"I have seen a decline in his performance and, if he has got issues on top of his decline in performance, they have got no other option than to put him on the trade table - they have got to orchestrate a trade," McGuane said on Radio Sport National on Friday.

"I just see Harry being a little bit unsettling, based on him going politically mad. I reckon that is a petty thing that he has taken, created a bushfire out of a spot fire. To me that is unsettling.

"Why do you always have to question the culture of the footy club? He was the one that needed help last year and Collingwood backed him to the hilt. McGuire, Buckley, backed him to the hilt.

"As far as I am concerned, how far do you go? How often do you let an individual ridicule your club and its standards and its culture and its beliefs? I think sometimes you have just got to sever your ties and say: 'Thanks Harry, you have been a great servant, we gave you an opportunity to live your dreams.'

"They clearly have done [that], but is he performing to the high expectation of the current group right now? I would certainly put it on the table and I am happy to say it - no, he is not."