Jaded No More

That’s what I think too. I can’t imagine this statement is what started it all.

Fair enough. Didn’t the AFL also mandate that clubs must list time frames on injury lists this season? I think the club did what they thought was right based on the information they had at the time. Trac is not the first or last player to return to play with a serious injury, nor the first or last player who was listed wrongly on an injury list. To blow your whole relationship with the club that made you who you are over that, seems a tad dramatic.

Is it possible that the club didn’t know he was getting a blood transfusion? That they went off the initial diagnosis made by the ER doctors that he had broken ribs and a low grade spleen injury? I think we forget that his diagnosis was complex and 3 doctors failed to treat it properly for 6 whole hours. Expecting the clubs to know what would happen in the future, when they were obviously being pressured by fans and media to let everyone know how Trac is, is pretty ridiculous. There was no malice from the club.

100%. Every club would fall over themselves to have Trac. But very few clubs would have the salary cap space to accommodate his contract, or the currency to get a trade done. Richmond, West Coast, North and Hawks would be the clubs who probably could (Hawks don’t have the best draft currency tho with probably making the 8), and somehow I don’t see Trac wanting to go to any of them. A club like Carlton or Dogs for example would need to offload a big contract to make it happen first. So say Naughton would need to be part of the deal.

Yep you’re probably right I refuse to acknowledge losing to the Pies. That’s on me 😂 Anyway this was not a middle finger to Trac. It was a middle finger to the media! The whole game and post game had a vibe of “you think we are not united and we are falling apart, well watch this”. Actions always speak loud than words, and our actions yesterday were a perfect response to all the garbage that’s been directed towards our club.

Hope he’s in the rooms pre and post game. I don’t care where he sits during the match, as I understand that there are heart rate constrains that may prevent him from being on the bench or in the box.

Why not take it next week at the G? I assume he is playing.

That is his choice. Why is he isolating himself from the club? It feels like he’s trying to make the relationship with the club untenable so to force the club to trade him. I hope we hold him to his contract unless we get a deal so good it can’t be refused.

Are you saying it’s one or the other?

He’s going nowhere this year. He needs to build a bridge and get over himself and work with the rest of the leadership group on getting back into contention. We won’t trade him with 5 years left, without giving ourselves the opportunity to turn things around first.

If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Expected at least a social media ‘like’ or re-post of the great win. Wonder how his management will spin this. Can’t be good for the brand.

He’s just practicing for next year’s Kings Birthday game

Hard to drop anyone but I would like to see Ben Brown get a farewell game. Think he deserves it. Hunter could be the sub to get his 200th. The main thing is that we need to beat those pieces of [censored]! 😤

He was allowed to fly to Noosa… seems unlikely

He did not. I believe his partner is due to give birth any day. He did however post three very positive things on his social media.

Sheezel is an absolute gun, and unlike JHF also a leader

Agreed. Which is why I don’t want to see Cox drive a knee into his back next week and watch him lose a kidney.

Knowing Port they’ll [censored] the bed next week 😂

Lions are such underachievers. It’s unbelievable that they don’t cop half the amount of flak we have, for consistently [censored] the bed. At least we won a flag! They couldn’t even win one when the grand final was played in Brisbane!

They won’t make it anyway. They’ll never catch Dogs or Hawks on percentage and Hawks play the two bottom teams

Brisbane will never win a flag at the MCG. Absolute jokers.

Possibly. But Trac should know that peak Clarry makes his chances of success far greater. I hope he sees the effort that Clarry has been putting in this year and cuts him some slack. Now would be a good time for them to lean on one another and attack the pre season head on.

Sounds like he’s in contract negotiations to extend beyond next year according to Goody’s post match conference

May doesn’t need to play. All I need is for some [censored] from Collingwood to pull another serious injury move on him.

At least if GWS win you’ll never hear about it from anyone 😂