Christian Petracca

[Adam The God 30,019]

Absolutely no way this happens.

[Demonland 71,111]

11 minutes ago, adonski said:

Can someone enlighten us

 

Christian Petracca could force a trade away from Melbourne via the AFL’s grievance tribunal

The Herald Sun can reveal there is a process through the AFL’s collective bargaining agreement where he could ask the AFL to step in to broker a trade through mediation if all attempts to convince the Demons he wants a new start fail.

The grievance tribunal is the nuclear option and has never been used before but is detailed in the AFL’s collective bargaining agreement.

The AFLPA is aware of the grievance tribunal, with some player agents in the league believing Petracca would have a case given the list of issues he has with the Demons.

The first option for Petracca would be opening up on his reasons for a trade - redacted various issues -which could help force the club’s hand.

[Young Angus 768]

How the hell can you take your own club to court if you’re on a long contract you signed, just because you’ve changed your mind and want to cut and run when the going gets tough. The contract has to stand for something. 

[Jaded No More 68,835]

A slippery slope for the AFLPA who would have multiple unhappy players all wanting to find excuses to leave. 
Any club is going to have their issues.

Also can’t see how going more nuclear than he has already is going to serve his all important brand. If it’s goes down like that, I’m sure the club will burn his back the other way, saying he’s being uncooperative in their efforts to trade him as he’s not open to being traded to any club. 

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2 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

Absolutely no way this happens.

Posturing.

The club would not want that and the Petracca camp would know that.

If he wants to go that badly he will go.

[bush demon 2,033]

1 hour ago, Superunknown said:

Gee the Schwartz interview was interesting particularly his take on the potential outcome of other matters the club is currently dealing with 

I hope they don't bring up Brian Dixon being dropped from the 1957? Grand Final team. That would truly be explosive.

[titan_uranus 24,963]

 

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,797]

3 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

The boys on Fox Footy’s The Tackle mentioned that Trac can go to a grievance tribunal if the MFC refuses to trade him.

We might as well rebrand as a Legal Firm. Given all the lawsuits, we could rebrand as "Demons & Associates: Specialising in Hits and Legal Claims." Or how about "Red & Blue Legal Crew—We Fight On and Off the Field"? Either way, we have a solid case for being in the most legal loop holes in the comp!

[Demon4ever 173]

47 minutes ago, danielE288 said:

I unfollowed him straight afterwards

I'm about to do the same

[godees 858]

2 hours ago, layzie said:

I'm actually genuinely starting to think he should just retire.

That is the worst by far of all outcomes

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

27 minutes ago, Nascent said:

I've got a watch on Essendon. They've allegedly got salary cap space and have both their first round picks, their first being pick 8 this year.

Would anyone consider pick 8, future 1st and Caddy? 

 

Pick 8, Durham and Caddy

[Singa 224]

If he goes to the Grievance Tribunal aka the nuclear option then we should just trade him to a bottom 4 team. Take the 3 picks or 2 and a player and let them deal with him.

What a way to [censored] all over the team and your team mates and what a way to take a [censored] on the supporters.

If this happens [censored] him.

[adonski 11,603]

Cerra wears #5....he's in trouble!

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,589]

Nuclear would be a Luke Ball refuse to play for a year option. But Im sure that would jeopardise his required duties in the contract.

[Fork 'em 6,978]

11 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Yes but no way Essendon would trade Caddy. Their supporters would burn Windy Hill down.

And that’s why this trade is going to be so hard to execute. Clubs will be lining up for Trac but won’t want to give up any of their assets.

Tell ya what.
If we lose him for a couple of pies and a bag of chips I will .... SPEW UP!
Especially to Collingwood.

[Gawndy the Great 9,011]

43 minutes ago, Jjrogan said:

This guy has no idea. trac5 has almost 500k followers. You reckon they are all going to leave?  Ok, boomer.  He can make $10,000 a post. He can post something once every 2 days and he'll be making more money than he does playing football.  Wouldn't be surprised if the goal is 1 mln followers, as much as it 300 games.  

Make that 499,999. Unfollowed.

[The heart beats true 18,083]

There’s an AFL grievance council? I could keep them busy for a decade.

[dazzledavey36 54,083]

What an absolute mess.

