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This is wild.

Oh boy

Yep. Brave New World of player recruitment. Listen to Ross Lyons bnf speech. Spoke about how one of the reasons they lost Josh Battle is they didn't have a creche.

Just on the Noosa thing. That he holidays up there is more indicative that he enjoys the surf and sunshine that southern Queensland offers. Not that he'd plan the remainder of his footy career around driving up and down the highway to get to his holiday house.

The club has had leaks all over the place. Recent turnover has shown a reduction of leaks but a few still occur, indeed they occur at all clubs. Interestingly was listening to the Bartel and Mcguire podcast the other week and he blamed a lot of our leaks on coeterie groups not knowing their place.

Bottom clubs would have no interest in spending a kings ransom to get Petracca. His worth is that he could be the difference between making up the numbers in finals and winning a flag. He is going to the clubs that have a genuine interest in securing his services.

Really well said. Don't think either party came out of last year looking good. This year seems to be getting handled the right way.

My read of the genuine 50/50 comment is that Trac will take the path of least resistance. I.e. the team that can actually get a deal done.

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.

What?

What?

Club had a fair bit to do with McLean leaving too.

Is he actually that close with ANB? I never got that sense. Flights won't really be a factor you'd feel. Either way you're spending half your day in transit.

I just don't see the Crows offering up any best 22 players. Reckon this ends up being done with the Suns or not at all.

I mean, that's what the Giants did last year lol.

Oof. That aged like milk, hey?

He's not the manic dog-hungry player he once was.

I've been saying this. His contract is not an issue.

Reckon Petracca and his wife would much rather live on the Gold Coast than Adelaide.

Become a bog-average midfielder. Can't crash through contests and rip the ball out of stoppage anymore, doesn't have the fast hands to get the ball to the outside, lost a more than a yard of pace. Looks like he's lost the hunger. It's been a steep fall from grace. I've seen some say that his fitness fell away so far that it will take another pre-season to get back but I'm sorry that's not good enough. When he arrived at the club he was overweight and didn't really take training seriously. By his second year he was one of the best players in the comp.

These phantom trades are so annoying. Adelaide aren't giving up Rachele.

Who you gonna pay his money to? If we're not doing this to improve our list in the short or long term, I genuinely don't see the point.

You think he hasn't already had a zoom meeting? Reckon a professional athlete may want to see the facilities they might be training at. Seems like the club is okay with him exploring his options. Don't really see what the point would be in the kind of secrecy you're talking about.

You're overthinking this.

Nope. He would have ended up at Collingwood. May was being traded that year, we got in late and turned his head.