Shouldn’t there be a dedicated thread for the Trac trade, instead of the current one including Oliver?

6 hours 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.

How do you know it goes to $1.8m?

Fun to watch JV crunch him in a brutal tackle

Too soon?

58 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

Most overpopulated city in the country

Please enjoy the endless snarls

I can’t understand why golf is so expensive there given the number of coursea

He’ll love the drive via the never ending Currumbin Tugun LA style traffic snarl to get to Noosa. Please enjoy.

If you play for Gold Coast, you're not going to live in Noosa (on the Sunshine Coast), that just silly. It would be like playing for Geelong and living on the Mornington Penisula (but without a ferry to commute across the bay as a short cut).

44 minutes ago, adonski said:

First ever biography to be a picture book

Recipe book?

Forget Adelaide, its Gold Coast. Always had been.

4 hours ago, DemonOX said:

Found this very interesting in the AFL article with Big G

“We know our future success will be built on people and players who are fully committed to where we are heading."

IMO that was a direct statement to Petracca and McVee and it’s very true. We need all players going in the one direction.

I listened to the St Kilda pres night speech, their president was great.

He said something so strong and bullish and I wish Tim Lamb was like that. He said “we are not here to make friends” and "Recruiting aggressively as we have, no doubt involves a degree of risk ... (but) there is no risk-free way to a flag and indeed, doing nothing is the greatest risk of all,"

Maybe we should take a page out of their book. Maybe it doesn’t pan out, blows up in the faces and we all have a laugh, but maybe it works and we look like bafoons for not taking risks.

Christian is all for Christian.

3 hours ago, BDA said:

If its flags that trac is after I reckon the suns are closer than the Crows

Agreed. The Crows were definitely flattered by their fixture too.

4 hours ago, jumbo returns said:

Has #CP5 met with the POTUS yet?

Albo hasn’t!

What?

If things go bad at Gold Coast Hardwick can always placate the Petraccas by digging into his deep reservoir of COVID-19 conspiracy theories.

9 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

I listened to the St Kilda pres night speech, their president was great.

He said something so strong and bullish and I wish Tim Lamb was like that. He said “we are not here to make friends” and "Recruiting aggressively as we have, no doubt involves a degree of risk ... (but) there is no risk-free way to a flag and indeed, doing nothing is the greatest risk of all,"

Maybe we should take a page out of their book. Maybe it doesn’t pan out, blows up in the faces and we all have a laugh, but maybe it works and we look like bafoons for not taking risks.

he's also said some utter dross and whinged and moaned all the while fielding a midfield of windhager owens cant have it both ways sir

31 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

If you play for Gold Coast, you're not going to live in Noosa (on the Sunshine Coast), that just silly. It would be like playing for Geelong and living on the Mornington Penisula (but without a ferry to commute across the bay as a short cut).

I’m well aware of that having done the drive from the northern rivers plenty of times

not what I meant

15 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

I listened to the St Kilda pres night speech, their president was great.

He said something so strong and bullish and I wish Tim Lamb was like that. He said “we are not here to make friends” and "Recruiting aggressively as we have, no doubt involves a degree of risk ... (but) there is no risk-free way to a flag and indeed, doing nothing is the greatest risk of all,"

Maybe we should take a page out of their book. Maybe it doesn’t pan out, blows up in the faces and we all have a laugh, but maybe it works and we look like bafoons for not taking risks.

Say what you like about Tim Lamb, but he actually walked the walk in terms of helping deliver our club a flag, rather than just talking the talk.

I think I’d rather that.

12 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

I listened to the St Kilda pres night speech, their president was great.

He said something so strong and bullish and I wish Tim Lamb was like that. He said “we are not here to make friends” and "Recruiting aggressively as we have, no doubt involves a degree of risk ... (but) there is no risk-free way to a flag and indeed, doing nothing is the greatest risk of all,"

Maybe we should take a page out of their book. Maybe it doesn’t pan out, blows up in the faces and we all have a laugh, but maybe it works and we look like bafoons for not taking risks.

St Kilda has a bad reputation in the league dating back to the early 2000s and their dealings to nab a few stars from other clubs. They are basically Temu Geelong in that area in terms of promising the universe to players with added dangling carrots. They have always had a weird allure that I just don't understand. But they would have been in TDK and Silvangi's ears for a while now and honestly I reckon they have Flanders in the bag as well. They don't often trade or sign strategically like a Collingwood or Hawthorn or Geelong. They're doing exactly what they did to nab Gehrig and Hamill back in the day. They are a nothing club of hot headed Frankston High graduates.

The character assassination of Petracca is starting to get a bit much. If a contracted player was unhappy at another club and wanted to come to us you'd all be rolling out the red carpet. I'm sure you'll all be doing just that for Sam Flanders. I'm sure no one thought anything less of May when he walked out on the Suns as a contracted captain.

Seems like this is being handled the right way. He informed the club of his wishes and was given the okay to explore his options with the catch that the deal would have to suit us.

