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

[Tista7000]

Would be silly for us not to enter the Oliver race, our midfield is frankly abysmal compared to half the comp.

Getting in Oliver cheap could have tremendous upside.

Don't really have much to lose if we are paying him 600k.

 

[Dtennent94]

Checkers still keen on going to Dees with the experience being gutted? If they are going down path of youth then makes fck all reasoning to offer a contract to Checkers.

Also, Dees can't expect much if they are saying Oliver is going to play VFL. You certainly don't pay a 1st round pick for a VFL player.

He doesn’t want to leave us, he just needs to get a pay day while he can, moreso than most players his age.

He will be going broken-heartedly, like Treloar did.

 

[jmac70]

Oh no.

Think I might go with Gabelich on this one

 

[jmac70]

Would be silly for us not to enter the Oliver race, our midfield is frankly abysmal compared to half the comp.

Getting in Oliver cheap could have tremendous upside.

Don't really have much to lose if we are paying him 600k.

Fly has a no dickhead policy.
That rules Clarry out.

 

[Tista7000]

Fly has a no dickhead policy.
That rules Clarry out.

From antics I've heard about current players I wouldn't say that is 100% true...

Also we were heavy into Smith last year who would of brought even more attention to us.

I think fly will ultimately agree to do what it takes to get us to be a premiership contender.

 

[BillyElliott]

Fly has a no dickhead policy.
That rules Clarry out.

And it would be $3m over 5 years for that dickhead.

 

[BEEG]

We’ll have to pay up for Oliver with either salary or trade capital. Melbourne aren’t going to pay his salary AND give him away for nothing.

They pretty much did.

Don't forget this is the third year running they have pulled this crap.

 

[jmac70]

From antics I've heard about current players I wouldn't say that is 100% true...

Also we were heavy into Smith last year who would of brought even more attention to us.

I think fly will ultimately agree to do what it takes to get us to be a premiership contender.

I agree, which is why I don’t believe he will pursue Oliver.

His best is way behind him and he’s too expensive.

 

[Tista7000]

I agree, which is why I don’t believe he will pursue Oliver.

His best is way behind him and he’s too expensive.

I just can't see any other mid options available this year.

Maybe the club really is content with going again with same players but moving magnets, who knows.

 

[jmac70]

I just can't see any other mid options available this year.

Maybe the club really is content with going again with same players but moving magnets, who knows.

The hope, and I realise it is a hope, is that De Goey can play midfield in 2026.

 

[cfc19902010]

Yep

We need more average non dickheads
Where did jordy fit into the classification a few years ago after he got back from new York ?

 

[Jekyll and Hyde]

Hopefully the news of Blight meeting today and our disinterest in acquiring May also reported on the same day in not a coincidence and that our list team rate Blight higher than May.

 

[JOELY]

Think I might go with Gabelich on this one

Yep. It's going to be a long trade period even without people spreading crap, so i think its worth pointing out this black and white united guy seems to be gearing himself up for a run of scoops, so be wary anyone posting him from now on. He's had three goes at what's happing with May, and now suggesting he failed the medical. Even Sammy Edmund has had a better start to the trade period, and he's had a shocker.

 

[Pistol Night]

The hope, and I realise it is a hope, is that De Goey can play midfield in 2026.

He looked good in the QF. I wouldn’t take any notice of the prelim after that hit. A big pre season and he’s virtually an elite trade acquisition

 

[Pistol Night]

Hopefully the news of Blight meeting today and our disinterest in acquiring May also reported on the same day in not a coincidence and that our list team rate Blight higher than May.

They probably do long term which isn’t a bad thing. I agree though that it we want another throw at the stumps next year May is the superior option

 

[stormskye]

I just can't see any other mid options available this year.

Maybe the club really is content with going again with same players but moving magnets, who knows.

It’s not a matter of being content. It’s a matter of realistically looking at what currency we have and who we can get. Unlike Brisbane we don’t have a top 5 academy mid linked to us

 

[satanshoof101]

 

[BigVic]

If we are after Oliver it could be bye bye Mitchell

 

[BillyElliott]

Xander

 

[Axl the great]

It isn’t a bargain
He’s finished…he isn’t the same player and it’s not the type of midfielder we need.
We need fleet of footy dynamic types not plodders like Oliver

For a start Oliver ain’t a plodder he’s quite quick.
There is too many players who’s form has fallen off at Melbourne for there not to be an issue down there.
It’s not just Clayton, you have Trac, Lever? May, Van Rooyen and Petty who have looked ordinary for a while now.
It’s too much of a coincidence and I’d love for us to be able to turn Oliver around.
The club has tried to get rid of him 3 years running, I know how I’d feel if I were him.

 

[stormskye]

Hopefully the news of Blight meeting today and our disinterest in acquiring May also reported on the same day in not a coincidence and that our list team rate Blight higher than May.

May’s contract $ left would prob play a part.

 

[BillyElliott]

There is too many players who’s form has fallen off at Melbourne for there not to be an issue down there.
It’s not just Clayton, you have Trac, Lever? May, Van Rooyen and Petty who have looked ordinary for a while now.
It’s too much of a coincidence and I’d love for us to be able to turn Oliver around.
The club has tried to get rid of him 3 years running, I know how I’d feel if I were him.

One has to wonder why he didn't get the hint the first time.

 

[Tista7000]

If we are after Oliver it could be bye bye Mitchell

I think its bye bye Mitchell regardless

 

[sr36]

The ignorance is mind boggling. If it's completed by trade, how is it free agency?

Once a team matches, free agency is off the table and it's an uncontacted player requesting a trade.

So if it's Butters you're chasing, you've got to be prepared to pay the trade price unless you can afford an unmatchable salary.

 

[Tista7000]

Absolute rubbish, suns have said multiple times Humphrey is untouchable, plus we have no capital to trade for him.