Adam The God

Question is, is Clarry being shopped around because we can't get the best out of him or is it more of a cultural decision? I think we probably are gambling on him never returning to AA form, but it feels more like a clearing of the deck.

As I imply above, I think it's linked to our Trac trade and our (long) desire to land Humphrey.

You can't just view the Clarry trade is isolation, you have to view the whole picture, which could be that we're able to offer someone like Humphrey a huge contravt by freeing up 700k+ from Clarry's pa wage.

But by signalling we'll pay 700k pa, we are saying we want him out the door, but we'll pay this if we get something back. We're not getting a first rounder, but a player might be handy. GWS have a lot of handy smalls. We need small forwards. I'd start there.

And yet you've had him in 43,567 best 22s you've churned out this year...

Suns won't trade us picks 6 and 7. They need one of them for academy kids. So as has been said, it's Humphrey and 6 or 7, or Trac stays.

Looks like a superb kick, but can he win his own ball? Maybe, I've no idea, but certainly a beautiful kick. Looks like a more penetrating Salem ajd definitely has some Josh Kelly about him.

Destination club. 😉

Good get mate.

Was Chaplin in the meeting where Goody was sacked that was then leaked to the media almost immediately? Pretty sure he wasn't...

I'm pretty sure he did, hence the MFC shorts. I tried to find this online somewhere but all I could find was "I think that I will be doing a little bit of extra midfield stuff at the end of training because I think the midfield coach (Steven King) likes me in the midfield as well." https://archive.sen.com.au/news/2023/02/04/top-draftee-reveals-rival-clubs-late-poaching-effort-on-draft-night/index.html

Didn't he train with us?

Andrew Downer over here... We won't get him with that attitude!

First domino falls. 👏

I wish!

Rachele from Adelaide and Humphrey and Flanders from Suns and bang, we're transformed. If there is enough interest in Clarry because we agree to pay $700k pa of his wage, then we can leverage the competition of interest to a deal that benefits us.

Where's that Peter Bell pic with the feather in his cap? And we'll come back for Ben King next year, thank you very much.

Yeah, it's possible we reset like Collingwood did, but McRae had the best player in the competition land in his lap for free. King won't have that.

He was softer than me on the footy field too.

Wasn't this the reason we sacked Goody? This is my biggest concern around game style and the sort of player we want and need. Contest will never die. It worries me if we're shipping off all/most of our contested ball winners. Agreed.

Yeah, but the problem is Green and Clarry can only play on ball and both play a similar game. He'd be a better fit at Sydney IMO.

So if Clarry has flown to Sydney, I assume it's to meet with Sydney Football Club, although I guess it could be GWS too. I'd say his link with Goody will see him in red and white then.

I agree. Completely. But Collingwood didn't cover themselves in glory when they did similar to Grundy and Treloar. That is the most striking similarity. Let's hope King can coach as well as McRae. And if he can, we'll be able to attract players.

The statement is rational and fair. The only problem is the media beat us two it by 2 or so hours... If that'd been published immediately, I'd be going, well done, Melbourne. But alas...

No, I'm not. I'm assuming that the club isn't capable of pressing a button on the computer to publish a story on the website as soon as Clarry leaves the room with King and list management. Going by our club's history of social media wizardry, they've got NFI.