Ouch!

May I suggest Backtraccing ;) I suspect it will work.

yeah.... I saw what you did there ;) how long have you been hanging on waiting to use clarrification huh? 🤔

I think that is potentially a figurative statement of him being in Shepparton.

Respectfully disagree. From what I gather, we are talking about 3AW and Matthew Lloyd potentially referring to a comment made by Sam McClure. There is nothing nuanced, figurative or creative at play here is there?

Maybe he got Matty Lloyd on Airtasker to do it for him 😁

Hit me up if you want me to spread a rumour that Clarry also has OCD, I'll add it to the one about Lloydy coaching us next year 👍

... wasn't he in Shepparton?

Breaking news! Matthew Lloyd has been seen in the changerooms of the MFC, soon to be announced as MFC new assistant coach.

hey... don't go to the US. They have aliens that eat cats, dogs and ducks. Oh, and their politicians control the weather FACT DUDE!

Something like "If the Dees tried to shut down the Clarry talk THEN "Me and Sam Mac ain't gonna let them!" Lets face it, thats more valuable than the rest of his bit. I have no idea if they have inside information or not. But that is EXACTLY what they are banking on. We don't know that they don't know either. Clarry might want to leave, he might not, who bloody knows on this forum. Only thing I *believe* we can be sure of is that Clarry's mum is mad that people think that his home town is Shepparton, and that he is currently there!

oh, sorry he's had media attention! 😲 damn, how could I have missed that part. Thanks, phew my life now will so much easier, I can just let the media tell me what is true! The rumour is floating around because people are bored, and the MFC is an easy target at the moment with the mess they are in. Petracca was 100% gone, before he wasn't, and my statement where I changed a couple of words is absolutely as accurate as your words were, it is not nonsense. It's just opinions!

sorry, back for another crack at this post. Can I just flip some of your words.... and in doing so they are still 100% as accurate as yours. Humour me. "At no point in time has Oliver actually come out and said that he is leaving. As it stands today, Oliver is a Dees player." Oliver does not have to say anything, and nor should he. Tim Lamb and Brad Green publicly have said he isn't going anywhere. Technically as it stands today, that is the ONLY definitive statement about Oliver that has been made. Should I believe them? not definitively, but I trust them more than Barrett, McClure and the others that are bored because nothing is happening.

.......OR!. No trades since day one and they have nothing else to talk about. Graeme Wright as CEO was the most exciting thing that happened on trade radio,.... not sure if Collingwood gets a future president in return.

Had to turn off a trade radio podcast about the Dees today, listening to Barrett talking about Melbourne.... it's almost like he's too slow and old to be a gutter journalist like McClure or Morris, but he's still just absolutely trashing everything about Melbourne. The only good part about the segment was that Bickley was actually a lot more measured, but I think I heard 2-3 minutes and realised the best piece of journalism outta Damo's mouth in the last year has probably been one of his 'recipes' that he talks about on the Sounding Board podcast. It's like everyone else including some of the [censored] have moved on, and his brain has only discovered it was newsworthy two weeks ago!

Rarely are donations provided with absolutely pure philanthropic intent behind them. It often has intent or purpose for how or what the money is used for. Perhaps even as innocent as having the ear of someone in influence. I don't know this person at all, however I've received e-mails and it probably is a smart thing to not have any strings attached whilst things play out.

could be worse, he could have bought Rhys Stanley or Tom Stewart!

and by manage do you mean cover things up and pretend that they aren't happening?

.... so Clarry had no part to play in all of this? No one likes this situation, but it aint all on the club here.

Can I ask people an honest question? there are a lot of rumours about Clarry. If only a few of them are true, and the decision has been to part ways as the best option for all parties. Is it not incumbent on the MFC to look at the best option for itself, whilst also attempting to facilitate something that is in Clarry's interests too? I have no inside info, I have no clue as to whether there is any language of "him or me" with Petracca, and I hate that we seem to be firmly in the spotlight yet again.... but 6 years left at a mil a season, which apparently is 7-8% of our cap. If we can facilitate an outcome of a 1st round pick and a good player that meets our needs, we may need to act for the best interests of the club. The MFC played the tough love card at the start of the season with Clarry, and I don't think they can play it again with him. I understand also that this is one of those decisions that can break a club, but it can also help galvanise (especially as it would appear that this is just one of those things that will not go away) I don't judge anyone for hating the club if a call is made here. TBH I'm still struggling with what happened to Gus, and seeing him make that speech and still looking like he is struggling with what has been put upon him.... so yeah I get the emotions.

It's the logical one given the connection to the club, and that he's just coached the premiership midfield, however I think I heard Greg Swan on the radio over the weekend saying that most of their football dept have been signed up for next year and beyond, so probably unlikely. Seem to also recall that unless it's being put up as a 'Senior assistant role' most clubs are reluctant to let assistants move clubs across in essentially the same role if under contract.

I'm all for bashing the journalists, but he isn't taking a pot shot at us, With McQualter moving to West Coast, and it's got nothing to do with our club, it's about opportunity.. It will be a fascinating to see where we go to recruit for both vacant positions.

Yup, I've heard whispers that Wright is coming in to head up the football dept down here in Tas. Likely to be one of Brendan Gale's first appointments when he comes on board in the next few months.

Hmmm, yeah I thought Melksham is possibly in his last season too. Believe me I am not saying he wouldn't be bad as depth, more that why would he move clubs to play reserves with us as depth, he could do that playing for St Kilda with the 1yr or whatever is on the table? Basically go to Richmond or Nth if you want an almost guaranteed game in the AFL, and I know MFC forward line has flaws, I just don't think a medium forward is our issue.

nah, triggers too much when you get to Cale-M ....orton.

Who is he the upgrade on in our forward line. I'm not saying he is a bad player, I like him and he is in accurate enough kick for goal. But where does he fit, as he wouldn't be swapping to another team just to play in the VFL. If we are interested in Membrey, it suggests we lack confidence in Jefferson, McAdam, or the others to take that next step next year. Whilst our forward line was not great, and not pretending it is, however when Melk came back later in the year I thought, Turner, JVR, Fritter, and Petty started to work things out between them. We lack a crumbing small option when Kozzy isn't up there. I don't know if we lack for medium forwards.