Christian Petracca

[Dee-tonator 158]

And so the Petracca saga rumbles on, damaging the club's image and everyone involved in the process.

Look a little deeper into the 2024 season and we find the following:

* Oliver: out of form all year and clearly playing injured by season's end.

* Smith: comment not permitted.

* Trade-in flop of the season: Schache (closely followed by Fullarton and McAdam).

* Performance levels: disastrously down.

* Already gone: Neal-Bullen.

* Departure rumours swirling: Pickett.

But Ms Roffey and the board apparently think all is well at the MFC.

What would a bad year look like then ?

[Lucifers Hero 38,910]

3 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

No that was at Max’s bar and in the afternoon. This was in Fitzroy

Thanks for clarifying ... not my part of town 😊

[Tracca 781]

tap Gary Lyon on the shouder and get him as president. he will sort stuff out quick smart. I know he didnt want to do it early on but he may be a bit wiser and older now to take it on.

[reynolds46 1,039]

20 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

So let me get this straight, the meeting at Gawn’s bar had someone from the public leak details and now this other casual drinks with players has been leaked. How dumb can you be?

The rustic Marion Wine Bar in Gertrude St, Fitzroy, was the scene for a peculiar little gathering of Melbourne players on Tuesday night.

Clearly, the players didn't seem to care - or they thought they couldn't be heard — by the table of serious football fans sitting at the next table.

The pleasant surprise seeing AFL players on a windy Tuesday night was one thing, their astonishment at what the players - clearly frustrated - were saying about Christian Petracca was another.

So much so, notes were taken.

Words such as "weird" were heard, and how Petracca's "weirdness" was accepted at Melbourne, but would not be accepted at another club.

or was it something like?

All this stuff in the media about Trac is weird? yep you don't hear weird stuff like this about other players at other clubs

[At the break of Gawn 4,400]

16 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

Where is this from? Is there more?

Just a snippet from Robbo’s article. The only other bit was one of the players saying “I hope Lamby doesn’t stuff up the trade deal”

[Frosticles 69]

3 hours ago, Ungarieboy said:

How many presidents (of organisations/companies) or CEO's contact general staff for injury, trauma, we'll being etc.  I've gone through a traumatic ordeal in the last couple of years far far greater than what he's been through and only my boss reached out to provide support.  

And by boss I mean direct manager, and their boss; not the top tier executive!

I can't answer to "how many" but I can give personal experience.  I work for an organisation of about 100 people.  On several occasions when I have had issues (death of a family member, health, etc) our CEO has personally contacted me to express concern, sent a gift, that sort of thing.  Maybe that's uncommon.  Now it wasn't the chair of our board.  I have no idea who is even on our board.  We don't have a President so ... who knows ... but someone who is interested in staff and has good support from HR can clearly get the job done.  Dare I say it?  It would have to be part of the Culture.

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,416]

27 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

So let me get this straight, the meeting at Gawn’s bar had someone from the public leak details and now this other casual drinks with players has been leaked. How dumb can you be?

The rustic Marion Wine Bar in Gertrude St, Fitzroy, was the scene for a peculiar little gathering of Melbourne players on Tuesday night.

Clearly, the players didn't seem to care - or they thought they couldn't be heard — by the table of serious football fans sitting at the next table.

The pleasant surprise seeing AFL players on a windy Tuesday night was one thing, their astonishment at what the players - clearly frustrated - were saying about Christian Petracca was another.

So much so, notes were taken.

Words such as "weird" were heard, and how Petracca's "weirdness" was accepted at Melbourne, but would not be accepted at another club.

At least he didn't start with the 'we'll start with the WHHHOOOO!'

Edited August 29 by Norm Smith's Curse

[daisycutter 29,289]

3 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

I left it out as I didn't think it was that relevant to what has most people dismayed ie the apparent lack of communication with the family while he was in ICU and its aftermath.

