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Gawn as Captain Brayshaw as Vice As for the leadership group, I’d be waiting until about rd 6 for that.

Not sure why you posted this. Some people saw Hogan as the best young key fwd in the game, a 50 goal per season fwd who was going to dominate the competition for years. Some of us saw him as the fwd that kicked all his goals against bottom 8 sides, couldn’t take a pack mark, went missing in big games and had a questionable goal kicking action. Petracca also has his fans and his critics, I’ve seen enough of him to think he’s tradable.

Clearly we have different benchmarks on players output and that’s fine. My thoughts are as above.

Better list? no, better midfielders, yes. As for my comparison I’m not comparing Petracca to an entire team but 3 players who play between midfield and half forward and have a continual influence on the outcome of games. There are other players he could be compared to but they were just 3 players that came to mind who have had “great years” as opposed to “good”. Viney has no worth to other teams and Brayshaw showed us last season what he can do. We’re still waiting for Petracca to arrive, if Saints didn’t need a replacement for Riewoldt he was going pick 1. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that he hasn’t lived up to his potential, we’re in desperate need of star players with elite skills that deliver on a consistent basis. As I have said before we either look to offload him and trade someone in or hold him and hope that he can find another level. I personally think he’s had enough time to deliver and hasn’t so my preference would be to trade him. I believe right now another club would be prepared to offer something in return.

And there in lies the problem, Dunkley, Bont and McRae have had great years. How does Petracca’s compare to any of those 3? He doesn’t even come close, he can’t even dominate the weaker sides. If the majority of supporters think he’s had a great year that’s one thing, but if FD concur then we are in trouble. I’d rather Liam Ryan in our side right now.

RJAY my frustration surrounding Petracca is driven by his unfulfilled potential. Yes his overall game has improved but he’s still prone to fade in and out of games and his set shots on goal are a concern. I don’t see his disposal as damaging as others do. We’re a team crying out for stars, with Petracca I see an opportunity to move him on and re roll the dice.

Trac possibly....Petracca is possibly one of the overrated players in the game at the moment. Still waiting for him to play a whole game. He fits your self absorbed and uninspiring brief perfectly. I’d trade him at seasons end but the club won’t.

Angus Brayshaw is a leader.

Can this be moved please to the trading board. Cheers.

When people are discussing potential list changes the same names are put fwd, JKH, Stretch, ANB, Spargo, Wagner, Omac etc. Petracca and Hibberd seem to escape scrutiny. Hibberd turns 30 next year (last year of contract) so would be of no interest to any of the other clubs. The Suns would be chasing others in that age group but in the Luke Hodge mould. We lack star power, when we drafted Petracca I was so excited thinking he would become a hybrid of Dangerfield and Robbie Grey. He is yet to deliver on his dominance as a junior and regularly goes missing for periods in games. I personally don’t think he’ll ever become the player we need him to. We are faced with the Watts / Hogan scenario, what have we learnt....We held Watts 1-2 years too long and got minimal return. We got rid off Hogan at exactly the right time and got May in return. Some argued we should got more and whilst this year hasn’t been great for May most were happy we were able to land him when we did. The time to move on Petracca is now, package him up with next years first round pick or trade for a mid to late first round and package that with next years first round pick and go after some real midfield class. Let’s go after Kelly, Cogniglio or Whitfield. Offer up some big money and make something happen. Another year of waiting for Petracca’s to reach his potential doesn’t cut it anymore.

His marking is also a highlight, very talented.

Next year will by my 15th consecutive as a Redleg. My automatic renewal will continue to remain active.

Garbage, did we drain Petracca’s talent or is just not developed as we we had hoped?

How was that a free to Danger in the last 90 seconds.....

A big sucked in to any who has any association to the Geelong Football Club in any capacity.

And this is exactly why Jones should not play on.

A farewell game for Lewis and Jones.

Fritsch and who?

Totally agree.

I wasn’t one of them but my thoughts are that some tough calls need to be made. We can’t carry Jones next year. Hopefully we get pick 2 and use it, not to be on traded. Trade Petracca (I know I’ve said this before, apologies....)and package him up with a future pick and make a bold play for some class off half back to replace Hibberd. Draft in not one but two small indigenous fwds. We need some energy and creativity up fwd. Not all the answers but a start.

He’s gone missing this qtr, Swans KIDS are running rings around us.

Because we accept players “did some nice things” as opposed to “tore the game apart” or “changed the course of the game”.

Little to no impact, we should also start looking for a replacement for Hibberd. Will be painful if Jones goes another season, and he will.

What’s his set shot goal kicking like? When will a final decision on priority picks be announced? Cheers