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Can Petracca Save the Demons?

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51 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Wash your mouth out with soap P2J! You obviously did not see Flower play. You really need to watch some Robbie highlights, he was sublime.

 

47 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Did you see Flower play? The distance between Flower and Petracca at his best is marginally less than a light year. 

 

29 minutes ago, tiers said:

Offensive to Robbie. There will only ever be one Robbie in all of footy histoy. No one that I have seen in over 60 years comes close in skill and outright ability in a body that was not made for footy.

Even more so that Robbie, unlike all the others, played in a poor team whereas the others named all played in powerful, successful teams that won premierships. They each had plenty of support where Robbie had almost none.

As for Petracca, the others named could regularly win matches almost on their own a stength that Petracca, although dominant at times, has yet to master. When it comes, then we can talk about comparisons.

 

Yeah I saw him play he was amazing.

Do you think hes going to be the best Demon forever?  Nostalgia is a powerful thing I guess

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    27 minutes ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

     

     

    Yeah I saw him play he was amazing.

    Do you think hes going to be the best Demon forever?  Nostalgia is a powerful thing I guess

    The sad part about Flower was for most of his years the VFL only televised 2 games a weekend. And the MFC were mostly poor so we did not get alot of televised games so the footage of him by comparison to today's players is limited. Not even the general foot ball followers saw a lot of him. Except for his last year he never played finals. Finals are where reputations are really built. 

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    52 minutes ago, old dee said:

    The sad part about Flower was for most of his years the VFL only televised 2 games a weekend. And the MFC were mostly poor so we did not get alot of televised games so the footage of him by comparison to today's players is limited. Not even the general foot ball followers saw a lot of him. Except for his last year he never played finals. Finals are where reputations are really built. 

    Find some Vic games 

    when he played amongst the very best he was still one of, if not the best - consistently 

    hard to imagine anyone getting close IMO 

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    Given our depleted midfueld it puts more pressure on Trac.

    The bloke is really turning out to be what we all hoped for and hopefully his trajectory gives us our own dusty very soon.

     

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    6 hours ago, Cheesy D. Pun said:

    It's an impossible hypothetical to evaluate, so I'm not going to disagree but Richmond were all over Geelong in the second half. The result seemed inevitable.

    I'm not trying to suggest that match winners don't exist but that a team's overall performance isn't defined by one player.

    Without Dusty, Richmond would still be a very strong side. 

    Sure but they wouldn’t of one 3 Premierships 

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    7 hours ago, Roost it far said:

    You take Dusty out and they’d of lost to Geelong last year

    Sorry, I can’t hold back on this any longer. When did OF replace HAVE?

    I see it on this forum every day... would of, should of, might of, they’d of. It’s driving me crazy.

    Surely I’m not the only member annoyed by this.

     

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    Our whole development programme has issues... look at the dogs Bailey Smith 20 yo vs any of our early picks who are no we’re near him 

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    9 minutes ago, Fanatique Demon said:

    Sorry, I can’t hold back on this any longer. When did OF replace HAVE?

    I see it on this forum every day... would of, should of, might of, they’d of. It’s driving me crazy.

    Surely I’m not the only member annoyed by this.

     

    You take Dusty out and they would (they’d) of lost to Geelong last year

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    1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

    Sure but they wouldn’t of one 3 Premierships 

    He means, sure, but they wouldn’t HAVE WON three premierships.

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    1 minute ago, Roost it far said:

    You take Dusty out and they would (they’d) of lost to Geelong last year

    Seriously Queen Roost?

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    Guess Slobbo has to simplify things so much that the readers of Murdoch's rags can comprehend that if Goodwin doesn't make finals he probably won't have a job...

    Concepts like the team was not good enough are too complex and beyond Rupert's readers' comprehension!

    Petracca is now a 'star vehicle' and he will be woven into the narrative at every possibility. Channel 7 and Fox will do it too.

     

     

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    15 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

    The only thing I like about these articles is that I hope it makes Clayton furious that he’s been overtaken. I love him when he gets fired up.

    Clarry is still the No.1 player at the MFC IMV and has been for a few years now.

    Tracc is icing when he is on and does take things to another level in patches but not as consistent in general or as effective at extracting/spreading the pill as Clarry.

    Yes he may not ever be the extractor that Clarry is at present nor need to be.  He is a great foil/spreader and finisher slightly more biased towards outside play/work and generally a more effective /.dangerous player when pushing forward.  But he still has a way to go in the consistency stake to become a genuine champion and over take Clarry at the MFC, assuming he stays.

    And i would argue the same vs Robbie.  Robbie was almost always "on" and in most cases no one could touch him in his "standard" game form let alone when he was firing on all cylinders.  Robbie was super elusive, had both sides covered including by hand and finished off most of his good work by foot.  Could also take a great over head and the odd specky.  Pure silk.  Tracc is close when he is on but still a fair gap IMHO.

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    Would have / should have etc is correct.  It's often abbreviated to would've / should've which clearly confuses some people as it then sounds like would of / should of.  You can block me as well if you like but you'd still be wrong.

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    Nothing like pouring the pressure on the kid, I feel for him when he is not the problem it is about ten of his mates that are the problem.

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    31 minutes ago, old dee said:

    Nothing like pouring the pressure on the kid, I feel for him when he is not the problem it is about ten of his mates that are the problem.

    Hes no kid anymore. 

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    5 minutes ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

    Hes no kid anymore. 

    Not the point Pickett he is expected to be super human to make up for a large number of team mates who are average on their good days. 

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    1 minute ago, old dee said:

    Not the point Pickett he is expected to be super human to make up for a large number of team mates who are average on their good days. 

    Well dont worry OD,  because Trac is superhuman. 

    He will carry the team with him like the great midfielders do. 

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    1 minute ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

    Well dont worry OD,  because Trac is superhuman. 

    He will carry the team with him like the great midfielders do. 

    I hope he doesn't need to.

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    15 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

    Given our depleted midfueld it puts more pressure on Trac.

    The bloke is really turning out to be what we all hoped for and hopefully his trajectory gives us our own dusty very soon.

     

    Who is it depleted of, I only see Viney out, he has Oliver, max and Brayshaw with Langdon on the wing 

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    11 hours ago, Hogan2014 said:

    Our whole development programme has issues... look at the dogs Bailey Smith 20 yo vs any of our early picks who are no we’re near him 

    Yeah cool bro..

    What's bailey Smith got to do with Petracca?

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    41 minutes ago, Fanatique Demon said:

    Not sure what being blocked is about, or why, but fine. 

    It means he will no longer see your posts.

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    Not his best game for us today. Played within himself, lacked a bit of confidence. We need his swagger if we're to beat the saints next week

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