I mentioned in another post that I hope our doctors sought feedback from the hospital medicos just to be aware of what was happening.  If they did they would have known he almost died on the operating table and that should have been passed on to our player welfare staff and the Roffey. 

As Andy Maher said, even if there are organisational processes in place a president is within their right to pick up the phone and say:  Here is my number, call me anytime.  Let me know if there is anything I can do. 

 

luci, i'm not sure "he almost died on the operating table" is really accurate.

this is a major operation where there is always a possibility of death

it is also true that without an operation he would bleed out and die

we would need to know the the exact words used and the context

i've had 2 major operations where i could have theoretically died but i never "almost died on the operating table" despite the possibility.

[Oxdee 255]

7 minutes ago, Tracca said:

tap Gary Lyon on the shouder and get him as president. he will sort stuff out quick smart. I know he didnt want to do it early on but he may be a bit wiser and older now to take it on.

Keep Gary away from the club.. his record whenever he gets involved has been atrocious 

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,416]

Just now, Oxdee said:

Keep Gary away from the club.. his record whenever he gets involved has been atrocious 

Neeld says hi

[bing181 8,888]

Lots of jumping to conclusions here without the full story. When I listen to the Roffey interview re Petracca I hear someone with their hands tied and not being able to say what she perhaps could. She's presidential enough to know not to say "Christian's being a prima donna".

My overall read is that the club is bending over backwards to not portray Trac as the fill-in-the-dots that he is as it would bury everyone, Trac and the club. In the meantime, the club and its staff become the punching bag.

[Skuit 9,916]

3 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

I left it out as I didn't think it was that relevant to what has most people dismayed ie the apparent lack of communication with the family while he was in ICU and its aftermath.

As Andy Maher said, even if there are organisational processes in place a president is within their right to pick up the phone and say:  Here is my number, call me anytime.  Let me know if there is anything I can do. 

 

But we have no idea if she did or didn't. Roffey herself doesn't seem to know what the complaints refer to, but notably made the point that only one person is allowed in the ICU and that the club was out of the immediate loop as to his personal healthcare, which is private by nature - including as to our own club doctors.  

[Lucifers Hero 38,910]

5 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

luci, i'm not sure "he almost died on the operating table" is really accurate.

this is a major operation where there is always a possibility of death

it is also true that without an operation he would bleed out and die

we would need to know the the exact words used and the context

i've had 2 major operations where i could have theoretically died but i never "almost died on the operating table" despite the possibility.

There was an article reported in this thread somewhere where the family took a call from the surgeon along those lines.

I think it has been widely reported that he nearly lost his life.

Edited August 29 by Lucifers Hero

[D Rev 592]

On 12/08/2024 at 18:28, Demon Jack said:

So potentially within the span of 12 months

Brayshaw - retired

Oliver - linked to Adelaide 

Viney - linked to North

Petracca - possibly requesting a trade

What the bleep has happened to this football club?

You've used "potentially" and "possibly" within that.  Let's go with what we know, shall we?

Oliver had a brain fart and was shopped.

Brayshaw was out of the control of the club.

Within the week of Viney being linked to North, he signed a contract (which was months in negotiation, as they all are)

Trac...well, it looks like Captain Petulance wants more IG followers or thinks he should get the same attention as Clarry (or more)...but, again, thats not a known!

 

[Dee*ceiving 1,630]

2 hours ago, Oxdee said:

She is completely useless.. get rid of her. How on earth hasn’t she checked in with petracca for a few months???? He is your number 1 player who is on the sidelines for an extended time. Schedule a call with him every few weeks to make sure he is ok. Complete incompetence.

HEADS NEED TO ROLE!!!!

Equivalent of a workplace injury, near fatality and she's made zero contact and really isn't across the situation. 

Pathetic. 

[bing181 8,888]

15 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

If they did they would have known he almost died on the operating table

I know that this has legs, but I'd question if that's the case in medical terms. Yes, you can die from a ruptured spleen if it's serious enough and you don't get the right medical care. But from all that we know, that doesn't seem to be the case here.