I expect heads to roll from this over the next couple of weeks.

[Rab D Nesbitt 8,336]

Trac to Richmond could instantly see them back contending for 9th and a wildcard spot. 

[smurf 233]

3 minutes ago, adonski said:

Cerra wears #5....he's in trouble!

We might need to retire the guernsey and perform an exorcism on it. Holy cow.

[Dodos Demons 235]

Grievance tribunal would be a pathetic Hail Mary from Trac and his team.  Hard to know if this is navel gazing by those in the media or leaked by his “advisors”. If the latter they are clearly desperate and clutching at straws for any leverage. The club should (and hopefully will) hold firm like anyone holding all the cards should. “Stay on target, stay on target”….. sadly we are not at the stage where we can finish the Star Wars quote: “almost there, almost there”. 

[PaulRB 6,326]

Tracs not going anywhere.

i don’t know the details of his current contract, but he struck it at his high water mark, and NO club is going to offer a recently seriously injured 29 year old gun player a better five year deal than he’s on now. 
And there’s zero chance the MFC would pay part of his salary to facilitate a trade.

It’s all smoke and bravado. 

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,589]

We should already be considering trading him to a bottom four team or a WA team. 

Edited August 27 by Norm Smith's Curse

[Gawn's Beard 376]

1 minute ago, Stretch Johnson said:

Posturing.

The club would not want that and the Petracca camp would know that.

If he wants to go that badly he will go.

You know what, why not from the clubs perspective? Culture and club direction have already been trashed. We could point to a much better offer I’m sure from another club which will show this is all Brand-Petracca

[cookieboc 774]

Is he ****ty with the club for the way they handled the injury on game day?

I have no doubt that the club doctors followed procedure on the day. I have no doubt they did all assessments and procedures before sending him back on the field. 

I would imagine* that while he was off the field the doctors would have been going by what CP5 was telling them. Was the pain located to one spot? was the pain of the ribs more than the pain of the lung/ spleen? I have no doubt that the conducted other assessments, but mostly they would have been based on what CP5 was telling them. The docs dont have the luxury of scanners etc on the boundary/ in the rooms. 

I possibly came off with a 10/10 pain, perhaps that subsided after a short time to a 4/10 pain, and the conversation of giving him pain relief came up. perhaps after this the pain became a 2/10 and CP5 was sure he could go on and play. I imagine he ran at 50%- 80%-100%, did squat jumps and whatever other warm up exercises required before saying he was right to go back on. I imagine that the docs are assessing him the entire time too. 

I imagine after a short time, body contact, running at 110% the pain came back to being 10/10 and he came off the ground.

I think I read that it was a second round of scans at the hospital the the true extent of his injuries came to light.

Do i think the club/ docs wish they could have done things differently, yep

Do I think that CP5 wish he could have done things differently, yep.

There was a review of what happened and the AFL have ticked it off. Could CP5 request a review and make changes to the rules for injured players across the league to make change, yep he could, and he still might be the catalyst for this .

Has he been through a traumatic experience, absolutely, but reading through the [censored] tonight, it feels like he is more traumatised by his families reaction to his situation and that he "may not have made it" than he is to the injury itself. 

Was the clubs reaction the same as his families?

Did they stay at the hospital/ follow up with visits/ calls/ texts? who knows, doesnt sound like they went above and beyond. Should they go above and beyond, [censored] yeah, blow smoke up the guys [censored], do whatever is needed to make him feel loved.

Do I believe that he would take a trade right now if it were possible? yep

Do I believe he will only go to a big Vic club? no, this is media hyperbole

Do I believe he is only thinking of his brand? nope, this is media hyperbole

Do I believe his injury and the reaction by the club to be the catalyst of a bunch of things that have happened this year, to his current feeling? yep

Do I believe that he loves the players/ coaches and club? yep

Do I believe there will be monumental change within the club structure/ coaches etc? yep

Do I believe that this will be sorted by the club and he will be in red and blue next year? yep

Do I believe that he will finish his career in the red and blue? depends what happens this off season

Do I believe this will impact our recruiting this year? yep

Will I love this club forever with or without CP5? [censored] oath

 

Go dees

* imagine, thats all I can do. im not an AFL player, involved in a club, or a doctor