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3 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Once lauren and Jason moved to nova did trac still do a weekly spot?

I'm guessing not

Yes he did. The last one I heard was either at the tail end of Noosa or the week he got back. Have not heard him since and definitely not since this story originally broke. 

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In 2003,Manchester United traded David Beckham,aged 28,to Real Madrid,to the fury of Man U supporters.

 

It was a genius trade as Man U  traded Beckham at his peak and extracted maximum value.

We need to trade Trac,also aged 28,for a minimum 2 first rounders and set up our future before Tassie enter the AFL.

When the Hawks traded Buddy,they won 2 more flags without him

When Geelong traded Ablett,they won one more flag without him.

I don't think our list will win another flag because our gameplan is outdated and our forward line non functional.

Time to move on.

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6 minutes ago, Nascent said:

What post count did we get up to for the Hogan and Jackson threads? Feel like we're well on track to beat them.

Jesse Hogan - 484 pages

Luke Jackson - 324 pages

Jack Watts - 275 pages

Christian Petracca - 127 pages and counting with at least 7 weeks to go

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3 hours ago, pitmaster said:

Don't forget this all started with Darcy Moore's knee. We owe those jerks SOOOOOO much pain. One year I hope we deliver.

Bloody Moore - his knee, and his icing on the cake is tunneling Kozzie and getting him suspended.  

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You reach the stage where you have overplayed your hand.

Jason Ackermannis style.

the suitors become concerned that your a liability.

A club with good values doesn’t wish to import high maintenance trouble.

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The club is always bigger than the player. I think I said that last week as well.

If the rumours are to be believed and a ‘big’ vic club is the preferred destination, it could only mean filth or blues, as surely no one is queueing up for Ess or Tiges?

Blues have a couple of players. Maybe Curnow? Surely not McKay?

Can’t see many players of interest in black-and-white. Most are are too old. Maybe Ed Allan? Could add in Maynard who would mysteriously disappear in a freak training accident?

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8 hours 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. 

Exactly. The Club needs to credibly signal that they are prepared to hold him to his contract and not trade him if they want leverage with Petracca and an alternative club. One way to do this is for senior leaders to make bold public statements that could make them look foolish after a trade, like being certain that he will play in the red and blue in 2025 (Goodwin, Pert, Lyon, etc).  It’s a credible signal because it’s costly - it’s a statement that comes with some reputation damage if it turns out wrong.

Conversely, Petracca and his management seem to want to make the relationship seem so bad and irreparable  such that the club decides it’s better to accept a weak trade rather than have him around the club.

In this regard, other MFC players stating the relationship is bad is unhelpful for the club.  Better other players don’t say anything or, alternatively, say something along the lines that “look he’s gone through a lot, but we’ll get around him if he stays”. That may be hard to say in the current context but the fact that it’s hard to say makes it credible and would bolster the club’s position. 

For what’s it’s worth, I think the players would get around him if he were to stay. Too many good memories, players would understand he’s been through a lot, and they may also have some sympathy with some of his criticisms and concerns about the club’s performance. I also really question whether this is the right moment in his recovery to make such a big decision. 
 

The challenge I see with Petracca’s strategy is what it signals to any interested club — on the one hand it credibly signals his ambition and drive, but also that this personal ambition is bigger than the team/club. I’m sure that would make other clubs pause.  And thus if he pushes too hard on the “irreconcilable narrative” and continues to leak internal club issues to credibly signal this fallout (issues I’m sure all clubs have and don’t like aired), it will get to the point where other clubs will see risk not only opportunity in a trade. Conversely he could risk future captaincy and other status symbols should he push too far down this path but still end up at the Dees.

Anyway, will be interesting to see where this lands.  Personally, I hope he stays because of the high performance standards he brings.

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Can’t believe he’s joined the media pile on about our crowd sizes. He’ll no doubt get a hot reception from our red & blue legion the first time he plays at the G in opposition colours. For his sake he better hope it’s on a cold Thursday school night with replacement rail buses running. 
 

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7 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

How's that going so far?

Absolute fluff is all that is.

One does find oneself wondering if Gary Pert was previously in charge of delivering interstate high speed rail.

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I follow a lot of English/European soccer - star players are untouchable until they're not. Irreconcilable differences are irreconcilable until they're fixed. Which pragmatically they usually are.

I don't want Petracca to leave but if he forces the issue, the club has an incredibly strong hand with a 5 year contract and a competition top 5 player in the mix. I can't see how there is a conversation with anyone other than Carlton based on information currently available but see how the dust settles over the next few weeks 

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4 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

One does find oneself wondering if Gary Pert was previously in charge of delivering interstate high speed rail.

Or perhaps a monorail somewhere 

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5 hours ago, Young Angus said:

Wow that’s a lot of pages, did anything actually happen Monday night or is all this just DL putting itself into a meltdown?

Just the same ole, same ole doing the same ole. 
 

You know, Pert, Roffey and Goody are the cancer to this club. 
 

Culture,  Yada Yada Yada. 
 

Said journalist is attacking us and has no credit then is to believed. 
 

Oh, Trac wants to leave coz his Insta needs more followers. The steel boots have come out from the same ole doing the same ole. 
 

🥱🥱😜😜

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6 hours ago, Adam The God said:

Pert and Roffey need to go. After Trac's last two weeks, I'm fine for him to nick off too.

If Tracc's team are doing all the whiteanting and leaking, in some ways, there's not a lot we can do at this stage but to stay firm for the moment.

Let him look selfish and then pull the best deal we can.

They got him in to talk to the playing group.

They can't really have said much in the last two weeks except "Tracc is staying". They probably know they'll just leak more rubbish reasons why he's unhappy.

Hope he gets sent to the Peptides.

Sook coach with a Sook player.

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14 hours ago, adonski said:

I don't know how much or how little I'm allowed to post, but here's some of it:

Contracted Carlton key forward Harry McKay has emerged as the key to unlocking a potential trade of Melbourne superstar Christian Petracca, who has reminded the club and teammates of his desire to leave the Demons.

The Norm Smith medallist reiterated to his teammates on Saturday night, and the club during his exit interview on Monday, that he wants to play for a rival Victorian club in 2025, despite public guarantees from Melbourne’s CEO, coach and football boss that Petracca would not be traded under any circumstances.

Three sources who were at Melbourne’s end-of-season function on Saturday night said there was tension surrounding Petracca’s presence and that it was noticeably uncomfortable between him and several teammates.

Petracca’s issues with Melbourne stem from long before he suffered an agonising and life-threatening injury in a collision with Collingwood captain Darcy Moore in the King’s Birthday game.

He became frustrated during the 2023 season when he believed the club failed to act strongly enough in its dealings with fellow superstar Clayton Oliver, who was enduring several off field issues.

He has also told the club, on more than one occasion, that he wants to play more consistently in front of larger crowds.

At last some light This issue was allover town at the time and Tcacs body language during games showed us how deeply he felt Not sure about H McKay

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5 hours ago, Demonland said:

Jesse Hogan - 484 pages

Luke Jackson - 324 pages

Jack Watts - 275 pages

Christian Petracca - 127 pages and counting with at least 7 weeks to go

Yes expect Trac page to hit 500+ if this Demon Disaster event unfolds with Trac traded.  Pert. Goodwin. Roffey. All jobs should be under review.  To even consider losing your Star icon like Trac would stab through the heart of every Demon supporter.  The club is bigger than the individual. But it warrants QUESTIONING OF ALL LEADERS at the club.  
 

ps. Memo to Trac.   I don’t always agree with my workmates or the direction of my business but I do my job to my best ability every day.  

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