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Conor McKenna has just told Brisbane that he wants to go home again because the Guinness here doesn't taste the same (true) and the last food parcel from home went missing in transit so he's run out of Barry's Tea. 

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Pick #10 and McAdam is not a good trade for Petty anyway. Sure Harry McKay and Dangerfield were Pick #10s, but so were Zach Reid, Lochie O'Brien, Cockatoo, Freeman, Sumner and Gorringe.

Petty is a very good player on a good contract (from MFC's point of view). We should hold him unless they pay a king's ransom

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14 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

I don't think I've come across any other professional sport where so many players are homesick for places that are an hour or so away by air or a few hours by road with exactly the same culture, food and language. 

I agree completely with the general point, but in this case aren't we talking about Wudinna? Where the Petty family make up 2% of the population!

56 minutes ago, DubDee said:

if a player makes a decision based on more money it’s not a go home factor issue and that’s fine. 

If they make a career defining decision due to a city being busy with traffic or too hectic well that’s pretty astounding. 

If i got paid big money to live away with a new ‘family’ of 45 mates to play footy i’d think i’m the luckiest bloke in the world. 

If a player could be paid 200k more, and also move closer to home, and to a city they feel more comfortable in, it would be mentally unhinged not to do so.

If that's the situation, then every additional day Petty stays with us is a beautiful gift that we should appreciate as Petty putting the club before himself.

And some people are questioning his grasp of loyalty. Gross.

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43 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

well he’s played about three good games as a fwd but with great potential so i could only see his value going up

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21 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

If a player could be paid 200k more, and also move closer to home, and to a city they feel more comfortable in, it would be mentally unhinged not to do so.

If that's the situation, then every additional day Petty stays with us is a beautiful gift that we should appreciate as Petty putting the club before himself.

mentally unhinged? many players choose loyalty, mateship, chance of success etc over extra money and or going home. clubs have to offer overs to tempt players away  Kozzi or Rivers would get offered well over 200k to go home but they are part of something.

lets just say every situation is different hey? 

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Go home factor is a furphy that is used by players as an excuse. Tim Kelly wanted to go home, just as long as it was to WC for example. And how many players go home for less money? Not many I reckon.

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Was getting worried to see this thread with a high post count today. Had a huge sigh of relief when it's all come from Kornes.

This guy will advise us to move him on this year then have a crack at us next year for poor list management when we have no key position depth. If he moved, he will then claim it as further evidence of poor club culture. Guy is a click bait parasite.

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1 hour ago, BDA said:

Go home factor is a furphy that is used by players as an excuse. Tim Kelly wanted to go home, just as long as it was to WC for example. And how many players go home for less money? Not many I reckon.

Schulz wants to go home, but only to Collingwood 🙄

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1 hour ago, BDA said:

Go home factor is a furphy that is used by players as an excuse. Tim Kelly wanted to go home, just as long as it was to WC for example. And how many players go home for less money? Not many I reckon.

I'd play for Melbourne for less money.

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1 minute ago, Beetle said:

Was told today by a club source that Petty is not going anywhere and has no desire to leave the club any time soon.

Anytime soon meaning under 24 months time?

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1 minute ago, adonski said:

Anytime soon meaning under 24 months time?

Well who can predict the future but club is confident he doesn’t have any desire to join Adelaide. 

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Whether it’s overpaid by the Crows or not, for the Dees to even consider it, requires a replacement of Fogarty or Thilthorpe, 10 and McAdam thrown in.

Crows want Petty and we want to keep him, so it takes a buster offer. You could even ask for another late pick for Fullarton as an ambit claim.

However looking like Petty stays.

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Adelaide can simply just GTFO.

Pick 14, which will become something like 18 once bids are taken into account + McAdam.

Minimum would need to be 14 + McAdam + Fogarty/Thilthorpe to replace the known quality that is Petty.

Crows persistence indicates they really want him, yet they’re trying to give virtually nothing for him. I wouldn’t even speak to them again for the remainder of the trade period, McAdam be damned.

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Weirdly I don’t mind Cornes. He doesn’t seem to take himself seriously like other [censored] such as Barrett. It’s like he’s taking the piz, knows he’s taking the piz and knows we know he’s taking the piz.

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Can we even take pick 14 back?

Thought there were rules preventing this. We got blocked by the afl back in 2019 from receiving our 2nd rounder back in the freo Langdon - pick swap trades back in 2019.

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