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It would be fantastic to pull away in the 3rd Quarter 

After Halftime has been a slogfest this Season 

Gary has spoken pretty well, changes will be made 

He can’t say too much 

Hopefully it is an interesting interview, i have my doubts 

37 minutes ago, Gator said:

I don't agree.  Either changing one's mind, or publicly lying, is the norm in the AFL.

But if you think there'd be egg, so be it.  That would be your take.

I'm only interested in decisions being made that are in the best interests of the club.  Hopefully, we have the personnel to get things right.  I'm not convinced we do.

That’s exactly what we need to find. The right people…

Just now, Jaded No More said:

Sure, but what of the damage that’s been done between Trac and the club? And his teammates who aren’t possibly happy that he’s airing dirty laundry in public?

Gawn didn’t sound happy, and he’s the happiest and most positive player I know.

Breaking trust between teammates is often something that’s hard to repair. 

I saw Tracc at Training this week with his Teammates, with a big Smile on his face. I am not worried at all

Changes need to be made inside the Club 

If the Club doesn’t make changes, then i will be concerned 

Just now, Jaded No More said:

So you don’t think this whole thing has damaged the club’s reputation and potentially cost us trade deals? 

No, not at all. We are all frustrated and know things have to change 

The Media will have a new story by Saturday morning 

3 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

He is one player, a very good and important player, but he is not bigger than the club. 

Making things public may resolve things quicker, but at what cost?

No cost at all, if the right decisions are made

Just now, Jaded No More said:

If he wants things to change, then he has to be part of that change. 
I fully respect his choice to get away during the early stages of his injury, but you can’t have it both ways. 

You are either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem. Right now, he’s part of the problem because he’s dragged our club back into the headlines for all the wrong reasons. 
There are better ways to go about emphasizing your frustrations than throwing a match and watching things burn. 

Disagree. When things go Public, they get sorted quickly 

A lot of this problem should have been sorted last year 

Just now, Binmans PA said:

I never said it was a crisis, but Trac has made it so much harder to have constructive and grown up conversations when he's been seen to be whinging about standards through media outlets, instead of having direct adult conversations, face to face with his peers.

Come on, I can't believe this is debatable.

The conversations wiill be exactly the same behind closed doors. 
Tracc has just put a little more emphasis on the situation 

i don’t see it as a whinge at all

Just now, BoBo said:

I’m not saying he is leaving either, I’m saying it’s concerning that he (nor the club) hasn’t come out saying ‘I still want to play for the Dees, the claim I want to leave is completely untrue’ or anything close to those lines. 
 

It’s not a minor claim.

3 days later and I can’t conclusively say either way. That’s bad whichever way anybody wants to slice it.

Once he has made the statement, he doesn’t need to say anything else 

As long as the Club make the right changes in the offseason. 
 

The Media will have different stories next week 

1 minute ago, Binmans PA said:

I remember how annoyed we all were the last time the tail started trying to wag the dog at this football club.

I'm surprised you've changed your tune.

Again, we need rigorous internal discussions and IMV a proper external review of the entire club, not just FD, the admin as well, but you don't it through the media.

It's manipulative, shows poor leadership and threatens to undermine more than resolve issues.

Which begs the question, is he trying to force trade or is he just a poor decision maker with poor impetuous advisors around him?

This is a totally different scenario from 10 years ago. We are a Club who still has a good list, we need some fresh coaches and ideas, we need a good trade period this Summer 

Tracc is basically saying to the Club

”Get on with it & Get it right”

A lot of people on this Board are reading far too much into this 

It’s far from a crisis, but the right decisions have to be made at all levels 

17 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

Seriously.? I'm still waiting.

Why does trac or anyone have to speak. Just because we think so.? Media moves on this week to next crisis now dees not in finals.

No i agree with you. He doesn’t have to speak. He has put out a public altermatum directed at The Club 

2 minutes ago, BoBo said:

Also to @DeeZone, so I’ll take both of your comments at face value as being true. 

Gawn and MFC have only said he is *contracted* to play for the dees. This is a politician’s answer. 

What Tracc wants and what his contract status is, are two seperate things. 

What is the reason it has been 3 days and the claim that Tracc *wants* to leave, hasn’t been directly challenged as being untrue?

But he is not leaving, that’s the point. 
He is telling the Club to get better. 
Do it now….

4 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

I'm sick of statements purporting to be true.

Who is your source on the trac statement above?

Put up or keep off this site.

 

Has Tracc or Tracc’s management refuted any of the quotes??

