This has been proven over the years to not be the case.
Often the reason for clubs performing badly is not just down to talent but to attitudes and at the end of the day footballers can be a precious bunch.
I don’t think anyone can deny that Petracca and Oliver had a big bearing on Melbourne being crap this year.
Port players checked out to Hinkley this year and we have seen it ourselves when Merrett got his mates to down tools and get Rutten sacked.
I can’t imagine Zac being able to convince too many people to do anything anymore
He will need to be a follower, not a leader
As if anyone is paying that for a guy with one year to run.
Looks like we just keep him and let him walk for nothing in 2 years. That oughta stick it to him
So be it. We didn’t get bent over by the douches and that’s worth something. Reckon many players on the list are going to try force their way out of deals now?
what an extraordinary slap in the face by the club to members and fans. to have the captain publicly degrade the club and request to leave, yet the club refuses despite being adequately compensated, just shows the club has 0 respect for itself or its fans.
clearly this club is run by utter degenerates to whom aiming for and achieving mediocrity is acceptable, just to appease the common happy clapper.
can’t wait for this gutter scum to leave for nothing next year. i would never wish injury upon a player, but if there was ever a time …
That’s fine as long as we never, ever approach a contracted player either. Can’t have it both ways
If the deal was so ■■■■ to turn down this place would be flooded with new accounts giving everyone a good trolling.
Blitz is a very well known fan forum.
It’s delusional to say this was well done by Zach and his team. It’s already a tired point but Curnow said to the Blues I’d like to be traded to one of these 3 clubs. C’mon.
can we delist him.
i just dont want him anymore.
if all that matters is taking a stand. lets send him to west coast. right?
oh god what have we done
Yes we can, we just need to pony up with whst the other clubs wants and not leave it to the final 24 hours
You know the player has to agree to it???
He’s contracted next year as well. Won’t be going for nothing
Matt Rosa “we didn’t want any offers, he’s a contacted player, he’s a required player, he is an important part of what we are doing, we believe in what we are doing”.
That was then … this is now.
I don’t quite understand how a want-away ex captain … is an important part of what we are doing and the we believe in what we are doing any more.
We already have a strong draft hand and what was on offer, given our list constraints, didn’t offer much other than an opportunity to rid ourselves of an investment that was going or had already gone bad.
I get it …We dug a hole for ourselves that we couldn’t get out of. We said too much … in the hope of getting more … in the end we couldn’t accept the offer without appearing weak and desperate.
For me, it was never about getting what he was worth … it was more about how you deal with … a want-away ex captain. What does that do to the culture of your club? how does that impact team dynamics? how do you build trust and synergy from a potentially fractured structure?
So Matt, I don’t really think “we believe in what we are doing”, I think we are standing at the precipice of deciding what we are going to do now.
What is done is done.
like it or not, we have ushered in a new era, because whatever the outcome, things are never going to be as they were, and question is …. Does it break us, or strengthen us.
There is potential for both.
I am hopeful that Merret will be knocked down off of his pedestal, that we move on with an attitude of
He can be a valuable role player for us, if he isn’t allowed to become a distraction. In that scenario, he ain’t going to win another B&F, his trade value will decline but in the end, it won’t really matter, we will have moved on and kind of gone past him, whether or not he is still a part of the team.
There needed to be a shift in culture from the “me first” post saga generation. They are all gone now and Zach will be a constant reminder to all- the club comes first. No more being held to ransom by a bunch of half- hearted senior players.
the deal hawthorn offered had no merit so it didn’t cost us a zac in return
“It’s not great Dan” is a lighthearted quote referencing a podcast, Pod Save America. It’s a left wing political podcast.
If it meant winning the flag you might.
What did Blake Hardwick write on Facebook , Instagram ,Twitter or whatever it was ?
Well. This is awkward.