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

[manicpie]

Who the f**k is Jacob blight

Malcolm's son apparently

 

[FAIRANDBALANCED]

Oliver at 700k a season would be worth the risk. Is he likely to get back to his best? Maybe not, if he did how would that be? Prime Oliver distributing to Naicos for 3-4 years. Its a swing for the fences, but we are not in a position to pick up people with no question marks, so why not do it.
Clearly Oliver's confidence is shot, could a new coach turn that around? I get the sense if he gets a new start he knuckles down and plays well. (No doubt it will be for Geelong!!!)

 

[manicpie]

Oliver at 700k a season would be worth the risk. Is he likely to get back to his best? Maybe not, if he did how would that be? Prime Oliver distributing to Naicos for 3-4 years. Its a swing for the fences, but we are not in a position to pick up people with no question marks, so why not do it.
Clearly Oliver's confidence is shot, could a new coach turn that around? I get the sense if he gets a new start he knuckles down and plays well. (No doubt it will be for Geelong!!!)

Talked me into it, it's a yes

 

[BillyElliott]

Oliver at 700k a season would be worth the risk. Is he likely to get back to his best? Maybe not, if he did how would that be? Prime Oliver distributing to Naicos for 3-4 years. Its a swing for the fences, but we are not in a position to pick up people with no question marks, so why not do it.
Clearly Oliver's confidence is shot, could a new coach turn that around? I get the sense if he gets a new start he knuckles down and plays well. (No doubt it will be for Geelong!!!)

You know it's $700k for the next 5 years? Not 3. And I think it's clear he's past his prime.

 

[Kes1984]

Oliver at 700k a season would be worth the risk. Is he likely to get back to his best? Maybe not, if he did how would that be? Prime Oliver distributing to Naicos for 3-4 years. Its a swing for the fences, but we are not in a position to pick up people with no question marks, so why not do it.
Clearly Oliver's confidence is shot, could a new coach turn that around? I get the sense if he gets a new start he knuckles down and plays well. (No doubt it will be for Geelong!!!)

Having to take him on for 5 years is the hard no for me.
The price I’m ok with. The 5 years, no. Too big a risk

 

[FAIRANDBALANCED]

You know it's $700k for the next 5 years?

Its a smidgen above the average wage. Oliver 2-3 years ago was a top 10 mid in the game.
Id ask the question, is pick 40, 60 and 80 or Clayton Oliver more likely to lift us back to a premiership?

 

[stormskye]

If they did, we would have a list of 100 of manicpie chosen players lol

And Fin would stay on the list as long as pendles.

 

[stormskye]

Who the f**k is Jacob blight

Harris Andrew’s 2.0

 

[lyfsux]

Same. Both him & May in the VFL

I think Melb should package them both together so May still has a team mate to walk into his fists

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

"They hit the Titanic and didn't know they were sinking."

 

[BillyElliott]

Its a smidgen above the average wage. Oliver 2-3 years ago was a top 10 mid in the game.
Id ask the question, is pick 40, 60 and 80 or Clayton Oliver more likely to lift us back to a premiership?

The crucial part in your comment is:

Oliver 2-3 years ago was a top 10 mid in the game.

My preference would be to put those $ towards going all in for a gun midfielder who is younger & in their prime now for 2027 when we've lost Pendles & Sidey. My wish list includes Zac Butters.

 

[TW Sherrin]

You know it's $700k for the next 5 years? Not 3. And I think it's clear he's past his prime.

I get the reservation about 5 years but by letting the old blokes play on they are clearly in win now mode and Oliver fixes a major deficiency. He is younger than Degoey and I don't think his best is past him. Obviously he has red flags and that maybe enough to put a line through him.

Having said that I would rather be chasing Steele from STK as a grunt mid.

 

[lyfsux]

People are forgetting how average Oliver has been in the last 2 years plus the off field issues. He might improve but doubt he will be back to his AA best.

doesn't really need AA form to improve our midfield

 

[Jen2310]

And Fin would stay on the list as long as pendles.

Is Cumberland still available? Asking for a friend.

 

[FAIRANDBALANCED]

The crucial part in your comment is:

Oliver 2-3 years ago was a top 10 mid in the game.

My preference would be to put those $ towards going all in for a gun midfielder who is younger & in their prime now for 2027 when we've lost Pendles & Sidey. My wish list includes Zac Butters.

Zac Butters costs x2 first round draft picks and probably something else though. Oliver will not. There is no way Butters leaves as a free agent, Port will match

 

[BillyElliott]

Zac Butters costs x2 first round draft picks and probably something else though. Oliver will not. There is no way Butters leaves as a free agent, Port will match

That's why I said 2027. Butters can choose where he wants to go as a FA.

 

[lyfsux]

Melbourne have lost all their bargaining power, they just want him gone.

They've offered Checkers a contract, they want to get rid of Oliver straight swap

 

[sr36]

Malcolm's son apparently

I'm hearing he's a better player than his dad, but has slipped under the radar.

 

[manicpie]

Is Cumberland still available? Asking for a friend.

 

[DERKADERRR]

They've offered Checkers a contract, they want to get rid of Oliver straight swap

They'll get checkers for free through free agency, it'd have to be a seperate trade for Oliver.

 

[MooreDaicos]

Malcolm's son apparently

Are you for real? I never connected the 2 of them.
If this is true, oh my! Now I'm even more excited

 

[NQPieman]

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

And it is also a popularity contest in part at the elite level. Oliver has been radioactive for two years so umps would not even be looking at him.

 

[tmpies01]

Well I’m taking 23yo Blight over May that’s for sure. Hopefully we get him.

 

[Dtennent94]

I can't work out if he's trying to be funny or he's serious

Trying to be serious.

 

[Bussie]

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

After Mad Monday I'm not sure that line has worked.
For the record, I couldn't care less, but you'd think of all the players at the Cattery, Danger might have suggested something different for the day.