chookrat

If queried on this I'd love to hear the club respond that the AFLPA didn't seem too concerned when Essendon were injecting unknown substances into their players.

Traitor

These stats look pretty made up. That all 18 teams have numbers that increment by exactly 1,000 makes me question how these are calculated.

At the 2 min 30 sec mark Trac specifically mentions Kate Roffey and the support from the club. Re speaking directly to Trac it was in reference to his frustrations raised with the Footy Department towards the end of season which were being managed by the Footy Department. As for speaking to his family, Trac and his partner had been away in Noosa to get away from footy so I'm not sure why the President would be calling him and his partner at this time.

The narrative that Kate didn't speak to Trac is false and needs to stop. In his video a week or two after the injury Trac specifically mentioned Kate Roffey and how supportive she had been. In the recent interview re speaking directly to Trac she was clear that the Footy Department were handling player interviews and that her door was open should Trac want to speak to her directly. Trac and the club have been clear re his trauma and giving him as much time as he needs to work through this with Goody, Richo and the Leadership team in constant dialogue with Trac. It would be inappropriate for the President to be getting directly involved re his playing future beyond offering her support. While I'm comfortable that Kate stood down as President, as she didn't communicate to a level you would expect from the President of a football club I don't accept the narrative that she failed to communicate with Trac or that she is in denial re challenges at our club.

I wouldn't believe a word that either of those two muppets say. It seems all they do is lurk around forums and regurgitate rumours sprinkled with the occasional fact and then speculate on very minor yet specific details to make it seem credible.

For clarity Trac did not recommit but rather released a statement that he remains committed.

The media have no idea most of the time. They pretty much hear a rumour and then throw some speculation out there to generate a reaction.

Viney looking to get out??

What has happened to young Eddie? Seems to have gone to ground since the Tracc rumours started and haven't heard a peep out of him since. Pretty disappointing that he refuses to tell us what is going on.

Watching the video the club did where Kossie, Goody, Oliver and McAdam spent time in Kossies hometown I would think in his situation it is less about day to day support and more being able to regularly get time away from the club to go home. Being homesick after not being back for 6 months makes sense and I'm sure the club will look at how Kossie and his family can get back home during the season next year.

The Tracc media frenzy is Dusty all over. How many articles were written about Dusty leaving Richmond that never came to fruition? Journos are notorious for writing clickbait based on rumours and speculation and when the subject of their report does not respond they then say that the 'silence is deafening' or they have 'gone to ground' and that it proves the rumours and speculation.

Or nothing was leaked and the media make it up on the basis that they will not be held accountable re whether their reporting is accurate.

Replace '4 AFL fans' with ' 4 figures closely connected to the club' as they fans have taken out 3 game memberships.

Fair call ElDiablo. I think most teams have at least a couple of these sort of games each season, which probably speaks to how competitive our teams have been for at least 3 years where have been in virtually every game. Being clearly beaten in probably 4 matches is something we haven't experienced in quite a while. I still think we will bounce back strongly given the personnel we have missed this season and what we will gain in the offseason.

Spot on WJ, I think Collingwood managed to turn their vocal supporter base into a competitive advantage. I think when McCrae took the reigns he encouraged the players to be bold and would rather roll the dice and lose by 10 goals than play safe and lose by 1 - 2 goals. They won a few close ones and rode the wave of momentum and crowd support to an unlikely Premiership. At various times in the past couple of years Tracc, Goody, Pert and Roffey have all mentioned the impact a vocal supporter base has on the team. As negative everything seems right now I don't think we are in that bad a position and can easily bounce back into contention next year. We are too good a team not to and Goody and our leaders have demonstrated time again an ability to challenge - with everything that went wrong this year we were within a kick of Brisbane, GWS and Port when they were in red hot form.

Would there be any rules against trading out Maxy and then voting him in as our President while he plays for another club? Does anyone know whether player contracts restrict players from holding other roles in the AFL. Given Danger is the player rep for the AFLPA could Maxy play for say Collingwood while being our president?

The problem I see is that to pay 95% of the cap we would need to renegotiate contracts that existing players have not earned which would inevitably lead to underperformance. It's a bit like paying an artist a reasonable wage only to find that the material possessions make them less creative than when they had nothing. Therefore a no for me.

I disagree, he doesn't answer to the media and neither does our club. Why answer a question just because the media asks it. I prefer we do things on our own timeline and let our actions speak.

What has Tracc said or done that is wrong. So far all he has said is that he is suffering from Trauma and Max and Goody have said there are frustrations that they are working through. For all we know the rest if this is a media beat up that has escalated because Tracc and the club refuse to be drawn into answering to the media.

Absolute legend and arguably the best player in the comp over the past 5 years. Looking forward to his next 3 - 4 years.

Could this whole thing be a ruse to sell .ore tickets to this event?

Is anyone leaking info or are the reporters simply making it up to try to get a response. My take is that because the club, Tracc and his management are playing a straight bat that the media is making more and more outlandish claims to elicit a response. I wouldn't be surprised if we pursue legal action at the end of the current speculation.

If we find that the media have exaggerated and there is no story beyond what Trac and the club have already talked about re trauma then I'd imagine financial settlements with many in the media which would bolster ours and Traccs coffers. If this happens then we could probably shift our core business from Football to Litigation.

We looked pretty fit vs Gold Coast.