Bill

I can't help but feel very sad about this whole Christian Petracca saga. I always believed that he was a Melbourne person through and through. If it plays out the way it is looking then he has more than his 'brand' to contemplate - his legacy in the game and at MFC will be tarnished forever. He will now be mentioned in the same conversation as Tom Scully and we all know how that played out for Tom. At the end of the day money is nice but it is not a substitute for your mates and the club who gave you not only the opportunity in the first place but a long term multi-million dollar contract for the faith they had in you. I fear that Christian is getting the wrong advice from those closest to him. it is making him look entitled and selfish and far from the leader we all thought him to be. His management company needs to sit him down and convince him to get on the front foot, make a decision and make it public because he is coming across as a spoiled child who can't just do as he pleases. He is a soon to be 29 year old adult but not acting like one - the hubris behind the 'reasons' we are hearing for why he wants to leave make me sick to the stomach and he is so far from the 'Hall of Famer' he aspired to be it is not funny. Christian - you are nothing but a great footballer. I also thought you were a great person. Start acting like a mature, well rounded one. We all have sympathy for the trauma you have been through but you are not the only one who has had to endure rough times in your life. It is never too late to admit that you are wrong. One way or the other MFC will endure. I hope you will be a part of it. If not then you will be forgotten and just another player in the annals of history who could not rise to the occasion.

Hi Everyone - SO EXCITED!! I can't wait for next Saturday and it seems like it's taking forever. I put this double CD together in 1998 with Mark McSherry and David Bridie. It was the stuff of dreams to interview Don Cordner, Noel McMahen, Jimmy Stynes, Ron Barassi, Gary Lyon, 'Bluey' Adams etc etc. This is a song I wrote for the project - 'Holy Ground'. We will be on that ground again this week in spirit. This is a collectors item and available again in digital format at: https://billjackson.bandcamp.com/album/every-heart-beats-true-melbourne-football-club-in-words-music-double-album I have attached the sample track for you below Thanks, Bill Jackson 13704377_1-06HolyGround.mp3