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28 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

The strong lure home is a big pile of cash!

We’re about $1.5M per year in the black after Grundy, Harmes, Jordon, Hibberd and Dunstan. 

Surely we can find whatever cash we need. 

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    10 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    I get the appeal. But we’d be cutting back a fair bit and would be the wrong type of player to trade out just as May is entering twilight.

    Turner has given us a small sample size, when playing along side May & Lever. Particularly the Sydney game. 

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    On 10/4/2023 at 2:58 PM, DeeZone said:

    Can I just respond to Tom Morris - Ha Ha Ha ha……..Ha Ha ha….!!!! Your a real killer Tom.!!!

    What kills me about Morris is he is allegedly a Melbourne supporter.  Why he's trying to decimate the club with his crappy reporting I'll never know. 

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    On 10/4/2023 at 1:48 PM, Demonland said:

    When it rains it pours.

     

    What is that stuff??

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    If Petty wants to go home then he’s essentially saying he wants to go back to live in a country town and not play AFL. His “home” is not Adelaide. It’s not even near Adelaide. The lure might be his Adelaide based girlfriend, but at 23 that relationship may not last. Or his girlfriend might relocate to Melbourne. 
     

    2 years is a long time when you are 23 years old. I’m not letting him go unless he’s categorically unwilling to stay or his foot is busted. We can always trade him next year while he’s contracted after he won us a flag kicking 50 goals 😀

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    On paper picks 10 & 20 look good, however we all know drafting kids are unknown so it is a massive risk, given we know what Petty can produce already as a 23 year old!

    There's a reason teams like Geelong & Sydney are so strong, they don't get stuck in an eternal pick loop thinking draft picks will save them.

    I'd personally rather trade for established players than use draft picks on most occasions.

    So in summary, no I wouldn't be trading Petty and would back ourselves to keep him in 2 years time.

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    Are we into someone else at Adelaide? They are just trying to talk this up and its very strange to do so after Lambs comments...

    (ok ignore the above have just caught up on the rumours thread about Fogarty. Explains the bleating from Adelaide. )

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    Crows and media are nothing but pants sniffers. Petty couldnt possibly be considering playing for those weirdos. Hes contracted anyway.

    Why cant the media just leave MFC alone for once.

    f....off

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    On the assumption we're chips in on next year's flag rather than taking a potential step back:

    Petty should only be traded if Harry McKay or an equivalent proven key forward is coming through the doors. And even McKay won't solve our atrocious conversion for goal under pressure (although he once kicked 58.33 in a season)

    I cannot fathom how the list management and coaching team will be confident of winning next year's flag with T Mac, BBB and JVR as our 3 best key forwards, while losing Petty and not recruiting another established KPF. The fact that they (probably) called T Hawkins shows you how the club feels about their tall forward depth chart, and how life would look like without Petty.

    Unless we get a proven 35-40 goal a year tall forward which is what Petty is highly likely to kick next year off a 20+ game season, then we'll hold Petty to his contract.

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    2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

     

    Barrett is as reliable as a Politician, all BS.

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    4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

     

    I've been told that Petty has said no and I'm standing by that. 

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    6 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

     

    Damo, from Ive been told, and as of right now, is more than happy to live inside a toilet booth. 

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    Where is old mate TGR when you need him. Petty is one of his beloved "multi dimensional talls".

    You draft players at any point in the draft and develop them to get to the precise point that HP is at now.  Entering his prime.  That's where you get full return on your investment. 

    Those looking at prospective draft picks for Petty as "setting us up for the future" should remind themselves that Harry is only 23 and should be viewed as a big part of not just our present but our future as well. 

    And FWIW I'm one of those who believe that we were only a fit Harry Petty away from winning the whole damn thing in 2023

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    Looks like we are holding firm......

    https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/trade-news-three-teams-involved-in-pick-swap-as-demons-hold-firm-on-harrison-petty-after-big-offer-from-crows/news-story/d59da9f9e77d17692f800fb937a9f084

    "Melbourne will not flinch on holding contracted defender Harrison Petty to his contract as they prepare to offer Adelaide a pick in the 30s for forward Shane McAdam.

    Adelaide is understood to have offered South Australian 197cm forward Petty a long-term front-ended deal that could hit as much as $800,000 a season across the life of the contract.

    In response Melbourne, which has Petty contracted for two more seasons, is understood to be open to extending his contract at more lucrative terms to ensure the 23-year-old stays at the Demons.

    Despite Petty being open-minded to a move back to South Australia at some stage, the Demons can hold firm given he is a contracted player."

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    In a great surprise to no one, Petty’s strong lure home is Adelaide offering him enough cash to own most of South Australia.

    The AFL is such a joke. Most leagues around the world would ban tampering and not allow clubs to just get in the ear of contracted players. 

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    Wont go away:

     

     

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    Urgh as much as this is most likely media smoke its so irritating.

    Petts so important to this teams success. He's looking like the best key forward we've had since Hogan. I don't think we lost a game with him at forward this year (still baffled as to why we sent him back). I watched him closely and even in games where he didn't score much he was so so effective in his positioning and using his body to create space for himself and others. 

    His ability to read the ball, lead with pace, mark strongly, use his body and kick straight (12.1) is unmatched on this team AND he's only 23. Skies the limit. MUST KEEP.

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    That’s big money for Petty. 
     

    Given the contract being offered and the contract status of Petty currently surely they would be paying a minimum of 2 first round picks for him 

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    Adelaide throwing the toys out of the cot....

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