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Posted
1 hour ago, YearOfTheDees said:

Told he has cancelled and been replaced with Oliver and May.

That is on my train line and I might see if I can go. Think of awkward questions I can ask. 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, von said:

A football club is huge. Talking to trac is one thing. Talking to his family is another. Who the [censored] talks to an employees family? Maybe she’s happy to let people do their jobs. Hire good people, let them do their job. Simple stuff.

I do get that... but give  what transpired and where we now all find ourselves it might have be prudent( at least ) and empathetic (better) to have gone the extra mile here.

Not every day a player suffers that kind of injury.

Tells me all i need to know about this administration. 

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Posted
10 minutes ago, Flowergirl said:

The last line of the article "Work needs to be done, and it won’t be easy, and despite all the weirdness, the odds of Petracca playing at Melbourne next year are better than what they were a week ago"

Paywall so can’t read the article but what is the context behind him saying ‘odds of playing next year are better than they were a week ago?’… I was under the impression the exact opposite was the case?

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Re Roffey:

As I've said I've met her twice and was impressed with her down-to-earth vibe on both occasions. 

But people are missing the point here. The reason she was asked whether she has spoken to Tracy's parents was because she was suggesting she speaks to player parents all the time and how much they love the club. So after making a point of how a player's parents fully trusted the club she responded to the question about Tracy's parents that she hasn't spoken to them for some time and then that she usually only speaks to parents on game day. 

So she had not in fact made an effort to contact them.

I mean this isn't an every day event, the dude almost died. Surely even organising an Uber or something for the family? 

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5 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

I’m just wondering whether there’s a transcript of this interview available so that people can verify what is being attributed to Kate Roffey in the conversation?

An example is the blanket claim that she hasn’t spoken with Christian since he was injured on King’s Birthday. She does say during the interview that she hasn’t spoken to him on the specific subject of whether he wants to leave the club but she also says the following (at 9:21) -

“Any time. Christian is clear. I’ve said to him, any time he wants to talk to me, any time he wants me to come to a meeting (I’m) very happy to do so …”

That suggests that she has spoken with him at some time recently. 

There are a number of other matters discussed in the interview that have been relayed in this thread and elsewhere that don’t seem to match what Roffey is saying and which leads to an incorrect interpretation of the conversation.

A full transcript might be helpful in this respect because I’m fearful that some conclusions being drawn both here and outside are not based on what she really said in the interview.
 

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Posted
4 hours ago, JJJ said:

 I wonder if one of the AFLW girls was in ICU. Would she wait 2-3 months to talk with the player and family? 

This was my first thought this morning as i was listening live

Nearly choked on that first Cuppa….

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Posted
9 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

That is on my train line and I might see if I can go. Think of awkward questions I can ask. 

You leave Clarry alone! 

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1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

You leave Clarry alone! 

I'm seriously thinking about going. 

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4 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

 

A full transcript might be helpful in this respect because I’m fearful that some conclusions being drawn both here and outside are not based on what she really said in the interview.
 

The fact that we need a transcript to work out what she was saying, speaks to how poorly she was saying it.

I understand that public speaking and media is not for everyone, but it needs to be bread and butter for a president of football club.
She comes across as completely unprepared, as if she didn't think they would ask her 100 questions about Trac.

The role of a leader is to instil confidence. Did anyone walk away from this interview feeling confident about anything other than the fact that we have a lot of problems?  

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1 minute ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

I'm seriously thinking about going. 

By all means go, but you better be nice to Clarry.

Don't need Monday's headline to read "Oliver asks for a trade. Not happy with the direction the club's supporters are heading in".  

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So let me get this straight, the meeting at Gawn’s bar had someone from the public leak details and now this other casual drinks with players has been leaked. How dumb can you be?

The rustic Marion Wine Bar in Gertrude St, Fitzroy, was the scene for a peculiar little gathering of Melbourne players on Tuesday night.

Clearly, the players didn't seem to care - or they thought they couldn't be heard — by the table of serious football fans sitting at the next table.

The pleasant surprise seeing AFL players on a windy Tuesday night was one thing, their astonishment at what the players - clearly frustrated - were saying about Christian Petracca was another.

So much so, notes were taken.

Words such as "weird" were heard, and how Petracca's "weirdness" was accepted at Melbourne, but would not be accepted at another club.

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9 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

I’m just wondering whether there’s a transcript of this interview available so that people can verify what is being attributed to Kate Roffey in the conversation?

An example is the blanket claim that she hasn’t spoken with Christian since he was injured on King’s Birthday. She does say during the interview that she hasn’t spoken to him on the specific subject of whether he wants to leave the club but she also says the following (at 9:21) -

“Any time. Christian is clear. I’ve said to him, any time he wants to talk to me, any time he wants me to come to a meeting (I’m) very happy to do so …”

That suggests that she has spoken with him at some time recently. 

There are a number of other matters discussed in the interview that have been relayed in this thread and elsewhere that don’t seem to match what Roffey is saying and which leads to an incorrect interpretation of the conversation.

A full transcript might be helpful in this respect because I’m fearful that some conclusions being drawn both here and outside are not based on what she really said in the interview.
 

I agree, people have jumped to conclusions.

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5 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

The fact that we need a transcript to work out what she was saying, speaks to how poorly she was saying it.

