1 hour ago, Redleg said:

4 AFL fans were sitting at a table in a pub and they heard someone say that I will be replacing Max as captain of the Demons next year.

I am ringing Robbo now as it has to be true and I am sure it will get back page.

Replace '4 AFL fans' with ' 4 figures closely connected to the club' as they fans have taken out 3 game memberships.

If we trade Petracca for sub par value all of the key people except for Goodwin and Taylor need to exit. Lamb, Roffey, Richo and Pert need to know they will never work in the AFL system again if they are spineless here. 

5 hours ago, homsar said:

Maybe because he’s a human who has helped us do something many of us thought we’d never see. 

Yep that’s basically it

2 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

‘In the aftermath of the Kings Birthday injury, Melbourne and the AFL had a principle objective to clear the medical process, which looked awful to us on the outside and I think the guiding principle was to protect from future litigation’

’They Actively tried to create a picture that everything was fine. Publicly documented statements from the club and the league that Tracc was in good spirits and recovering well, when in fact, he was in a critical condition in ICU and family members thought he might die. So when you get that so long, that leaves scars, and those scars are what we’re seeing now’

So I had a look at the MFC statement on June 12th when Tracc was still in ICU  and Alan Richardsons quote are: (https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1576895/alan-richardson-on-christian-petracca-condition)

 

“Christian is in good spirits and making positive strides in his recovery,” Richardson said. 

“Christian is expected to be moved out of the ICU and into a general ward by tomorrow morning, and discharged from hospital in the coming days,” Richardson said.

"I want to make it clear that we have full confidence in how our medical team responded and the procedures they followed. Their expertise and swift actions have been crucial in managing Christian’s injury and subsequent recovery," he said.

 

 

On 27/08/2024 at 09:38, praha said:

The next step now is for Petracca's camp (and potentially Collingwood or Carlton) to start over-cooking his injuries to bring his trade value down. Continue making his place at the club untenable, force a trade, and get it at value.

Bookmark it. I reckon within 7 days we'll see a report about how he'll never be the same player again yada yada yada.

It took 4 days.

2 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

Reckon Whateley is spot on here.

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. 

Edited August 31, 2024Aug 31 by raDeelaide

21 minutes ago, praha said:

It took 4 days.

Where did you hear/read such an article?

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.

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

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. 

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.

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. 

 

Edited August 31, 2024Aug 31 by Mouseymoo

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

 

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

Edited August 31, 2024Aug 31 by demoncat

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.

Edited August 31, 2024Aug 31 by Bring-Back-Powell

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... 

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.  

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 ;) 

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

Edited August 31, 2024Aug 31 by daisycutter

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..  

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. 

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.

Edited August 31, 2024Aug 31 by Young Blood

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? 

Edited August 31, 2024Aug 31 by Dee*ceiving

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 🤔