Christian Petracca

[Demonland 70,216]

1 minute ago, sue said:

true, but when do we get the deep-fake videos?

Off topic but that type of tech as it improves exponentially is going to be a massive problem in the future particularly in the political spectrum and perhaps elsewhere.

[John Crow Batty 8,763]

3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Off topic but that type of tech as it improves exponentially is going to be a massive problem in the future particularly in the political spectrum and perhaps elsewhere.

Needs to be regulated ASAP. The world has enough problems separating fact from fiction already. 

Edited August 27 by John Crow Batty

[adonski 10,787]

Hearing Trac gone cold on Carlton after being advised they play their home games at Marvel

Sauce: Heinz

[Demonland 70,216]

3 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Went to work and only missed 24 pages.... 

[Bonkers 987]

4 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

I'm getting a sense you have ok mail on this goodwindees?

It's mentioned on SEN this morning. Sam Edmund outlined the arrangement, I am not mentioning any names around who the split management is now with as I don't want my comment to be removed.

[picket fence 16,631]

9 minutes ago, JTR said:

I've never seen a player look so wrong in opposition colours  🤢🤢🤮

I once dressed up as Jabba the Hutt but I was unconvincing!

[John Demonic 5,484]

14 minutes ago, Demonland said:

you forgot the arm sleeve of tats

[Demonland 70,216]

Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

Thanks Mate, appreciate the info.

On a different note, I'm guessing we will struggle to attract players to the club this year so if Petracca trade does not eventuate it'll be fairly quiet trade period for the club?

My fear is that either way it will be unless we pay significant overs to other players and clubs. This whole affair and all the events leading up whether just perception and certainly some reality has tarnished the club and it's going to take more than just PR and platitudes to fix.

[adonski 10,787]

Might save us from our selves, and force us to go to the draft

[Demonland 70,216]

3 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

you forgot the arm sleeve of tats

If the guy whose body it is doesn't have them then I doubt Trac will tatt up.

[daisycutter 29,289]

25 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Dish Licker mate of mine reckons he would trade Naughton for him BUT NOT Ugle Hagen!

as good as his highlights might be, i don't want someone who only occasionally turns up to play and couldn't hit the side of a barn.  we already have enough of that type of forward 

[goodwindees 2,377]

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Thanks Mate, appreciate the info.

On a different note, I'm guessing we will struggle to attract players to the club this year so if Petracca trade does not eventuate it'll be fairly quiet trade period for the club?

Dazz, it was mentioned to him recently that publicly whinging about the direction of the Club, is ruining the direction of the Club. 

Very difficult at the moment to see the circuit breaker. 

[Wodjathefirst 2,625]

I have somewhat nervously respected our clubs supportive culture of our playing groups needs and wants. But there are risks.

Jackson wanted to go home, we did it very respectfully. We let him go.

Similarly ANB needed to go home and we supported him.

I would like to think that our cultural values may encourage others to consider playing for us.

I get it that some on this platform are saying that we should cut our loses, let Petracca go and see what we can get in return. 

My concern going forward is this. What sort of dangerous precedent may we be setting if we let him get his wishes and go to another club? We are a mid sized club. Think of how the big Victorian clubs and other power clubs from interstate may exploit us in coming years. These power clubs would know that if they try hard enough they could exploit our cultural values and pick off any disgruntled star in coming years.  How nervous would you be going forward if say hypothetically Clayton had bit of a setback and faced a new set of challenges in coming years?

Goody at his last press conference said Petracca has a contract and he won’t be moving anywhere.  I’m with Goody on this one. The team is bigger than any individual. If he doesn’t want to come back on board, then he can sit on the bench in the VFL for all I care. 

Having said that, I hope he stays, everyone makes amends and moves on.  Sounds this may not be likely but I can only hope.🤞

[Royal Demon 112]

1 minute ago, goodwindees said:

Dazz, it was mentioned to him recently that publicly whinging about the direction of the Club, is ruining the direction of the Club. 

Very difficult at the moment to see the circuit breaker. 

Those seem like the actions of a player who doesn't intend to play another game at the club.

He may not have a choice or we might not have a choice to keep him.

Disappointing for supporters if a once beloved player irrevocably damages the club more on the way out.

