First time I have heard Xavier Clarke linked to a club?

Mr Magic · Post: # 843170Post **Mr Magic** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 8:42am

goods wrote:
markinUSA wrote:Looks like Raph to me too.
Thats some woeful journalism

So who's up in Brisbane
The player in the article
or
The player in the photo?

saintbrat · Post: # 843172Post **saintbrat** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 8:47am

Brisbane running with myth and innuendo rather than keeping mouth closed--
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 11,00.html

goods · Post: # 843173Post **goods** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 8:48am

Mr Magic wrote:
goods wrote:
markinUSA wrote:Looks like Raph to me too.
Thats some woeful journalism
So who's up in Brisbane
The player in the article
or
The player in the photo?

god only knows...

JT · Post: # 843195Post JT » Wed 07 Oct 2009 9:44am

Pretty sure this rumour is true. I was told it was unlikely he would be at the club next year. You would think X has a better chance of playing at the Lions than he does at the saints.

He played his best footy as a running half back and you would think he would be a chance to play there at the lions.

Guess we will just have to wait & see if I am talking garbage.

saint66au · Post: # 843205Post **saint66au** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 9:56am

Would be dissapointed to lose X, especially if the rumoured 4th Round pick is all we get. I know hes injury-prone but hell...Im sure Ray and Fiora (also both first round picks) set us back more than a 4th rounder and they had just as many question marks over them

Club went out of their way to declare their support and backing for him when he did his knee, but now hes being shopped around?

Batnoe · Post: # 843224Post **Batnoe** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 10:10am

I could handle a Cheynee Stiller Trade or Ricschetelli for him

But thats about it

jonesy · Post: # 843228Post **jonesy** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 10:16am

Not keen on offloading him for a 4th rounder. If he was involved in a deal to get a ready player then you'd have to look at it though.

Hope this is not seen as a racist comment,but Xav is a model citizen, and would be a great influence around the club for troubled souls such as Lovett.... The indigenous boys no question have a link with each other,Lovett would do good to be around Xavier.

Animal Enclosure · Wed 07 Oct 2009 10:21am

How about X & our 4th rounder for Joel MacDonald?

Ghost Like · Wed 07 Oct 2009 10:23am

Animal Enclosure wrote:How about X & our 4th rounder for Joel MacDonald?

If there's any truth to this then that would be the type of trade i'd be looking at.

SainterK · Post: # 843263Post **SainterK** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 10:53am

This is getting stranger

Batnoe · Post: # 843274Post **Batnoe** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 11:03am

Ghost Like wrote:
Animal Enclosure wrote:How about X & our 4th rounder for Joel MacDonald?
If there's any truth to this then that would be the type of trade i'd be looking at.

Then on trade to roos for 2nd rounder

Elvis · Post: # 843283Post **Elvis** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 11:13am

goods wrote:
markinUSA wrote:Looks like Raph to me too.
Thats some woeful journalism

the web version is definitely Raph (idiots). The print version has a pic of Xavier, but he is in his Saints hoodie and clearly just a generic pic attached to the story.

I want X to stay and Raph too, though admit he is going to have to work hard to shake off any legacy attached to his Grand Final form

saintsrus · Post: # 843292Post **saintsrus** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 11:37am

JT wrote:Pretty sure this rumour is true. I was told it was unlikely he would be at the club next year. You would think X has a better chance of playing at the Lions than he does at the saints.

He played his best footy as a running half back and you would think he would be a chance to play there at the lions.

Guess we will just have to wait & see if I am talking garbage.

Why would the medical people put so much effort into him when we were going to trade him?

Spinner · Post: # 843295Post **Spinner** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 11:46am

Ive got a really bad feeling that we are going to lose both our first two picks in the 2001 draft for not nearly enough.....

The risk to return in keeping them is far greater than trading them for a couple of non-first-round picks which I'm expecting to happen.

Not f****** happy.

ausfatcat · Post: # 843296Post **ausfatcat** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 11:47am

Spinner wrote:Ive got a really bad feeling that we are going to lose both our first two picks in the 2001 draft for not nearly enough.....

The risk to return in keeping them is far greater than trading them for a couple of non-first-round picks which I'm expecting to happen.

Not f****** happy.

Not happy about something that hasn't happened yet?

