Christian Petracca

[Jaded No More 68,132]

Just now, Roost it far said:

We made a statement today and so did someone else by not making a statement. He’s looking more gone by the day. 

He’s going nowhere this year. He needs to build a bridge and get over himself and work with the rest of the leadership group on getting back into contention. 
We won’t trade him with 5 years left, without giving ourselves the opportunity to turn things around first. 

[Roost it far 7,477]

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

He’s going nowhere this year. He needs to build a bridge and get over himself and work with the rest of the leadership group on getting back into contention. 
We won’t trade him with 5 years left, without giving ourselves the opportunity to turn things around first. 

Not so sure anymore. The whole club celebrated today except for one guy. You can’t deny the serious possibility.

[Wrecker46 2,875]

I don't think Pert and Petracca will be at the club next year.

I know which one i would prefer.

[Jaded No More 68,132]

1 minute ago, Wrecker46 said:

I don't think Pert and Petracca will be at the club next year.

I know which one i would prefer.

Are you saying it’s one or the other? 

[Gawndy the Great 9,010]

17 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Not so sure anymore. The whole club celebrated today except for one guy. You can’t deny the serious possibility.

Me neither. But unlike Doggas situation, we hold all the cards so I’m not that stressed about it.

Worst case is he goes and we will get 2-3 really good picks that will help us for 10+ years vs the 3-4 good years he has got left.

Edited August 17 by Gawndy the Great

[The Jackson FIX 2,751]

5 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

Me neither. But unlike Doggas situation, we hold all the cards so I’m not that stressed about it.

Worst case is he goes and we will get 2-3 really good picks that will help us for 10+ years vs the 3-4 good years he has got left.

Happy to deal him to a club he doesn’t want to go to.

[Ted Lasso 18,853]

29 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

He’s going nowhere this year. He needs to build a bridge and get over himself and work with the rest of the leadership group on getting back into contention. 
We won’t trade him with 5 years left, without giving ourselves the opportunity to turn things around first. 

Plus where does he expect to go? there are maybe 2-3 teams in the entire competition that could both afford him and have any sort of hope of satisfying us in what would probably be the biggest trade return in AFL history. 

i'm guessing he doesn't want to go to North, RIchmond or West Coast

[KozzyCan 472]

30 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Not so sure anymore. The whole club celebrated today except for one guy. You can’t deny the serious possibility.

Steven May?

[John Demonic 5,549]

3 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

Plus where does he expect to go? there are maybe 2-3 teams in the entire competition that could both afford him and have any sort of hope of satisfying us in what would probably be the biggest trade return in AFL history. 

i'm guessing he doesn't want to go to North, RIchmond or West Coast

Saints will get josh battle compo and have Picks 5, 6, 23 and Future picks by the look of it. Tracc at the Saints: Flag Kilda 2025. 

Edited August 17 by John Demonic

[Ted Lasso 18,853]

1 minute ago, John Demonic said:

Saints will get josh battle compo and have Picks 5, 6, 23 and Future picks by the look of it. Flag Kilda 2025

That'd be a twist in the tale that he goes to the team that overlooks him, also pretty handy if we had picks 5,6,7 23 and a future first from them

[DistrACTION Jackson 8,283]

3 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

Steven May?

He posted on Instagram celebrating the win…

[McVeezyLikeASundayMorning 20]

I really feel for Trac, and this situation seems impossible to fairly judge without all the information. I’m sure there’s a lot going on behind closed doors. I do think it’s pretty hard not to read something into this, but I think some compassion for Trac is definitely needed here. He’s been through a hellish experience, the club would have lost a lot of his trust in the way it was handled, and his distancing himself could just be his way of protecting himself from reliving all the trauma. We’ve been told he’s dissatisfied with the “direction” the club’s going in - notably not with Goody - which to me sounds like an excuse more than anything. He’s hurt, and he just can’t deal with us right now … that’s my highly speculative take, anyway! I hope the club’s  taking his mental health seriously because I get the sense that minimising what he’s been through in any way would be the final straw.

[pitmaster 3,464]

4 hours ago, Norm Smith said:

I think long term, not short term.

I can't see the value in us handing better draft picks to the Suns, Pies and Dons. (And worsening our own picks.)

I think we should blood : Jefferson, Adams, Verrall, Farris-White.

Give Woey and other kids more game time.

Rest ANB - he's not our future.

  

The idea that we should blood kids against the filth, who are playing for a finals spot, is so absurd that it discredits anything you have to offer.

If we were going to debut Jefferson it would have happened by now. We are playing next week to win and to cruel their finals aspirations. It's not a time for experimentation.

[DubDee 24,561]

Why didn’t Trac travel?

