On 24/04/2026 at 17:08, john delosa said:

This is a pretty embarrassing take. You’re blaming one player for a whole club’s issues and then wrapping it in personal abuse. Footy discussion is better than this.

only at times on this forum… 🤷‍♂️😎

15 minutes ago, old dee said:

We will see next weekend how flash we are. L

we've already beaten the two time reigning premiers

we're playing good footy

7 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Thanks for replying.

Its hard to know which reports had any truth to them.

We can safely say there was no extension. His contract with us was to 2029. footywire, which is generally accurate shows his GCS contract is also 2029.

I can see Petracca playing on until 2031 or even 2032

Probably permanent forward eventually, a la Dangerfield

And we'll probably have 6 on the bench soon enough as well as larger lists, mainly because of the evolution of the sport

And with greater amount of bench time for the A Grade Veterans, they'll play on until their mid 30's

I do see Pendlebury as an abberation/outlier, but the other vets?

Now that the league is hellbent on opening up the game into free-flowing affairs, the players are going to need more rest in games (as well as individual player bye's)

Fast and relentless running takes its toll especially in terms of soft tissue injuries

3 hours ago, old dee said:

We will see next weekend how flash we are. L

You don’t already think we’re doing ok?

I see St Kilda won by 100 today. Does that mean you now think our win over them is better than you previously thought?

35 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

You don’t already think we’re doing ok?

I see St Kilda won by 100 today. Does that mean you now think our win over them is better than you previously thought?

And Brisbane lead by close on 10 goals! We beat Brisbane of course

Does that mean we'll thrash the Crows? Not necessarily but 5 & 2 is 5 & 2

Prior to the season a lot of us would have taken 3 & 4 or maybe 4 & 3 at a stretch

Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by Macca

2 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

You don’t already think we’re doing ok?

I see St Kilda won by 100 today. Does that mean you now think our win over them is better than you previously thought?

For God sake they were playing the weagles. It's time to give the dog his bone back.

2 hours ago, Macca said:

And Brisbane lead by close on 10 goals! We beat Brisbane of course

Does that mean we'll thrash the Crows? Not necessarily but 5 & 2 is 5 & 2

Prior to the season a lot of us would have taken 3 & 4 or maybe 4 & 3 at a stretch

I think a lot were think 3 and 4 but hoping for 4 and 3. 5 and 2 is a very good start. It's a tough one next weekend.

6 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

He did not get an extra year

To be confirmed, strong mail he received a trigger clause for another year from GC17 on top of his current deal he signed with the Dees.

This won't show up on his current deal unless he hits a trigger on his 4 years.

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by YesitwasaWin4theAges

1 minute ago, old dee said:

I think a lot were think 3 and 4 but hoping for 4 and 3. 5 and 2 is a very good start. It's a tough one next weekend.

All games are tough, old dee, but the more we are fully tested, the better off we'll be

Unless we shy away and not embrace what's coming our way

We're about to find out how good we are under pressure and under the spotlight

I prefer that to languishing down the bottom of the ladder without much hope

Richmond aside, we've had 4 good wins, 2 of which where we weren't given much hope at all

We need our experienced players to keep stepping up as we can't rely on the youngsters or inexperienced types

On 25/04/2026 at 19:10, Swooper1987 said:

I've refrained from any involvement in discussion on this board about Oliver and Petracca. It's not particularly helpful other than for a bit of spleen venting. However, I reckon some of the commentary about a two time B&F, 4 time AA, Club leading goalkicker, Norm Smith Medallist, Premiership player and 200 game life member is disrespectful in the extreme and reeks of scorned lover syndrome. The man made his decision after giving us, by and large, outstanding service and some of the best memories we'll ever have as Melbourne supporters. Let it go. He's moved on and so has the club. In a few years time, in 2031 most likely when the team gets together for its 10 year reunion, he'll be welcomed back with open arms as the club legend that he is, just as Josh Dunkley was on Friday night at the Bulldogs celebration. For the rest of his playing career I'll have nothing more than a passing interest in an opposition player, but I'll always be extremely grateful for his career with us.

Nah he walked out on us when the going got tough rather than stand up like a leader

He can GAGF

On 25/04/2026 at 15:02, Demonland said:

The Consultant has become the Consulted.

Naww, Trac learned to kick

19 minutes ago, old dee said:

I think a lot were think 3 and 4 but hoping for 4 and 3. 5 and 2 is a very good start. It's a tough one next weekend.

most were thinking between 4-6 wins for the year!

David King was saying on First Crack that he thinks Petracca has upset the Suns' midfield mix... Should just play half-forward instead...

8 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

David King was saying on First Crack that he thinks Petracca has upset the Suns' midfield mix... Should just play half-forward instead...

It’s a good point. Suns have too many stars and not enough role players