No Oppo Supporters General AFL discussion and other club news

[KermitJagger]

He has serious personal issues and a monster contract but ability and credentials wise (2x Coaches award winner, 4x B&F), Oliver is the best player to move clubs since Buddy. What is being proposed as the trade price (about pick 20 after bids) is a joke.

What annoys me most is that Jay Clark is born and bred Geelong. It's the type of clearly club biased reporting that the AFL has always had a serious problem with, it shows in every West Australian article, every Slobbo Herald Sun article, every Kane Cornes piece. Unbiased reporting would be asking why this is happening, not parroting club lines about value and treating it as a foregone conclusion.

 

[Faraway Hawk]

He has serious personal issues and a monster contract but ability and credentials wise (2x Coaches award winner, 4x B&F and aged 27), Oliver is the best player to move clubs since Buddy. What is being proposed as the trade price (about pick 20 after bids) is a joke.

To top it off they will do a dodgy under the table deal for Smith.

 

[Cleavy]

To top it off they will do a dodgy under the table deal for Smith.

the AFL will not "cotton on" to this.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Oliver is the best player to move clubs since Buddy.

I’d rate Neale, Cameron and Danger as better players than Oliver - but I take your overall point.

 

[Billyc]

I’d rate Neale, Cameron and Danger as better players than Oliver - but I take your overall point.

Neale not at the time of moving. Could argue the other two but on credentials at the time of moving, Oliver the most credentialed. Obvious baggage but a late first rounder? Come on

 

[extractasam]

The Bombers will be pleased: Daniher family has good footy genes and he finishes his career with 96 games at the Lions, 108 at Bombers.

Living in NSW his kids would be more likely to end up at Sydney through their academies somehow

 

[NewkTheLot]

Living in NSW his kids would be more likely to end up at Sydney through their academies somehow

Ocean Shores is in the Suns NGA zone

 

[killerspud]

What annoys me most is that Jay Clark is born and bred Geelong. It's the type of clearly club biased reporting that the AFL has always had a serious problem with, it shows in every West Australian article, every Slobbo Herald Sun article, every Kane Cornes piece. Unbiased reporting would be asking why this is happening, not parroting club lines about value and treating it as a foregone conclusion.

Geelong have many media puppets - Mitch Cleary, Gerard Whatley, Anthony Hudson, Bec Madden. That ****ing local newspaper is like 45 pages of crap about the cats.

 

[Sturty]

 

[Flamin Joe]

"Believes"
"I think"

 

[Mississippi]

"Believes"
"I think"

Of course, what's wrong with that?
The event hasn't happened yet!

He's just saying what he understands will happen.

 

[Billyc]

Impossible to disagree with Kane there. Melbourne is a total basket case. They are the most poorly run club in the competition.

I do hope this is true as would hate for Geelong to be gifted a player of Oliver’s talent

 

[Mississippi]

Impossible to disagree with Kane there. Melbourne is a total basket case. They are the most poorly run club in the competition.

I do hope this is true as would hate for Geelong to be gifted a player of Oliver’s talent

Yep, Cornes is writing some good stuff.

It's hard to imagine a club being in more disarray than the poor old Dees this year.
Their culture absolutely shredded.
Their best players seriously p*ssed off and wanting to leave (some already have).
A president stuffing up and not even reaching out to a player who was in ICU and who nearly died - at any stage during his long and difficult recovery.
That president resigning (in disgrace).
Captain Max Gawn being repeatedly pushed out to the media all year and having to say (lie) "All's good, nothing to see here".
Their CEO ringing around to see if they can get a trade for Oliver (who they had put on a 6 year $8 mill contract )
Irate members threatening revolution. Tonight the board will back track at the AGM before angry members and say Oliver's a favourite son and is not for sale!).

CEO Pert announcing a complete review of the club's disastrous last few years - under his reign as CEO - by an independent panel (Pert will be one of the 3 panel members ).

Compared to this ongoing fiasco, St Kilda looks like a well managed club !

 

[Billyc]

Yep, Cornes is writing some good stuff.

