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If Trac wants out completely then that’s fine. Well not fine but whatever. 

If he truly wants out then he has to go to the club that gets the MFC the best deal. 

He signed a 7 year deal and has 5 remaining. We need to be fairly compensated. 

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2 hours ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Yeah i noticed the comment about 3 players attending the lunch and then 3 players leaking - seems convenient.

It could just be that the players want to try and reassure the supporters or let them know the truth. 

My feeling is they know he is probably gone.

Or nothing was leaked and the media make it up on the basis that they will not be held accountable re whether their reporting is accurate.

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2 minutes ago, raDeelaide said:

If Trac wants out completely then that’s fine. Well not fine but whatever. 

If he truly wants out then he has to go to the club that gets the MFC the best deal. 

He signed a 7 year deal and has 5 remaining. We need to be fairly compensated. 

yeah right

just wait till he nominates a certain club of his choice and digs in

contract system is broke and it's all on the afl's usual incompetence

we are getting done over big time

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3 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

yeah right

just wait till he nominates a certain club of his choice and digs in

contract system is broke and it's all on the afl's usual incompetence

we are getting done over big time

Or he could pull his head in, work on his mental and physical health, and come back with a positive attitude and integrate with his team mates again. It was the FILTH that did this to him in the first place. I don't know what's changed since that interview he gave a month ago! The silence is deafening. Either way. I have lost a lot of respect for him for damaging our club and letting down so many supporters who are eagerly waiting to hear the outcome of all this b@@sh@t talk. 

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The Tracc media frenzy is Dusty all over. How many articles were written about Dusty leaving Richmond that never came to fruition? Journos are notorious for writing clickbait based on rumours and speculation and when the subject of their report does not respond they then say that the 'silence is deafening' or they have 'gone to ground' and that it proves the rumours and speculation.

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3 minutes ago, chookrat said:

The Tracc media frenzy is Dusty all over. How many articles were written about Dusty leaving Richmond that never came to fruition? Journos are notorious for writing clickbait based on rumours and speculation and when the subject of their report does not respond they then say that the 'silence is deafening' or they have 'gone to ground' and that it proves the rumours and speculation.

Dustin Martin to GWS was absolutely happening and only didn't because the GIANTS withdrew the contract. That is on record via Dustin's own manager.

I don't think by now anyone really has any doubts as to Christian's desire to try and leave the Melbourne Football Club. It's now all about if the Blues can satisfy us via trade or if another club becomes an option.

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I just don't understand how trac can claim he wants to leave due to "trauma", but only to a "Big prestige local club". You're either traumatised and seeking greener pastures or you're using trauma as a tool to further greedy ambition.

If Tiges offer us the most we offer him that as an out. If he doesn't want to and Blues offer peanuts, he can sook it up at Casey. There's too much at stake here we can't be treated as doormats. 

Dude user to be my favourite player and I adored him, now I can barely look at him. [censored] tragic tbh. 

 

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11 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

Reckon Whateley is spot on here.

He'll have nailed the petracca view for sure. 

Won't be the first or last player to have a serious and potentially life threatening injury on the footy field. 

If the MfC had put all their energy into Tracc at the time the media would have said we let his injury derail our season. 

Not a simple situation imo

 

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Whateley is a great commentator - one of the best - but he’s not a reporter anymore and wouldn’t have any further insight into the situation than has been publicly reported by Morris, McClure, Ryan etc

And so I find his editorialising of the situation disingenuous as he’s clearly chosen the ‘Trac side’ over the ‘MFC side’ as it makes for a better diatribe for him

All that’s to say I wouldn’t be looking to Whateley for actual facts about the situation despite him trying to speak with such authority about it all

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If Trac still wants out by 30 September, we’ll acquiesce to his request to leave the club by trading him to to the draft pick rich Gold Coast Suns where he can play in front of 9,000 people in the Saturday 1:45 and Sunday 4:40 slots. And he can take his brand to Darwin for 2 games in May in front of 6,000 people in oppressive heat.

“Trac, you can depart the club with our blessing, but it’s 100% on our terms. Are you still convinced you want out”

But I suspect we’d trade him to the club of his choice with two high teen picks as the bargain price.

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51 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

yeah right

just wait till he nominates a certain club of his choice and digs in

contract system is broke and it's all on the afl's usual incompetence

we are getting done over big time

Unfortunately... I can see this.

Just quietly... the AFL don't care... 

