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Not just McClure's. It should be an automatic reply post by all Melbourne fans whenever they read any form of misinformation (Roffey's non-contact) or other unsubstantiated claim taken as truth but contradicted by Petracca himself. Unfortunately, it's many of the club's own supporters rolling with the narrative. But it could however become critical, should the MFC wind up in a grievance tribunal and the damage which might result, and I think the video is clear enough to sway some minds and turn public opinion back our way somewhat, as there isn't the slightest hint of Petracca being disingenuous in his responses.

Just to clarify. I used the term 'friend' because the Demonland administrators rightly don't want a public pile-on of a particular person close to Trac. Sincere apologies for creating any extra confusion when my sole intent was the opposite, to add an element of accuracy as to what has actually been said on record by various parties in response to a number of wild and sometimes deliberately misleading distortions both on here and in the media.

For any early risers, I've been covering the night shift from here in Europe. Nothing significant to report so far. You're probably safe to go and put on the kettle and do your morning stretches in preparation for another big day of refreshing.

I think it's safe to take this name off the list at least. Appointed last year as the global managing director of dentsu's sports analytics business out of New York.

I agree. On top on the the despicable attempt by Tom Morris to insinuate Kate Roffey had said something racist by presenting her words out of context, somehow Mark Robinson gets away with writing this; “Unbelievably, Roffey said she wasn’t aware of Petracca’s grievances and even alluded to a belief that it was all media-driven.” There has to be some accountability.

He was allowed one visitor. The friend was someone very close to him.

Gutnick backing calls for a "full-scaled" review sounds a bit fishy.

She said she hasn't spoken to Petracca's parents in a while. She said she hasn't spoken directly to Petracca about whether he has a preference to be elsewhere. That may or may not be factual. But those are the facts of what she said. What she didn't say is whether she had spoken to Petracca's parents while he was in the ICU (which would be a private conversation anyway and not something to discuss with the media). She also didn't say whether she had spoken directly to Petracca as to other issues (but she was well aware of them and the club as a whole was working to resolve them). She also noted that she had at least reached out to Petracca and said that he was welcome to discuss any of his concerns with her anytime he wanted.

Petracca's statement during the The Howie Games interview, very lightly edited for clarity. "I remember giving the surgeon my friend’s number. I think it was after the surgery so this must have been 3am in the morning. I didn’t know at the time as I was drugged up, but my friend came into the ICU the next morning and basically said that the surgeon said I might not make it basically, that I was in critical condition, because of the internal bleeding and everything." The timeline of events isn't clear, but it's a given that he was in critical condition at some stage (I'm guessing at least due to unstable blood pressure), which by its nature means that immediate life-saving intervention was required, hence the chance that he might not survive. There's no indication however that Christian nearly died. Please note, I am in no way attempting to diminish the severity of the injuries and level of trauma experienced by Christian or his friend. Just trying to bring some clarity to a lot of wild statements currently being thrown around on here based on edited snippets and hearsay.

Exactly. Many of the same posters who are frustrated by Roffey not speaking precisely on the matter are also angered she isn't doing enough to resolve it, without wondering if perhaps these things could be related. It's clearly a delicate situation, and it's not just MFC members who listen to the radio.

But we have no idea if she did or didn't. Roffey herself doesn't seem to know what the complaints refer to, but notably made the point that only one person is allowed in the ICU and that the club was out of the immediate loop as to his personal healthcare, which is private by nature - including as to our own club doctors.

The beginning of her response to that question which you edited out I think is worth including, as it paints a clearer picture of the situation. It sounds like Petracca hasn't raised these particular gripes with the club, and there's only so much the club could have done at the time due to the private nature of healthcare. So she says the club needs to sit down and discuss the perceived shortcomings. If Petracca hasn't been willing to do so, then there's not much that can be done. She makes it clear elsewhere that she has indeed reached out to him, her door open. Did you do enough during the two weeks following his horrific injury? Roffey: I’ve read some bits and pieces about this in the media. I have no idea where that information came from. I’ve no idea what specifically that is referring to, so I won’t comment on the specifics. What I will say is that when you’re in intensive care, you can’t pop in and visit. You get one person who’s allowed to come in. In terms of the medical care, you go into the system as a patient of the Victorian health system. And so we’re not in direct contact with him for medical care at that point in time, that’s happening through his doctors. And so we have to find out further down the line what’s happening, what’s required of us, what we need to do.

We need to stop bumping player threads for a few days. I nearly had a full-blown panic attack that Luke Kenterfield might have asked the club to be traded to Coburg.

It's bed-time here in Europe. Can someone please urgently page me if there are any fresh articles published in Australia recapping the previous ones. Cheers.

I thought that yesterday, but the pages multiply quicker than you can read them, and I'm still here eight hours later pushing through on a @WalkingCivilWar diet of multiple Red Bulls despite my proposed sponsorship boycott.

More than that. I get a sense of a paid Tripadvisor-style 'review farm' going on here, which wouldn't be unfamiliar to Peter during his time in Southeast Asia. Totally based on instinct as a writer, but there are some striking similarities in the phrasing being used by various posters, and a 'voice' which doesn't match their previous posts.

There was also that nudist motel in Mossman in North Queensland called the White Cockortwo.

Can the Crows even give us back our pick under the current trading rules? Also, most of our own fans struggle to identify what ANB actually does during a game. He may be a great role player, but that's under Goodwin's system, and I doubt he would even get a start at Port. I think a third-rounder is a more realistic expectation, if you reflect back on what we've traded in over the years for an early-to-mid second.

Why anyone would dub their pub in Marble Bar anything but the Marble Bar Bar is completely beyond me.

If we compiled all the legitimate responses to the 'What was your Excuse?' attendance thread and submitted it to the AFL with a stuffed brown paper bag then we could probably jump Hawthorn into 5th.

Owies would be a fair trade for Doedee in Portuguese.

He was an absolute pillar in our three-pronged premiership-year defensive set-up for the first six or seven rounds while building belief among our team until doing his knee against North and ultimately being usurped by Petty. Otherwise, I'm fairly certain he would now have a grand final medallion, and it's not forgotten. Tomald's Jesus-like resurrection this year has further cruelled his career.

The root chakra, representing stability, security, and our desire for basic needs. My best friend once had his peritoneum removed to combat cancer, and I mistakenly told all my friends that he had his perineum ripped out and naturally they were all very confused.

J-Ca$h? You just named the next 1,500-page epic thread on Demonland. Never mind bananas, cucumbers are apparently in short-supply across Europe right now due some Instagram kid who makes recipes for adolescent boys. Meanwhile, Trac can go and enjoy the unwholesome prison Blues. Edit: also thanks for the tip mate. Listening now.