There’s your answer…

6 minutes ago, Binmans PA said:

I'm fine with the internal discussions. That's what will make us better. It's the playing it out in media that potentially undermines the goal of getting better.

I have no problems with things getting out in the Media, in some ways they accelerate a process. 
As long as the right decisions are made. 
We need new blood in the Football Department, the gameplan needs new energy 

Get the right people 

2 minutes ago, BoBo said:

This is fair, but having things spill out in public like this and Tracc nor the club conclusively dispelling the notion that Tracc wants to leave, is damaging to the club, coming into a trade period and every passing moment it isn’t countered, is another moment it becomes true.

It’s now 3 days and it’s obvious it’s true he wants to leave unless MFC has THE WORST public relations department in the world and/or Tracc just forgot to address it somehow. 

Haven’t heard OX’s claims about players getting ‘up to no good’ during preseason being countered by anyone so that’s obviously true too. 
 

 

I don’t think Tracc wants to leave at all, he has given the Club a Rocket to get its act together 

This has all been festering (multiple issues) for a long time. 
The Decks have got to be cleared, we need a change of some philosophies within The Football Department 

I maybe in the minority, but i am quietly happy it has come out. I hope the Review is thorough and fair. We have got to get better 

2 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

I’m sure he does. Let’s just leave it I really cbf talking about it anymore 

It really doesn’t matter where the quotes have come from, what matters is that they haven’t been refuted, at all. 
The Club has a lot of work to do

Bring it on

2 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

From my understanding it isn’t his manager, it’s someone else and it’s emotionally charged

Having worked in a Newsroom for over 10 years, i can assure you that Morris has 100’s of contacts. 90% of his day job is spent on the phone. 
He has been given direct quotes from someone, and there has been silence from Tracc

That says it all. 

2 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

Yes he did. He said specifically ‘if Petracca was out of contract he would walk tomorrow’. That is what we call a hypothetical.

He said that, because that’s what was Quoted to him… If that was wrong, we would have heard about it 

8 minutes ago, Binmans PA said:

We risk derailing this thread, but anyone that thinks playing this out through the media via his management was the right play and won't be corrosive with the playing group, has rocks in their head.

There are problems, but if you're a leader, you have the conversations internally and demand change internally.

If Trac were a team mate of mine and I was in the leadership group, I'd be having some pretty strong conversations with him.

I have no doubt those conversations are being held right now. They will not be public 

The Players need to look each other in the eye and talk it all through. It may get quite heated, so be it. 
Have it out 

4 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

Again I’m not saying he’s lying, I’m saying putting out hypotheticals isn’t really journalism. Petracca doesn’t have to say anything, the majority of players don’t say anything unless they are interviewed and even then it’s just media speak. The club has put out a statement and no doubt would’ve talked with petracca before they put this out.

But Morris is not putting out a hyperthetical, he has put out “quotes” that have not been refuted, at all. 
That means they do carry weight 

3 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

You have no idea if he would request a trade, just like I don’t… so it’s a bit hypocritical to say that. I’ve heard one of the key reasons for ‘his’ concern from people in the know so I understand what the issue is. 
 

Btw I’m not defending the club as I’m sure there are elements they can improve. Just pointing out that Morris could have reported that Petracca was unhappy, but instead goes into discussions about hypotheticals as do most media people these days. Reporting used to be based on fact, now it’s fact mixed in with opinion and innuendo.

Petracca has not disputed the quotes made at all. 
I think you can assume from that, that Morris was not lying. 
What the MFC must do is actively work to fix the problems they can

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/d8k1Dn77EGAeELyn/?mibextid=WC7FNe
 

I agree 100%

16 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

I contend that the winning record and actual percentage is a better guide. We recently lost to Port (2nd), GWS (3rd) and Brisbane (5th) by a kick. 

I think the analysis you are using is misleading. A decent win on the weekend could easily see our percentage be higher than Adelaide, Collingwood, St Kilda and Gold Coast in three days. Would that really change where we sit?

No. Because we are out of Finals contention 

Far too many games this year we switched off for 20 minutes….

20 minutes ago, djr said:

The last time I watched a game, it was played over 4 quarters. Losing by a point after conceding the first 6 goals and with us having all the momentum for the next 3 quarters, it never crossed your mind that we had a realistic chance to win this? In the GWS game, when we were 6 goals up, were you saying to yourself, we are not going to win this? If true, it won't matter how we play; you will always think we will lose. That is sad.

I didn’t think we would win either of those games. 
You cannot switch off for large slabs of time

we do it regularly