11 minutes ago, Oxdee said:

This is a massive indictment on the club if they end up losing trac. You secured the guy for life and then blow it all up with shear incompetence. Heads needs to roll 

We've signed him to a long term deal so we've protected the clubs interest. If he leaves it will be on our terms not his.

1 minute ago, layzie said:

So you reckon MFC are done with Trac and are now focused on getting the best deal THBT?

I feel like the club have nothing to lose now. Christian has said what he wants and they’ve said ‘not going to happen’, but they have to weigh up the cost of keeping his attitude around if he doesn’t want to be there too.

No harm in asking around, and if nothing comes nothing is lost. Might also show Christian we acted in good faith, and unless he wants to go to The Suns we’ll see you on the first day of preseason.

Carlton already has a stacked midfield and McKay is a club favourite. It will cause some real disgruntlement amongst their group if they trade him.

1 minute ago, Gawndy the Great said:

That is truly next level if true. Irrespective of that he has lost control of the narrative and people will judge him negatively if he does request to leave. 

I think the loss of control of the narrative is the actual story from this latest development. I think the club is putting more into the public domain than we may have suspected previously.

So basically after being the player that made certain we won our first premiership in a lifetime he is leaving due to our unprofessionalism. That is so MFC.

13 minutes ago, Oxdee said:

This is a massive indictment on the club if they end up losing trac. You secured the guy for life and then blow it all up with shear incompetence. Heads needs to roll 

Exactly what was the incompetence?     Can't be the immediate dealing with the injury because they needed 2 goes at a fully equipped hospital to get it right. It can't be incompentence by not getting 60,000 to every game - lack of miracles is not incompetence. So of all the things rumoured where the club had any control, how it dealt with Clarry is the only rational possibility.   And maybe the club dealt with that well.

I wonder if @goodwindees has any mail…

2 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Carlton already has a stacked midfield and McKay is a club favourite. It will cause some real disgruntlement amongst their group if they trade him.

Who else would be able to trade for him though?

The filth shouldn't even be under consideration, at least from the MFC part.

6 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

 

He used to be BFF with Clayton, but what transpired last year and last off season? Could that be a factor in all of this?

Considering that Trac is struggling mentally with the trauma he's been through, I would think he would now appreciate the way the club wrapped their arms around Clarry when he was struggling mentally, rather then throw him out with yesterday's rubbish.

Just now, At the break of Gawn said:

Carlton already has a stacked midfield and McKay is a club favourite. It will cause some real disgruntlement amongst their group if they trade him.

This is an incredibly important point. McKay signed a 7 year deal and is all in with Carlton. How would the playing group feel if the club said "listen, thanks but we want Trac more, bye". 

If the situation was reversed and McKay wanted out, and we said you can have Trac, how would the fans and the playing group feel?

1 minute ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

So basically after being the player that made certain we won our first premiership in a lifetime he is leaving due to our unprofessionalism. That is so MFC.

What unprofessionalism? Be specific.

Imagine if to have kept Petracca we would have to have traded Oliver last season. ..

1 minute ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

So basically after being the player that made certain we won our first premiership in a lifetime he is leaving due to our unprofessionalism. That is so MFC.

I think that’s what Christian’s trying to say, but don’t you find it fascinating that the ‘playing in front of bigger crowds’ argument has entered the conversation today?

Didn’t hear that when all the information was only coming one way.

Just now, Jaded No More said:

Considering that Trac is struggling mentally with the trauma he's been through, I would think he would now appreciate the way the club wrapped their arms around Clarry when he was struggling mentally, rather then throw him out with yesterday's rubbish.

This is an incredibly important point. McKay signed a 7 year deal and is all in with Carlton. How would the playing group feel if the club said "listen, thanks but we want Trac more, bye". 

If the situation was reversed and McKay wanted out, and we said you can have Trac, how would the fans and the playing group feel?

Maybe McKay does want out and the real story is about Carlton with Trac as the shop front?

11 minutes ago, Pirlo said:

When did they say "as it stands"? I have listened to interviews with all three, and "as it stands" has never once been uttered. Someone raised it on here to try and give them an out, and others have bitten. I admire your support of the club, but what's the point of ignoring anything that makes the club admin look silly. 

 

I didn’t bite as a result of something I read on here. I can’t remember where I heard it but I know Goody uttered those words. I can deep dive through everything I’ve read/heard to find it but I don’t have the time nor patience. Besides, what does anyone expect the Club to say when they’re questioned about what Petracca’s future is… of course they’re gonna say he’s staying because until he officially leaves… he’s staying, right?

