I just quit my job after 2 years so I can't really pot Trac for leaving.

3 minutes ago, Willmoy1947 said:

Can and would...not have and will

1 minute ago, The Swimming Dee said:

It would be great if a third club got involved. I’m looking at you Hawthorn.

That is the thrill of the circus..... just never know what might happen

30 minutes ago, BLWNBA said:

Cue the Morris haters.

He's holding a lapel mic like a 23-year-old Tik Tok influencer. It's extremely hard to like him.

There are several players I don't want at MFC from both Adelaide and Gold Coast, and they aren't the tall fast sinewy strong ones.

2 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

The forward they are offering is probably Tex Walker

To be honest I wouldn't mind Tex to be included in the deal on the basis we offer him 2 years and that it doesnt have any impact re pick compensation for Trac, e.g. Adelaide essentially throw him im for free.

6 minutes ago, The Swimming Dee said:

It would be great if a third club got involved. I’m looking at you Hawthorn.

Not sure we want the Hawks coming hard for him. Once he nominates a club it’s down to a one horse race so it would be better for us if that horse is the Suns.

I wonder should we set the price for him before he nominates a club.

Say we want a top 5 pick and a player no matter where he decides to go.

11 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

🤔Can someone check if the #5 locker has had its lock changed overnight !!🙄

CC: @john delosa

38 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Everyone talks about Trac's contract, but it's 2025. $1.3mil is not a big deal anymore. When Flanders is being offered $900k, it shows you where the salaries of established stars is heading.

Both Adelaide and GC would comfortably be able to spread out his wage, especially if as I suspect they extend his existing deal and spread the wage out over more years.

It is $1.3 -> $1.8m as the salary cap increases. It is a bad contract now. We signed it to win when we were in contention but we are paying the piper now.

4 minutes ago, Colm said:

Not sure we want the Hawks coming hard for him. Once he nominates a club it’s down to a one horse race so it would be better for us if that horse is the Suns.

I wonder should we set the price for him before he nominates a club.

Say we want a top 5 pick and a player no matter where he decides to go.

I’M not so sure we will let him nominate and get to wherever he decides. I think in his case we may play it a bit harder and make sure we get what we want.

Now that Petracca has stated he want out, we should be making clear to him that we won't be paying him if he leaves and he will need to take a pay cut.

1 minute ago, The Swimming Dee said:

I’M not so sure we will let him nominate and get to wherever he decides. I think in his case we may play it a bit harder and make sure we get what we want.

I don't think we will have a "request" unless the deal is essentially agreed on beforehand

Club needs to play hardball and say if you want out it’s the suns or your staying as Adelaide don’t have what we want

It is funny how the AFL contracts work. If a regular person signs an employment contract say for two years but resigns after 6 months, they don't walk into a new job and automatically get what they had given up as remuneration, they get whatever they are offered. I see a player asking to leave as a resignation and therefore their contract should be null and void from that point in time.

Josh Rachelle, Bailey Humphries, Jed Walter, Ethan Read or he can come back day 1 pre season with his tail between his legs.

I get that we'll be bent over a barrel with McVee because he's uncontracted but we need to be aggressive and almost unrealistic in Trac's asking price, because we're going to be a worse off on field product next year with Trac gone.

So Lamb and the CEO have said the best for MFC in regards to Trac... Ok, lets see it then.

Well there you have it. Can't see him coming back to us after Guerra's comments.

If he's not invested we are better off to seek the best deal and move on.

The crows will be their typical ahole selves to deal with so hopefully he nominates the Suns.

Suns don't have players requesting to join to often so are more likely to pay overs.

7 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

GC here we come.....

Trac requested a trade. Good from club point of view, as we still hold power with him contracted.

Personally, I hate this. Trac's probably my favourite ever MFC player. Watching him annihilate the Dogs on Grand Final day in 2021 and propel us into relevance was as proud a moment as most of us have ever had as MFC supporters. It stings, bad, that a knee from Darcy Moore could spiral this way so fast.

But equally, I applaud the club's maturity.

Unlike last year, we're writing to members about it, and we're also allowing him to go explore in the public eye.

Go and find us a deal that is reasonable. If not, you can come back and front up to the leaders you're trying to abandon.

7 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

It is $1.3 -> $1.8m as the salary cap increases. It is a bad contract now. We signed it to win when we were in contention but we are paying the piper now.

Isn't that Oliver's contract (i.e. indexed with TPP increases)? I've never heard of that being a Trac contract thing.

Gold Coast it is.

Flanders or Humphrey or get stuffed.

Straight swap for Rankine. Surely he wants to get out of Adelaide town!

2 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

Now that Petracca has stated he want out, we should be making clear to him that we won't be paying him if he leaves and he will need to take a pay cut.

Could we do something like; pay 300k next yr and is decreases by 100k each year. which will sort of line up with Brayshaws contract we are still paying as well. If it means we get a better deal in terms of a pick or a player.

Adel - Rachele, Worrell or Michalanney

GC - Flanders, Humphrey, King

Hawks - Lewis, Ward or Mackenzie

obviously picks would be involved in some of these trades and King, Rachele, Michalanney are probs not going to happen, but start high!