Draft or cash:What Geelong are willing to give up for Clayton Oliver

Draft or cash:What Geelong are willing to give up for Clayton Oliver

The Cats would only pay the full amount of Clayton Oliver’s massive Melbourne contract,or close to it,if the draft cost in a trade was heavily discounted.

  • byJake Niall

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Destination Geelong:Smith requests trade as Cats also circle Oliver

Destination Geelong:Smith requests trade as Cats also circle Oliver

Bailey Smith has requested a trade to Geelong,and now the question becomes:How can the Cats get the cream by landing both him and Clayton Oliver this trade period?

  • byMichael Gleeson
Oliver’s twist:Star onballer wants to join Geelong
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Oliver’s twist:Star onballer wants to join Geelong

Clayton Oliver left the idyllic farmland property belonging to Geelong premiership ruckman Rhys Stanley on Tuesday wanting to play for the Cats in 2025.

  • bySam McClure
‘Eroded our trust’:Melbourne member calls for transparent review amid leadership concerns

‘Eroded our trust’:Melbourne member calls for transparent review amid leadership concerns

A Melbourne Football Club member has written an open letter to new club president Brad Green demanding an “unbiased and transparent review” of the club.

  • byHannah Hammoud
Oliver meets with Geelong after Demons explore trade options again
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Oliver meets with Geelong after Demons explore trade options again

Clayton Oliver’s feeling that his club Melbourne has dangled him as trade bait twice in 12 months led to the four time best and fairest winner met with Geelong on Tuesday.

  • bySam McClure
The inside story:How word spread that Oliver was on the market again
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The inside story:How word spread that Oliver was on the market again

In the lead-up to the grand final,amid myriad official AFL functions,word quickly spread within recruiting circles. Now the club has tried to shut down talk of a Clayton Oliver trade. That doesn’t mean the trade is shut down.

  • byMichael Gleeson
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Melbourne legend in box seat after Mark Robinson sacked from AFL 360

Melbourne legend in box seat after Mark Robinson sacked from AFL 360

A Demons great has emerged as the frontrunner to replace News Corp’s chief football writer,Mark Robinson,who was axed from Fox Sports’ popular AFL 360 talk show.

  • byCalum Jaspan
Demons counting the cost of Brayshaw’s forced retirement
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Demons counting the cost of Brayshaw’s forced retirement

Not until they saw his name on the Brownlow Medal running sheet did the AFL hierarchy realise Angus Brayshaw would be breaking his self-imposed public silence.

  • byCaroline Wilson
Demons announce ‘crucial milestone’ in bid for Caulfield Racecourse move

Demons announce ‘crucial milestone’ in bid for Caulfield Racecourse move

Melbourne have taken a step forward in their bid for a training facility at Caulfield Racecourse and will move on to preparing a business case,with a Glen Eira councillor who previously raised concerns about the plan backing the move.

  • byPeter Ryan
Petracca to miss Melbourne best and fairest to attend overseas camp

Petracca to miss Melbourne best and fairest to attend overseas camp

Christian Petracca has his club’s blessing to attend a Red Bull training camp rather than attend the club’s best-and-fairest count in October as his surgeon cleared him to increase his heart rate after spleen surgery.

  • byPeter Ryan
Down to three:Victorian coaches in running for West Coast coaching job

Down to three:Victorian coaches in running for West Coast coaching job

West Coast’s rigorous process to select their next senior coach has whittled the candidates down to three assistants from Victorian clubs.

  • byPeter Ryan andJake Niall