[daisycutter 29,289]

8 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

There was an article reported in this thread somewhere where the family took a call from the surgeon along those lines.

I think it has been widely reported that he nearly lost his life.

ok, we'll leave it that

[GCDee 3,191]

Any one else feel like we are going to get a Foxfooty version of “The Decision” ala Lebron when Trac finally decides to talk.

This is so horrible our club is in free fall and I don’t think there is a way to fix it 

Edited August 29 by GCDee
Typo

[sue 9,000]

1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

ok, we'll leave it that

which is wise, because we know bugger-all.  eg, 'an article in this thread somewhere' saying x., where x may be a report of a rumour somewhere else.  Clearly there are serious issues, but I find it hard to hang anyone on the basis of the little I actually know (as distinct from speculate).

[Moonshadow 17,464]

10 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

luci, i'm not sure "he almost died on the operating table" is really accurate.

this is a major operation where there is always a possibility of death

it is also true that without an operation he would bleed out and die

we would need to know the the exact words used and the context

i've had 2 major operations where i could have theoretically died but i never "almost died on the operating table" despite the possibility.

Very true Daisy. It's a highly emotional issue and it's easy to jump to conclusions, especially with 10,000 media 'exclusives' being released

[Skuit 9,916]

10 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Lots of jumping to conclusions here without the full story. When I listen to the Roffey interview re Petracca I hear someone with their hands tied and not being able to say what she perhaps could. She's presidential enough to know not to say "Christian's being a prima donna".

My overall read is that the club is bending over backwards to not portray Trac as the fill-in-the-dots that he is as it would bury everyone, Trac and the club. In the meantime, the club and its staff become the punching bag.

Exactly. Many of the same posters who are frustrated by Roffey not speaking precisely on the matter are also angered she isn't doing enough to resolve it, without wondering if perhaps these things could be related. It's clearly a delicate situation, and it's not just MFC members who listen to the radio. 

[Spargonicus 534]

15 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Lots of jumping to conclusions here without the full story. When I listen to the Roffey interview re Petracca I hear someone with their hands tied and not being able to say what she perhaps could. She's presidential enough to know not to say "Christian's being a prima donna".

My overall read is that the club is bending over backwards to not portray Trac as the fill-in-the-dots that he is as it would bury everyone, Trac and the club. In the meantime, the club and its staff become the punching bag.

As a corp comms professional, I salute you.

[Tracca 781]

19 minutes ago, Oxdee said:

Keep Gary away from the club.. his record whenever he gets involved has been atrocious 

hes been involved once as part of a panel for coaching. Yep his pick was wrong, but he has passion for the club, takes no [censored], and has enough respect inside and outside the club to make a change.

 

Roffey is a pathetic leader

[beelzebub 23,175]

4 minutes ago, GCDee said:

Any one else feel like we are going to get a Foxfooty version of “The Decision” ala Lebron when Trac finally decides to talk.

This is so horrible our club is in free fall and I don’t think there is a way to fix it 

Sorry have to laugh....  this has gone beyond bizarre...   full WEIRD it seems 

[D Rev 592]

2 minutes ago, GCDee said:

Any one else feel like we are going to get a Foxfooty version of “The Decision” ala Lebron when Trac finally decides to talk.

This is so horrible our club is in free fall and I don’t think there is a way to fix it 

How is the club in free fall?  We just finished a season that was ravaged by injury and brain farts where we were in contention for the finals right up until the penultimate round.  We lost to Port by 2 points, and three other games by less than a kick.  We blooded a host of new players.  Those are all facts.

There is a lot of media speculation about what is happening or has happened with Trac.  Let's stick to the facts.

Trac has requested a trade which will be almost impossible to get done.  If it does get done, we will be much, much better for it.  Trac has already lost over 5kgs and who knows when he will be able to train again? 

How is this free fall?  It isn't.  It's all a beat up. Settle pettle