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

[Dez!]

That's okay, agree to disagree. You're entitled to it. But as good as the goals are, missing shots on goal are essentially turnovers and often result in 2 goal swings. And I don't think you can put horrendously inaccurate people in the forward line. I think Oliver would kick just as many there if given the role.

No he wouldn't, not a hope in hell.

Petracca kicks goals and creates goals on a greater scale than Oliver.

Also you're overrating Oliver defensively.

 

[danster168]

No he wouldn't, not a hope in hell.

Petracca kicks goals and creates goals on a greater scale than Oliver.

Also you're overrating Oliver defensively.

how so regarding Oliver defensively? He has a massive thirst for tackling, chasing etc.

 

[Pistol Night]

Oliver will be the greatest. Not one of.

Captain of the red headed team of the century

 

[Pistol Night]

how so regarding Oliver defensively? He has a massive thirst for tackling, chasing etc.

At footy too?

 

[Dez!]

how so regarding Oliver defensively? He has a massive thirst for tackling, chasing etc.

There's more to defending than tackling, also he does not have a thirst for chasing. He's not different to any other top line midfielder in that regard.

 

[danster168]

No he wouldn't, not a hope in hell.

Petracca kicks goals and creates goals on a greater scale than Oliver.

Also you're overrating Oliver defensively.

Yeah, he does. He also misses goals on a far greater scale. how can you not put any weight into that considering we basically just lost a flag purely because of poor goal kicking and Petracca is the worst shot for goal out of the 400 or so players in the afl.

 

[Caligo]

There's more to defending than tackling, also he does not have a thirst for chasing. He's not different to any other top line midfielder in that regard.

There are a lot of top line midfielders who have a thirst for chasing. Rowell is one, peak Tom Mitchell is another.

 

[Sydney Kicker]

You don't see the shortcomings of petracca the way that I do though because admittedly you don't watch petracca as closely as I do. Petracca can play forward? somewhat. He can take a good overhead mark, yes. But he's the worst kick for goal in the entire competition over the last 3 years. Horrific kicking. Diabolical. Worst ball drop in the entire comp. Now, compare Petracca with Oliver as a pure mid? You can't. Oliver smashes him in terms of clearance, contested ball, pure inside mid craft, handball, vision etc. Now compare them defensively? You can't. Oliver smashes him in terms of being a defensively, 2-way runner, better tackler etc.

Do you think your mob would accept a future 2nd for him? Seems like he's pretty ordinary but we need a bit of M/F bench depth. Perhaps you could cover a bit of his salary too just to make the deal fair?

 

[Dez!]

Yeah, he does. He also misses goals on a far greater scale. how can you not put any weight into that considering we basically just lost a flag purely because of poor goal kicking and Petracca is the worst shot for goal out of the 400 or so players in the afl.

Bayley Fritsch and Tom McDonald missing simple shots in the final minutes against Collingwood cost us a flag.

Does Petracca need to be improve his goal kicking? Yeah of course but his primary job is being a midfielder.

Also Oliver is just as woeful on set shots, he just doesn't get them as often because he can't play forward.

 

[danster168]

Bayley Fritsch and Tom McDonald missing simple shots in the final minutes against Collingwood cost us a flag.

Does Petracca need to be improve his goal kicking? Yeah of course but his primary job is being a midfielder.

Also Oliver is just as woeful on set shots, he just doesn't get them as often because he can't play forward.

But you can't have it each way. as a pure mid, Oliver is head and shoulders and as a forward Petracca has been the worst kick for goal over a 3 year period. So it's not a small sample size. He's the worst in the entire league.

 

[danster168]

There are a lot of top line midfielders who have a thirst for chasing. Rowell is one, peak Tom Mitchell is another.

Not to mention Jack Steele, Laird, Lenny Hayes in his day, etc.

 

[Caligo]

Not to mention Jack Steele, Laird, Lenny Hayes in his day, etc.

There is no shortage of them.

Every one of them underrated.

Ordinary fans don't respect defence.

 

[Dez!]

But you can't have it each way. as a pure mid, Oliver is head and shoulders and as a forward Petracca has been the worst kick for goal over a 3 year period. So it's not a small sample size. He's the worst in the entire league.

He's not head and shoulders above Petracca as a mid at all, Petracca is far more damaging and creates more scoring shots.

 

[Dez!]

There is no shortage of them.

Every one of them underrated.

Ordinary fans don't respect defence.

There's literally more to defence than just tackling, high tackle numbers don't mean great defender.

 

[Caligo]

There's literally more to defence than just tackling, high tackle numbers don't mean great defender.

Agreed. It is a good starting point but not even close to enough.

The terrible thing is we don't have the data to properly analyse defensive efforts. The clubs do though, and that is part of why BNFs sometimes give weird results.

For plebs like us we just need to use our eyes, as unreliable as that is.

 

[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

Both he and Geelong are very into each other.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Both he and Geelong are very into each other.

Huh?

 

[cAsEy_18]

Both he and Geelong are very into each other.

Yep have heard the same.

 

[RoughysMullet]

Both he and Geelong are very into each other.

Hate to say but feel like it would be a good move for him- cats have a great environment to straighten him out

 

[sexyhunk]

he is contracted till 2030 or something. No one giving what Melbourne would want. He will finish a one club player.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

he is contracted till 2030 or something. No one giving what Melbourne would want. He will finish a one club player.

I wouldn't rule it out but jeez it's an albatross contract on him

 

[markm106]

He has 6 more years at a million a year. Could be a stumbling block. Melbourne won’t want to be stuck with a chunk of that for 6 years. I reckon it’s unlikely he’ll move unless maybe he renegotiates his deal which would be unlikely.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

He will turn it around. For some reason people think seizures are a non issue etc. We see players form excused for glandular fever etc. As someone whose hadboth , epilepsy is much worse and debilitating, especially for an athlete. It would have set him back 4 months in his preparations for the season and will definitely take a year to adjust if he is taking medication which he would

 

[markm106]

He will turn it around. For some reason people think seizures are a non issue etc. We see players form excused for glandular fever etc. As someone whose hadboth , epilepsy is much worse and debilitating, especially for an athlete. It would have set him back 4 months in his preparations for the season and will definitely take a year to adjust if he is taking medication which he would

He is absolutely nowhere near his peak conditioning. Basically had a fraction of what was required in the pre season. It’s amazing he is where he is now. Big pre season incoming now he hopefully has his stuff together.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

He has 6 more years at a million a year. Could be a stumbling block. Melbourne won’t want to be stuck with a chunk of that for 6 years. I reckon it’s unlikely he’ll move unless maybe he renegotiates his deal which would be unlikely.

Not gonna lie, I'd be pretty concerned on the size of that contract if I'm trading him in. You guys will want a heap of picks too which wouldn't be ideal as we have a few future problems to work on soon.