Norm Smith's Curse

This trade isnt really about measuring his worth, its apparently or supposed to be about GC making an offer that would make it worthwhile for us to break his contract. Picks with no Clarry and Tracc means bottoming out hard for mine.

Might work if we accept picks for Trac we are gonna need some bigger bodies to shield the kids

Plenty who want the club to hit rock bottom again id wager.

Yeah some of the stories never made it public somehow.

True but the Pies clearly wanted to move Grundy on, Tracc has pushed this trade.

The thing that will be done with that deal is our club and memberships in the next two years

If MFC are moving from the starting point of half the posters here of 'Tracc wont be at the Dees in 2026' then why would the Suns think they cant get away with any old deal? The threat of us comfortably holding Tracc to his contract is literally all we have in this negotiation.

I thought the same. You dont go into negotiations making it obvious you will back down to a lesser offer.

He was already down to visit family.

(source - secondary words from other industry people to Carlton Coterie)

Apparently the manager thought it hampered any efforts to get him to Victoria because GC were unaware of it which could have blown back. And thought it seemed like a stunt to appease restless supporters.

Everyone bagging Oliver's kicking yet 2024 Queens Birthday he was the mid that kicked to marks for our first three goals. Lol.

I meant more in a Jake Lever kind of way - awareness of continued interest.

No worries. I was told this from a Carlton person who knows some managers - the vibe being that any potential meeting would have to be much more cloke and dagger. Manager was annoyed they were so obvious.

Also heard that Humphrey and others were spoken to at length by us during 2022 draft so he knows a bit about us already.

Heard that any meeting being held today would be Skype/meetings online.

Ultimately we just don't even need to do those trade unless we win from it so if we bend over I'll spew

Is there a Revolver up there?

We need to get Roosey involved - he will whisper sweet nothings in his ear

Grand New Flag sent me this cryptic update - its pretty clear what is happening: When the wind blows with Buckley's chance A new dawn rises upon a frosty Caulfield glade Then the marchers on the tracc to Casey Fall off with Humphrey's King Crown.

There are multiple types of ADHD - some that head more in the impulsivity, hyperactivity, restless direction and some that lean more into the executive function defects, distractibility and inattentiveness.

We had a real dawn under Jackson and Roosey. Fell apart in typical Melb style after 2021 and now back to the usual

Watch us pluck out the next Toumpas and Lucas Cook with those!

Best way to view Clarry is like a 14 year old impulsive kid. That is who he is. He could save the digs for when we accept picks for him and Tracc and bottom our for two years. He has issues and I wonder how much more will be made public once he leaves.

Nope Tracc's issues go beyond Oliver.