I'm disappointed he's fallen out of love with the club but [censored] happens. He's still been a champion player for the better part of a decade and was one of the main reasons we won a flag.

1 minute ago, KozzyCan said:

The character assassination of Petracca is starting to get a bit much. If a contracted player was unhappy at another club and wanted to come to us you'd all be rolling out the red carpet. I'm sure you'll all be doing just that for Sam Flanders. I'm sure no one thought anything less of May when he walked out on the Suns as a contracted captain.

Seems like this is being handled the right way. He informed the club of his wishes and was given the okay to explore his options with the catch that the deal would have to suit us.

I'm disappointed he's fallen out of love with the club but [censored] happens. He's still been a champion player for the better part of a decade and was one of the main reasons we won a flag.

He is at least exploring with a number of clubs hopefully allowing us to get the best deal. hes hard to say goodbye to as he personified the 21 flag but hes going about it the right way this year.

7 minutes ago, praha said:

They have always had a weird allure that I just don't understand.

they pay overs. money talks

13 minutes ago, Turner said:

he's also said some utter dross and whinged and moaned all the while fielding a midfield of windhager owens cant have it both ways sir

Maybe true. But you’re missing the point I am making. We should be bullish and selfish in the trade, which hopefully has started under Guerra’s watch.

6 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

The character assassination of Petracca is starting to get a bit much. If a contracted player was unhappy at another club and wanted to come to us you'd all be rolling out the red carpet. I'm sure you'll all be doing just that for Sam Flanders. I'm sure no one thought anything less of May when he walked out on the Suns as a contracted captain.

Seems like this is being handled the right way. He informed the club of his wishes and was given the okay to explore his options with the catch that the deal would have to suit us.

I'm disappointed he's fallen out of love with the club but [censored] happens. He's still been a champion player for the better part of a decade and was one of the main reasons we won a flag.

Character assassination ??

Character....correction ??

🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

54 minutes ago, Oxdee said:

How do you know it goes to $1.8m?

This is what they were saying today on trade radio also. Backended.

28 minutes ago, praha said:

St Kilda has a bad reputation in the league dating back to the early 2000s and their dealings to nab a few stars from other clubs. They are basically Temu Geelong in that area in terms of promising the universe to players with added dangling carrots. They have always had a weird allure that I just don't understand. But they would have been in TDK and Silvangi's ears for a while now and honestly I reckon they have Flanders in the bag as well. They don't often trade or sign strategically like a Collingwood or Hawthorn or Geelong. They're doing exactly what they did to nab Gehrig and Hamill back in the day. They are a nothing club of hot headed Frankston High graduates.

Burn! Welcome back!

Sick drive by stage coach AND under over style

29 minutes ago, praha said:

St Kilda has a bad reputation in the league dating back to the early 2000s and their dealings to nab a few stars from other clubs. They are basically Temu Geelong in that area in terms of promising the universe to players with added dangling carrots. They have always had a weird allure that I just don't understand. But they would have been in TDK and Silvangi's ears for a while now and honestly I reckon they have Flanders in the bag as well. They don't often trade or sign strategically like a Collingwood or Hawthorn or Geelong. They're doing exactly what they did to nab Gehrig and Hamill back in the day. They are a nothing club of hot headed Frankston High graduates.

Don’t disagree, I’m just saying I respect the hustle, maybe not the tactics.

Hopefully we play bullish this year and put on a show.

Adelaide are known as being a touch trade team and cheap, we should also be known that we aren’t going to rollover.

my in laws are saints supporters

they're different

Paul Guerra

MELBOURNE CEO Paul Guerra says the club was "surprised" when star Christian Petracca officially informed them of his desire to play elsewhere in 2026.

Guerra said the Demons would hold Petracca to his monster contract if they weren't offered a deal good enough to 'turn their head'.

"We were surprised to say the least, but it is what it is," Guerra said.

In an ideal world Christian stays with us, but ultimately it's his call to explore other options. He believes he needs a fresh start so our view is let's see what comes back from that.

"He has a four-year contract with the football club so if we don't get a deal that satisfies us, Christian will be playing as a Melbourne footballer next year

Ultimately, it's up to Christian and his team now to come forward with a deal that will satisfy us.

"We know what we've got and that's a quality footballer that has a four-year contract. For Christian to leave the football club, it has to be a deal that turns our head.

"He's a generational player for our club, premiership player, Norm Smith Medallist, second in our best and fairest this year, so it's going to have to be something pretty good.

"We'll do the right thing by the football club and if Christian comes back next year, great. If we've got a suitable trade that we've done, that's also great."

31 minutes ago, Dee Boys said:

Say what you like about Tim Lamb, but he actually walked the walk in terms of helping deliver our club a flag, rather than just talking the talk.

I think I’d rather that.

Not sure anyone can say they’re just talking the talk, they’re making moves, whether it pans out or not isn’t really my point.

Said it someone else, all I’m hoping we take from the offers at hand, players wanting to move etc is that we go hard and display we are a strong club who isn’t going to give up easy or be a pushover at the trade period.