WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHRISTIAN PETRACCA

[Ted Lasso 18,759]

Beams and the pies 3rd rounder for the lions first and second rounder

[Mac7 309]

Beams for pick 5 seems like a pretty straightforward deal but im sure the Pies will demand more

Beams is gun. Pies will definitely want more. I'd give pick 3 plus a player of Howe's calibre.

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,319]

Pick 2 on petranca, deal pick 3 to North for a player and their first rounder, they can take Brayshaw. Done

Bastinac and pick 32ish for pick 3?

[chook fowler 19,248]

Beams is gun. Pies will definitely want more. I'd give pick 3 plus a player of Howe's calibre.

No

[olisik 4,060]

Bastinac and pick 32ish for pick 3?

Bastinac and pick 12

[Pennant St Dee 12,645]

Bastinac and pick 12

Ziebell in Bastinac's place and it's a deal

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,319]

Terry wallet on sen is confident McCartin is going to st Kilda with pick 1 leaving us with Pettracca if we want him.

[What 18,810]

watch out for the Petraccattack !

I made that word up just now, so when it takes off you will all know where it began.

[Moneider96 1,045]

No

Bastinac and pick 32ish for pick 3?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Lil_red_fire_engine 10,836]

Bastinac and pick 32ish for pick 3?

I love this time of year.

[Maggot 1977 263]

His kicking looks like it need some work IMO

[What 18,810]

His kicking looks like it need some work IMO

same thing was said about Ollie Wines at draft time and we took Toumpas ahead of him

[Maggot 1977 263]

Touche

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

same thing was said about Ollie Wines at draft time and we took Toumpas ahead of him

The same thing was also said about Scully.

[stevethemanjordan 6,952]

watch out for the Petraccattack !

I made that word up just now, so when it takes off you will all know where it began.

I assure you, you'll be the only one using that nickname.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

I still think Laverde's highlights look more impressive.

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

Want/need this kid but won't get excited until he is ours, in case St. Kilda nab him.

[Vipercrunch 2,820]

If St Kilda nab him, we'll take the player most people currently think will go No. 1. I'm sure we'll find use of him on our list.

[What 18,810]

If St Kilda nab him, we'll take the player most people currently think will go No. 1. I'm sure we'll find use of him on our list.

hopefully not McCartin

hes a Cam Pedersen clone, and we already have the original

Give me Wright and Brayshaw with picks 2 and 3 please

[rjay 24,577]

hopefully not McCartin

hes a Cam Pedersen clone, and we already have the original

Give me Wright and Brayshaw with picks 2 and 3 please

Don't know where you get the idea that McCartin is a Pedersen clone, he's nothing like him.

[TheoX 1,218]

Don't know where you get the idea that McCartin is a Pedersen clone, he's nothing like him.

Just googled McCartin, didn't realise he had diabetes.

[jackaub 1,402]

Just googled McCartin, didn't realise he had diabetesI

Perfect selection for theMFC so i guess "he will have an interupted preseason" so we can lose 2 years with him

[Robbie57 2,001]

Saints going to trade for 3 picks in the top 21 so there is no certainty that he will fall to us at 2.

Given that announcement and Roos views on the draft we can expect that our picks will be traded.

[ManDee 7,124]

Saints going to trade for 3 picks in the top 21 so there is no certainty that he will fall to us at 2.

Given that announcement and Roos views on the draft we can expect that our picks will be traded.

Love the logic 57

1 There is no certainty that he will fall to us at pick 2 purely on the basis that pick 1 comes first

2 Who do the Saint have that they could trade for pick 1?

3 Do you believe everything you read?

4 If we have 2 or more picks in the top five I expect us to keep the first one.

5 If we use pick 2 we may not pick Petracca anyway.

[Whispering_Jack 29,158]

From Knightmare of bigfooty:-

Christian Petracca (VIC – Mid/Fwd)

Height:186cm, Weight: 92kg, DOB: 04/01/1996

Recruited from: Eastern Ranges

Draft range: 1-3

Best position/role: Rotational midfielder/forward.

