Speculation Christian Petracca [UFA 2029]

[Cactus_]

Funny thread

Some Dees supporters talking him up and others running him down

 

[dees arent rabble]

Funny thread

Some Dees supporters talking him up and others running him down

Just proves he is overrated

He is no Viney

 

[Blues_Man]

Petracca's score output (goals + assists) is on par with McKays (goals + assists). Or in other words, they both contribute the same result on the scoreboard.

Key Forwards are overrated IMO. There is a reason Norm Smiths are generally won by line breaking goal kicking mids (including Trac, and Dusty x 3, Judd etc) and not by KPF's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Smith_Medal

Have a look over the list and see what most of them have in common.

You would be mad to think Carlton need Petracca more than Harry. Let him go find another home, Harry is going nowhere

 

[dees arent rabble]

You would be mad to think Carlton need Petracca more than Harry. Let him go find another home, Harry is going nowhere

Both are terrible kicks

 

[Cactus_]

Just proves he is overrated

He is no Viney

I can’t think about Viney without thinking about Sydney Stack

 

[rapidfire7]

Petracca to Essendon and Peter Wright to Demons makes a lot of sense for both teams. Say Wright, 8 F2 for Petracca 45 & 51.

Petracca is a top 5 player in the comp, whereas Wright is an average at best inconsistent key forward, who has been struggling for much of this year.

Sounds like a rough deal for the Demons to me, regardless of the other picks involved.

 

[Jeremias]

Both are terrible kicks

This is a bit lazy. Harry is a fantastic kick, had a terrible case of the yips last year, but has rebounded strongly this season.

 

[JayJ20]

Errrm... Petracca?

With Dusty gone, surely Petracca is currently at least in the conversation for the most damaging HF/Mid in the game?

Pre-injury Petracca yes, but it's too great of a risk to take on post-injury Petracca, especially for McKay. Actually, Dusty is the perfect example. He didn't come back the same after his kidney injury in 2021 that led to his decline and subsequent retirement. Barely played in 2022, had a couple of good games in 2023, barely played in 2024 then retired. Petracca's injuries are much worse than Dusty. We're also yet to know the full extent of his mental trauma. His injuries are likened to that sustained in a car accident.

If Carlton were smart, they'd be all in on Houston and stay clear from Petracca. Carlton can't afford to be taking risks like that with their injury-prone list in the middle of a premiership window.

 

[Malifice]

 

[Sarcoidevo]

A club that takes on Petracca will be getting a 29yo psychologically broken and banged up player whose primary interest is "Brand Petracca"

3rd rounder should do it ... Dees get copious cap space ... win-win

 

[Malifice]

A club that takes on Petracca will be getting a psychologically broken and banged up player whose primary interest is "Brand Petracca"

3rd rounder should do it ... Dees get copious cap space ... win-win

This is going to be a fun 2 months to Trade week isnt it?

 

[Sarcoidevo]

This is going to be a fun 2 months to Trade week isnt it?

The perfect learning space for any budding psychologists

 

[Sarcoidevo]

"Brand Petracca" is looking to corner the Mediterranean market

Lygon St is a good starting point

 

[Malifice]

The perfect learning space for any budding psychologists

Pfft. Ill walk that budding psychologist to the PSD for nothing.

 

[Del28562]

Petracca's score output (goals + assists) is on par with McKays (goals + assists). Or in other words, they both contribute the same result on the scoreboard.

Key Forwards are overrated IMO. There is a reason Norm Smiths are generally won by line breaking goal kicking mids (including Trac, and Dusty x 3, Judd etc) and not by KPF's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Smith_Medal

Have a look over the list and see what most of them have in common.

Yep what's McKay do to help curnow? Plenty and he's a great kick down the line get out trouble option. You trade McKay, you only have curnow fwd of centre that will worry teams

 

[Del28562]

With their first likely 20+ (after academy etc) this year it would take more than that.

That said, Bont and Trac playing in the same side is ****ing scary to think about.

They add in mcrae

 

[gutsroy]

This is a bit lazy. Harry is a fantastic kick, had a terrible case of the yips last year, but has rebounded strongly this season.

McKay is a bit of a victim of people recalling some of the misses he had last year when he had his rough patches, but his kicking for goal this year has been very good (and miles ahead of Curnow, who people just don't scrutinize as heavily).
It's a very fair point.

 

[gutsroy]

For what it's worth, I hope Petracca stays with Melbourne and Oliver can get back to something like his best.
Petracca is comfortably a top 5-10 player in the competition when he's fit.
Before Oliver's tribulations and Petracca s injury,.the Dees had 3 of the top 15-20-odd players in the comp together with Gawn.
If Petracca really does.go, unless it's absolutely unsalvageable,.Melbourne would want to see quite a bit more than Peter Wright and half a chiko roll coming back the other way, tbh, or whatever some are floating.

 

[Makeshift Park]

If he's really committed to it, there is a clear path for Petracca to get out of Melbourne.

The fact that it was Collingwood players who had to tell him to stop playing is very damning.

With his injury you can diagnose it just by listening to him breath, don't even need a stethoscope. They should have used one anyway and other assessments but they didn't give a shit about him, they just wanted to give a Panadol and send him back out.

This isn't exclusive to Melbourne, I've seen plenty of incidents throughout the year where players should stop playing but get sent out. Need an unlimited bench to fix it.

I reckon once he starts showing up to the club with his personal lawyer, and workplace safety complaints start appearing in the FWC, Trac might just find the Dees are amenable to his request after all.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Not sure Christian is coming out of this all that well.

From afar, he looks somewhat petulant and me focussed

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Not sure Christian is coming out of this all that well.

From afar, he looks somewhat petulant and me focussed

Or an employee who got a lacerated spleen at work and got sent back to work instead of the hospital.

I think he's got grounds to be upset

 

[Faucon Bleu]

Petracca is a gun no questions, would love him at the Blues but not by trading H, H provides us so much runs the wings when we need a get out kick, has a tank, kicks goals. Petracca is 29, he has been battered and bruised, still a gun could probably help us win a GF. But not trading H for Petracca, if we do that then it will be another big mistake in a long line of mistakes, and the club will just prove to me we are stupid.

 

[Dazb86]

Surely this doesn't happen

 

[Ceehook]

yes how could a deal like that get done ?

 

[Barrybran]

Not sure Christian is coming out of this all that well.

From afar, he looks somewhat petulant and me focussed

It's Chris Judd again. Surrounded by teammates in trouble, wheels falling off, senses an opportunity.