reynolds46

A source believed to be one of Clayton's parents who wishes to remain anonymous due to her personal involvement with her son has called out McClure for being full of 💩

must be true because he has a source who wasn’t willing to speak publicly. He really is the lowest quality journalist and makes Damian Barrett and Tom Morris look like Pulitzer Prize winners

FWIW - the following is a response from the club to an email i sent last week to Brad Green. Thank you for your email. We recognise that this has been a challenging time, and we truly appreciate the support of all our members. As a club, we are continually seeking ways to improve, and your feedback plays a vital role in that process. External experts have been engaged as part of both the Board and Football Department reviews. As previously communicated, the ambition of both review processes is to strive for excellence and to ensure, that as our game demands, we evolve to achieve sustained success. The reviews of both the AFL program and the Board will be completed in October and the priorities identified will be communicated to members. In relation to the AFL Trade Period, we encourage you to only listen to direct club sources for your information. AFL List Manager Tim Lamb addressed media on Monday and made it abundantly clear that Clayton won't be going anywhere. You can have a watch of his interview here. In addition, during his address at Friday night's AFL Best and Fairest, President Brad Green reinforced his excitement of seeing Clayton as part of our midfield in 2025. This speech can be viewed here. With an increase in speculation and rumour, we know this time of year can be unsettling for our members and supporters. We encourage you to keep an eye on our club website for official updates. We thank you again for reaching out to share your feedback. We truly value your thoughts and will be sure to relay them to the appropriate team.

I would actually be interested to know whether anyone who follows footy respect or have any positive thoughts about these football media reprobates such as Barrett, McClure et al. Their opinions are worth no more than the average punter but they get these media gigs and seem to lack any charisma or personality that I would have thought would be required for such a role. Surely there must be better options out there?

Goodwin is OK

Surely it's the MFC who want him gone and Oliver is now saying he wants out

Can the club just withdraw from the AFL and enter a team in the amateurs?

The BnF sounds like it will be a joyous occasion

in theory that has some merit but it seems likely we wouldnt be getting anywhere near the compensation necessary for him and may still be forking out part of his contract for years to come, which would be extremely unpalatable

they maybe waiting for the right timing to announce this, which may not be for some time

would have to convince De Koning to come which may be difficult right now

Tom Campbell reportedly prefers to stay delisted than join Demons on the back of this

normally the club shouldn't react to this type of gossip/speculation but considering the train wreck 2024 has been to date they should either get on the front foot and shut this down or perhaps they are genuinely looking to offload him for reasons alluded to over the last 12 months etc.

"who wanted to remain anonymous to speak freely" this is a McLure standard line that quality journalists would never have used in the past because it basically allows you to say anything without being ever called out. It's weak and lazy journalism

There appears no good reason why he remains in the media yet he seems to float up to the surface of the septic tank every year

Red Bull have delisted Daniel Ricciardo possibly to clear cap space for Petracca?

and on club website https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1664960/hunter-calls-time

unfortunately this circus doesn't ever leave town

surprised the media didn't run with "Petracca and Oliver noticeably didn't join Jack Viney out on Gosch's"

He is already busy with his crayons and his Chief Football Writer gig

strange comment to say disillusioned with football when he hasn't been involved with football for 12 months

I think using the word journalist to describe most of these attention seeking, self serving, rumour mongering and opinionated media clowns is wrong

More of a lingers linguine man myself