1 minute ago, 3183 Dee said:

I think Damo’s being sarcastic here - it appears that the tide has turned against The Brand.

 

Methinks head office has had enough of this rubbish and is sending its mouthpiece out accordingly 

15 hours 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.

Players are being payed too much if they have drinks at Marion, its exxy rustic!

If they have a drink at the Napier/Rose/Town Hall/Standard I'll report back!

3 hours ago, Skuit said:

For any early risers, I've been covering the night shift from here in Europe. Nothing significant to report so far. You're probably safe to go and put on the kettle and do your morning stretches in preparation for another big day of refreshing. 

Appreciate your commitment @Skuit. Means I can do some paid work this morning. My employer passes on their thanks as well.

1 minute ago, 3183 Dee said:

I think Damo’s being sarcastic here - it appears that the tide has turned against The Brand.

 

On second reading you are definitely right. Haven’t had my coffee yet and at this point no level of ridiculous takes from the AFL media would shock me.

Thanks for pointing out! 

Wow Damo has gone bang

Such is my disdain for Barrett, I read this as completely unironic. 

Just so angry and upset that our club has once again found a way to implode from the President poor response to what’s been occurring in our club since winning the flag. Basically issues not resolved to a point were our best player who only after signing a long contract spoke so highly of the club etc I’m also equally at Trac. If this is the case as part of a long contract & a leader comes with  responsibility to be a part of the solution!  A thorough review is needed and heads need to role regardless of who they are !

9 hours ago, Jack7 said:

Joe Gutnick is still alive?

 

He must be like 120 by now

Why does everyone keep bringing up the 20 goal loss?

9 minutes ago, demoniac said:

Players are being payed too much if they have drinks at Marion, its exxy rustic!

If they have a drink at the Napier/Rose/Town Hall/Standard I'll report back!

And I've got Tamura Sake Bar next door covered demoniac. 

Much ado about nothing 

3 hours ago, Skuit said:

For any early risers, I've been covering the night shift from here in Europe. Nothing significant to report so far. You're probably safe to go and put on the kettle and do your morning stretches in preparation for another big day of refreshing. 

Look out Luke Bona, we have @Skuittaking over.

Just now, Demonsone said:

Just so angry and upset that our club has once again found a way to implode from the President poor response to what’s been occurring in our club since winning the flag. Basically issues not resolved to a point were our best player who only after signing a long contract spoke so highly of the club etc I’m also equally at Trac. If this is the case as part of a long contract & a leader comes with  responsibility to be a part of the solution!  A thorough review is needed and heads need to role regardless of who they are !

It's impossible at this point to predict where all this is headed, and how this shambles will be resolved. Review or not, the club will be unstable for months. The likelihood is that Petracca will leave. It's  likely that no big name  players would be induced to go to Melbourne in a trade. This means going for high draft picks which also means a club Petracca doesn't want to go to. Where Goodwin sits in this is equally impossible to predict.

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Crikey that’s grim!

11 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Neither?

19 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

And I've got Tamura Sake Bar next door covered demoniac. 

Say hi to Fumi. He ran one of my favourite city bars, Horse Bazaar, one of my go to places for a drink after work for quite a few years 🍸🍣

It’s an all out pile on the MFC now no holds barred, kick them whilst their down, show no mercy, this fiasco is going to put us back years, possibly back into the wilderness again. Unless……???????

23 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

Much ado about nothing 

Until Jason Taylor requests a trade 🤣

8 minutes ago, No. 31 said:

Say hi to Fumi. He ran one of my favourite city bars, Horse Bazaar, one of my go to places for a drink after work for quite a few years 🍸🍣

I'll tell him No.31 says hi. 

I think he's opened another place near the top end of Smith St recently? 

22 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Such a peak Melbourne poll. Executives vs Players. You really can't make this [censored] up.

27 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

46 minutes ago, Undeeterred said:

Methinks head office has had enough of this rubbish and is sending its mouthpiece out accordingly 

Quite possible 

AFLHQ... ahem...  we're the ONLY "brand" 😉

 

30 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

The irony of people having a crack at Petracca's partner is that Trac has credited her with giving him a kick up the [censored] in 2019 to take his career more seriously. Leading him to adopting better professional standards for himself and fulfilling his talent in the following years. So maybe people should also give her credit for helping him turn into one of the best players in the comp and being instrumental in our flag.

The point I think that bears noting is he isn't ( seemingly ) self driven.