Simply cannot cave and trade him. Everyone must hate the way this has played out. But we cannot afford to be conditioned to accept that a trade is inevitable. He is contracted we hold the whip hand. The damage it would do to the club and our reputation to cave to the demands of a contracted player to defect to a bigger in-state rival would be irreparable, and it's just not worth it, even assuming there will be a lot of animosity in keeping him to his contract. We don't need to act like a small club when we have him contracted, and to do so would just reinforce our small position in the landscape. Hold firm please Dees. 

4 minutes ago, darkhorse72 said:

isn't the trip to Noosa old news?  Sorted last week.

Yes, though I'd understand if if the recent developments would reignite and recolour that earlier dissatisfaction. 

 

This whole thing is just wild

Has such a thing ever befallen another club with a player of this calibre?

1 minute ago, Earl Hood said:

Due diligence says to me the Club has to explore all possibilities. If a club is able to provide a great Players/picks compensation package, I say go for it. And surely the Club gets to pick the best deal? 

Honestly I thought the same way as you mentioned, but then I think its time this club stands up and acts like a big club ... dont get pushed around I wouldn't do it, maybe revisit it in 12 months

53 minutes ago, Ouch! said:

My take,

• Having a player play for you if he doesn't want to be there, will never work out.

Tom Papley says good evening.

1 minute ago, gs77 said:

Yes, though I'd understand if if the recent developments would reignite and recolour that earlier dissatisfaction. 

Simply a journo trying to make links to this settled and get the top of the "news' on pile it.  as it's a great for generating revenue in their media at the moment. 

 

19 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

No but there’s not a lot of management coming either. Where’s the work done to make sure Tracc and the club never got to this stage.

Same guys manage Clarry.

He's pushing this, against advice from his management. 

13 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

exactly an alternative view is we are being forced into a rebuild. Take the initiative, be ruthless and trade them all while they have currency.

Yeah because that strategy is always such a winner

1 minute ago, Superunknown said:

This whole thing is just wild

Has such a thing ever befallen another club with a player of this calibre?

I mean Buddy left the Hawks after they just won a premiership, though he was a free agent. He’s a much bigger player than Trac, so I would have to say that would’ve been worse, but then they won two more flags 😂

4 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

The club are handling this perfectly. Just continue to say he’s contracted and we aren’t trading him. Wait and see what happens. No one comes with a monster off he’s back for day 1 of pre season. A contract’s a contract. 

thats another i dont get ANB has a contract and its all sunshine and rainbows when he says he wants to leave, wtf

1 hour ago, Undeeterred said:

Yes.

Double Down on that he is or soon will be past tense, hard to believe it though, club is on VERY shakey ground IMO!

1 minute ago, Elwood 3184 said:

Tom Papley says good evening.

Yep, there have been lots of the years, where it has worked out in the long run..  

When David Beckham left United they replaced him with Cristiano Ronaldo, alls well that ends well.

 

when Cristiano Ronaldo left United they replaced him with an old and injury prone Michael Owen, a serviceable Antonio Valencia and an untried Gabriel Obertan - that did not end well. 

I used to love track but he lost me kings birthday when he had his little love fest with Maynard still one of the weakest things I have ever seen, I knew right then that the jumper doesn’t mean that much to him 

1 minute ago, qarocks said:

thats another i dont get ANB has a contract and its all sunshine and rainbows when he says he wants to leave, wtf

I think they are very different situations. 

We are in the box seat here.

The only one sweating if he really wants out is Petracca.

Straight swap for Harley Reid maybe?

1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

it all comes down to paul connors

if he can't wheedle the deal, it won't happen

 

51 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

What really irks me is that the way he’s gone about it, means that he’s made it so hard to keep him, while also making it equally difficult to get a satisfactory trade done. 

I do not care how little you think about our club, we do NOT deserve to be treated this way by a player we gave the world to. 

He will have been getting well advised by Connors and his brother for weeks. They must think they can get a deal done. 

21 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

I said it earlier in this thread; this is going to look bad for "brand Petracca". He's not going to win friends in the league by wanting to leave on these terms.

Who does this guy think he is? He wins a flag and a Norm Smith and complaina about his personal brand? lol

CYA!

Obviously something real going on here.  But reasons like Training facilities and stuff I don't buy it.  He knew that when he signed on

6 minutes ago, The Corridor said:

Simply cannot cave and trade him. Everyone must hate the way this has played out. But we cannot afford to be conditioned to accept that a trade is inevitable. He is contracted we hold the whip hand. The damage it would do to the club and our reputation to cave to the demands of a contracted player to defect to a bigger in-state rival would be irreparable, and it's just not worth it, even assuming there will be a lot of animosity in keeping him to his contract. We don't need to act like a small club when we have him contracted, and to do so would just reinforce our small position in the landscape. Hold firm please Dees. 

Mate if he doesnt want to be here then dont force ' Contract Status " now time to get best deal possible and move on!

39 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

I think it goes back to the finals last year. I think he saw what playing against Collingwood and Carlton really means in finals and figured he doesn't have the intestinal fortitude to perform on the big stage in front of a hostile crowd. 

Otherwise called GUTLESS

54 minutes ago, kev martin said:

He could follow A.Yze to Richmond to help with their rebuild (they have the biggest membership). 

They have plenty of draft pics and Lynch.

Don't fight for a player who doesn't want to be at MFC. Can only be disruptive to us, and without being driven he could let himself decline.

Most big professional leagues around the world transfer players all the time. AFL has been an outlier, though is catching up. Tracc is part of the world's high performance athletes, and expects what that cohort does.

Won't happen... wants a bigger stage me thinks. Each to own

Hear me out: is it possible that Trac knows he'll never get back to seriously playing, and he and his beloved club are on the verge of orchestrating one of the greatest draft heists in history, perhaps getting revenge on Collingwood at the same time? 

1 minute ago, Skuit said:

Hear me out: is it possible that Trac knows he'll never get back to seriously playing, and he and his beloved club are on the verge of orchestrating one of the greatest draft heists in history, perhaps getting revenge on Collingwood at the same time? 

Short answer is NO!