8 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

I’m not going to reveal my sources, so don’t ask, but Christian did a tour of the Yarraville-Seddon Eagles facilities last week. He was very impressed by what he saw, including access to the Westgate, and public transport options on both the Werribee and Williamstown lines.

His reservations are parking around Anderson street, and the lack of blockbuster movies showing at The Sun cinema. He does however rate the cinemas Choc Tops.

Ahh good old Yarraville Seddon, that’s where Josh Giddy played his footy as a ruckman. Obviously decided on basketball

8 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

I feel the media is just pushing 5 articles a day on this when they’ve had no new info apart from the original disgruntled report.

Goodwin again said today that Trac is staying and will be here for 5 more years but that wasn’t reported anywhere. Instead, more rubbish hypothetical trade articles on him leaving.

Good news doesn’t sell 

Now has to wait till '28 or '29 for the captaincy.

That's torn it...

8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

I’m concerned that trac might never be the same player considering the injury he had. It’s sounds horrific. Clubs would be wary as there is an asterisk over his ability to get back to his best 

2 hours ago, binman said:

Can i propose we change the title and focus of this stoooopid thread:

Tracc Wants Trout?

I will grant him permission to have my old username. It’s not a great one probably about as bad as Adam the God. 

23 minutes ago, Demonland said:

More BS 💩💩💩💩

1 hour ago, At the break of Gawn said:

I feel the media is just pushing 5 articles a day on this when they’ve had no new info apart from the original disgruntled report.

Goodwin again said today that Trac is staying and will be here for 5 more years but that wasn’t reported anywhere. Instead, more rubbish hypothetical trade articles on him leaving.

Agree but the problem is until Trac comes out and refutes the rumour he wants out those articles will keep coming.

Even if he stays this trade period, the articles will continue all through next year especially if the AFL brings in trading draft picks 3 years out. Then you'll have articles like the Pies trading 3 first rounders for him.

Until Trac makes a public statements one way or the other the speculation will continue.

People don't care about real news, it's boring.

People what to see celebrities at their worst or animals close up with a wide angled lens.

Edited August 20, 20241 yr by layzie

5 hours ago, KLV said:

Sam McClure obviously didn't watch our win on the weekend. What a d*head

My thought exactly. There's no recognition of the fact that we were the first - and only - Victorian club to win up there this year.

McClure is a goose. "litany of scandals"

5 hours ago, KLV said:

Sam McClure obviously didn't watch our win on the weekend. What a d*head

My thought exactly. There's no recognition of the fact that we were the first - and only - Victorian club to win up there this year.

McClure is a goose. "litany of scandals"

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

3 First Rounders and Quaynor as a hypothetical for Trac? In a heartbeat. 

Edited August 20, 20241 yr by Gawndy the Great

1 hour ago, Oxdee said:

I’m concerned that trac might never be the same player considering the injury he had. It’s sounds horrific. Clubs would be wary as there is an asterisk over his ability to get back to his best 

Very good point

1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Now has to wait till '28 or '29 for the captaincy.

That's torn it...

It'll be interesting to see what happens this off season. 

I doubt they'll make him vice captain this year, but maybe next year if he shows some renewed commitment to the club.

I'd be going with co-captains next year.

Edited August 20, 20241 yr by Adam The God

Was chatting to a mate of mine who is a mad tigers fan. He's confident that Yze and the tigers may try and convince him to come to tigerland. 

According to him they'd hypothetically get picks 9 and 10 for Bolton, then on trade those two picks and a future 1st for Trac.

At first I thought it was a nonsense suggestion, but if one side could raise the draft capital, have the salary cap room to accommodate his contract, and draw blockbuster crowds in Vic to entice him to join, it's Richmond.

I hope Trac stays, but if he forces our hand and requests a trade Richmond could make a deal happen.

 

Edited August 20, 20241 yr by Adzman

4 minutes ago, Adzman said:

Was chatting to a mate of mine who is a mad tigers fan. He's confident that Yze and the tigers may try and convince him to come to tigerland. 

According to him they'd hypothetically get picks 9 and 10 for Bolton, then on trade those two picks and a future 1st for Trac.

At first I thought it was a nonsense suggestion, but if one side could raise the draft capital, have the salary cap room to accommodate his contract, and draw blockbuster crowds in Vic to entice him to join, it's Richmond.

I hope Trac stays, but if he forces our hand and requests a trade Richmond could make a deal happen.

 

They’d be maaaaad to trade away their early picks for Trac. They need to go hard at early picks to have any chance at a solid rebuild before tassie comes in. They will be rubbish for a long time with or without Trac. 

11 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

I’m not going to reveal my sources, so don’t ask, but Christian did a tour of the Yarraville-Seddon Eagles facilities last week. He was very impressed by what he saw, including access to the Westgate, and public transport options on both the Werribee and Williamstown lines.

His reservations are parking around Anderson street, and the lack of blockbuster movies showing at The Sun cinema. He does however rate the cinemas Choc Tops.

