Opinion Will Christian Petracca be remembered more as a Demon or a Sun when he retires?

[Humblebob]

Proper shithouse thread this, I’m all for it. Play on.

Bit like Luke Hodge being remembered more as a Lion then a poo and wee

 

[Trav 20]

He'll be remembered as a sook who played for 2 clubs. Once you wear more than one jumper it's the way it is. I remember Doug Hawkins playing for Fitzroy, Rene Kink playing for Essendon and Len Thomson playing for South, among countless others.

It's embarrassing to end your career as a Sun, but it is what it is.

 

[Angus Young]

It's embarrassing to end your career as a Sun, but it is what it is.

yeah I would have to see his bank account before making that statement.

Then being in premiership contention.

 

[Trav 20]

yeah I would have to see his bank account before making that statement.

Then being in premiership contention.

He could have $100 million and win 2 more flags and it wouldn't change my view.

Each to their own.

 

[Scotland]

He might end up a bit of a Brian Lake

Brian Lake

Age

44

Ht

195cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

5.3

4star

M

6.5

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

163.0

3star

No current season stats available

D

4.6

1star

K

2.6

1star

HB

2.0

2star

M

1.0

1star

T

0.6

3star

if Gold Coast win a couple of flags but he played 200 games in 10 years at the Dees and won two B&Fs and won the Norm Smith medal in the first Dees flag for 50 years so even though he's an Instagram foodie flog he's in pretty rare air at MFC.

 

[JackFlash]

It looks like he will be extremely dominant playing with the Suns for the next 3 years, he was going through the motions last season and severely injured the year before. He didn't want to be at Melbourne and now has a new lease of footy life, he will end up being remembered as a Sun if they win the flag! It just goes to show how much of this game can be determined mentally. Petracca has already stamped himself as an early Brownlow medal favourite.

 

[Scotland]

Footy wise it's ideal for Petracca. He's 30 and has been an elite player for about 6 years. Even last year he dropped off but still put together some very good games. He's a heavy dude, so the 2021-23 version of him probably isn't a realistic expectation at age 35. Other than Dangerfield the players that keep going and going and going tend to be more endurance athletes. Similar to Dangerfield, Petracca can be the man at Gold Coast but he doesn't have to be. It's Rowell and Anderson's team, so he can join them on ball land make it unfair on everyone else, or he can play a Shaun Burgoyne

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Shaun Burgoyne

Age

43

Ht

186cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.0

4star

K

9.9

4star

HB

8.1

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

3.8

5star

MG

162.7

3star

D

10.0

3star

K

5.6

2star

HB

4.4

3star

M

1.7

2star

T

2.6

4star

MG

162.7

3star

D

6.2

2star

K

3.2

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

1.2

2star

T

1.6

4star

role and pinch hit in big games as needed.

 

[GC2015]

Petracca has already stamped himself as an early Brownlow medal favourite.

This is true. Third favourite at the moment paying $6 slightly behind Bontempelli ($5) and Daicos ($4).