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Posted (edited)
11 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

I don’t think she has to say anything. It’s pretty obvious tbh. What better way to end the speculation, to show the support and unity by rocking up - he could even FIFO it. Trac has just dug himself a big hole that will in one way shape or form shape his legacy. 
 

The sooner he realises this, the quicker he can make amends. He needs  to get to work over the summer and show up tıp tıp for round 1. Same goes for Oliver, Petty & McAdam. These guys had horrendous pre seasons (some through no fault of their own) and owe us a lift in 2025. 
 

If Trac can’t see beyond his own ego and demands a trade, then he’ll go where it best serves the club. 
 

No one person is bigger than the club. We all want team success. 

It boggles the mind to think that Petracca had the whole supporter base and a legacy with the club on he palm of his hand, now it feels like he's throwing it all away.

I never in a million years expected this, probably I thought Clarry could be the one to whom this could happen but not Petracca.

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24 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

A) Silence

B) absent from the GC game, not even a little nudge on his social media

C) meeting with Lachie Neale, regardless of the intention 

Those are my personal contention points regarding Petracca.

Why let it boil more than it has already?

Add to that all the media noise. I think it’s safe to say that whilst  there is definitely some mayo on it, it has turned out to be true.

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3 hours ago, John Crow Batty said:

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1 hour ago, layzie said:

Must say I'm pretty surprised how in a 24-48 hr period people went from defending Trac to now piling on. I don't live my whole weekend in footy world so I nayeb have missed something but it seems like a quick turn. 

I guess the silence is off-putting.

The inside mail from posters have started filtering in which wasn’t happening earlier in the week. Some of the messages I’ve got from who I’d consider reliable sources is pretty damning on where his priorities lie.

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2 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

The inside mail from posters have started filtering in which wasn’t happening earlier in the week. Some of the messages I’ve got from who I’d consider reliable sources is pretty damning on where his priorities lie.

Can you share anything or will we have to wait?

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6 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Can you share anything or will we have to wait?

Since how it’s not in the media I won’t post as it’s against the site’s rules, but Stevienic23 on the postgame thread did a pretty good job on the broad strokes. 

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Papley was hellbent on leaving the Swans and that situation turned around as he was on a multi year contract.

Trac also has a great multi year contract. Hopefully Max, the leadership team and Goodwin can turn things around with Trac if he is really disgruntled.

The injury on KB seemed poorly handled, hopefully the club can review its protocols and address any lingering issue on that front. 
 

Clearing out any players not committed to achieving the high performance required to give us a shot at another flag in the not too distant future is also mandatory.

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4 hours ago, chookrat said:

Would raise a few eyebrows if he was in attendance wearing a Collingwood scarf.

Or being in their rooms...

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Posted (edited)

Actually Id already heard and posted the same. Im not sure about the big crowds aspect, but I do know that his family were shocked about the club posting that he could be back in 6-8 weeks while he was getting a life saving blood transfusion. 

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11 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Since how it’s not in the media I won’t post as it’s against the site’s rules, but Stevienic23 on the postgame thread did a pretty good job on the broad strokes. 

Surely there’s more to it than that.

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6 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Actually Id already heard and posted the same. Im not sure about the big crowds aspect, but I do know that his family were shocked about the club posting that he could be back in 6-8 weeks while he was getting a life saving blood transfusion. 

Is it possible that the club didn’t know he was getting a blood transfusion? That they went off the initial diagnosis made by the ER doctors that he had broken ribs and a low grade spleen injury? 
I think we forget that his diagnosis was complex and 3 doctors failed to treat it properly for 6 whole hours. 

Expecting the clubs to know what would happen in the future, when they were obviously being pressured by fans and media to let everyone know how Trac is, is pretty ridiculous. 
There was no malice from the club. 

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1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

Is it possible that the club didn’t know he was getting a blood transfusion? That they went off the initial diagnosis made by the ER doctors that he had broken ribs and a low grade spleen injury? 
I think we forget that his diagnosis was complex and 3 doctors failed to treat it properly for 6 whole hours. 

Expecting the clubs to know what would happen in the future, when they were obviously being pressured by fans and media to let everyone know how Trac is, is pretty ridiculous. 
There was no malice from the club. 

