Norm Smith's Curse

Haha this rumour was from a random Twitter account so dont hold me to it.

Id be ultra surprised if those bloke every plays an AFL game for us. Sorry but this is not exciting.

I heard it from a source 100% more reliable than Sam McClure that he will seek a trade in the next 24 hours. We will see if that eventuates. Same source has got a few wrong but got the Kennedy / Howe trade and the Toumpas choice before anyone else.

No we will get to read all about it in ten years time in the two memoirs 'The Tender of the Vines' and 'Times Gawn By'

The club floated the trade. Not Clarry. Clarry is now convinced it's for the best. The telling part is what we get in return. Connors manage Clarry, Tracc and Houston and would have an intimate idea of what is going on. Let's leave it at that.

Rest assured folks. As long as Pert doesn't seek a trade we are in safe hands!

He is managed by the same company as Petracca and Houston.

Clarry is Gawn. It's done. Being the younger of the midfield dynamic duo we better walk out with a massive gain from somewhere else and Petracca had better not bail as well in 12 months. Otherwise pull the trigger now I say.

I never changed my moniker because I suspect the haze of COVID was the only thing that stopped it in 2021.

The hills have eyes out that way

Like a slightly more pleasant Cameron Ling.

Dude I know ran into Gawnie a while back and said what's going on and he rolled his eyes and basically gave the vibe of 'you don't know the half of it and none of it's good.'

I thought today was the date of the original meeting?

Well I can tell you with 100% certainty that Brad Green eats at China Bar. I've seen it with my own eyes.

Exactly my point earlier. It's like the club have done everything they can to actually lower their value as much as possible. This would literally be the worst time to trade Oliver unless things were really so bad that they had to try and make it look salvageble

Gees your trust in this club must have been struggling during the Neeld years, or the time an ex player was so disgruntled that he basically dobbed us in for tanking on TV. Lots of form here.

Can you imagine a night out with Clarry, Smith and Stengel?

I think I may be the only person who thinks his football insights are often very low cognition. Happy to be driven wrong but this is up there with Rory Sloane.

Geelong players can be carried out unconscious from night clubs at 3am and it barely gets 24 hours traction though.

Maybe Brand Tracc realises this will increase the likelihood of a Brownlow?

Honestly all this is reminding me of the time supporters begged Prendergast NOT to recruit a certain draftee that we picked and who never even played at VFL level.

A good club might look at Oliver's issues last year and see Tassie coming in and press the trigger and try and trade one or two high calibre players after maximising their value. A good club would have kept Clarry's issues as quiet as humanly possible and maximise that trade value then. A good club would have sensed Petracca's issues and got out in front of the story as soon as it was said he would 'leave tomorrow if he could'. Instead MFC leaked most of Clarry's issues themselves, did everything they could to reduce his trade value, and is now shopping him after he had his worst ever season due to lack of preseason. MFC admitted to making minimal effort to stay in touch with Petracca's family after his injury to actually support Petracca's position that the club was the problem rather than he. MFC potentially leaked stories about Petracca to make him sound like a primadonna and in doing so lowered his value also. I heard tonight Kozzie is also considering his options. Laughable.

Maybe it is rebuild time? Or maybe it is asking the question 'why do our best players continually shop themselves?'

Heard a funny one about Zak Butters today. Dare to dream I guess.

What do these all have in common: "I can tell you that Harley Reid will not be being drafted by the West Coast Eagles.' 'If you dont have Carlton as your premiership favourite in 2024 you dont know footy.' I would have a better strike rate with random spin-will trade stories.