Recommitted Clayton Oliver [UFA 2030] - clubs are interested, Melbourne willing for the right price

[BaliDemon]

Thilthorpe played 21 of a possible 23 games this season. He played every game from round 11 through to the end of the season.

The time for you to stop talking s**t in this thread is now. No more warnings.

Thilthorpe has kicked 44 goals in 46 games as a young key forward. I’m not allowed to criticise that? It’s terrible for a highly touted ND pick 2.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Never recover? Let's calm down a little, they'll survive.

Ok maybe in 23 years, like when Barassi left

 

[Soggy2112]

What’s Thilthorpe done aside from kick 5 on debut? Numbers over first three seasons are very average for a key tall let alone a former pick 2.

Not when you compare them with those of similar age/experience.

Numbers don’t reflect his performance fairly either. He’s currently playing very low TOG and has limited opportunities behind Walker and Fogarty.

He’s athleticism, agility, cleanness at ground level, contested marking and ball use around the ground have all been consistently on show this last year.

As is always the case with young talls developing consistency is key, but he’s well on track.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Thilthorpe has kicked 44 goals in 46 games as a young key forward. I’m not allowed to criticise that? It’s terrible for a highly touted ND pick 2.

21yrs old mate.

Plenty of potential especially for a top 4 side.

 

[BaliDemon]

Not when you compare them with those of similar age/experience.

Numbers don’t reflect his performance fairly either. He’s currently playing very low TOG and has limited opportunities behind Walker and Fogarty.

He’s athleticism, agility, cleanness at ground level, contested marking and ball use around the ground have all been consistently on show this last year.

As is always the case with young talls developing consistency is key, but he’s well on track.

Sounds like you’ve got Wayne Carey Mk2 on your hands. Better hold on to him

 

[rye]

thilthorpe will be a gun forward / ruck and probably the best player in the comp who can genuinely play both roles at a high level when he enters his prime. his contested marking is super impressive for a young key position player. adelaide would be nuts to trade him

 

[BaliDemon]

21yrs old mate.

Plenty of potential especially for a top 4 side.

Heard that about Sam Weideman for 8 years. Tracked at exactly the same numbers.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Sounds like you’ve got Wayne Carey Mk2 on your hands. Better hold on to him

Don't underestimate Thilthorpe! He'll be hard to stop in a few years

If you have to do a deal with Adelaide, he'd be my first pick

 

[ABAB]

Thilthorpe has kicked 44 goals in 46 games as a young key forward. I’m not allowed to criticise that? It’s terrible for a highly touted ND pick 2.

Kicked a few bags in his first 3 years is pretty good for a young tall. He is still suited as the 5th midfielder with elite clearance by hand, strong contested mark around the ground and good kick on both feet.

 

[gawndog37]

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Pretty amazing he wasn't dropped with 1 goal in his last 6 games

 

[Gavin Excell]

Any strong statement tonight from the Dees board?

 

[Milanista28]

Ok maybe in 23 years, like when Barassi left

Any chance they made other bad choices?

If they trade Oliver but draft 3 blokes as good or better will they still be cursed?

The clubs attitude going forward will dictate where they head, with Oliver or not.

I'm not saying this is good but it's not club destroying and if it does destroy them they we're in trouble already.

 

[ABAB]

Pretty amazing he wasn't dropped with 1 goal in his last 6 games

He doesn't play as a key forward with Walker and Fogarty as the main targets. He did against Port Power when Fogarty was injured.

 

[BaliDemon]

Kicked a few bags in his first 3 years is pretty good for a young tall. He is still suited as the 5th midfielder with elite clearance by hand, strong contested mark around the ground and good kick on both feet.

Mate, we don’t need a “fifth midfielder”. We need a key forward. Sorry but 44 goals in 46 games don’t cut the mustard.

 

[danster168]

Of course i expect you to ask for anything.

Thilthorpe is hugely promising key forward just turned 21 taken at pick 2.

why is it relevant what pick he was taken at. yes, time is on his side but he looks slow and cumbersome and his year was damn average

 

[Runnin Blue]

Any strong statement tonight from the Dees board?

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Thilthorpe has kicked 44 goals in 46 games as a young key forward. I’m not allowed to criticise that? It’s terrible for a highly touted ND pick 2.

Do you yell at kids if they can't figure out how to put Lego together?

Dude's like 20

 

[ABAB]

Mate, we don’t need a “fifth midfielder”. We need a key forward. Sorry but 44 goals in 46 games don’t cut the mustard.

Then you should be asking for someone else like McAdam......

 

[Kezza86]

By the end of the trade period. Oliver will be at the Crows and Melbourne will have pick 1.

How it reaches this point it will be anyone’s guess. Doedee compo and Gold Coast pick 4 will be involved.

 

[BaliDemon]

Do you yell at kids if they can't figure out how to put Lego together?

Dude's like 20

21 actually.

Might be a slight difference between toddlers playing Lego and men playing football but I’ll let you have some thinking time to work that one out.

 

[bzparkes]

By the end of the trade period. Oliver will be at the Crows and Melbourne will have pick 1.

How it reaches this point it will be anyone’s guess. Doedee compo and Gold Coast pick 4 will be involved.

Hope Melbourne would be giving up pick 1 for one of the Kings, in that case.

Throwing the book at 1, just to get Reid after offloading Oliver, would be another in the long line of dumb decisions the club has made post flag though.

 

[Jeremias]

Thilthorpe has kicked 44 goals in 46 games as a young key forward. I’m not allowed to criticise that? It’s terrible for a highly touted ND pick 2.

Sure you are, but that's not what you were doing in the post I quoted.

 

[MrBarry]

I would probably do that I reckon. I think Thilthorpe will be a star but an opportunity like this doesn’t come up very often.


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Pointless to trade out TT to bring in Oliver, as you then remove one piece of the puzzle to fit another one in. But there is then another piece missing.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

21 actually.

Might be a slight difference between toddlers playing Lego and men playing football but I’ll let you have some thinking time to work that one out.

Simply implying that young forwards generally look like s*** until it clicks for them

 

[Keystone agony]

Dont Melbourne have promising tall forwards JVR and Jefferson and then Petty who showed plenty as the more mature type?

Why would Thilthorpe agree to leaving his home?