Christian Petracca

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Wow we have our Christian Petracca back, what a huge effort Tracca, with a lot of luck and hard work from from the rest of our group we could have a huge ‘25 and beyond.

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1 hour ago, Billy said:

3 hours ago, chook fowler said:

a bit like my morning workout.

Me too without the six pack

Same here, @Billy.  I drink the six pack after my morning workout.

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1 hour ago, Redjacket said:

Could Carlton try to use Pick 3 for Petracca? Would you take it?

They could try and make the offer, then watch while Melbourne say "no thanks".

[Little Goffy 14,310]

I'm not going to go all gooey-eyed over 'athlete does training' in itself, but I am feeling positive about Petracca having this chance to reset mentally.

That program goes into astonishing levels of analysis of breath, blood, wattage outputs and probably stool samples as well. They also have multiple cycles of previous records to refer to and give Trac feedback on every aspect of his body.

To be away from routines, pushing yourself under precision monitoring and guidance, and getting instant feedback on how your body is going - it seems like an ideal way for any player to restore confidence after a major injury.

Got to wonder if something like this should become a common offering for players almost like the concussion baseline test. Maybe the special feature of new players' second pre-season?

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2 hours ago, Redjacket said:

Could Carlton try to use Pick 3 for Petracca? Would you take it?

WTF

[pitmaster 3,511]

Since neither the Blues or the Pond Scum have a 2025 first round draft pick who else thinks Trac's prospects of moving just diminished significantly?

And that is before you think he has ahead another year of shared commitment, sacrifices and achievements to restore the bond with his Demon brothers. But really, with no first rounders on offer how could they deal?

[Demon Disciple 11,953]

Sorry but I don’t understand all the Trac love on here.

The bloke has clearly let himself go, doubling the amount of body fat from 3 to 6% 😂

[Pottsydee 152]

It's great to see Christian back to health and training again. 

I'm not being cynical... but why has he gone to Europe for this? Isn't there elite facilities like the this here, at say the AIS in Canberra for example? Maybe he wants to get into a completely new head space? Different environment?

Again, not being cynical just genuinely curious.

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1 minute ago, Pottsydee said:

It's great to see Christian back to health and training again. 

I'm not being cynical... but why has he gone to Europe for this? Isn't there elite facilities like the this here, at say the AIS in Canberra for example? Maybe he wants to get into a completely new head space? Different environment?

Again, not being cynical just genuinely curious.

IIRC It's a red bull training camp. I think he's sponsored by them, he's gone before as have other players.

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3 minutes ago, Pottsydee said:

It's great to see Christian back to health and training again. 

I'm not being cynical... but why has he gone to Europe for this? Isn't there elite facilities like the this here, at say the AIS in Canberra for example? Maybe he wants to get into a completely new head space? Different environment?

Again, not being cynical just genuinely curious.

He’s a Red Bull Ambassador so has been heading there for the last few years. Let’s be honest Canberra or Austria? I know where I’m going! I was hoping Clarry would be joining him.

Edited October 15 by Roost it far

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5 minutes ago, Pottsydee said:

It's great to see Christian back to health and training again. 

I'm not being cynical... but why has he gone to Europe for this? Isn't there elite facilities like the this here, at say the AIS in Canberra for example? Maybe he wants to get into a completely new head space? Different environment?

Again, not being cynical just genuinely curious.

Salzburg is a very interesting and picturesque place. It’s not that warm this time of year though, so unlike Christian I do recommend taking a shirt.

[Willmoy1947 4,063]

I would have thought the family might be just over the hills.

[robbiefrom13 887]

Now that it's all settling down, I wonder will some of us come to to the view that Petracca is deserving of enormous respect and thanks.  Disruptive, yes - but showing the way; doing what needed to be done. What MFC needed.  Come the start of next season, we will find out maybe 

In the first couple of hundred years of Christianity there was a debate about governance and purpose - some "authorities" were appointed by the community's recognised leaders, and some other leaders were recognised as having been gifted by God and therefore  as having the right to leadership.  Institutional as against charismatic leadership.  In time the institutional won, and the rest is history...

Petracca has charismatic gifts.  He has spoken about the state he was in as he walked back to the middle after his dribbler goal in the Grand Final.  We all have the look on his face in that moment etched into our memories.  The whatever-it-was in the split second that made him go for the dribbler - it rolled across the line at the exact centre mark of the goal line.  I was there - in context of the match this was pure inspiration, something totally off the show. Pure instinct - and so imaginatively powerful.  Way beyond the six points it got us.