I truly hope things can be mended but each day that reality looks further and further away.

[Dee Boys 424]

He’s at the pub today with the other players 

Edited August 27 by Dee Boys

[daisycutter 29,289]

16 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Off topic but that type of tech as it improves exponentially is going to be a massive problem in the future particularly in the political spectrum and perhaps elsewhere.

already is. did you watch 60 minutes?

[beelzebub 23,175]

45 minutes ago, roy11 said:

That's the confusing thing for me, if you want to go somewhere, surely you don't kick the hornets nest if it's not seemingly possible unless you want to be stung. 

Not everyone thinks everything through.

Family might "like" one thing... but !!! 

[Dee-tonator 158]

19 minutes ago, sue said:

I could.  Does he also not trust the docs at the hospital that missed the seriousnesss of the injury for several hours despite havig diagnostic equipment not available at a footy ground?  If so, he needs to have a quiet think.  I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he doesn't think that.  But what really annoys me is others who have blamed our docs publically and posters here who accept that line.  Sure they got it wrong but hindsight is a wonderful thiing.

If a player gets even a mild concussion, it is now compulsory for him/her to be taken off the field and go into the protocols.

Yet a player obviously in severe pain was allowed to return to the game. Rigorous physical testing in the dressing-room would surely have revealed that something serious was amiss. In such a case, the only sensible course is to send the injured player to hospital for further examination.

The decision to clear Trac for a return to the field placed his life in danger.

That, whatever plausible reasons and excuses are offered, is a fact.

 

[layzie 32,717]

18 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

Needs to be regulated ASAP. The world has enough problems separating fact from fiction already. 

Can we just throw AI in the bin? I thought we wanted job creation not job loss.

[Diamond_Jim 12,345]

34 minutes ago, sue said:

I really hate this influencer thing.  A bloke is on $1M/year for several years so he's in a good position to launch his life post football.  There are plenty of jobs which with his profile he could walk into in AFL land and doubtless many other things which are of some productive value to society.  But to effectively just become a stooge for promoting products and producing nothing of value is very sad.

Lionel Messi makes more money off social media than he does playing football.

If you can get it right the rewards are very large.

Frankly I'm surprised how few of the big AFL players are into it

[sue 9,000]

1 minute ago, Dee-tonator said:

If a player gets even a mild concussion, it is now compulsory for him/her to be taken off the field and go into the protocols.

Yet a player obviously in severe pain was allowed to return to the game. Rigorous physical testing in the dressing-room would surely have revealed that something serious was amiss. In such a case, the only sensible course is to send the injured player to hospital for further examination.

The decision to clear Trac for a return to the field placed his life in danger.

That, whatever plausible reasons and excuses are offered, is a fact.

 

But apparently “rigorous physical testing” plus scans at the hospital didn’t “surely have revealed something serious “ so why should docs at the ground know better. 

[The Jackson FIX 2,673]

1 hour ago, The heart beats true said:

Tigers asking for pick 6 for Rioli from the Suns. Suns don’t need to play that hard due to academy players coming through that they can get for combined picks.

Tigers then offer us Pick 1 and 6 for Tracc. We then take 1,5 and 6 at the draft. Tracc goes to a bigger Vic club, and sees he’s old mate Yze.

I love the math but in absolutely no world does it make sense for Richmond to shed experienced players in a re-build only to give up 2x top 6 picks for a 29 year old.  
 

I’d love to live in that world but unfortunately it doesn’t exist. 

[The heart beats true 17,737]

All these people who have good mail really annoy me.

My mail is only Dominos vouchers, and letters from the Electoral Commission.

[Demonland 70,216]

1 minute ago, sue said:

But apparently “rigorous physical testing” plus scans at the hospital didn’t “surely have revealed something serious “ so why should docs at the ground know better. 

I think the point they're making is that he shouldn't have (and anyone else with suspected rib injuries) be sent back on the field.

[daisycutter 29,289]

1 minute ago, The Jackson FIX said:

I love the math but in absolutely no world does it make sense for Richmond to shed experienced players in a re-build only to give up 2x top 6 picks for a 29 year old.  
 

I’d love to live in that world but unfortunately it doesn’t exist. 

plus, i'm not sure the ferals will draw large crowds for quite a few years