Dodos Demons

By “check in” does he really mean become followers and/or comment several times a day on his numerous social media platforms. He has a point …/sarc

A certain few Australian male tennis players appeared to have very similar traits and quickly lost the media and Australian fans. Not justifying those Australian tennis players but in their defence, they were playing an individual sport. It is so bizarre that a similar attitude could bubble to the surface and be on full show in AFL football with squads of approx 44 players.

Maybe there is a stalemate and radio silence from both player and club because the issues (aka “grievances”) run very deep and touch on matters that are the subject of current or future legal proceedings and neither party wants to go there. I have no idea but I can’t for a second accept that the current strategy of Trac is the result of professional/paid advisers.

Grievance tribunal would be a pathetic Hail Mary from Trac and his team. Hard to know if this is navel gazing by those in the media or leaked by his “advisors”. If the latter they are clearly desperate and clutching at straws for any leverage. The club should (and hopefully will) hold firm like anyone holding all the cards should. “Stay on target, stay on target”….. sadly we are not at the stage where we can finish the Star Wars quote: “almost there, almost there”.

Imagine the bidding war that could eventuate (may already be happening behind closed doors)

If Trac is genuinely that unhappy with the club to cause all this drama and damage (and so far do nothing/stay silent to seek to salvage the situation), he can’t have it both ways and say I need to leave but only if I end up at a “big” club. That is where he is losing the faithful. If that is his predominant motivation (ie he wants out but only to a big club) then that is so disappointing.

"Depending on who Petracca talks to, it’s different. If he talks to the players, his issue is with the leadership of the club and when he talks to the leadership, his issue is with the players and the off-field stuff." If true, he is hardly in the right frame of mind to make significant decisions about his future!

Sounds like many in the media are starting to turn the screws on Trac in terms of his (or his "advisors") approach as this saga continues to play out. Of course, the media would be salivating at the void this is filling before week 1 of the finals. I though that not playing in finals reduces the anxiety levels of supporters. Imagine if we did happen to make it to finals and this came out.

Club needs to channel Jekyll and Hyde in the ANB and (if it happens) Trac trades given the statements made to date about ANB getting to where he wants. Boy I hope the club holds firm.

Don’t you love the irony of Cornes. He is on the record as saying he thinks long term deals are ridiculous and should never be entered (or words that affect). Now it seems he finally sees the light and the reason why CLUBS do those deals. BTW I agree with Cornes (we hold all the cards). Club needs to channel some Kenny Rogers!

Agree with all of this but it was nice (funny) to see another team do some “Benny Hill” moments that are usually saved for the Dees - Hipwoods handball point lol and Dannihers chip pass to Charlie lol.

Watched the Fox pre match and said to my kids 15 minutes from the bounce- what is wrong with the Melbourne players? They look flat and disinterested. Not saying I predicted the result but I have not seen them look so switched off and appearing as though they cbf’d. Could be a coincidence but not they looked very very flat in the pre match. The rest is history. Something seems to be way way off in the attitude and mental approach department. Worst month of footy for a long time.

100%. Salt in the wounds is watching Geelong successfully complete mini rebuilds and attract quality players time and time again to remain contending to years on end. Sydney too. We seem to be miles off anything near that as a club, on or off the field. Would love to be proven wrong but there just doesn’t seem to be the same noises, confidence or bigger picture being communicated from the coach or club (unlike the Cars or Sydney).

We have grunt bulls (that are very good at it although Clayton is off his best for known reasons) but silky skilled mids and wingers we fall well short. Even Salem is miles off his laser like kicking. May is inconsistent especially with short passes. Bowey lost his radar a little too. McVee is excellent but our game plan seems to need need about 6 silky players. Bring back the bomb to the pocket lol.

Would be a different narrative if we had the skill (and some luck) in finishing with the old game plan. Was the poor finishing (ie inaccuracies) because of lack of skills or fatigue or both? Who knows. Interesting times ahead for the MFC.