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1 minute ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

If Trac still wants out by 30 September, we’ll acquiesce to his request to leave the club by trading him to to the draft pick rich Gold Coast Suns where he can play in front of 9,000 people in the Saturday 1:45 and Sunday 4:40 slots. And he can take his brand to Darwin for 2 games in May in front of 6,000 people in oppressive heat.

“Trac, you can depart the club with our blessing, but it’s 100% on our terms. Are you still convinced you want out”

At least that’s how I would like my club to operate.

But I suspect we’d trade him to the club of his choice with two high teen picks as the bargain price.

Yes that's the view I'm coming to. 

The problem with that is that AFL player contracts are now becoming as meaningful and eternally unbreakable as a Hollywood marriage.  

Trac could conceivably go to somewhere like GC on a 5 year deal only to [censored] and moan and engineer some reason to get to his beloved Demon slaying piescum next year. 

The AFL will do everything to help those clubs and let us twist in the wind because we won't even raise a whimper.  

It's a joke.  

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6 hours ago, Gtrain said:

I think Trac should leave.  He almost died and now the club is backgrounding the press to take down his reputation.  Vintage MFC.  It's a weak club run by weak people.  We have a long history of exporting players who go on to have better careers elsewhere and Trac will be no different.  I hope he goes somewhere that wraps there arms around him warts and all and let him play his best footy.   I love the club but save for norm smith getting sacked this has been the darkest week in the clubs history.

Hey Christian, how're travelling mate. Sorry don't  do much Socials and I reckon my cooking kicks yours to the curb ...just saying  ..capische..  cya round like a gnochi ;) 

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10 minutes ago, Hellfire Dub said:

Yes that's the view I'm coming to. 

The problem with that is that AFL player contracts are now becoming as meaningful and eternally unbreakable as a Hollywood marriage.  

Trac could conceivably go to somewhere like GC on a 5 year deal only to [censored] and moan and engineer some reason to get to his beloved Demon slaying piescum next year. 

The AFL will do everything to help those clubs and let us twist in the wind because we won't even raise a whimper.  

It's a joke.  

trac will never go to a club he doesn't want to go to

he either gets to the club he wants to or he doesn't - a trade has to be mutual or it fails, full stop

p.s. he aint going to go to anywhere other than (the city of) melbourne for obvious brand reasons

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2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

trac will never go to a club he doesn't want to go to

he either gets to the club he wants to or he doesn't - a trade has to be mutual or it fails, full stop

Almost... a trade simply has to suit him .... maybe not us...   you've all but alluded this just before R 😉

If if transpires...it WILL be this..  

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16 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

But I suspect we’d trade him to the club of his choice with two high teen picks as the bargain price.

This is exactly what will end up happening. We are spineless at the trade table. 

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7 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

trac will never go to a club he doesn't want to go to

he either gets to the club he wants to or he doesn't - a trade has to be mutual or it fails, full stop

Yeah this idea people have of us simply trading him anywhere we get the most value is simply unrealistic. Clubs aren't going to give up multiple first round picks and/or players for a Petracca who doesn't want to be there... 

This is either going to be a multiple club-involved trade so he can get to Carlton or Collingwood OR he just stays and works it out. As much as people are turning on the guy here I don't think he'd sit out a season over all of this in spite.

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If the narrative becomes he's not the player he was previously so we take unders we must not cede. We get what market price or he stays or he can retire. 

Question, if both parties agree to rescind the contract does he becomes a free agent? 

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1 minute ago, Dee*ceiving said:

If the narrative becomes he's not the player he was previously so we take unders we must not cede. We get what market price or he stays or he can retire. 

He can retire if he likes. 

Question, if both parties agree to rescind the contract does he becomes a free agent? 

Now that's a very good question...   really... 

I'm  curious 🤔 

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Richmond have the capital but I can't see why they would want him. He doesn't seem to be the leader they need, more likely a distraction for a club trying to bring a bunch of kids through together 

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2 minutes ago, Dee*ceiving said:

If the narrative becomes he's not the player he was previously so we take unders we must not cede. We get what market price or he stays or he can retire. 

He can retire if he likes. 

Question, if both parties agree to rescind the contract does he becomes a free agent? 

probably, but this would be the worst case for us. we get nothing other than the salary offload

could not see it happening

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4 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

trac will never go to a club he doesn't want to go to

he either gets to the club he wants to or he doesn't - a trade has to be mutual or it fails, full stop

If he wants a big Vic club that makes a field of four IMO. Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong or Hawthorn. He won’t want Richmond they have a long stay at the bottom coming up. None of those have the draft picks or the salary space for a salary that he wants without releasing a well paid very good player. Don’t relent MFC a top five draft pick and a good player or he remains at the MFC. 

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