Traded Christian Petracca [Traded with #24, #28, 2026 R4 (Melb) to Gold Coast for #7, #8, #37, '26 R1 (GC), '27 R3 (GC)]

[Dez!]

And fair enough too. If he gets a run at it he will be a star. With Gunston another year older he is a must keep. (even though Gunston is seemingly getting better with age)

Lewis will already be 27 in a couple of weeks, he's just an injury prone forward.

 

[I Love Lamb]

You never answered it. You said you didn't care how he feels after speaking as if you know what he was thinking. That is mental gymnastics, not an answer.

It'll be 14 + an avg player (no, not Rachele) + a future third. Or 14 and future second.

Or what I think is even more likely is that this deal gets caught up in a 3 or 4 club deal. But essentially this will be what Adelaide cough up for Christian.

If he chooses us.

Not sure the relevance in what I think how he feels. He is contracted either way, if he wasn’t he would be at Pies.

These days clubs will hold players and talent more and more to contracts with the way the top teams are cleaning up on FA. It would take something extraordinary to move the dial I imagine. You don’t let your 2nd best player walk out for a pick 20.

Club will back in our new coach to get him back on his bike if the dial doesn’t move.

 

[ABAB]

We supposedly got cap space to bring in talent as it is.

Our list manager can’t even bring in 1 decent kid let alone multiple decent kids. He just brings in VfL blokes every year.

So yeah, let’s lose talent, so we can do more work to find talent. Just a nil-all draw at best.

Doesn't matter if you loss experience talent like Petracca who might have at most 4 years left in his career as you aren't in the premiership window and want to finish as low as possible next year anyway before Tasmania enter the competition, it's what you can do with freeing up his salary cap you can use in 4 years. A lot of clubs will need deep pocket to attract talent with the money thrown around by Tasmania.

 

[Blackas87]

And ? Contract could be 5 years who knows

For a 30 year old? I thought weren’t worth much? Now he’s getting an even longer contract?

 

[CrowToon]

Not sure the relevance in what I think how he feels. He is contracted either way, if he wasn’t he would be at Pies.

These days clubs will hold players and talent more and more to contracts with the way the top teams are cleaning up on FA. It would take something extraordinary to move the dial I imagine. You don’t let your 2nd best player walk out for a pick 20.

Why cant he request Collingwood or Hawthorn just because he is contracted?

 

[I Love Lamb]

Doesn't matter if you loss experience talent like Petracca who might have at most 4 years left in his career as you aren't in the premiership window and want to finish as low as possible next year anyway before Tasmania enter the competition, it's what you can do with freeing up his salary cap you can use in 4 years. A lot of clubs will need deep pocket to attract talent with the money thrown around by Tasmania.

Having cap space will be useless when Tasmania have $5m in sign on bonus cash.

Will be next to impossible to compete with that on the cash front for a few years. Holding Trac for 4 years will get us through the Tassie drought.

 

[I Love Lamb]

Why cant he request Collingwood or Hawthorn just because he is contracted?

Because he tried last year and had to walk back into the club because they couldn’t get the deal done.

 

[Amacca 23]

For a 30 year old? I thought weren’t worth much? Now he’s getting an even longer contract?

Who knows ? We wait and see but adelaide have the cap space to manoeuvre, Smith, crouch , retired Tex's deal will be less plus the war chest they had for nwm available

 

[ABAB]

Having cap space will be useless when Tasmania have $5m in sign on bonus cash.

Will be next to impossible to compete with that on the cash front for a few years. Holding Trac for 4 years will get us through the Tassie drought.

And that's why you want the extra $8M in our salary cap.

 

[I Love Lamb]

And that's why you want the extra $8M in our salary cap.

To replace talent we already had?

Why not just keep that talent initially?

 

[Blackas87]

Doesn't matter if you loss experience talent like Petracca who might have at most 4 years left in his career as you aren't in the premiership window and want to finish as low as possible next year anyway before Tasmania enter the competition, it's what you can do with freeing up his salary cap you can use in 4 years. A lot of clubs will need deep pocket to attract talent with the money thrown around by Tasmania.

Good point, Dees could throw money at someone like Rachele right now on a long term deal to get through Tasmania entering the league.

I like the way you think ABAB

 

[ABAB]

To replace talent we already had?

Why not just keep that talent initially?

Why do you want to replace talent now? You want to finish as low as possible especially next year.

 

[I Love Lamb]

Supposedly Dees want players, not picks which also demonstrates the premium on experienced talent at the moment.

 

[Amacca 23]

Good point, Dees could throw money at someone like Rachele right now on a long term deal to get through Tasmania entering the league.

I like the way you think ABAB

Already has a long term deal till 2030

 

[I Love Lamb]

Why do you want to replace talent now? You want to finish as low as possible especially next year.

Anyone who finishes low next year will be stuck there for a long time. Trust me, we saw it happen between 2008-2013 when Suns/Giants took all the talent.

 

[I Love Lamb]

Already has a long term deal till 2030

Similar to Tracs deal.

 

[ABAB]

Good point, Dees could throw money at someone like Rachele right now on a long term deal to get through Tasmania entering the league.

I like the way you think ABAB

That's what I said previously, if you can entice him with the money from Petracca then he will request a trade and will be part of the trade.

 

[Blackas87]

Already has a long term deal till 2030

But if Trac leaves Melbourne and frees up cap space, Melbourne can off Rachele a larger contract than the one he is already on.

Just like Bulldogs offered Tom Boyd a large contract when GWS went after Ryan Griffen.

 

[Amacca 23]

Similar to Tracs deal.

Difference is he isn't asking to be traded out because of poor handling of a life threatening injury is he ?

 

[I Love Lamb]

That's what I said previously, if you can entice him with the money from Petracca then he will request a trade and will be part of the trade.

A player or 2 name will pop up I imagine for it to be possible.

Sometimes it happens in its own. So let’s see.

 

[Blackas87]

That's what I said previously, if you can entice him with the money from Petracca then he will request a trade and will be part of the trade.

You would prefer Petracca over holding Rachele to his contract?

 

[I Love Lamb]

Difference is he isn't asking to be traded out because of poor handling of a life threatening injury is he ?

What poor handling? Because he had a sook at not getting a text message from the club? lol

Was investigated like 5 times over and came out clean.

No diff to Dees offering fair compo when you blokes cooked up your training camp making Lever want to leave.

 

[ABAB]

You would prefer Petracca over holding Rachele to his contract?

Contract is worthless these days (players are breaking them a lot more) but he supposedly is very happy after moving to Adelaide so money might not be a big factor for him as other players.

 

[Amacca 23]

What poor handling? Because he had a sook at not getting a text message from the club? lol

Was investigated like 5 times over and came out clean.

Think he has a different opinion

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

But if Trac leaves Melbourne and frees up cap space, Melbourne can off Rachele a larger contract than the one he is already on.

Just like Bulldogs offered Tom Boyd a large contract when GWS went after Ryan Griffen.

Sure, but good luck convincing Rachele as he has no intention of leaving Adelaide.

Lives with Soligo & Nankervis, who he is close mates with.

 

[I Love Lamb]

Think he has a different opinion

Not going to lie, he plays victim a fair bit.