I understand that public speaking and media is not for everyone, but it needs to be bread and butter for a president of football club.
She comes across as completely unprepared, as if she didn't think they would ask her 100 questions about Trac.

The role of a leader is to instil confidence. Did anyone walk away from this interview feeling confident about anything other than the fact that we have a lot of problems?  

Yes even if she made it clear later that she has been in regular contact it came across at the start the she had not

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1 minute ago, At the break of Gawn said:

So let me get this straight, the meeting at Gawn’s bar had someone from the public leak details and now this other casual drinks with players has been leaked. How dumb can you be?

The rustic Marion Wine Bar in Gertrude St, Fitzroy, was the scene for a peculiar little gathering of Melbourne players on Tuesday night.

Clearly, the players didn't seem to care - or they thought they couldn't be heard — by the table of serious football fans sitting at the next table.

The pleasant surprise seeing AFL players on a windy Tuesday night was one thing, their astonishment at what the players - clearly frustrated - were saying about Christian Petracca was another.

So much so, notes were taken.

Words such as "weird" were heard, and how Petracca's "weirdness" was accepted at Melbourne, but would not be accepted at another club.

Or you know, it could just be people making up absolute [censored], going to the media, and the media is lapping it up.

From everything I've heard that the players are saying about Trac, "weird" is definitely not an adjective that's being used. 

But hey, at least nobody set anything on fire. 

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5 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

So let me get this straight, the meeting at Gawn’s bar had someone from the public leak details and now this other casual drinks with players has been leaked. How dumb can you be?

The rustic Marion Wine Bar in Gertrude St, Fitzroy, was the scene for a peculiar little gathering of Melbourne players on Tuesday night.

Clearly, the players didn't seem to care - or they thought they couldn't be heard — by the table of serious football fans sitting at the next table.

The pleasant surprise seeing AFL players on a windy Tuesday night was one thing, their astonishment at what the players - clearly frustrated - were saying about Christian Petracca was another.

So much so, notes were taken.

Words such as "weird" were heard, and how Petracca's "weirdness" was accepted at Melbourne, but would not be accepted at another club.

Where is this from? Is there more?

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1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

Or you know, it could just be people making up absolute [censored], going to the media, and the media is lapping it up.

From everything I've heard that the players are saying about Trac, "weird" is definitely not an adjective that's being used. 

But hey, at least nobody set anything on fire. 

Goes without saying though, players shouldn’t be discussing this in public. Hopefully they’re not that stupid.


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4 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

So let me get this straight, the meeting at Gawn’s bar had someone from the public leak details and now this other casual drinks with players has been leaked. How dumb can you be?

The rustic Marion Wine Bar in Gertrude St, Fitzroy, was the scene for a peculiar little gathering of Melbourne players on Tuesday night.

Clearly, the players didn't seem to care - or they thought they couldn't be heard — by the table of serious football fans sitting at the next table.

The pleasant surprise seeing AFL players on a windy Tuesday night was one thing, their astonishment at what the players - clearly frustrated - were saying about Christian Petracca was another.

So much so, notes were taken.

Words such as "weird" were heard, and how Petracca's "weirdness" was accepted at Melbourne, but would not be accepted at another club.

Wasn't there another report of this meeting that Christian was there!  And there were hugs and handshakes all round.  It was reported the players understood his issues but they didn't know how to fix them ...

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Just now, At the break of Gawn said:

Goes without saying though, players shouldn’t be discussing this in public. Hopefully they’re not that stupid.

For sure and I would think they would have forked out for a private area anyway. 
 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

I had mixed feelings to this part of the interview.

From The Age:

Did you do enough during the two weeks following his horrific injury? 

'.........So I’m not sure, again, as I say in the media, a lot of this rhetoric around not enough was done, we need to actually sit down and go, ‘What wasn’t done? What would you have liked to have been done? If we didn’t do enough, you know, we can work through that and apologise’. But I’m not entirely sure what the, I don’t believe it relates to medical care, is probably all I can comment on."

The beginning of her response to that question which you edited out I think is worth including, as it paints a clearer picture of the situation. It sounds like Petracca hasn't raised these particular gripes with the club, and there's only so much the club could have done at the time due to the private nature of healthcare. So she says the club needs to sit down and discuss the perceived shortcomings. If Petracca hasn't been willing to do so, then there's not much that can be done. She makes it clear elsewhere that she has indeed reached out to him, her door open. 

Did you do enough during the two weeks following his horrific injury?

Roffey: I’ve read some bits and pieces about this in the media. I have no idea where that information came from. I’ve no idea what specifically that is referring to, so I won’t comment on the specifics. What I will say is that when you’re in intensive care, you can’t pop in and visit. You get one person who’s allowed to come in. In terms of the medical care, you go into the system as a patient of the Victorian health system. And so we’re not in direct contact with him for medical care at that point in time, that’s happening through his doctors. And so we have to find out further down the line what’s happening, what’s required of us, what we need to do.

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22 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Paywall so can’t read the article but what is the context behind him saying ‘odds of playing next year are better than they were a week ago?’… I was under the impression the exact opposite was the case?

It's beyond laughable. Petracca is a certainty to play for the Dee's next season . Happy to take on all wagers to the contrary.  Cue crickets.

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