Strengths:

Front half talent –Petracca can play both deep in the front half as a marking target and off a forward flank to a high standard when playing forward. Deep in the front half Petracca provides strong scoreboard impact and is an imposing marking presence with his 1v1 strength, overhead marking ability, marking on the lead and superior ability to read the drop of the ball. He can deep in the front half also win the ground ball. Petracca can also play off a forward flank and have a big impact, he can on a forward flank accumulate the footy in bunches, do damage with his footskills, present as a strong marking target, provide strong scoreboard impact and push up the field.

Midfield talent – Petracca is an improved midfielder this year having improved his endurance and decreasing his skinfolds. He’s got a nice mix between inside and outside game. He’s a very good contested ball winner and stoppage player and these areas of his game can continue to improve given his size and strength. He’s a strong ground ball winner. He’s also got a rare power to him not only with his strength to bully guys inside the contest but some real explosive power where he can burst through a contest, come up with the ball and break away from the contest at speed. He’s also got excellent evasiveness and can sidestep guys and burst away with some real explosiveness. Outside the contest Petracca shows that he can find the footy but also use it really well utilising his damaging footskills and vision allowing him to find damaging targets up the field.

Scoreboard impact – Forward or through the midfield Petracca provides strong scoreboard impact and is capable of kicking multiple goals and breaking games open with his scoreboard impact in any given game.

Strength and power – Not many 92kg midfielders going around and even fewer with the explosiveness and power of Petracca. He wins his own ball and can either burst through the contest or run around you with ease. He stands up through tackles and has the strength through his core and hips, he can shrug tackles and give a strong don’t argue. In the 1v1 contests he can take advantage of anyone who isn’t key position sized.

Versatility – Petracca because he can play not only through the midfield but also on a forward flank or deep in the front half as a marking target gives you options and this versatility should also help him receive on any team immediate senior games.

Footskills – Has an excellent mix between footskills hitting his targets around the ground with consistency, vision allowing him to find some really damaging targets in great position, decision making with his ability to choose the right options but also he’s got the finishing ability and set shot goalkicking to allow him to provide the scoreboard impact.

Marking ability – Few if any medium size types have the marking ability of Petracca. He’s got the 1v1 marking ability, contested marking ability and ability on the lead to take his marks and he’s got the strength overhead to take them consistently. He also reads the drop of the ball exceptionally well and uses his body well in the contest allowing him to effectively protect the drop zone making him incredibly hard to defend particularly if he can isolate a smaller player defender deep in defence.

Weaknesses:

Endurance – His endurance is building and has improved significantly this year to an extent where he can now play full games through the midfield but if he hopes to eventually become a full time midfielder further work is still required.

Skinfolds – Like with his endurance his skinfolds have reduced but his skinfolds still appear relatively high and also need to decrease.

What I expect will improve:

I expect Petracca to continue to improve his contested ball winning and stoppage work and take that area of his game from good to eventually excellent. I also expect his endurance and skinfolds to improve. Whether his endurance and skinfolds improve to an extent where Petracca will be played as a full time midfielder that is the question I still have.

Who he can become?

I anticipate Petracca to develop into a player largely similar to Dustin Martin but without the personal issues. I see Petracca mostly playing as a damaging forward flanker who will at times push deeper into the front half and will split his minutes between playing through the front half and midfield with those midfield minutes increasing as his endurance improves.

When will he be ready to play?

Petracca is season one, round one ready to play. He’ll start off season one mostly playing in the front half and by season two or three likely play more a split between forward and midfield minutes.

How to best utilise him?

Petracca today is best utilised in the front half because he’s just so damaging forward of centre. The hope will be that he becomes more a midfielder but I’d look for him to split his minutes between the midfield and front half long term.

Interpretation of his numbers:

Petracca well and truly has the performances on the board and is one of if not the best performed player in this draft class based on his form these past couple of seasons through the TAC Cup and U18 championships. He’s finding the footy but also providing heavy scoreboard impact at both levels which such suggests he’ll provide both a strong immediate impact at AFL level but also that he will become one of the best to come out of this draft with those high production power midfielders who can provide heavy scoreboard impact of strong value to teams.