He just started WALKING around the Tan last week. He hasn’t been to games in Melbourne. Why TF would he go to this one?

 

[DistrACTION Jackson 8,283]

5 minutes ago, McVeezyLikeASundayMorning said:

I really feel for Trac, and this situation seems impossible to fairly judge without all the information. I’m sure there’s a lot going on behind closed doors. I do think it’s pretty hard not to read something into this, but I think some compassion for Trac is definitely needed here. He’s been through a hellish experience, the club would have lost a lot of his trust in the way it was handled, and his distancing himself could just be his way of protecting himself from reliving all the trauma. We’ve been told he’s dissatisfied with the “direction” the club’s going in - notably not with Goody - which to me sounds like an excuse more than anything. He’s hurt, and he just can’t deal with us right now … that’s my highly speculative take, anyway! I hope the club’s  taking his mental health seriously because I get the sense that minimising what he’s been through in any way would be the final straw.

Everyone understands that he went through a traumatic experience, but it feels like he’s trying to find someone to blame when unfortunately bad things happen sometimes. The AFL medicos have ticked it off and confirmed that proper processes were followed. I’m sure if the Drs had their time again or had the beauty of hindsight they would have done things differently, but they’re human as is Trac. There’s no way they forced him out on the field without his consent.

Edited August 17 by DistrACTION Jackson

[Ethan Tremblay 30,177]

Petracca and Neale are good mates who catch up on the reg. 

[At the break of Gawn 4,427]

11 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Why didn’t Trac travel?

He just started WALKING around the Tan last week. He hasn’t been to games in Melbourne. Why TF would he go to this one?

 

What are you talking about? He was at the game last week at the MCG. He’s been in Noosa for weeks prior to that.

It’s well reported now that senior players were unhappy with him being in Noosa instead of being involved at the club. This week, the club flew everyone up. May didn’t go because of his rib injury, but once again, Petracca has let this group down again by not getting involved. As far as I can tell, and what I’ve been told, for Christian it’s all “me me me” at the moment.

[McVeezyLikeASundayMorning 20]

15 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

Everyone understands that he went through a traumatic experience, but it feels like he’s trying to find someone to blame when unfortunately bad things happen sometimes. The AFL medicos have ticked it off and confirmed that proper processes were followed. I’m sure if the Drs had their time again or had the beauty of hindsight they would have done things differently, but they’re human as is Trac. There’s no way they forced him out on the field without his consent.

Oh absolutely, agree with this 100%. I assume he’s still processing the accident and possibly having to manage other people’s emotions (fiancée, family etc) as well, which would be taxing. I also don’t envy the doctors - this would be ****ty for them too.

[Gawndy the Great 9,010]

32 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

That'd be a twist in the tale that he goes to the team that overlooks him, also pretty handy if we had picks 5,6,7 23 and a future first from them

They’d be stupid as hell to do it as they need every one of those picks to turnover their average list.

[Bombay Airconditioning 6,217]

We don’t the full story so let’s make it up as we go.

[Gawndy the Great 9,010]

12 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

What are you talking about? He was at the game last week at the MCG. He’s been in Noosa for weeks prior to that.

It’s well reported now that senior players were unhappy with him being in Noosa instead of being involved at the club. This week, the club flew everyone up. May didn’t go because of his rib injury, but once again, Petracca has let this group down again by not getting involved. As far as I can tell, and what I’ve been told, for Christian it’s all “me me me” at the moment.

That is becoming more evident the longer this goes on. 

[Jack Vineys Anger Manager 314]

Maybe he was told to stay away today.
The whole situation is a very public middle finger to Max, Jack, and the club.
I did notice that Jack did the "trac flex" after he kicked his goal today. I don't think that was a coincidence.

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,461]

5 hours ago, Skuit said:

I like Trac's proactive approach. Unhappy with our direction so he goes out and recruits Lauchie Neale. Should make for a decent ANB replacement. 

Now your talking!

[whatwhat say what 22,266]

if he is to go, i am very curious to see who on earth could put a package that is worth it for us

i can't see him being willing to leave victoria, so that already limits the scope of players

someone like the peptides would love him, no doubt, but there's no way a package of parish, wright, 2024 and 2025 1st round picks would cut it for mine - but that's the sort of package likely that would need to put together, primarily cos it's not just 'value for trac' but 'salary cap management'

he's on over $1m a year for the next five years...there's no free agents that we can throw exorbitant cap space at to square the ledger

i just can't see how it can happen

Edited August 17 by whatwhat say what

[WalkingCivilWar 39,266]

2 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

Steven May?

Maysie’s partner is due to give birth any day now, she’s already overdue. He’s hardly gonna travel interstate thereby risking missing the birth all for nothing since he can’t play anyways.