Jaded No More

And what are we getting in return? Since you appear to have mail

But apparently we play the most boring brand of football 🙄

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.

So you don’t think this whole thing has damaged the club’s reputation and potentially cost us trade deals? Moreover you don’t think there’s a lack of trust now between the players and Trac?

That seems a stretch considering how active he is on his socials on a daily basis. I fully respect the trauma he went thru and really feel for him. He’s clearly nowhere near 100% healthy and that’s really tough. Not sure how causing a media storm around yourself is conducive to recovery tho.

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?

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.

Gawn didn’t sound happy either. Considering he’s killed himself for the club and taken less money so we can play guys like Trac millions of dollars, I can imagine he isn’t thrilled to once again have to do damage control.

This 100% Trac is within his rights to be upset or unhappy with the direction of the club or the handling of his injury. But to play it out so publicly at the expense of the club that made him the highly paid star that he is, is simply immature and selfish. Either he thinks that if he does enough damage we will relent and trade him, or he’s simply more worried about his own brand than the club’s. I suspect that in time he will regret the way he’s handled it.

Burn the tapes

They don't have a first this year, and if Trac goes there, their first next year might not be very good. And no offense to Quaynor but I am not trading a top 5 AFL player for a good half back flanker. Look I understand the want to discuss this, but when the club and Goodwin both said we are not trading him, you better believe they are not trading him, because his discontent is not news (it's only news to us in the public), and the media release was not sent out without his consent either. If we don't back ourselves as a club to resolve this situation with one of the best players in the league, who committed to our club for 7 whole years, then we may as well turn off the lights and lock the doors and call it a day as a football club.

Let's say Trac wants to go to the Pies, he is smart enough and his management are smart enough to know that there is no world in which the Pies have anything that would satisfy us in a trade. For starters they have no first round pick this year. Their best players are all old, or a Daicos, which they clearly will not trade. It is just a total fantasy. If his life long desire was to play for Collingwood, he doesn't commit to SEVEN years at Melbourne.

Petty definitely flew up yesterday. He posted a photo on socials last night from the GC. Kinda weird they’re not flying all together. Or is that normal?

One of my best mates is an Essendon supporter and he reckons this is the best day of his Essendon supporting life since 2000 😂

They still have another game to play you know

AFL needs finals at the MCG. Watch all the Victorian teams in contention get up this week

There is also a very real possibility that we contend for a flag again and North remain a bottom 4 side. Jack is contracted. He is going nowhere.

I’m sorry, are people born after 2021 allowed to post on this site?

For two first rounders, he can stay right away from our club. Thank you for never coming.

Please explain how we will be forced to do anything given Trac has 5 years left on his contract? 🙄

He wouldn’t leave Victoria and he won’t go to a cellar dweller. It’s not happening. Neale wanted out. Brisbane forced him to stay. It all worked out.

Have you done a welfare check on @picket fence?

Honestly the melts over Jefferson not getting selected, is worth him not getting selected.