick et al. carry on and the disdain they treat reporters with (although they’re not exactly alone in that respect).

Largely agree with this. I’m a Melbournian living in Canberra and have been for the past few years. I see a lot of anecdotal comments from people on Facebook etc. suggesting that Canberra is the ideal location. Personally, I’m not sure where this sentiment comes from. I’ve worked across three departments and I can genuinely count the number of AFL supporters on one hand. Either people have no interest in AFL (NRL easily seems to outweigh AFL support/interest), or those that do follow AFL largely come to Canberra from the Eastern/Western states and support a team already. Those few AFL supporters that are born and bred Canberrans support the Giants. There’s no room for a ‘second’ team in Canberra (even if GWS are only ‘adoptive’). Many people who haven’t worked or lived in Canberra also don’t necessarily appreciate how transient the population of Canberra can be too, with many people only being in the territory for a defined period.

Meh, I’m not fazed at all if he leaves. I would’ve welcomed a trade with open arms this year if it could’ve been facilitated. If anything, that’s optimism. I think he’s one of the most inconsistent and overrated players we’ve had in years.

I mean, unrestricted service exists in the whole of the ADF, most APS positions in terms of CGA’s require the person to relocate to Canberra, Ambulance Victoria will often require new employees to nominate stations as a preference - but the reality is that they can be posted anywhere regardless of distance. I just don’t buy into this whole, ‘I want to be drafted but on my conditions’. I accept it’s a unique circumstance, but that also exists in far more positions than what people think (albeit with varying degrees of control and autonomy). If you don’t like the notion of being drafted to an interstate club and are unwilling to accept those chances, then perhaps the AFL isn’t the system for you. There’s no shame in that. Like many things in life, some individuals are far more in love with the ‘idea’ and ‘notion’ of doing something, than the actual real deal. Of course, not everything is black and white and I accept there are mitigating, contributing and extenuating circumstances that can contribute to these scenarios; rarely, if ever is something black and white. However, as I said, I wouldn’t necessarily agree that AFL footballers exist in a totally unique sphere regarding the notion of control and autonomy over their location of employment.

Wouldn’t worry too much about that, matey. Pickett will only be on our list for one more season anyway :p

He’s a contemporary KB. I think he’s hilarious. The amount of people he is able to bait weekly astounds me. Like you said mate, it’s what he wants and it works a treat.

Agree with both points. Also, I think it’s fair to suggest that the improvement of the sides around us seems to be quickly surpassing the plateaued side we presented week-in-week-out (before I get shouted down by other posters, I do acknowledge the injuries we also carried).

Dees will miss the top 8.

Gross hyperbole. Pickett is worth nowhere near $1m per year. That’s insane. If he can get that, he should take it and run. $500k is worth close to what he’d get on an open market.

Read. Then contextualise.