It's hard to imagine a club being in more disarray than the poor old Dees this year.
Their culture absolutely shredded.
Their best players seriously p*ssed off and wanting to leave (some already have).
A president stuffing up and not even reaching out to a player who was in ICU and who nearly died - at any stage during his long and difficult recovery.
That president resigning (in disgrace).
Captain Max Gawn being repeatedly pushed out to the media all year and having to say (lie) "All's good, nothing to see here".
Their CEO ringing around to see if they can get a trade for Oliver (who they had put on a 6 year $8 mill contract )
Irate members threatening revolution. Tonight the board will back track at the AGM before angry members and say Oliver's a favourite son and is not for sale!).

CEO Pert announcing a complete review of the club's disastrous last few years - under his reign as CEO - by an independent panel (Pert will be one of the 3 panel members ).

Compared to this ongoing fiasco, St Kilda looks like a well managed club !

Yep, and don’t forget the litigation involving the former president who tried to fix cultural concerns, only to be driven out and then those at the club backgrounding the media to defame him. When he was now very obviously right.

Plus the very obvious leaks and backgrounding on “brand Petracca” and Oliver’s issues when it suits them. Horrendously run operation.

 

[Yardie]

Yep, Cornes is writing some good stuff.

It's hard to imagine a club being in more disarray than the poor old Dees this year.
Their culture absolutely shredded.
Their best players seriously p*ssed off and wanting to leave (some already have).
A president stuffing up and not even reaching out to a player who was in ICU and who nearly died - at any stage during his long and difficult recovery.
That president resigning (in disgrace).
Captain Max Gawn being repeatedly pushed out to the media all year and having to say (lie) "All's good, nothing to see here".
Their CEO ringing around to see if they can get a trade for Oliver (who they had put on a 6 year $8 mill contract )
Irate members threatening revolution. Tonight the board will back track at the AGM before angry members and say Oliver's a favourite son and is not for sale!).

CEO Pert announcing a complete review of the club's disastrous last few years - under his reign as CEO - by an independent panel (Pert will be one of the 3 panel members ).

Compared to this ongoing fiasco, St Kilda looks like a well managed club !

You couldn't make this up.....

 

[hardway]

I thought it was ironic that after Max Gawn expressed his love for Oliver on radio this morning, they went straight into song Higher from Van Halen.

 

[peetoo]

Thing is, a dumpster fire is over in a couple of hours……..

 

[wahawk]

I thought it was ironic that after Max Gawn expressed his love for Oliver on radio this morning, they went straight into song Higher from Van Halen.

You mean ‘Dreams’

 

[PenAndPaper]

Saints fans celebrating Band 1 compo for Battle like it's a premiership.
Absolute minnow club behaviour

 

[hardway]

You mean ‘Dreams’

I think your right. I’m terrible with song titles, but couldn’t get past the higher and higher lyrics. Great song by the way.

 

[Kuuz]

Saints fans celebrating Band 1 compo for Battle like it's a premiership.
Absolute minnow club behaviour

AFL have caved massively after their little whinge at their B&F.

The secret herbs and spices AFL says they work with, clearly show that its all just made up at this point, as the numbers make zero sense.

Still - if Saints only needed draft picks to rise up the ladder, they would have done so already. Draft hand aint their issue.

 

[arupist]

Saints fans celebrating Band 1 compo for Battle like it's a premiership.
Absolute minnow club behaviour

Come on, you can't blame them. They lose a good player and deserve to be compensated. And we need another stronger Vic club to stick it up the interstate sides. Not sure Ross will get them there, though.

 

[peetoo]

 

[Matt Stevic]

He has serious personal issues and a monster contract but ability and credentials wise (2x Coaches award winner, 4x B&F and aged 27), Oliver is the best player to move clubs since Buddy. What is being proposed as the trade price (about pick 20 after bids) is a joke.

I mean, that's about what we got for Buddy too.

Always found it hilarious that Richmond got more when they traded Tambling, than what we got for Buddy.

 

[hfc70]

Saints fans celebrating Band 1 compo for Battle like it's a premiership.
Absolute minnow club behaviour

They will choose the ‘Jack Billing’s’ of this draft… Nothing surer

Saints doing Saints things