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how to say this nicely FCUK YOU HAWTHORN !!!! there

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They may well have been. Who knows (or cares now)? I was never worried about him going, but it's the symbolism of these signings that matters to me. Our young players are clearly investing in the c

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Combine his shutdown on Barrett over twitter combined with: “From day one I knew I wanted to re-sign, I love the club,” Petracca said. WELL I BLOODY LOVE YOU CHRISTIAN!!!

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It says set to sign, on the AFL website and there is no Petracca announcing it on Twitter so perhaps the ink is not dry yet

yeah i deleted my message just as u replied, its definitely not official yet but sounds imminent

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yeah i deleted my message just as u replied, its definitely not official yet but sounds imminent

And before you sink the boots into the club website - may i suggest that you check at afl.com. check the first three articles on Richmond , PA and Lions and you note that none of the three appear on the clubs sites. That tells me that the feed from AFL.com to the affiliates is automated and just hasn't happened yet.

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I read it

And the official site still sucks, always has

soooo..your original post slaps the club for not getting something on their website even though it is controlled by the AFL not the club - yet you slap anyway..well done..

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soooo..your original post slaps the club for not getting something on their website even though it is controlled by the AFL not the club - yet you slap anyway..well done..

Stay on topic please

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Not only does his resigning bring Brayshaw, NB, Stretch, Frost, Toumpas, Salem and Tyson along, but it will make the Sheils of the world see merit in investing in us also! Our list has just got better and I hope that Trengrove can also be a part of it.

The Shiel's and Dangerfield's of the world aren't going to care about Petracca and Brayshaw extending their commitment to the club.

They are going to look at the ladder and the fact that Melbourne will have won another 5-7 games this year, finished in the bottom 3 or 4, and will weigh up whether they want to leave clubs that are on the cusp of finals (and in Shiel's case a Premiership) to go back to Melbourne where finals are still at least a couple of years away. The Roos factor is also gone as they would have 1 year under PR.

Don't waste your breath on Dangerfield and Shiel. Unless we offer them $1.2m+ a season for 5+ years, which could create all sorts of issues when the Hogan's etc need to be re-signed in a few years, they're no chance of coming.

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Makes you remember that there's still plenty to be excited about. Good on him!

The addition of a fit and raring to go Petracca and another quality player will be the final pieces of our midfield.

Edit: Is anyone still gobsmacked that St Kilda didn't take him (or even Brayshaw) with pick 1?

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Stay on topic please

You are amusing....

( I am trying to recall who in this thread took it upon themselves to make a good news petracca thread into a whack the club website thread..now i remember)

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Makes you remember that there's still plenty to be excited about. Good on him!

The addition of a fit and raring to go Petracca and another quality player will be the final pieces of our midfield.

Edit: Is anyone still gobsmacked that St Kilda didn't take him (or even Brayshaw) with pick 1?

Not really. They needed a key forward the most. They didn't let on leading up to the draft. But that was their biggest need.

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For all those who bemoan us not interviewing Dustin martin and not taking Ollie Wines - we got this covered - Petracca said he plays like Martin AND Wines - two for the price of one - ohh yeah...

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When he signs, I will forgive him for nearly knocking me down the stairs in the Ponsford, the pictures on Instagram do not do justice to what we have done to his physique already

I assume you have chatted to him recently TDI, has he mentioned re-signing to you? i seem to remember a similar article to this one a few weeks back

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I assume you have chatted to him recently TDI, has he mentioned re-signing to you? i seem to remember a similar article to this one a few weeks back

No, I had a quick chat to him post the stairs, said he was feeling great, and he looked it, if Brayshaw has signed, I think Petracca will as well, haven't seen him since, trains inside at the moment and does the Anderson St walk with Trenners

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Without the burden of fronting up for 22 matches this year, he really has an opportunity to do a 12 month preseason. Hard running, weight lots and strength training that he wouldn't have gotten otherwise. It sounds like they are making use of it.

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Without the burden of fronting up for 22 matches this year, he really has an opportunity to do a 12 month preseason. Hard running, weight lots and strength training that he wouldn't have gotten otherwise. It sounds like they are making use of it.

Yep, think they're working off the Jesse Hogan model: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/how-melbourne-built-jesse-hogan-20150427-1mukbm.html

I heard Shannon Byrnes interviewed about this on SEN last week, and he said they were keeping Pertracca busy, doing some opposition scouting and also helping the recruiting department - apparently he's across all the draftees / underage kids and their strengths and weaknesses.

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