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They say that the fish rots at the head and Simon Goodwin has certainly lost his players.This has been coming at Melbourne for a couple of years.
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They say that the fish rots at the head and Simon Goodwin has certainly lost his players.This has been coming at Melbourne for a couple of years.
It is shaping up as a crazy trade period.
Not expecting us to be too involved but some teams may have a very different look next year.
How on earth is anyone going to stump up for Petracca or Kosi ?What I want to know is how much Hutchy is paying Petracca, Pickett etc to make trade requests that will never go anywhere just to fuel the trade radio 18 TEAM MEGA TRADES.
On his podcast with Damian Barrett yesterday he openly admitted to paying players to announce their trade request/destination on trade radio or at a launch event for it lol.
Give up elite players of your own is the only chance anyone has of getting Petracca in a tradeHow on earth is anyone going to stump up for Petracca or Kosi ?
Especially when a few want out.Give up elite players of your own is the only chance anyone has of getting Petracca in a trade
Well he really wants to stay in Vic and he certainly wouldn't want to go to the Dogs ,or Tigers, Saints or Hawks. Probably not Essendon as well. Geelong just isn't doable.Give up elite players of your own is the only chance anyone has of getting Petracca in a trade
He was a Collingwood supporter growing up.Well he really wants to stay in Vic and he certainly wouldn't want to go to the Dogs ,or Tigers, Saints or Hawks. Probably not Essendon as well. Geelong just isn't doable.
Which just leaves Carlton and Collingwood.
I'd say reading between the lines that it's the Blues he wants to go to and they've got lots of good players. Vossy's rolled the dice before. Trac is no Fev though.
No trade capital at allHe was a Collingwood supporter growing up.
But it is really hard to see them being able to pull anything off.
How on earth is anyone going to stump up for Petracca or Kosi ?
You're looking at elite players who are contracted.
Lynchy. The OG long contract.The players & Melbourne only have themselves to blame. You all went crazy for the 7 year deals.
Has now turned into a massive dumpster fire.
If no trades get made the only ones who suffer are the Melbourne fans if the team remains a bubbling cesspool of discontent.
Might be a wake up call for clubs in terms of offering long term deals... How many actually work as expected? Buddy Franklin? How many others?
The players & Melbourne only have themselves to blame. You all went crazy for the 7 year deals.
Has now turned into a massive dumpster fire.
If no trades get made the only ones who suffer are the Melbourne fans if the team remains a bubbling cesspool of discontent.
Might be a wake up call for clubs in terms of offering long term deals... How many actually work as expected? Buddy Franklin? How many others?
i dont think signing petracca to a long term deal could ever end up poorly for melbourne unless he decided that he enjoyed the lifestyle of a shard addict immediately after signing.
almost always going to be value in a contract like that. teams further down the ladder who dont really have players worth that type of deal should be far more wary... see north melbourne with the lucrative long term contracts their two plodder captains managed to wrangle.
Imagine how much worse it would be if Petracca was out of contract this year or next year though. Big deals for star players like that are the cost of doing business, they got a flag in 2021 and then two top 4 finishes afterwards after Petracca signed on. It would be so much worse if they didn't control his future!
Giving long-term deals to bad/average players because you are desperate is bad business for sure.
Worse for who? It wouldn't be worse for Petracca, Melbourne would just lose a bit of control of the whip hand in negotiations. As it stands now though, someone has to come up with a kings ransom to get the trade done & it has all come to a head pretty quickly giving no one time to plan.
Purely trade news speculation (nothing Lions related unless I spaced out except a ludicrous suggestion of Petracca for Hipwood, Robertson and Gardiner @ 6:35 and Robertson and Tunstill to return to WA @ 9:02)
I suspect that as the Free Agent pool completely emptied out this year, the journos are going extra hard at any rumour. They have to justify their careers right now. So will go with anything they can to build drama and push any trades they can