If as implied the statement was put out before the docs actually knew what was wrong at the hospital (or had yet to convey the bad news to the MFC, which would hardly be a priority for the hospital) then the family needed to have a rethink when they are less emotional.     They must by now know that at the ground the seriousness of the injury was unknown, nor did they get it right initially at the hospital? 

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10 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Is it possible that the club didn’t know he was getting a blood transfusion? That they went off the initial diagnosis made by the ER doctors that he had broken ribs and a low grade spleen injury? 
I think we forget that his diagnosis was complex and 3 doctors failed to treat it properly for 6 whole hours. 

Expecting the clubs to know what would happen in the future, when they were obviously being pressured by fans and media to let everyone know how Trac is, is pretty ridiculous. 
There was no malice from the club. 

Yeah im not justifying it saying its reasonable or unreasonable but the word was that what started it all. 

Although the overall injury and recovery is similar to a car accident level.

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Just now, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Yeah im not justifying it saying it’s reasonable or unreasonable but the word was that what started it all. 

Fair enough. 

Didn’t the AFL also mandate that clubs must list time frames on injury lists this season? 
I think the club did what they thought was right based on the information they had at the time. 
 

Trac is not the first or last player to return to play with a serious injury, nor the first or last player who was listed wrongly on an injury list. 
To blow your whole relationship with the club that made you who you are over that, seems a tad dramatic. 

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Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

If that’s what stopped him from attending what was hoped and planned to be, and ended up being, an extremely important and powerful juncture for our Club, then yes, that’s nonsense IMHO.

Besides, I don’t think door-stopping was possible. The players were together at all times. We hung out with them at the airport last night, they all arrived together and stayed together… not a reporter in sight.

But had Trac been with them, there might well have been reporters. It's hard to control.

(and I'm not a fan of how this has played out)

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1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

Fair enough. 

Didn’t the AFL also mandate that clubs must list time frames on injury lists this season? 
I think the club did what they thought was right based on the information they had at the time. 
 

Trac is not the first or last player to return to play with a serious injury, nor the first or last player who was listed wrongly on an injury list. 
To blow your whole relationship with the club that made you who you are over that, seems a tad dramatic. 

If the statement had the reported effect, it can’t have been the first thing which impacted Trac’s feelings about the club. 

It’s far more likely to have been a straw breaking the camel’s back, or a further example of an underlying issue (eg his views on injury management, fitness and conditioning, player comms, public relations, etc).

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2 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

If the statement had the reported effect, it can’t have been the first thing which impacted Trac’s feelings about the club. 

It’s far more likely to have been a straw breaking the camel’s back, or a further example of an underlying issue (eg his views on injury management, fitness and conditioning, player comms, public relations, etc).

That’s what I think too. 
I can’t imagine this statement is what started it all. 

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1 minute ago, Binmans PA said:

But had Trac been with them, there might well have been reporters. It's hard to control.

(and I'm not a fan of how this has played out)

I doubt Tracc’s presence would mean the difference between customary number of reporters, and so many door-stoppers that it’s a problem.

And had he been there and reporters turned up in droves, by the same token the Club would’ve taken stronger measures to ensure a wide berth between him and the media.

Bottom line imho … if it meant anything to him, he would’ve been there. 

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43 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Actually Id already heard and posted the same. Im not sure about the big crowds aspect, but I do know that his family were shocked about the club posting that he could be back in 6-8 weeks while he was getting a life saving blood transfusion. 

Surely you wouldn't blame the whole club. You may demand explanations on why it was handled that way, and whoever is accountable for that should apologise.

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1 minute ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Surely you wouldn't blame the whole club. You may demand explanations on why it was handled that way, and whoever is accountable for that should apologise.

Correct

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I read that his real reason is him wanting to go to a bigger club to increase his profile for life after footy. Not sure how true that is, but makes sense. He is heavily into self promotion. Warming to the idea of him going as long as we get a bunch of high draft picks. 

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Just now, chook fowler said:

I read that his real reason is him wanting to go to a bigger club to increase his profile for life after footy. Not sure how true that is, but makes sense. He is heavily into self promotion. Warming to the idea of him going as long as we get a bunch of high draft picks. 

Good riddance if that’s how you think. 

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Here I was thinking it was to do with  indiscretions that have happened over the last 22 months or our inability to have a functioning gameplan fwd of centre.

But the mail is an inaccurate media release. Thanks to those who share what they know, but to me this is nothing more than a ruse.

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