Also the egg on their faces comment is ridiculous. They are making statements based on what they know currently. How can they look silly when he leaves if they don’t yet know he’s leaving??!!!

On 19/08/2024 at 15:43, Demonland said:

 

Not sure if we have ever had  another  28 yo premiership champion - of similar heritage seeking to walk out in the dead of night. Plus ca change. 

Edited August 26, 2024Aug 26 by bush demon
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1 minute ago, ElDiablo14 said:

What unprofessionalism? Be specific.

I think my next post answered that without breaking any rumour rules. 

3 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

So basically after being the player that made certain we won our first premiership in a lifetime he is leaving due to our unprofessionalism. That is so MFC.

Yep, how very Melbourne this is becoming!

Time will tell!

1 minute ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

I think my next post answered that without breaking any rumour rules. 

The Oliver thing?

Got to be kidding, did he expected the club to trade the other 7 year - 1 million player basically for a bag of chips? How inept would the club be to do that?

3 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Imagine if to have kept Petracca we would have to have traded Oliver last season. ..

Oliver has more upside than trac

16 minutes ago, adonski said:

Trac's advisor:

Yep both played Victorian junior basketball together, have turned out to be be a pair of prima donnas 

46 minutes ago, sue said:

Sadly I concur, though if this desire to play in front of large crowds only occurred recently, you'd have to cut him some slack given the injury.  If he had that in mind when or shortly after he signed on for 7 years, then diva is the right word.  But at this stage, whadda we know?

The desire to play in front of large crowds dates back to long before his current injury.

IMHO… He’s a diva. 

25 minutes ago, bing181 said:

HS in on this, working through the Carlton side of things. 

Conservatively, the Blues are much more likely to keep their man.

But in the wake of this season the Blues need to consider whether the balance of the forward set-up remains suited to modern day footy, how it can lighten the load on inspirational captain Cripps, and improve its defensive flaws which hindered it in 2024. 

When De Koning is back, and Jack Silvagni returns from his ACL, and Moir pushes up, plus Marc Pittonet in the ruck, Carlton have more marking options forward than they need to partner dual Coleman Medalist Curnow.

McKay signed a bumper seven-year deal last season to stay with Carlton until the end of 2030. Petracca’s deal is similar, and Melbourne said they don’t want to lose him.

But there are still grumbles.

If there is a deal which could potentially work for both clubs, this is it.

It is bold, but is that what the Blues have to be after blowing its chance to seal a top-eight spot on Sunday?

https://archive.md/YLZfy (https://archive.md/YLZfy)
 

Not wanting to sound Machiavellian here but if there’s any truth in what the HUN’s Jay Clark is writing, then it could end up backfiring on the Carlton Football Club which is, after all, still involved in a finals series:-

“The move would blindside McKay, similar to the way Collingwood punted Brodie Grundy two years ago and Carlton shipped off young forward Josh Kennedy in the blockbuster Chris Judd trade back in 2007.”

There might well be some negative implications if a move to them by Petracca turns out disrupting this season and the future. 

Like all Demon fans, I want our player to be happy, healthy and play out his career as a one club champion. Time to take a deep breath, relax and concentrate on the all important return to full fitness without this politicking around his future.

18 minutes ago, GCDee said:

Watch the body language and mood change in Goody during his post match presser when talking about Trac and Clarry. 
 

There is clearly beef and it looks like it’s in both sides. 
 

TDK, 11 and 2025 F1 for Trac & ANB compo (26ish) 

Dont want McKay, TDK would complement our list perfectly. 
 

 

TDK is 25 and has not shown anything close to McKay

9 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

What unprofessionalism? Be specific.

I asked a similar question and can only assume it was the treatment of Clarry that is intended.   It may have been done well or been mistaken as seen by Tracc, but neither is necesarily "unprofessional".  The word is easy to throw around when people want to spit the dummy.

I'm afraid that while we have some supporters here who wear rose-tinted glasses, we have some who jump at anything negative and always assume the worst.   Something in the middle is best, but if I have to make a choice, I prefer the former.

Note the most important line in the article is " Trac wont ask for a trade for fear of further inflaming the situation"

There is tension and some bridges to repair, but if Trac doesn't formally ask to go, he stays where he is. Wasn't it a few years ago that Sam Maclure had Clarry upset with the club and heading of to Carlton (whom he barracks for). I have heard this story before.

For what it is worth a former board member told me Friday night at a club function that Trac is not himself at the moment and post trauma he is very unsettled.