Christian Petracca

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59 minutes ago, gregdemon said:

Buckley    said it best on SEN  this morning . Its not the Christian Petrecca Football club.    Melbourne can sit back and let others work.        come to us with a good deal or No deal.         We hold all the cards.      Good trade  or come back with tail between the legs and grow up   

Sounds like many in the media are starting to turn the screws on Trac in terms of his (or his "advisors") approach as this saga continues to play out.   Of course, the media would be salivating at the void this is filling before week 1 of the finals.  I though that not playing in finals reduces the anxiety levels of supporters.  Imagine if we did happen to make it to finals and this came out.

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5 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Wouldn't be so sure on this.

Petracca is as sensitive as it comes and takes things to heart. We see how emotional he gets in previous interviews and I know for a fact that Goody had to change the wayhe gave feedback to Petracca early days because he took things to heart too often and most likely still does when he had to give him strong feedback.

 

I wonder if his unhappiness started with the rumoured spray he copped from the coaches after fumbling the Carlton final last year? He probably didn't enjoy that too much...

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1 minute ago, Redjacket said:

This, This & This.

Textbook how to force your way out of a contract and get what you want.

Doesn't it damage your brand and reputation? Surely other clubs don't want that? 

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2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Haha exactly.. the same ones who have now turned on Petracca in the main Petracca thread.

The irony is wholesome. 

This is not the issue 

[OhMyDees 1,827]

Should be a hoot! 😂 

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2 minutes ago, OhMyDees said:

Should be a hoot! 😂 

As if this is still happening. 

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Why are people entertaining trades like Cerra and McKay? Why not just let Tracc himself determine the trade?

Trade him to North, GC or Freo. You break a contract that is the cost. 

If we relent and let him choose his destination we may as well package him with our first rounder. 

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5 minutes ago, OhMyDees said:

Should be a hoot! 😂 

Obviously Ringwood isnt too far out

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People on here that are making the point that Morris was right to justify whatever is laughable it's what is going on in the background that is the issue, some people can't see through the smoke 

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10 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

He's definitely not reading Demonland, of that I am certain. Sorry to disappoint Andy 😁

The hits to my ego keep coming.

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If he does play in opposition colours in 25, it will have a level of animosity between the players and particularly the fans not seen since Carey. At least it will be a big crowd for him

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Goodwin is one of the few people in my entire lifetime supporting this club that I have had faith in to drive a relentlesly competitive culture. He has been involved in winning throughout his career and he seems to be a determined competitor.

Sure there are still things he needs to improve but we would be a lot worse off without him in my opinion. 

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Did anyone mention the person ringing in to Tim and Garry (gee Garry made Tim look like a dill) and say that Petracca wants Roffey and Goodwin gone. Said he is very close to Petracca. Interesting.

Was thinking about brand Petracca - he may need to consider a brand manager because apart from letting himself get speccied on in a Colgate ad (-#cringe) he is absolutely killing his brand here - if some of the stuff being reported is true. 
 

Perhaps sponsors won’t care, perhaps they will.

The Ralph Lauren stuff is a bit cringe too - photo in his hotel room with a mirror behind him…even my cycling product reviews are a bit morw pro than that! 

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10 minutes ago, OhMyDees said:

Should be a hoot! 😂 

i'm assuming a late withdrawal. 

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10 minutes ago, OhMyDees said:

Should be a hoot! 😂 

Is this legit??

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Just now, BDA said:

i'm assuming a late withdrawal. 

General soreness 

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10 minutes ago, OhMyDees said:

Should be a hoot! 😂 

He will make a call the day before the event whether to attend, subject to ticket sales. Only performs to sell out stadiums 

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AFL 2024: Melbourne Demons’ Christian Petracca relives life-threatening injury as talk of trade request escalates (theage.com.au)

“It’s been really, really tough. Probably the most traumatic thing I’ve experienced in my life. The trauma of everything … it’s actually not necessarily the incident of it, it’s the aftermath of it. The surgery in general was a really traumatic experience: being awake for it, internal bleeding, wasn’t able to be put to sleep under anaesthetic. I can think of every single thing happening at that time,” Petracca said on the Howie Games podcast.

