Game Day 2024 Draft/Trade/FA Thread – Draft Day Discussion (and final poll)

[Scythe94]

Confirmed outs:

• Alex Neal-Bullen (Traded to Adelaide)
• Angus Brayshaw (Retired)
• Ben Brown (Retired)
• Lachie Hunter (Retired)
• Adam Tomlinson (Delisted)
• Josh Schache (Delisted)
• Kyah Farris-White (Delisted)
• Future First (Traded to Essendon)
• Future Third (Traded to Adelaide)
• Picks 40, 54, 65 (Traded to Essendon)
• Pick 49 (Traded to Brisbane)
• Joel Smith (Delisted)

Confirmed ins:

• Tom Campbell (Free Agent from St Kilda)
• Pick 9 (Traded from Essendon)
• Harry Sharp (Traded from Brisbane)
• Future Third (Traded from Brisbane)

On-traded:

• Pick 28 (from Adelaide, to Essendon)
• Pick 46 (from Adelaide, to Essendon)
• Future Third (from Essendon, to Brisbane)

 

[Crusty Demon]

Off the top of my head. Strangle has worked. Albeit he was found unresponsive in a nightclub this season. Baker didn’t work. Not sure Oliver will get close supervision like he has recently.

I'd back there system in over ours every single time.

 

[Jessie G]

All the talk means nothing until we see the post ‘Oliver requests trade’. This is just playing out like Trac’s did.

 

[Daemon]

Why does it have to be bloody Geelong.

 

[Bluelegs]

Big if true.

 

[mrmonkey]

Why does it have to be bloody Geelong.

Yeah they're getting smith Oliver and Martin. How do they keep managing to do this? Probably smart list management without long multi million dollar contracts.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Yeah they're getting smith Oliver and Martin. How do they keep managing to do this? Probably smart list management without long multi million dollar contracts.

Or backroom/under the table deals.

 

[Bluelegs]

Yeah they're getting smith Oliver and Martin. How do they keep managing to do this? Probably smart list management without long multi million dollar contracts.

Martin wouldn't cost much

 

[markm106]

I'd back there system in over ours every single time.

Sure. But I just think he’ll be given a bit more freedom. I’m sure they’ll have rules in place. But he doesn’t seem to follow them

 

[Dory_77]

Big if true.

Been asked to pick up some milk and eggs on his way home from work #ITK

 

[Bluelegs]

Been asked to pick up some milk and eggs on his way home from work #ITK

Have the eggs officially requested to be traded to Morris?

 

[jhong]

Yeah they're getting smith Oliver and Martin. How do they keep managing to do this? Probably smart list management without long multi million dollar contracts.

“So is that 1 Bull and a dozen cows to go with that hobby farm just waiting for you to finish your career?”

 

[SackLunch]

The real question isn't who are Melbourne looking at but who from Melbourne is looking at them and furthermore who is influencing the main list decisions.

Unfortunately Clayton has to go this is a rinse and repeat situation.
Hopefully he can be packaged up with Lamb and Pert also.

I’m surprised a bit more hasn’t been made of these posts by our one proven ITK. Along with the very odd mention of a ‘list management committee’ (which I think Bluelegs) also picked up on, I reckon we can be fairly certain that Pert has somehow made himself the de facto head of list management.

 

[melbun]

What are chances of us finding 3 or 4 midfielders that know how to pass the ball by hand and foot?

I would settle for 1. You have to start somewhere.

 

[SackLunch]

In regards to the Oliver situation, I lay the vast majority of blame on the club and particularly Simon ****in Goodwin.

Oliver clearly has his issues and is ultimately responsible for them but I’m reminded of the Chris Rock joke about the tiger attacking Sigfreid:

“That tiger didn’t go crazy, that tiger went tiger”

That’s why Dumb **** Simon you don’t have beers and a few punts and more than likely a few lines with your players. You’ve condoned it, shared in it, you ****ing celebrated it. Let the tiger out of the cage, he ain’t going ****ing back in.

 

[MarcMaverick]

My concern with Clarry is that he'll be in his thirties and that he becomes unresponsive. A talented footy player that I wished got it together off field.

 

[mrmonkey]

Martin wouldn't cost much

Martin no, knowing Geelong they'll get the best out of him like they have with stengle. That's the thing with Geelong they either bring in players on the cheap and turn them good or they manage to continuously land good players. I guess their own success keeps them a destination club. I know times have changed but even in their heyday 07-11 they still managed to keep their list together with the exception of ablett who was offered a shit load to move. I don't recall many long term deals at the cats, they seem to be a well run club.

 

[Scythe94]

The big news here is yet another spelling of his name:

 

[Crusty Demon]

Martin no, knowing Geelong they'll get the best out of him like they have with stengle. That's the thing with Geelong they either bring in players on the cheap and turn them good or they manage to continuously land good players. I guess their own success keeps them a destination club. I know times have changed but even in their heyday 07-11 they still managed to keep their list together with the exception of ablett who was offered a shit load to move. I don't recall many long term deals at the cats, they seem to be a well run club.

They always have great people at the club. And the area is a huge selling point. Away from the spotlight in Melbourne yet only an hour away. They have a whole massive community right behind them as well which is a distinct advantage over most of the comp now who've lost that tribal element linked with the area.

 

[schmuttt]

The big news here is yet another spelling of his name:

Tom Morris suddenly is DLs new favourite journos with this news.

 

[Bluelegs]

The big news here is yet another spelling of his name:

No Kochie Pickett for Port.

 

[dazzledavey36]

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Cant believe the club is doing this to him after they specifically asked him to get hammered at the Brownlow and miss his Dr's appointments. Poor Claz doing all the things we asked and its still not good enough!

 

[Mich0]

Inviting him down for multiple meetings is hardly sitting with the feet up. Talk about posturing through the media.

 

[Praetorian]

Yeah they're getting smith Oliver and Martin. How do they keep managing to do this? Probably smart list management without long multi million dollar contracts.

Geelong has the freedom to take on difficult players and turn them around because their club is well run, and every part of the club from the top down pushes in the same direction.

It doesn't always work, Jack Steven was one that didn't really work out, Mitch Clark another, but they never seem to lose much when it doesn't work, they just keep ploughing on.

Imagine playing for a club with established facilities, training on your own homeground, whole community behind you and a board and football department that work together, plus an amazing development program and talent pipeline from the vfl team.

Compared to a club that spends half its time in Casey, has a premiership list torn apart in record time, a stubborn dickhead coach who plays favourites, a board and CEO seemingly serving only out of self interest, and apparently no communication or collaboration between the administration and the football department.



Clayton will probably do well in Geelong, but I think the prime of his career has probably been and gone regardless of where he ends up. Some blokes run into the ground earlier than others and he really hasn't taken great care of himself in the past 2 years.

I'm happy that we got to see the best of him while he was at Melbourne. Despite some of the shit i write about him I don't think I'll be happy or overly sad to see him go, probably just relieved that it's over. The whole situation is very tiresome.

 

[dazzledavey36]

Can someone post full article?