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10 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Deary me..

Some really startling points in this.

Garry Pert currently in an emergency board meeting discussing all the current matters including the Petracca saga.

Lloyd stating that he's spoken to some current melbourne players that have said that they think would be best if Christian left the club.

 

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5 minutes ago, Rednblueriseing said:

Garry Lyon still says no way Melbourne will trade petracca 

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? 

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1 hour ago, sue said:

From her posts she has more than moved on.  I thought she was just making the point about what can be said publically to maintain your negotiating position.

Ok maybee I misread apology!☺️

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I’m interested in how this sits with Max, Jack Viney and possibly Steven May.

The club itself might be resolute in the fact that there’s no trade but I doubt the players would want to go into battle with him now that he’s made all this so public.

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1 hour ago, John Demonic said:

Was this the 'There is one player who never comes over to the cheer squad and says hello and is friendly with fans" topic I recall reading? A few of us guessed Clarry, and some others, and you said Clarry was the opposite: always friendly and willing to chat. Maybe it was Tracc eh?

If you don't want to answer, thats fine. Because it's still public.. 

This is getting a bit New Ideas gossip raggy now, haha sorry.

When I said that he never interacts with the cheer squad, at that time, that was the thing that I probably saw as the height of his rudeness. Two years later (now) and folks would struggle to believe some of the stories we could tell you about him. Put it this way… we’ll take no interaction over horrible interaction any day. 

As for Clarrie, he may not have the charisma or the PR nous of Tracc, but he’s more loyal to the Club and us fans than you could hope for. I’m grateful to the Club and the coaches and nearly every player for not washing their hands of him. He’s a Dee through and through. 

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Barassi went to Carlton and if Tracc goes there too were gonna need a Voodoo Doll.

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1 minute ago, adonski said:

Gaz is a pro. Raise that value.

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. 

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45 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Shouldn't.

It's a team sport, we won that as a TEAM.

Exactly.

I barrack for Melbourne Football Club, the mighty Demons.

Players come and go, Coaches come and go, Presidents come and go.

When they give their all and do well I appreciate their efforts but the reality is they are employees of the club, but not club itself.

My loyalty is to the club over individuals.

  
I recall Ron Barassi saying his loyalty was to the club he was playing / coaching at that time.

When Ron left in 65 there was great disappointment. Over time Demon supporters came to love Ron all over again as well as also view our Team’s success 54 to 64 with great pride. That legacy was not harmed because of Barassi leaving. Not getting any compensation for Ron was all together another matter.

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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. 

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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. 

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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

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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. 

 

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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. 

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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

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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 😂

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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

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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!

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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. 

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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 

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