“This must have been 3am in the morning. I didn’t know at the time; I was drugged up. Bella (Petracca’s partner) came to the ICU the next day and basically said that at three in the morning … we got the number off the surgeon because he called to say you might not make it, basically. He’s in critical condition.”

Asked if there were fears he might not survive the operation, Petracca replied: “Yeah, because there was internal bleeding and everything. So (I was) in serious and critical condition. For me, it was more that, that hit home rather than the actual injury itself. I’ll be fine physically, and I’ll be able to train and get back to playing and everything. It’s just more that ... the people around you feel it more than you,” Petracca said.

“Even since then, the last six, seven weeks have been really tough on both of us. She’s been amazing for me since I first met her but just through this experience. I’ve got insomnia I feel like, to be honest, because of stuff like that. I can’t sleep because of stuff like that … I’m having to see a trauma psych to deal with what’s going on.”

Petracca said there was “a lot of stuff” he was dealing with.

“The self-doubt, the trauma, and the stress of everything. I’ve been in-and-out of hospital three or four times through emergency,” he said.

Think what you want about Trac and what he's currently doing, but be in no doubt: he has been through a level of trauma that most of us (thankfully) cannot comprehend.

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6 minutes ago, Jjrogan said:

If he does play in opposition colours in 25, it will have a level of animosity between the players and particularly the fans not seen since Carey. At least it will be a big crowd for him

At Marvel

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Has anyone even bothered to consider the possibility that Trac has laryngitis? That was why he pulled out of the 7 interview and can't talk right now. The sign language in the exit interview got misunderstood by the club and who he was leaking to.

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42 minutes ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

I'm taking on board from the media with a pinch of salt, as it's nothing more than rumour and innuendo, until we get an official statement from either Trac or the club. 

That's beyond head in the sand sort of stuff. 

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5 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Why are people entertaining trades like Cerra and McKay? Why not just let Tracc himself determine the trade?

Trade him to North, GC or Freo. You break a contract that is the cost. 

If we relent and let him choose his destination we may as well package him with our first rounder. 

Are you serious. Players don’t determine trades as the Club has a short list for its trade and draft selections at each seasons end. 

Leaving it up to leaving players who couldn’t care who is traded in would be a disaster. 

Please don’t entertain any thoughts of joining our footy dept any time soon or in fact NEVER. 

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3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Is this legit??

Just had a look at the facebook event page, seems a nice way to waste $49 lol

 

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8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

The hits to my ego keep coming.

Harambe vibes. 

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2 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

AFL 2024: Melbourne Demons’ Christian Petracca relives life-threatening injury as talk of trade request escalates (theage.com.au)

“It’s been really, really tough. Probably the most traumatic thing I’ve experienced in my life. The trauma of everything … it’s actually not necessarily the incident of it, it’s the aftermath of it. The surgery in general was a really traumatic experience: being awake for it, internal bleeding, wasn’t able to be put to sleep under anaesthetic. I can think of every single thing happening at that time,” Petracca said on the Howie Games podcast.

“This must have been 3am in the morning. I didn’t know at the time; I was drugged up. Bella (Petracca’s partner) came to the ICU the next day and basically said that at three in the morning … we got the number off the surgeon because he called to say you might not make it, basically. He’s in critical condition.”

Asked if there were fears he might not survive the operation, Petracca replied: “Yeah, because there was internal bleeding and everything. So (I was) in serious and critical condition. For me, it was more that, that hit home rather than the actual injury itself. I’ll be fine physically, and I’ll be able to train and get back to playing and everything. It’s just more that ... the people around you feel it more than you,” Petracca said.

“Even since then, the last six, seven weeks have been really tough on both of us. She’s been amazing for me since I first met her but just through this experience. I’ve got insomnia I feel like, to be honest, because of stuff like that. I can’t sleep because of stuff like that … I’m having to see a trauma psych to deal with what’s going on.”

Petracca said there was “a lot of stuff” he was dealing with.

“The self-doubt, the trauma, and the stress of everything. I’ve been in-and-out of hospital three or four times through emergency,” he said.

Think what you want about Trac and what he's currently doing, but be in no doubt: he has been through a level of trauma that most of us (thankfully) cannot comprehend.

I have lots of sympathy for what he has gone through but that is not an excuse to leak to the media.