Christian Petracca

[Roost it far 7,427]

It’s McKay and the Blues first or no deal. 

[Young Blood 2,280]

This would all be so much easier to swallow if he wasn't our best player...

[bluey 1,033]

1 hour ago, Young Blood said:

Curious as to who you think would be a bigger star/calibre of player to leave us since Ron

Greg Wells, Earl Spalding.

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,423]

Could the fact that there is an ongoing investigation into certain matters have played a role? Are we allowed to mention that if we use vague language?

[Clintosaurus 7,572]

1 minute ago, Roost it far said:

It’s McKay and the Blues first or no deal. 

I'd be wanting more than that. Cerra.

[At the break of Gawn 4,419]

What if the club meets half way for Christian. Yes, we will trade you but only to a club that we believe have the absolute right capital. Maybe that’s West Coast? We were extremely keen on Reid. Maybe it’s North? LDU and pick 2? Christian won’t get everything he wants if he ends up leaving.

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,423]

Just now, At the break of Gawn said:

What if the club meets half way for Christian. Yes, we will trade you but only to a club that we believe have the absolute right capital. Maybe that’s West Coast? We were extremely keen on Reid. Maybe it’s North? LDU and pick 2? Christian won’t get everything he wants if he ends up leaving.

But he could get a brownlow

[Earl Hood 6,061]

1 minute ago, Roost it far said:

It’s McKay and the Blues first or no deal. 

And we need multiple hard running midfielders to replace Tracc, Brayshaw and maybe Clarrie. McKay would be nice but won’t solve our problems if our midfield isn’t functioning. 

[Bombay Airconditioning 6,217]

TDK 26 in July,  201cm

Harry McKay 27 in December, 204cm

I would personally take TDK.

[Rossmillan 585]

Just wondering how that conversation goes

“Hey Charlie (cornrow), sounds like petracca may want to come here, how would you like to go to Melbourne?”

Nup

”Hey Harry, Charlie said no, but how about you go to Melbourne instead”

Nup

At least this whole mess might cause some trouble at Carlton - haha 

 

[Young Blood 2,280]

Sure Harry would be great (if he somehow changed his mind and was happy to leave which I doubt)

But we're now in a position where we have to replace Gus, ANB and now Trac (who knows if Clarry can be Clarry again). Next year could be rough.,..

Edited August 26 by Young Blood

[Travy14 1,853]

1 minute ago, At the break of Gawn said:

What if the club meets half way for Christian. Yes, we will trade you but only to a club that we believe have the absolute right capital. Maybe that’s West Coast? We were extremely keen on Reid. Maybe it’s North? LDU and pick 2? Christian won’t get everything he wants if he ends up leaving.

They absolutely should be saying this to him.

Collingwood are out of the picture, unless Daicos is up for grabs haha.

And Carlt are out unless Curnow or McKay are open, which they aren't.

That leaves Richmond or someone else.  LDU and Pick 2 sounds nice!!

[ElDiablo14 4,933]

Has anyone checked if Gus stopped following Petracca on IG?

[Dee Zephyr 19,174]

Please, can we have this thread locked for just 5 minutes so some of us can make a cuppa. 
 

[jumbo returns 6,703]

https://x.com/footyonnine/status/1828008055067517317?s=46&t=99J0TMoeTgI1ledzDLUX4A

 

[Roost it far 7,427]

2 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

And we need multiple hard running midfielders to replace Tracc, Brayshaw and maybe Clarrie. McKay would be nice but won’t solve our problems if our midfield isn’t functioning. 

We go to the draft with pick 5 and Carlton’s first pick and get Oliver back. We could crash and burn or we might just get the mix right. I’m downgrading my recent 2025 optimism though. 

[Jaded No More 67,822]

9 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

Maybe our culture is spot on.

Maybe the problem with our culture is that we have too many nice guys in position of power. 
Goody, Gawny, Richo, all really nice people who genuinely love every player. 

In a high performing environment that can sometimes be a real problem. 

[ANG13 2,007]

7 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

TDK 26 in July,  201cm

Harry McKay 27 in December, 204cm

I would personally take TDK.

No way they offer up TDK. 

[Bombay Airconditioning 6,217]

3 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

No way they offer up TDK. 

I wouldn’t either if I was Carlton, but McKay is a plodder. If Carlton is happy to let McKay that tells us enough. Got to give something good for Trac, TDK and their first pick.

[Kick_It_To_Pickett 3,291]

It has to be McKay and a pick. No way you are letting go a top 5 player in the league for McKay

 

[Neil Crompton 5,312]

28 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Makes me appreciate the guy even more that a few cheer squad members don't like him lol

I'm not spiteful at all, just hilarious the irony in all this that all of a sudden how quickly you can turn on a player when he's clearly brought negative press to the footy club.

As recent as a few days ago and last week you were still critical of people on here for suggesting he leaves. Funny..

 

Daz, @WalkingCivilWar has kept a pretty low profile for a very long time on her “lack of fondness” for Tracc. There have been hints here and there, but certainly no blatant knocks on the boy, for as we are all aware, WCW does not abide by the dumping on our players. Yet on 18th Aug, she wrote a post in response to someone else, where she hinted more strongly than I’ve seen before of her “lack of fondness “ for Tracc. It initially took me by surprise and I responded with the following to ensure I had interpreted correctly:

“Thank you for your comments on Clarrie. That is very reassuring. 
As for Tracc, without actually saying it, you painted a very unflattering picture of him - which I’m sure was your real intent. It seems that the ego-maniac kid that first arrived at the club perhaps hasn’t really changed, only disguised that trait. I also infer that perhaps Tracc has been less than accepting of Clarrie’s transgressions, and that Batman and Robyn are no longer the dynamic duo. If the divide at the club actually stems from all of this, then I hope we give Tracc similar orders that we gave Clarrie - shape up or ship out”.

So I think you are being a bit hard when you say that she has “quickly turned on a player”, she’s felt that way for a long time. I also think that her posts were not “critical of people on here for suggesting he leaves”, as you claim, rather I read them as saying that it was only media chat, and that neither the Club nor Tracc had, at that stage, come out and said he was leaving, so don’t take it as gospel yet. 
Anyway, it’s a very sad state of affairs and something our Club doesn’t need and really doesn’t deserve. Hope for the best but plan for the worst.

[OutOfTheCentre21 179]

McKay and a pick. I'd also be interested in picking up an Ollie Wines to assist in the short term. 

[DeeZone 8,998]

27 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

that explains why this thread disappeared for 10 minutes

i didn't see anything that broke demonland rules

Who posted it?

[bing181 9,005]

Some disturbing revelations on this thread. If even half of it is true, with so many younger players at the club you would think that the FD would be looking to move Trac on in the same way they did golden boy Jack Watts.

[Bombay Airconditioning 6,217]

The games changed, the last season and a half, is more fast paced. TDK has a bit of LJ and  X factor about him. McKay is an older school fwd who is no stranger to the yipps. TDK & Gawn can rest fwd and rotate through the middle.

Edited August 26 by Bombay Airconditioning