Do I remember hearing that with a minute to go in the third, the story was "shut it down" and Clarry and Petracca said "nah - go for it!" ?  At the time, sitting in the stands, there was a feeling like in Greek tragedy of something huge and inevitable taking hold - and Petracca rose with it - even, was a huge part of it being lifted into view.  He certainly was then and may be regularly tuned in and operating above the institutional default.  Certainly he's impatient for greatness, and I think you could fairly say he's connected to purpose more so than the pragmatic norms-driven solid citizens. 

There's a place for the rules-breaker.  They can smash everything, I know,  but they can also release the shackles that lets better through.  

Post-Maynard and the test-case that so publicly displayed the fundamental dishonesty in the AFL's money-driven double-standards, the shake-up of the Melbourne Footy Club resulting from the public dissatisfaction of Petracca - this is a genuinely interesting drama way beyond the reach of the corrupt AFL. Potentially, it could launch the club back into contention with a break-out re-stating of priorities.  If it does, our gratitude to Petracca will be inestimable.  Like it was in that best of all days in Perth.

TIME TO Suspend disbelief, I reckon - faith may be going to get its reward.  The hard work Petracca is putting in looks pretty good to me.  He looks exactly like he did in Perth - driven, with no limits holding him.  So I'm genuinely interested to see what he's got in 2025.  There's a big story here.

 

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Was bearish start 24 and am Bullish 25 (in much the same way I was bullish start 21 - I had $ on us at 26-1)

Going long premiership and CP Brownlow

 

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11 hours ago, Pottsydee said:

It's great to see Christian back to health and training again. 

I'm not being cynical... but why has he gone to Europe for this? Isn't there elite facilities like the this here, at say the AIS in Canberra for example? Maybe he wants to get into a completely new head space? Different environment?

Again, not being cynical just genuinely curious.

He's done it for the last 4 year.  He does it because there he has access to a much level of high performance personnel and facilties.  He does it because he's sponsored by Red Bull.  If it means he has a superior fitness than his opponents, who would anyone have an issue with it?

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1 hour ago, robbiefrom13 said:

Now that it's all settling down, I wonder will some of us come to to the view that Petracca is deserving of enormous respect and thanks.  Disruptive, yes - but showing the way; doing what needed to be done. What MFC needed.  Come the start of next season, we will find out maybe 

In the first couple of hundred years of Christianity there was a debate about governance and purpose - some "authorities" were appointed by the community's recognised leaders, and some other leaders were recognised as having been gifted by God and therefore  as having the right to leadership.  Institutional as against charismatic leadership.  In time the institutional won, and the rest is history...

Petracca has charismatic gifts.  He has spoken about the state he was in as he walked back to the middle after his dribbler goal in the Grand Final.  We all have the look on his face in that moment etched into our memories.  The whatever-it-was in the split second that made him go for the dribbler - it rolled across the line at the exact centre mark of the goal line.  I was there - in context of the match this was pure inspiration, something totally off the show. Pure instinct - and so imaginatively powerful.  Way beyond the six points it got us.

Do I remember hearing that with a minute to go in the third, the story was "shut it down" and Clarry and Petracca said "nah - go for it!" ?  At the time, sitting in the stands, there was a feeling like in Greek tragedy of something huge and inevitable taking hold - and Petracca rose with it - even, was a huge part of it being lifted into view.  He certainly was then and may be regularly tuned in and operating above the institutional default.  Certainly he's impatient for greatness, and I think you could fairly say he's connected to purpose more so than the pragmatic norms-driven solid citizens. 

There's a place for the rules-breaker.  They can smash everything, I know,  but they can also release the shackles that lets better through.  

Post-Maynard and the test-case that so publicly displayed the fundamental dishonesty in the AFL's money-driven double-standards, the shake-up of the Melbourne Footy Club resulting from the public dissatisfaction of Petracca - this is a genuinely interesting drama way beyond the reach of the corrupt AFL. Potentially, it could launch the club back into contention with a break-out re-stating of priorities.  If it does, our gratitude to Petracca will be inestimable.  Like it was in that best of all days in Perth.

TIME TO Suspend disbelief, I reckon - faith may be going to get its reward.  The hard work Petracca is putting in looks pretty good to me.  He looks exactly like he did in Perth - driven, with no limits holding him.  So I'm genuinely interested to see what he's got in 2025.  There's a big story here.

 

Thanks robbiefrom13 that was a great read, you captured the very essence of Christian Petracca, well written we should revisit this post at the end of 2025. 👏👏

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16 hours ago, Demon Disciple said:

Sorry but I don’t understand all the Trac love on here.

The bloke has clearly let himself go, doubling the amount of body fat from 3 to 6% 😂

Yeah weak as...no way could I double my body fat.

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22 minutes ago, Fritta and Turner said:

Yeah weak as...no way could I double my body fat.

Is that because 2 x 60 is >100? 🙄