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

[JLC]

Trac chose the Suns lol.

You do the Flanders deal separately if you are Melbourne?

Surely clubs target Humphrey

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

Trac chose the Suns lol.

You do the Flanders deal separately if you are Melbourne?

Surely clubs target Humphrey

Flanders going to the Saints
Melbourne would be in the best position to get Humphrey...

 

[legendstatus]

Too great a risk for me.

if we avoid every gun because of things we have no idea about and deemed too risky, then we will never amount to much compared to the teams that do take the risk, Melbourne are clearly looking to rebuild and think throwing out Trac & Oliver will yield them 2 x first round picks, clubs have the upper hand here given they want them out.

5 years is nothing to be worried about these days and if the price is 700k you will do that in a heartbeat, Pies have a good culture, big crowds and better environment / support, there would be just as many troublemakers in the game with much less profile than Oliver, it's just not news!

GET IT DONE

Happy with Buller, Blight & Oliver + The Kids for this trade/draft, if Bobby does leave then buckle up

 

[Fruit]

A few people on here are writing that we would need to pay $700k for year for Oliver.
It’s been reported that Melbourne are actually willing to pay up to $700k per year for him to be off the books. That means a club could be getting him for somewhere closer to $300k. That’s a steal and I couldn’t see why we wouldn’t risk it. If we cut him, the financial obligation wouldn’t be too huge.

 

[sr36]

As I said in my post, the trade will largely be about the contract. If Dees are paying a large portion of his contract they will want something decent in return.

The decent thing in return that they're after is Clarry out of the club. No club would want him at his full contract - it's a shit contract. If you subtract negotiation skills and leverage - they'll have to pay X amount of his contract to find someone who will take him for free. From whatever X is, they may be able to pay more of his contract to buy a draft pick - I wouldn't assume that'll happen though as it's clear that they just want him gone - however it might, as they're shedding a heap of salary cap space and might be into buying a draft pick.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

Five years ago people were saying Tex was cooked too and then he went and turned in to an AA player. He’s young enough that he can turn things around, his age shouldn’t be holing him back at this point.

Even if we have to carry Oliver for the last 1-2 years of his contract, at $600k that’s not overly prohibitive. We’ve been paying that much for the last 5 years to have Treloar and Grundy play against us. It’s a medium risk high reward play and I think we probably need to take a few risks to stay contenders at this point given our poor draft hand.

Agree on this. At 31-32 years old, he’d still be a beast at VFL. He could help develop our 2028 mids.

The only bad outcome is if he’s partying 24/7.

In 3 years, $650k would be the average salary.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

 

[Chrispiesssss]

Alex Davies surely on the outer now.

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

A few people on here are writing that we would need to pay $700k for year for Oliver.
It’s been reported that Melbourne are actually willing to pay up to $700k per year for him to be off the books. That means a club could be getting him for somewhere closer to $300k. That’s a steal and I couldn’t see why we wouldn’t risk it. If we cut him, the financial obligation wouldn’t be too huge.

Oliver's salary is about $1.3-$1.4m.

 

[jmac70]

if we avoid every gun because of things we have no idea about and deemed too risky, then we will never amount to much compared to the teams that do take the risk, Melbourne are clearly looking to rebuild and think throwing out Trac & Oliver will yield them 2 x first round picks, clubs have the upper hand here given they want them out.

5 years is nothing to be worried about these days and if the price is 700k you will do that in a heartbeat, Pies have a good culture, big crowds and better environment / support, there would be just as many troublemakers in the game with much less profile than Oliver, it's just not news!

GET IT DONE

Happy with Buller, Blight & Oliver + The Kids for this trade/draft, if Bobby does leave then buckle up

I’m not talking about “every gun.”

Just one player who I think is too great a risk.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

If we needed more motivation to get Clarry, let’s look at the Suns midfield… Rowell, Anderson & Petracca.

We can’t have Nick against them.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

Wonder if Clayton ends up at Adelaide now.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

As I said in my post, the trade will largely be about the contract. If Dees are paying a large portion of his contract they will want something decent in return.

They're pushing him out the door, and basically told him his services are no longer required. Melbourne are not going to expect much in return, more likely a future 2nd at best...

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

The Suns midfield is going to destroy teams next year!!

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

If we needed more motivation to get Clarry, let’s look at the Suns midfield… Rowell, Anderson & Petracca.

We can’t have Nick against them.

We could have N Daicos, J Daicos, DeGoey, Oliver, McCreery going through the midfield. I'm not sure Long plays if Oliver does...

 

[Jafo]

It wasn’t impossible because we had a set of circumstances which worked out in our favour to get a deal done and we still paid a lot

Given we have at least 2 players we’ll need points for and no contracted players leaving to leverage with, yes, getting Bailey Humphrey would be impossible

Now that Trac has chosen GC I wonder what wheels may move for all clubs concerned. Spose we’ll find out about our player movements after tonight at minimal.

 

[jmac70]

We could have N Daicos, J Daicos, DeGoey, Oliver, McCreery going through the midfield. I'm not sure Long plays if Oliver does...

I don’t think Long will be losing too much sleep.

 

[jmac70]

Incredible insight from Edmund once again.

 

[Scodog10]

It’s odd that Melbourne would tell the best clearance player of the past decade that he’s not needed.

Given the past 3 years they’ve had and that he wanted to stay it’s a strange one, but I’m more curious about why they’re prioritising others ahead of him. My guess is they’re leaning into a re-tool ahead of Tasmania’s entry and wanted to cash in by paying such a large chunk of his salary. Their handling of it all has seen it blow up in their face.

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

Given the past 3 years they’ve had and that he wanted to stay it’s a strange one, but I’m more curious about why they’re prioritising others ahead of him. My guess is they’re leaning into a re-tool ahead of Tasmania’s entry and wanted to cash in by paying such a large chunk of his salary. Their handling of it all has seen it blow up in their face.

Like us in 2020 but with less gaslighting.

 

[sr36]

Wonder if Clayton ends up at Adelaide now.

Yes.

 

[Dtennent94]

Alex Davies surely on the outer now.

FIORINI LOADING…

 

[Piesinmyeyes]

Alex Davies surely on the outer now.

Does Tom Morris ever break wind?
Breaks news a lot…

 

[Jafo]

Imagine GC landing Trac, Curnow and to a lesser extent JUH in the off season

 

[jmac70]

Does Tom Morris ever break wind?
Breaks news a lot…

Every time he opens his mouth.