Christian Petracca

[Chook 14,988]

Just now, Deelectable said:

In true 'Demonland' speak "you don't have to read the threads that upset you".

I think a good policy is to ignore Demonland's posts of cross-media content unless commenting on the actual content itself, and even then to be careful because generally what Andy posts in that space is for information purposes not an endorsement of the content itself or even an invitation to view it.

I posted that I don't care about what the media has to say, which is not really commenting on the content but on my lack of interest in the content. Won't be doing that again, at least not in response to Andy's posts.

[WalkingCivilWar 39,256]

11 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

'Demonland' is JD Vance using a pseudonym. 

Just stop! Stop turning on Andy. You wouldn’t last a day running this site. He has a hard enough time as it is without having to contend with your nonsensical jibes. He runs this site while juggling a family, a full time job and interests other than footy. And he runs it at a loss, ie. much of the running costs are out of his own pocket for OUR enjoyment.

Incidentally, Andy posts media articles for our information and they usually get conversations started. That’s what an online forum is all about.

PS it would be nice for folks to donate to the costs of running Demonland. Just sayin’

 

Edited August 14 by WalkingCivilWar

[Superunknown 4,054]

Jeez people are losing the plot

Kids being slaughtered everywhere and forum posts are the things causing existential grief 

[BoBo 2,912]

2 hours ago, Macca said:

Could be a player manager or multiple player managers who are a bit chirpy

I remember when Roos was asked about what the problems at Melbourne were (not long after he landed at the club in 2013) and he made mention that the player managers were quite influential (or words to that effect)

Wasn't exactly ground breaking stuff and the comments were quite quickly dismissed back then but Roos' comments always stuck with me

That's an interesting comment by Roos, I haven't heard that before. Any ideas on what he meant more specifically?

[Deelectable 1,043]

You make some fair points. My argument is though that he earlier today asked us all not post 'unsubstantiated rumours' etc. This is 35 pages of them. Not one scrap of evidence that any of this is factual. Also, to refer to 9 News as 'actual news' is laughable. It stopped being news years ago. Nothing but editorialising no more so than in sports stories. 

[IRW 1,377]

6 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Do you love everyone you work with? God I really don't 😁

I only employ people I like to work with 

I imagine some leave because they don't like others in the team or even me!!( impossible I know)

We know not all players" get on" but in this case maybe Trac is peesed at how many of the list are bog ordinary and how many don't seem to work hard enough to improve ...team culture rather than individuals .

Just a thought...there's something wrong at the  club. 

I think it's the FD but apparently not for Trac 

[Chook 14,988]

I had a thought recently, in light of Houston rethinking his interest in coming to Melbourne.
Given Petracca is reportedly not happy with the "direction" of the club, I wonder if he might be interested in trying to help lure Houston to come to us.

It would give him some agency in changing the direction of the club (if that's really a thing, again we're just going on as-yet unfounded media reporting), and may be a good way to convince Houston that there isn't, in fact, a problem at Melbourne.

[Demonland 70,235]

9 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

Name calling again. Goodonya champ. He censors plenty here at whim, most of it fairly tepid. Double standards.

I take care to censor content that might lead to legal issues or problems for myself and other posters. However, I acknowledge that I can sometimes be overly cautious or, on the contrary, might overlook something important. My decisions aren't always perfect.

The information I share comes from publicly available sources, primarily mainstream news organizations. Whether or not you choose to believe these reports is entirely up to you. I'm not endorsing or advocating for any particular viewpoint; my goal is simply to provide our community with all the relevant information that's being reported or discussed in the media.

It's not necessary for anyone to act as a gatekeeper regarding what I choose to post. You have the freedom to ignore individual posts or entire threads if you wish.

If a particular topic is upsetting to you, I kindly ask that you refrain from reading the thread and avoid attempts to "shame" me for sharing information that I consider important, especially about a club that I care deeply about. I am invested both financially and emotionally to this club as are a lot of Demonlanders.

Of course, I would prefer to post only positive, joyful topics. Unfortunately, we're dealing with a challenging situation, and people naturally want to stay informed about what's happening.

Earlier in the preseason, we faced serious issues that I wanted to be able discuss openly. However, due to the potential for significant legal ramifications, it was decided that such discussions would be shut down.

Currently, the situation we're facing is different.

Just because we may feel uncomfortable about the possibility of losing a generational talent who might be unhappy with the club’s direction doesn’t mean we should avoid the topic. I believe we can have meaningful & respectful discussion about this issue while providing real-time updates and continuing our conversations about the club we all care about.

We will of course monitor the discourse and if it crosses the lines or people post things that are potentially harmful we will of course moderate accordingly.

My intention is not to upset anyone but to keep our community informed. If these discussions make you uncomfortable, I encourage you to steer clear of those threads.

[Demonland 70,235]

16 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

'Demonland' is JD Vance using a pseudonym. 

Goodbye. I’m done with you. 

[Deelectable 1,043]

4 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Just stop! Stop turning on Andy. You wouldn’t last a day running this site. He has a hard enough time as it is without having to contend with your nonsensical jibes. He runs this site while juggling a family, a full time job and interests other than footy. And he runs it at a loss, ie. much of the running costs are out of his own pocket for OUR enjoyment.

Incidentally, Andy posts media articles for our information and they usually get conversations started. That’s what an online forum is all about.

 

Thanks for the rebuke. This coming from someone who is praying for Jack Crisp to get injured in order not to break a record. Doesn't get much lower than that. If someone posted the same hoping a Melbourne player sustain an  injury you'd be the first to be outraged. Disgusting. 

