List Mgmt. 2025 Trade/FA Thread (Cont’d)

[Jen2310]

Source?

Someone with connections in the club, apparantely.
He had been in perth for the last month so those reports of a medical wasnt true. But he's now back in melbourne.

 

[sr36]

I don't know the bloke at all but suspect this is more in jest than a reflection of his character.
Played more than OK footy in the back half of 2025 and has been in the top handful of midfielders at his peak.
Still only 28 years old.
Never been a huge follower of Clayton but at the rumoured 50% discount, all I'm saying is we can make (and have made) far worse list decisions than to get him in.

Clarry at his best was outstanding, but he was awful in the back half of the year. Could still get the ball, but was so bad with it that you would have preferred him not getting it.

 

[stormskye]

Clarry at his best was outstanding, but he was awful in the back half of the year. Could still get the ball, but was so bad with it that you would have preferred him not getting it.

On a positive note with long and Oliver kicking inside 50 would make it hard to defend as where it goes is anyone’s guess

 

[JOELY]

Someone with connections in the club, apparantely.
He had been in perth for the last month so those reports of a medical wasnt true. But he's now back in melbourne.

Is it Piesource?

 

[satty]

The Melbourne environment hasn't exactly been the best in recent years. So maybe he needs a change in environment to rediscover some of his form.

The only question is , what trade compensation are Melbourne seeking?

Is it a case of, the greater the trade offer the lower the new clubs financial commitment will be?

Can definitely rule out trading a first rounder for a 28 yr old player.

 

[sr36]

On a positive note with long and Oliver kicking inside 50 would make it hard to defend as where it goes is anyone’s guess

Could suit if we do go with inexperienced talls next year. Our blokes will probably be in the wrong place, so blokes who kick it to the wrong place will be invaluable.

 

[PiesHateU2]

The Melbourne environment hasn't exactly been the best in recent years. So maybe he needs a change in environment to rediscover some of his form.

The only question is what trade compensation are Melbourne seeking?

Is it a case of, the greater the trade offer the lower the new clubs financial commitment will be?

I'd say in Melbourne's case they have shown their hand and can't afford to ask much at all if anything

 

[Jen2310]

The Melbourne environment hasn't exactly been the best in recent years. So maybe he needs a change in environment to rediscover some of his form.

The only question is what trade compensation are Melbourne seeking?

Is it a case of, the greater the trade offer the lower the new clubs financial commitment will be?

And he hasn't helped with that environment tbf with all his issues

 

[thefunnelweb]

Just happy Billy stayed

 

[WalterBlaknWhte]

The only question is what trade compensation are Melbourne seeking?

That and will he be a giant f*stick in his private life and waste the club’s time

The price discount is so big because he was so overpaid

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

If Melbourne are willing to pay hjalf then we should be looking into this

 

[satty]

Oliver still averaged around - 26 touches, 5 tackles, 6 clearances and 12 contested possessions a game.

So paying a player somewhere between 650-700K for that sort of production is not the worst idea in the world.

 

[Jen2310]

Oliver still averaged around - 26 touches, 5 tackles, 6 clearances and 12 contested possessions a game.

So paying a player somewhere between 650-700K for that sort of production is not the worst idea in the world.

And 0 brownlow votes from it.
So makes you wonder that maybe he wasn't hurting with his touches.

 

[PiesHateU2]

Oliver still averaged around - 26 touches, 5 tackles, 6 clearances and 12 contested possessions a game.

So paying a player somewhere between 650-700K for that sort of production is not the worst idea in the world.

Exactly. My view is that footy ability wise and what he can deliver in terms of things such as centre bounce clearances (which has been a bit of a weakness for us), I think Clayton Oliver would be a worthy investment at 600K a year.

Unless his off-field issues are too big an issue and simply can't be solved in which case we'd probably steer clear.

Put it another way, he feels less of a risk than rolling the dice with say a JUH who could also be anything but sounds like his resolve to sort out his private life is questionable

 

[Gabbo64]

This has to be a piss take?

Come on, surely you must realise that quality trades are directly linked to the number of media mentions a club gets.

 

[PiesHateU2]

And 0 brownlow votes from it.
So makes you wonder that maybe he wasn't hurting with his touches.

Didn't he get more than a few votes in previous years when Melbourne were winning a lot?
Hard to attract votes when your team loses more than it wins.

Just looked into it. 195 career votes. 23 games with 3 votes. 59 games in which he polled so far in his career. Definitely no dud

 

[thefunnelweb]

Couldn’t agree more say what you want about Oliver but if they pay $700k and we have to pay only $800k that’s not bad for us! Then unlike Melbourne we have Pendles, Steele ect to pull him up if he out of line like Dangerfield kind of does for smith at cats

 

[BillyElliott]

Source?

Probably this Shannon guy.

 

[Dtennent94]

Didn't realise Leppa delegated his job to the media that must be why we aren't getting anyone other than DH

We are gonna lose our status as a destination club if players don’t hear us making moves on Trade Radio.

 

[Run n Spread]

Oliver still averaged around - 26 touches, 5 tackles, 6 clearances and 12 contested possessions a game.

So paying a player somewhere between 650-700K for that sort of production is not the worst idea in the world.

King not mucking round.
No Oliver petracca mcvee or may by the looks.
I'd go after Oliver.
Started to look like he'd be on top of things. Played his best game in years rd 24.
Not much capital needed

 

[satty]

And 0 brownlow votes from it.
So makes you wonder that maybe he wasn't hurting with his touches.

Think we off all people should know that the brownlow medal is not a true indicator of a players effectiveness.

 

[sr36]

Rather than just recruiting May, JUH and Clarry, we could make them our leadership group.

 

[Gabbo64]

And 0 brownlow votes from it.
So makes you wonder that maybe he wasn't hurting with his touches.

Sorry Jen, but after this year's debacle, I don't place any credence on Brownlow votes.

 

[Dtennent94]

On a positive note with long and Oliver kicking inside 50 would make it hard to defend as where it goes is anyone’s guess

Just tell them to kick it to the hotspot and they’ll start hitting blokes lace out in all sorts of undefendable spots.

 

[Jen2310]

Didn't he get more than a few votes in previous years when Melbourne were winning a lot?
Hard to attract votes when your team loses more than it wins.

Just looked into it. 195 career votes. 23 games with 3 votes. 59 games in which he polled so far in his career. Definitely no dud

Just not in the last 2 years. When he was at his best, 100%, but thats not something we have seen for a while.