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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
I’m talking solely midfield ranking, are you referring to overall league position?Puts us in the top 3 imo.
This years league position was not a true representation of where we were at imo.
Yep, would be awesome to seeNot sure where others would sit on this..
But I’d give Oliver number 23.
Be good to see a great player running around in that one again.
2020. Hately.
2021. Dawson.
2022. Rankine.
2023. Oliver.
Who the hell are we getting in 2024 with targets getting better year on year?
Jesus?
One of these things is not like the others2020. Hately.
2021. Dawson.
2022. Rankine.
2023. Oliver.
Who the hell are we getting in 2024 with targets getting better year on year?
Jesus?
One of these things is not like the others
Yes it does.Holy crap! Hell of a day at work - no chance of catching any news. Winding down and just a moment ago see a snippet that Oliver may want to come to Crows - now need to catch up on 80 pages of Bigfooty to find out what it all means, will the Crows really get him, what do we have to give up to get him and does this mean that we will really win the premiership finally after all of these years!?!
I think most of us are in the same boat... no way this happens imho... but no harm in dreamingI think a few getting ahead of themselves here, I predict egg on faces tomorrow, I just can’t believe that he would want to come here.
I think a few getting ahead of themselves here, I predict egg on faces tomorrow, I just can’t believe that he would want to come here.
Hard disagree, am currently getting my crows premiers 2024 back to back 2025 tattoo on hindley as we speak. On my foot, as homage to Oliver (aka normsmith Brownlow winner 2024)I think a few getting ahead of themselves here, I predict egg on faces tomorrow, I just can’t believe that he would want to come here.
I think a few getting ahead of themselves here, I predict egg on faces tomorrow, I just can’t believe that he would want to come here.
Surely Melbourne have to come out and quash the media storm.
think about the human impact happening here. Can Oliver really return to Melbourne if they don’t come out within the next 24 hours in the media and back him in as a required player?
and even then, perhaps it’s already too late and the damage is done.
How about Cooney out for anyone with half a brain.Why did I switch on SEN?
Cooney reckons Oliver for pick 9 + Fogerty + Thilthorpe. And maybe an extra pick too.
Spare me
Well at this stage... I think Oliver definitely won't be at MFC next year... that seems certain at this stage. The silence is kinda giving away the story. MFC aren't even bothering to give a half arsed fluff statement saying he's a contracted required player etc. It must be pretty broken if the can't even give a f***... The question remains whether or not we can land him.
Feels similar to that while stringer saga...
Jesus, I need to take a handful of anti-depressants after reading thisI feel like we are in a Vic AFL snare.
I understand that Oliver would be a great addition, amazing in fact, the solution we have all been looking but has alluded us. He is in that top 10 players in the AFL conversation.
Without Clayton, the Crows are building, and I believe we have entered into the premiership window for the next 3-5 years. The carrot on the stick is that Clayton offers a flag in 24’ and 25’. He is a big sugar hit. However I will remind Crows fans that the probability of winning the flag in any year is pretty slim, and in all likelihood we don’t win one in next two years.
What we will have done is to have traded everything including the kitchen sink to get Oliver, to the detriment of continuing our forward momentum of building depth and quality from drafting and trading in other players with the currency we would have used on Oliver.
My misgivings are: Does Oliver break down in two years? Does his body not hold up? Does he have a club culture fallout? Does he even like the Crows? Will he be a mole to leak the Crows plans prior to important games? Does the Vic AFL have its fingers in this? Is Clayton planning on life after footy? Does he want to go through 7 more preseasons?
What Melbourne will be achieving by trading Oliver is to shorten their premiership window, which has perhaps now slipped out a bit. They will offload a big contract at the same time.
What the Crows would achieve is a full gambit at a flag that comes with risks of failure and could result in us just being a mediocre team for ten years.
Imagine if the story broke that Dawson was going somewhere else even though he is contracted. Our management would be straight in front of the cameras saying that that will not be happening.
What we are getting from Melbourne is crickets!
I apologise for the doom and gloom conspiracies. By all means we should go to the negotiating table. However we are low balling our offer. Do not get sucked in to throw everything at this deal. If Melbourne don’t like it then we walk away.
I would sooo much prefer that we focus on Mabior Chol and the Gold Coast number 4 pick. After all that’s what Melbourne want and McKercher is probably the target.
If we accomplish that then that is blue ribbon stuff.
Come at me!
we aren't letting thilthorpe goWe gotta keep Pedlar and try and get Oliver. Dawson, Oliver, Pedlar is the most dynamic midfield in the league. Throw in Soligo who should be a gun and we are set for the next 7 years. I think we would be more likely to lose Thilthorpe than Pedlar.
Not even giving up ONE of Fog or TT.Not sure if this has been posted yet but LOL. I don't care how good Oliver is im not giving up Fog, Thilthorpe and our first for him. How does a deal get done? What Adelaide and Essendon could offer in Oliver trade
Not sure if this has been posted yet but LOL. I don't care how good Oliver is im not giving up Fog, Thilthorpe and our first for him. How does a deal get done? What Adelaide and Essendon could offer in Oliver trade
we aren't letting thilthorpe go
as someone else said we may have to give up gollant as well as mcadam plus the picks but we see
Not even giving up ONE of Fog or TT.
pick 9, 2024 1st, Mc Adam and a 2023 second rounder (or maximum 2) is about as much as anyone’s ever given up for a player.
oliver turns 26 next year. He has probably 4-5 elite years left and it’s mind blowing to think an acquiring club can’t mitigate risk by fully understanding and having transparency re any drug strikes.
we have the cash and picks to get this done, perfect fit, crows currently 9th fave for flag but this would bring us into top 4:considerations IMO. Best forward line, suddenly a top 4-6 midfield and exceptionally talented developing defence.
if Reid gets this done build the man a statue as not sure any club in history (or rarely if so) has brought in 3 A graders like Dawson, Rankine and Oliver in trades in 3 years
do you honestly think anyone puts their head in the hole like he does without taking drugs these days? we need to decide how bad we want a flag. drug use is rife in AFL and they dont take stopping it seriously. ffs he sounds like he's stoned whenever i've heard him talk.Not even giving up ONE of Fog or TT.
pick 9, 2024 1st, Mc Adam and a 2023 second rounder (or maximum 2) is about as much as anyone’s ever given up for a player.
oliver turns 26 next year. He has probably 4-5 elite years left and it’s mind blowing to think an acquiring club can’t mitigate risk by fully understanding and having transparency re any drug strikes.
we have the cash and picks to get this done, perfect fit, crows currently 9th fave for flag but this would bring us into top 4:considerations IMO. Best forward line, suddenly a top 4-6 midfield and exceptionally talented developing defence.
if Reid gets this done build the man a statue as not sure any club in history (or rarely if so) has brought in 3 A graders like Dawson, Rankine and Oliver in trades in 3 years