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Wed 07 Oct 2009 11:57am

If he met with Brisbane it's not a good sign.
I doubt there's any chance I'd swap him for a 4th round pick. That's about pick 60, which in an apparently "thin" draft, would be the equivalent of pick 75, or higher, in a stronger one. As if X isn't worth much more than that! If he gets his body right, he could play a heap more top quality footy. Plus he's apparently a great bloke, which you don't just get rid of, for little return.
I really rate him, but perhaps our match committee don't, which would explain why they didn't pick him in round 2, or whenever it was, when a spot opened up. I thought for sure he would have been picked, as he'd apparently been BOG in the past 3 VFL/practise games, but they inexplicably picked Robert Eddy, which I am still yet to comprehend. That may have been the final straw for X at St K.
If they didn't pick him then, after being a regular in our side for years (when not injured), there's probably little chance he'll get a game for us next year, now that he's a year older, has not been a regular for over a year and has just had a knee reco. Lovett coming in will make it even harder.
So his future doesn't look bright with us, but I'd still want a hell of a lot better than pick 60 for him, if he left.
I'd be very disappointed to see him go (I'd probably still rather have him, than Raph), but maybe our match committee want to offload those who are injury-prone.

Milan Faletic · Wed 07 Oct 2009 12:35pm

undecided wrote:
SaintSimmo wrote:Trade Wont happen x is a required player adds alot of pace, besides the fact that isn't the biggest kick in the team he adds alot to our side as a burst midfielder/rotation player. David Mission has done very well keeping our list fit and healthy lets hope he can xavier back at his best. Fourth Round Draft pick is not good enough as he was drafted in the top 10 a few years ago. Remember Xavier is still only 24 years old going into the peak of his playing career. HE'S A KEEPER!!
he's 26

yep and it's David Misson.

spert · Post: # 843325Post **spert** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 12:37pm

SaintSimmo wrote:Trade Wont happen x is a required player adds alot of pace, besides the fact that isn't the biggest kick in the team he adds alot to our side as a burst midfielder/rotation player. David Mission has done very well keeping our list fit and healthy lets hope he can xavier back at his best. Fourth Round Draft pick is not good enough as he was drafted in the top 10 a few years ago. Remember Xavier is 26 years old now in the peak of his playing career. HE'S A KEEPER!!

If we haven't seen the best of a player by 26 yo, then it wont happen.. X has silky skills, but I don't think he has ever had big leg speed, and after all the leg-related injuries, he will only slow down, so if RL want's to retain him, I see a forward pocket role or maybe a half forward flank at the best.

xander · Post: # 843332Post **xander** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 12:47pm

I don't think there's any point trading X we wouldn't get much and he's worth more to us than anyone else at this stage.

Bernard Shakey · Wed 07 Oct 2009 12:56pm

saintsrus wrote:
JT wrote:Pretty sure this rumour is true. I was told it was unlikely he would be at the club next year. You would think X has a better chance of playing at the Lions than he does at the saints.

He played his best footy as a running half back and you would think he would be a chance to play there at the lions.

Guess we will just have to wait & see if I am talking garbage.
Why would the medical people put so much effort into him when we were going to trade him?

Duty of care. He did his knee playing for us. Our responsibility to make sure he gets back to his best.

SainterK · Post: # 843582Post **SainterK** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 3:43pm

So are we wanting to trade him, or is he wanting to go?

Gardiner_#1_fan · Wed 07 Oct 2009 5:25pm

i thought ross told him that he had a spot on the list next year

bobmurray · Post: # 843723Post **bobmurray** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 5:32pm

fonz_#15 wrote:
Lion Cozi wrote:Is in Brisbane at the moment:

Smith was in Brisbane earlier in the week for medical tests while Clarke arrived last night for meetings with coach Michael Voss.
Source: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/spor ... 69,00.html

I'm a Lions supporter, what would X Clarke add to our side?
$50K a year in medical costs

great answer....

Armoooo · Post: # 843725Post **Armoooo** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 5:34pm

bobmurray wrote:
fonz_#15 wrote:
Lion Cozi wrote:Is in Brisbane at the moment:

Smith was in Brisbane earlier in the week for medical tests while Clarke arrived last night for meetings with coach Michael Voss.
Source: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/spor ... 69,00.html

I'm a Lions supporter, what would X Clarke add to our side?
$50K a year in medical costs
great answer....

How about our Clarke for theirs?

Xavier for Mitch

saint75 · Post: # 843751Post **saint75** » Wed 07 Oct 2009 5:52pm

Armoooo wrote:
bobmurray wrote:
fonz_#15 wrote:
Lion Cozi wrote:Is in Brisbane at the moment:

Smith was in Brisbane earlier in the week for medical tests while Clarke arrived last night for meetings with coach Michael Voss.
Source: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/spor ... 69,00.html

I'm a Lions supporter, what would X Clarke add to our side?
$50K a year in medical costs
great answer....
How about our Clarke for theirs?

Xavier for Mitch

The Lions have been busy this week trying to bolster their playing stocks, now they just have to find a decent coach.....