Clubroom-kitchen size remains a sticking point… inconceivable he can braise ossobucco for 18 in there PLUS fit  the camera crew in 

7 minutes ago, Adzman said:

Was chatting to a mate of mine who is a mad tigers fan. He's confident that Yze and the tigers may try and convince him to come to tigerland. 

According to him they'd hypothetically get picks 9 and 10 for Bolton, then on trade those two picks and a future 1st for Trac.

At first I thought it was a nonsense suggestion, but if one side could raise the draft capital, have the salary cap room to accommodate his contract, and draw blockbuster crowds in Vic to entice him to join, it's Richmond.

I hope Trac stays, but if he forces our hand and requests a trade Richmond could make a deal happen.

 

& I’m sure Trac would love to go to a club that is in a rebuild and realistically would be lucky to play finals for five years . He wants to play finals..in Melb and play at the MCG

Whenever I read stories of Demons players touring other facilities I always imagine the comparisons they must draw between Casey Fields and (insert literally any other AFL training facility) and become immediately nervous. 

By the time this Caulfield feasibility study is done (and possibly viewed as “feasible”) and the building is complete, most of our current team will have retired. This must be a constant background (and often foreground) irritation for them. One that no other clubs are forced to contend with. Our department’s long-running ineptitude in sorting out this debacle is my biggest gripe with the club  

 

26 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

It'll be interesting to see what happens this off season. 

I doubt they'll make him vice captain this year, but maybe next year if he shows some renewed commitment to the club.

I'd be going with co-captains next year.

Nope that ship has sailed IMO. After all that has transpired I don’t think you can ever fully trust Trac to have the best interest of the club at hand again. He has shown a part of himself that cannot be unseen no matter the circumstances.

32 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

It'll be interesting to see what happens this off season. 

I doubt they'll make him vice captain this year, but maybe next year if he shows some renewed commitment to the club.

I'd be going with co-captains next year.

I think the way i'd approach it is to elevate the heir apparent to the VC role alongside Viney. 

So perhaps the leadership structure would be 

C: Max Gawn

VC: Jack Viney, Jake Lever 

4 hours ago, hopelessdeesfan said:

Ahh good old Yarraville Seddon, that’s where Josh Giddy played his footy as a ruckman. Obviously decided on basketball

Josh’s kid sister plays for YSE’s junior girls team and is a handy kpp (my daughter’s on the team).

Athleticism and coordination (and height) clearly runs in the family!

Edited August 20, 20241 yr by ChaserJ

1 hour ago, Gawndy the Great said:

Nope that ship has sailed IMO. After all that has transpired I don’t think you can ever fully trust Trac to have the best interest of the club at hand again. He has shown a part of himself that cannot be unseen no matter the circumstances.

I’m assuming you’re a grown adult. Why then would you need it explained that throughout a person’s career they will have moments of doubt and instability? That blind and unwavering commitment to any professional organisation is unrealistic? That physical trauma can have severe impact on one’s mental outlook? 

This “trust” of yours - what is the worth of it if it’s so readily disposed, despite having no true knowledge of the situation?

IF, Trac is desperate to leave the club now, do you think it’s because he’s got a new-found kink for disappointing thousands of people? Or could it possibly be that there is a serious issue between him and a person/people at the club?

IF, the situation is similar to what “journalists” are describing, and IF somehow Trac does manage to leave the Demons, I have a feeling we’ll discover down the track that someone who is not CP is at fault here. 

It’s either that or he’s emerged from his ordeal with an entirely new, self-serving, wreckless, prima-donna personality. I’m having trouble believing this is what happened. 

Edited August 20, 20241 yr by Mel Bourne

1 hour ago, Die Hard Demon said:

They’d be maaaaad to trade away their early picks for Trac. They need to go hard at early picks to have any chance at a solid rebuild before tassie comes in. They will be rubbish for a long time with or without Trac. 

I don't think it happens but I reckon they could pull it off if they wanted to. They can't draft 8 kids and expect to be competitive. The question would be is Petracca happy going to a bottom 4 team, I suspect not.

Richmond has currently picks 1, 21, 30, 39, 41, 48, 57, 64, 73.

They could easily lose all of Baker, Bolton, Rioli and Graham.

Speculation/suggestions from cal on Gettable proposed these scenarios... granted this is an  educated guess.

Rioli to Gold Coast for pick 13 (some say could even be 5).

Baker and Bolton to freo for 9, 10 and 17.

Graham to net a second round pick 22.

That could potentially leave them picks 1, 9, 10, 13, 17, 21, 22 and a stack of later picks.

They could use some of those later picks to target gold coast or Brisbane's later first rounder (14 or 20).

They could offer say pick 1 and 9 for Petracca and still have 4-5 first round picks left over. And that's not even using their future picks.

Maybe Trac isn’t in a hurry to shut it all down, he likes followers and all that useless social media [censored] doesnt he?

Social media is the pits to begin with, no such thing as bad publicity.