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Take the phone away from the CEO and tell him to stop calling clubs trying to sell their players!
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Speculation Clayton Oliver [UFA 2030]
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Not sure too many cats fans are melting over this one mate. 50/50 we just dodged a ben cousins situation on a massive contractIsn’t holding him to his contract a hard call?
lol @ the melts as not being able to land a bloke they have chased for 12 months because they are too cheap to pay the price.
Maybe if you blokes were willing to actually pay a fair price for once you wouldn’t be left with egg on the face.
To think there were some Geelong supporters talking about pick 5 coming over with Clayton.
Lot of anger from both side this morning. Can we at least all agree that neither Geelong nor the Dees want to pay 10 mill over 6 years for the current version of Clayton? Hence why no deal can ever happen as ultimately the only winner is going to be Clayton’s bank manager. The Dees tried to clear up salary cap space from a bad contract and get something decent for there investment l, fine no worries. Geelong tried to take advantage of a bad contract to get a very good player(at his best) for as little as possible, again who wouldn’t. Contract details ultimately couldn’t get a deal anywhere near done as the cats and dees were approaching it from different angles. Fine, it’s over, that’s business.
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Dees is going to be a happy place to be around next year.
They seriously need to clean out the decision makers.
Shit show.
They seriously need to clean out the decision makers.
Shit show.
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As expected Melbourne asked for a r1 for Clayton's contract and were laughed out of the room which was always going to happen. What were the idiots at Melbourne thinking they could get that?
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The Bulldogs can do whatever they like but Smith is coming to Geelong.
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Oh no... danger is calling!!! Surely Melbourne gives Oliver and their first to the Cats now!!
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Any idea what was discussed in terms of paying Oliver? If that proposal included Melbourne paying a fair chunk of his salary then it doesn’t seem so bad.
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There are dumpster fires and there is whatever the **** Melbourne are. The place needs a complete gutting and restart
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Lots of conflicting information indicates that nothing solid was ever proposed. Never got to that point
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I think we would have tried to make that work if it was the case, reckon MFC thought they'd get close to a full return on Oliver. Oh well back to "well love Oliver here" & try again next year.
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Lol WTF is happening at the Demons.
I understand Danger rang the Suns several years ago and got the same result
Melbourne have backed themselves into a corner on this one. Hilarious of them to think they’re going to get full value without paying any of his contract. Looks like Dees fans are just as delusional as the apparent teenagers running the show at Melbourne
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As opposed to your mob who thinks they're gonna get him for a packet of Twisties and have the Dees pay half his contract?
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Mmmmm…
Still rather be in the position Dees supporters are instead of crows and freo supporters
Atleast they’ve tasted a GF victory this century!
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I hate this argument. My statement is about the now. Yes, I would suffer a clib on fire for a few years if it meant getting a flag
As a Geelong supporter, given the financial and cultural risk of taking on Oliver, I would have accepted paying a current or future 2nd round pick with Melbourne picking up 200-300K of Oliver's salary.
Probably a long way from what Melbourne wanted, so happy to let them keep him if that isn't enough. I suspect that it won't work out well for Oliver at the MFC going into 2025 unfortunately...
Probably a long way from what Melbourne wanted, so happy to let them keep him if that isn't enough. I suspect that it won't work out well for Oliver at the MFC going into 2025 unfortunately...
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I actually reckon there’s merit to this three way deal, but I’d tweak it.
Close stays at Geelong
27 to Geelong
Oliver to Geelong
What do we get then?
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A cuddle?
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