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

[BEEG]

BIG BADDDD

SETTERFIELDDDDDDDDDD

 

[Unknown Identity]

I'm sick of hearing that word.

I'd rather hear the word bubble than "looms large"

**** journo's love wheeling that out every chance they can get.

 

[TradeDraft]

BIG BADDDD

SETTERFIELDDDDDDDDDD

????

 

[JoinDate]

I'm sick of hearing that word.

Which word, bubble? What's wrong with the word bubble?











Bubble.

 

[tmpies01]

Do you have a link to the clip?

Seen the clip on the telly. Will be up on socials soon you’d think.

 

[gouki88]

Maybe Clayton got bamboozled by Sydney and it’s baffling non-grid system streets which is why he & Leppa can’t find each other.

That, or he found @WalterBlaknWhte’s small Bolivian mountain and will resurface at a pokies in 2 weeks.

I never wanted him anyway!

Edit: stupid BigFooty tagging code not letting me alert WalterBlaknWhte that this is all his fault

 

[anshell]

Melbourne basically want him gone, because he's an irresponsible f wit....

And yet people here are clamouring for him to join us.Surely we’re not that desperate,are we?I think there’s a lot of nostalgia here for Oliver,for the player he was three or four years ago.But what I saw of him this year is someone who is clearly past his prime.I think the risks of getting him outweigh the benefits.He just comes with too much baggage in my opinion.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

If we're not getting Oliver, then so be it. I'm not going to lose sleep over it.

Should be happy we're not getting him. He will be a total distraction, you can just feel it...

 

[Horaceg]

If he wants out of the Melbourne bubble then there's literally nothing we can do or say.

Is what it is.

Melbourne still have a say on how much they subsidise, deal still needs to get done. Could be ticked off already, who knows

 

[yeah man]

Seen the clip on the telly. Will be up on socials soon you’d think.

Which channel? will make it easier to find if you can share. Hasn't been anything online.

 

[TradeDraft]

And yet people here are clamouring for him to join us.Surely we’re not that desperate,are we?I think there’s a lot of nostalgia here for Oliver,for the player he was three or four years ago.But what I saw of him this year is someone who is clearly past his prime.I think the risks of getting him outweigh the benefits.He just comes with too much baggage in my opinion.

Espically after what happened to Bobby Hill this season

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Should be happy we're not getting him. He will be a total distraction, you can just feel it...

Probably right, but I appreciate the club for exploring the possibility and doing its due diligence.

 

[tmpies01]

Which channel? will make it easier to find if you can share. Hasn't been anything online.

Came up on 9 news.

 

[leon123]

Melbourne basically want him gone, because he's an irresponsible f wit....

I hope his future coke supplies are cut significantly with dextrose, resulting in diabetes

 

[Johno9911]

I'm not too bothered by Oliver's decision - chalk it up as bad timing. Got told he was getting pushed to the outer at the Dee's, by chance he was on a plane to Sydney the next day and got his head turned by the Giants and clearly made a decision pretty quick.

If that was his mindset after the exit from Melbourne - and he'd been staying in Melb a few days longer, the tables would've been flipped and we'd be in front of him first and likely his preference. Reality is that didn't happen, GWS had some luck fall in their lap, we move on and there might be a silver-lining we're just not seeing yet

 

[Copeland]

Hopefully we can get the Buller Trade Then as that is looking like our Only Trade this Trade Period

What happened to Blight?

 

[Horaceg]

Should be happy we're not getting him. He will be a total distraction, you can just feel it...

5 year commit to someone who might be well past his best and decline further over the journey.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

Maybe Clayton got bamboozled by Sydney and it’s baffling non-grid system streets which is why he & Leppa can’t find each other.

That, or he found @WalterBlaknWhte’s small Bolivian mountain and will resurface at a pokies in 2 weeks.

I never wanted him anyway!

Wouldn't surprise me if the scenario was, his manager told him Leppa's coming to see you today, and he probably had a whinge and said l'm not going to Collingwood anyway, so lm just wasting my time, and didn't turn up to the meeting. Then Leppa and his manager trying to call him but couldn't get hold of him....

 

[gouki88]

What happened to Blight?

Leppa made it sound unlikely at his last media appearance

 

[swoop42]

Ugle-Hagan seems like a bigger risk to culture than Oliver...,

Surely any good culture can survive one or two bad eggs?

I'd question how good the culture actually is if it couldn't, with clubs surely striving to have a culture so strong it can afford to take a chance on a highly talented misfit or overcome their presence if they develop into one after their arrival.

Beams 2.0 wasn't much chop, while Stephenson went from rising star to space cadet after his gambling sanction.

That was bloody annoying at the time but we came out the other side with a flag within 5 years.

Ultimately you hope your culture is such you can turn these bad eggs into a feel good story of redemption.

While I wont be pissing and moaning about us not chasing JUH as I get it, I just thought with the position he fills being an area of need, the gamble of what will be relatively little salary cap space was worth it given the trade cost will be stuff all.

 

[Johno9911]

As a reminder there's still basically a full week of trade period left (I know it's a stupidly drawn out charade)

From memory, 12 months ago we hadn't even heard any rumblings about Houston coming to us a week out from the deadline - still plenty of time for a few surprise domino's to fall, or a rabbit out of the hat (in true trade radio fashion I'm trying to use as many lame metaphors as possible)

 

[Dtennent94]

At least Ned Long’s development won’t be jeopardised now.

 

[TradeDraft]

What happened to Blight?

He is be a De-Listed Free Agent Signing

 

[Peters_Nuts]

Really hoping something is happening in the background because if we only get Buller then I’m real nervous. We need tall defender depth

 

[Dtennent94]

Another macrae play date fails again

Meeting with West Coast didn’t go well?