[Deelectable 1,043]

2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Goodbye. I’m done with you. 

Ditto

[Jaded No More 67,609]

[Macca 16,603]

4 minutes ago, BoBo said:

That's an interesting comment by Roos, I haven't heard that before. Any ideas on what he meant more specifically?

I don't know but it was not impactful at all and quickly forgotten

You have to remember that the club was in real disarray before PJ took over with Roos following not long after

So the question was posed to Roos about what was wrong at the club or what his take was (words to that effect) and Roos just straight batted the player manager influence

So that was it.  Roos & PJ then went to work rebuilding the club

That's how I remember it but again, I always remembered the player manager comment

As an aside, I've got a Tiger mate who went to their B & F* in 2017 (Premiership year) and he was really annoyed that he didn't get to chat with one player.  He told me that the player managers were front & centre and formed some sort of barrier between the players & public attendees

*Tickets were upwards of $300 a pop

[Heart Beats True 1,073]

[WalkingCivilWar 39,256]

1 minute ago, Deelectable said:

Thanks for the rebuke. This coming from someone who is praying for Jack Crisp to get injured in order not to break a record. Doesn't get much lower than that. If someone posted the same hoping a Melbourne player sustain an  injury you'd be the first to be outraged. Disgusting. 

You make this sound like a bad thing. 😜

 

I’ll double down on it, too. Same goes for wishing a career-ending injury to Maynard. I have perfectly good reasons for feeling this way.

This of course has nothing to do with you taking Andy to task over the way he runs this site but whatever. 

[picket fence 16,637]

1 hour ago, Wrecker46 said:

If the trade i have heard is on the table @picket fence wont he happy. There wont be room for another forward and it's not coming from West Coast.

For the record i want to keep Trac at all costs

Righto Wrecker 46, WHAT would I not be happy with???? PUT UP OR SHUT UP!! C'Mon son lets HAVE IT!!

[Clintosaurus 7,543]

People really need to chill the [censored] down.

[Ted Lasso 18,755]

14 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

Thanks for the rebuke. This coming from someone who is praying for Jack Crisp to get injured in order not to break a record. Doesn't get much lower than that. If someone posted the same hoping a Melbourne player sustain an  injury you'd be the first to be outraged. Disgusting. 

Stuie?

[adonski 10,794]

8 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Righto Wrecker 46, WHAT would I not be happy with???? PUT UP OR SHUT UP!! C'Mon son lets HAVE IT!!

Clazz / Jefferson package deal in the works?

[Sir Why You Little 36,587]

17 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

You make some fair points. My argument is though that he earlier today asked us all not post 'unsubstantiated rumours' etc. This is 35 pages of them. Not one scrap of evidence that any of this is factual. Also, to refer to 9 News as 'actual news' is laughable. It stopped being news years ago. Nothing but editorialising no more so than in sports stories. 

Do you know how a Newsroom works, have you ever worked in a Newsroom??

Tracc was “quoted” in the original story by Morris and this quote hasn’t been refuted by Tracc or his management. This means that there is some truth to it. He is [censored] off at certain elements of the Club, and either he or his management have put it out there, to stir the pot. 
And that is exactly what it has done, nothing more or nothing less. 
There is no way, even Tom Morris would put out a straight out lie. Legally he would be in Hot Water 

[Demonsterative 3,016]

Just now, Sir Why You Little said:

Do you know how a Newsroom works, have you ever worked in a Newsroom??

Tracc was “quoted” in the original story by Morris and this quote hasn’t been refuted by Tracc or his management. This means that there is some truth to it. He is [censored] off at certain elements of the Club, and either he or his management have put it out there, to stir the pot. 
And that is exactly what it has done, nothing more or nothing less. 
There is no way, even Tom Morris would put out a straight out lie. Legally he would be in Hot Water 

NFI me thinks here. 
 

 

[BoBo 2,912]

4 minutes ago, Macca said:

I don't know but it was not impactful at all and quickly forgotten

You have to remember that the club was in real disarray before PJ took over with Roos following not long after

So the question was posed to Roos about what was wrong at the club or what his take was (words to that effect) and Roos just straight batted the player manager influence

So that was it.  Roos & PJ then went to work rebuilding the club

That's how I remember it but again, I always remembered the player manager comment

As an aside, I've got a Tiger mate who went to their B & F* in 2017 (Premiership year) and he was really annoyed that he didn't get to chat with one player.  He told me that the player managers were front & centre and formed some sort of barrier between the players & public attendees

*Tickets were upwards of $300 a pop

Yeah fair, definitely stands out as a comment.

I hope food and unlimited drinks were included in that $300+ for your mate

[dazzledavey36 52,704]

16 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Righto Wrecker 46, WHAT would I not be happy with???? PUT UP OR SHUT UP!! C'Mon son lets HAVE IT!!

Into em Byron.. 

[Macca 16,603]

11 minutes ago, BoBo said:

Yeah fair, definitely stands out as a comment.

I hope food and unlimited drinks were included in that $300+ for your mate

Yeah, he's my mechanic as well so money is not really an issue, BoBo haha

But the way he described the partition type wall separation the players with the player managers forming that barrier, was a real eye-opener

Needless to say, he hasn't been to another B & F

[At the break of Gawn 4,406]

“Players running their own agenda” is the best quote I’ve seen on this whole issue. Lewis knows exactly what’s going on and the poor way the Petracca stuff has been leaked.

 

Edited August 14 by At the break of Gawn