Mitch Clark - The SQL

[walken79]

Melbourne- LOL.

Seriously, never been too bothered with this one. Let them have him if they want him that bad. He wants to come to us, didn't start the other way around.
He is what he is and I think we at Freo know that.

 

[East Freo]

Can someone link me to where Young is talking? Or is he just on the AFL trade talk radio?

EDIT: Nevermind

http://www.afl.com.au/portals/0/2010/offseason/trw/index.html

Though just finished .

 

[apuchar]

Well... There goes my weekend.

Bower for 38 & Roberton? Dreamin'.

How old is Bower and how many games has he played?

Just as well that your family don't want your company then

 

[Cameron_K]

In all honesty, I don't mind if we do get Clark or not. I would actually be just as excited to keep picks 16 & 20 and see what Lyon can do with Pav playing out of the square.

Young has said the Clark is thinking about the Melbourne offer but his number 1 preference is still to be in Perth and at Fremantle so he can be close to his family. This one won't get done until Monday meaning I would be very surprised to see Griffen traded this year.

 

[freocuz]

He also confirmed we offered Pick 16. I say we get out of the way and let him go to Melbourne.

 

[Cheesewheel]

Wow if the Dees are prepared to sell the farm to have him, I say they can take him.

 

[Nickos66]

Just as well that your family don't want your company then

Who needs them, i've got everything I need in my unlit box of an office.

I wonder if Bondy would still have traded the compo pick if we weren't 100% committed to trading at least 1 of these picks for Clark. That could now be a big spanner in the works and a waste of a compo pick.

 

[tacopavlich]

Seems Melbourne didn't get rid of Connoly fast enough.

 

[FreoRicci]

This is getting more and more desperate, similar to when we brought in Tarrant. If he's actually thinking about it then pull back. Freo will be lulled into a panic and having to offer trades that will only embarass them more. Medhurst and pick 7 for Tarrant anyone? Clark is not in the Ablett/Judd bracket and he knows that this is a prime opportunity.

 

[prattsta]

Melbourne is doing what we used to do. A player is available, he has a preference and they've come in with a Godfather offer out of nowhere to trump it all.

 

[Rob]

Melbourne offer was something they didn't see coming, it sounds like Clark is having a strong think about it.

For 800k a year why wouldn't you? That would be at least double what we're paying I would have thought.

If Melbourne end up giving 2 mid first round draft picks and that sort of money then they must be mental. It's like going to an auction and someone offers twice the market value. That's when you just step aside....

 

[T Factor]

$800k a year to live in Melbourne and play footy at the MCG, I am sure he is thinking long and hard about it, it would be fair to say Freo are offering both Clark and Brisbane a lot less than Melbourne are. Freo should have put this one to bed early in the week, and it has come back to bite you guys.

 

[apuchar]

Who needs them, i've got everything I need in my unlit box of an office.

I wonder if Bondy would still have traded the compo pick if we weren't 100% committed to trading at least 1 of these picks for Clark. That could now be a big spanner in the works and a waste of a compo pick.

Personally, I am already looking at what we might get at 16 and 20. Compo pick probably would have meant a missed year of AFL development in whoever we pick in this draft. if that makes sense?

 

[tacopavlich]

$800k a year to live in Melbourne and play footy at the MCG, I am sure he is thinking long and hard about it, it would be fair to say Freo are offering both Clark and Brisbane a lot less than Melbourne are. Freo should have put this one to bed early in the week, and it has come back to bite you guys.

the only fools in this trade are melbourne.

 

[apuchar]

$800k a year to live in Melbourne and play footy at the MCG, I am sure he is thinking long and hard about it, it would be fair to say Freo are offering both Clark and Brisbane a lot less than Melbourne are. Freo should have put this one to bed early in the week, and it has come back to bite you guys.

No they were always going to pounce. They were spewing last year when we made a huge play for Davey. It is payback time.

 

[free at last]

They have completely lost it. I hope they deal just for the lols

hardly surprising when connolly & schwab are at the dees.
leopards never change their spots!

that offer puts clark on 200k more ( per yr) than mundy, what a joke.

 

[jusjoshin]

$800k a year to live in Melbourne and play footy at the MCG, I am sure he is thinking long and hard about it, it would be fair to say Freo are offering both Clark and Brisbane a lot less than Melbourne are. Freo should have put this one to bed early in the week, and it has come back to bite you guys.

If Melbourne are willing to pay that, and Mitch accepts it... good luck in Melbourne big fella. There's no way Freo would be willing or able to match the offers to Clark or Brisbane.

 

[Rob]

$800k a year to live in Melbourne and play footy at the MCG, I am sure he is thinking long and hard about it, it would be fair to say Freo are offering both Clark and Brisbane a lot less than Melbourne are. Freo should have put this one to bed early in the week, and it has come back to bite you guys.

Eh? We haven't lost anything if he ends up going to Melbourne. You guys win big time, Melbourne pay miles over the odds.

 

[walken79]

$800k a year to live in Melbourne and play footy at the MCG, I am sure he is thinking long and hard about it, it would be fair to say Freo are offering both Clark and Brisbane a lot less than Melbourne are. Freo should have put this one to bed early in the week, and it has come back to bite you guys.

I think you're forgetting it is Clark who wants to come to us and started this whole thing- not the other way around. We don't get him and I think most of us will still somehow find a way to get to sleep at night.

On a side note, claiming that being able "play in Melbourne on the MCG" is going to be some big attraction to a dude who has stated he wants to come home to Perth is just confusing...

 

[demon21]

the only fools in this trade are melbourne.

why melb need a key forward so they are making a play for clark thats what trade week is all about.

Im still pretty confident that he will end up at Frem.

 

[Higs]

$800k a year to live in Melbourne and play footy at the MCG, I am sure he is thinking long and hard about it, it would be fair to say Freo are offering both Clark and Brisbane a lot less than Melbourne are. Freo should have put this one to bed early in the week, and it has come back to bite you guys.

I doubt it. It may come back to bite Melbourne, however. I'd be more than happy to keep picks 16 and 20

 

[Nothing]

why melb need a key forward so they are making a play for clark thats what trade week is all about.

Im still pretty confident that he will end up at Frem.

But you are giving up Ablett like currency for someone who would not be in the top 100 in the AFL.

If this is a real offer (and not a Kerr offer) then you are paying massive overs for someone who doesn't really want to be there. If it goes ahead it should go down as one of the worst trades in AFL history.

 

[free at last]

why melb need a key forward so they are making a play for clark thats what trade week is all about.

Im still pretty confident that he will end up at Frem.

I'd be absolutely disgusted with freo if were offering this.

Pray that he opts for freo for your sake.

 

[pinkus maximus]

why melb need a key forward so they are making a play for clark thats what trade week is all about.

Im still pretty confident that he will end up at Frem.

$800k over 4 years is the sort of deal reserved for the elite of the comp. I think that's how much we paid Pav at the end of 07 when he was arguably the best forward in the game and our captain.

That offer is nuts if true.

 

[Tulip]

No they were always going to pounce. They were spewing last year when we made a huge play for Davey. It is payback time.

PLEASE make a play this year

Davey's horrid