Christian Petracca

[DemonOX 8,692]

6 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

Lov the Ox. 

[Dr. Gonzo 23,699]

On 19/09/2024 at 15:23, biggestred said:

attends BnF "media circus surrounding Trac @ BnF, he should be off doing one of those red bull training camps"

I seriously doubt anyone would be saying that.

[58er 5,925]

6 hours ago, old55 said:

Phil Davis is a very thoughtful commentator. He said this on his weekly spot on Whately.

FWIW I agree with his position.

In addition I think there's no guarantee that Petracca will be playing for MFC is 2025. There's water to flow under that bridge IMO.

What’s this decision got anything to do with what may or may not happen in 12 months time?  It won’t affect that matter at all.   

[58er 5,925]

5 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

From the Moment Gary Pert said on Radio last year that

“The Melbourne Football Club has the best Culture i have seen in 40 years”

the Media were always going to go hard on us. That’s the way it works. 
 

you reap what you sow 

I have thought about Pert’s comment and I believe he could well have probably meant this that Melbourne’s culture was the best at our Club for 40 years.

Only issue is that he may have also just said “best culture he has seen in 40 years”. 

He has made no attempt to clarify his remark though at all. 

Just a chance he fluffed his line. 
 

[Sir Why You Little 36,604]

9 minutes ago, 58er said:

I have thought about Pert’s comment and I believe he could well have probably meant this that Melbourne’s culture was the best at our Club for 40 years.

Only issue is that he may have also just said “best culture he has seen in 40 years”. 

He has made no attempt to clarify his remark though at all. 

Just a chance he fluffed his line. 
 

No He said “it was the best culture he had seen in 40 Years”

[Dr. Gonzo 23,699]

6 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

From the Moment Gary Pert said on Radio last year that

“The Melbourne Football Club has the best Culture i have seen in 40 years”

the Media were always going to go hard on us. That’s the way it works. 
 

you reap what you sow 

They probably should have applied more critical thinking to that, "yes Gary but in 40 years you've only been involved with Fitzroy and Collingwood"

[Sir Why You Little 36,604]

16 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

They probably should have applied more critical thinking to that, "yes Gary but in 40 years you've only been involved with Fitzroy and Collingwood"

He just shouldn’t have said it…

[layzie 32,786]

Who gives a stuff about the B&F? Other than players it is just an event for people to feel like they are part of the inner sanctum when they aren't. 

Edited 14 hours ago by layzie

[praha 11,105]

Media: "Petracca should commit to the club and focus on 2025."

Petracca literally commits to the club, does an interview in branded Melbourne gear, and says he's ready to focus on 2025.

Media: "No... not like that."

 

[DemonWA 3,884]

On 09/09/2024 at 06:54, Jaded No More said:

You laugh, but Bailey Smith has 329k followers. Bont has 133k.
Who is a better and more well known player?

Case closed.

Lol. Nek minut and every 2nd video is of Riv haha

[Watson11 2,210]

16 hours ago, binman said:

Well, to be honest that feels like a sorry...but.

Next time you decide you want to vent about one of my long spiels because they make you irate, go to the effort of reading it to the end

Or don't- but don't have a shot at me.

Ironically, you perfectly made my central point:

Rather than simply accepting Morris’s narrative (WHOEVER FED IT TO HIM) at face value, people should consider the full range of agreed facts and then decide what they think is going on (and I'd add not go off half cocked).

This will be my last post on this topic as we seem to be at polar opposites.

It was sorry for not reading closely to the bottom but not sorry for having a shot at you.  

Your post is amplifying the anti-Tracc sentiment that has pervaded most Melbourne supporters based on an assumption that Tracc fed Morris and others the story.  It's fact that Morris/Barrett stated people inside the club leaked critical parts of the story. Are you OK with that?  Serious question.

Just to remind you, we know Tracc had "confidential" conversations about wanting the club to improve as his statement said "I voiced my concerns as a leader, wanting better for our club, playing group, and fans.  During this time, I have been in open communication with the player leadership group and club leaders to ensure we can work together to improve as a club. I make no apologies for wanting to better our club and contribute to our success both on and off the field."

Everything else written could be leaks from inside the club with some mayo on them to make Tracc look bad and to protect individuals inside the club making them look reasonable.  Morris/Barrett stated the Brand Tracc stuff was from the club. It's likely we have multiple leakers. The bits of your post that I strongly object to are highlighted, but every other bit copied below is just amplifying what the media has speculated on and is not a fact, and is mostly based on leaks from the club.  

Anyway, I'm out on this topic.  Hopefully all supporters can get behind everyone in the red and blue and support them next year and stop the divisive sniping at our only Norm Smith medallist.  Hopefully the club can also block up the sieve and weed out the people who leak confidential discussions.  That will be a starting point to resolve the dysfunction that we all saw.

"Tracc fed Morris' his laundry list of complaints, which, combined with inferences people have made from the 'reporting'  can be boiled down to, what:

- Tracc unhappy with how the club dealt with him post injury 

- Tracc unhappy the club not more successful 

- Tracc unhappy being at a club with fewer supporters than the 'big' clubs

- Tracc unhappy with the 'culture' at the club (with the inference widely accepted that translates to a party culture)

- Tracc unhappy with how clarry was 'handled", before and after his dramas

- Tracc unhappy with the 'professionalism' of teamates

Have I missed something?

Notice the common theme - 'tracc unhappy'.

Let's accept that that is how tracc genuinely feels. 

And let's accept that tracc clearly had an agenda in feeding Morris 

That's not the same as those issues being real.

But of course, it doesn't mean they aren't either - to some degree or other.

I can't stand Morris, but don't blame him writing a hit piece based on info tracc fed to him.

He is merely feeding an insatiable demand for gossip, and seemingly for information that confirms many dees 'supporters' henny penny complaints.

Morris is not a journalist, so has no interest in balance.

But it would be great if people did some critical thinking, and rather than just drinking the tracc aid"

[Bowserpower 98]

On 19/09/2024 at 08:46, Katrina Dee Fan said:

Really? How is it an awful take? Personally I think it’s an awful take to twist a positive of him being given the green light to train to his full capacity for the first time in months, him expressing in a heartfelt way how he’s looking forward to be the best he can be, how he wants to get his body and mind 100% to where he wants it to be for the start of preseason to give himself the best chance he has to have the best 2025 he can, and by doing the camp like he’s done for the last 3 years is his way to go that, what’s it matter if he’s missing a night in the grog to do that? Is it really a big deal if he misses the B&F? Is it such a bad thing to call out the unprofessional behaviour of a media hack with a long history of being a slimeball? 

Very little that you've said in the last few days has come across as credible considering you've stated repeatedly how much you hate Morris and the media. You're sounding like the quintessential fan with a vendetta against the media. Give it a rest.

[Bowserpower 98]

On 19/09/2024 at 10:43, Longsufferingnomore said:

Do you have to constantly denigrate people by calling them nuffies.

I suggest you read the dictionary because it's not even a real word.