Petracca

[magnifisaint]

Geez he's a bull. They can't stop this guy.

[saynta]

Shithouse kick though

[magnifisaint]

The pass to Ben Brown was magnificent. A bit better than Seb.

[B.M]

He’s a gun

We had every chance to recruit him

That decision alone can cost you a flag, and win another team a flag!!!

He was clearly the best player in the country as an 18yo

How we didn’t draft him beggars belief!!!

[magnifisaint]

That's what happens when you have second raters working for the club. Maybe they're slowly learning their lesson.

[MC Gusto]

He’s a gun

We had every chance to recruit him

That decision alone can cost you a flag, and win another team a flag!!!

He was clearly the best player in the country as an 18yo

How we didn’t draft him beggars belief!!!

Wholeheartedly agree. Terrible decision

[MC Gusto]

Would’ve been nice if Brett Bowery played 15 more games too!

[bangaulegend]

At the time I threated to cancel my membership if they didn't take Petracca but fell on deaf ears & they called my bluff I'm still a member

[B.M]

9/10 people said the same thing prior to the draft!!!

The other person was wrong

After the draft it was about 50/50

Mainly apologists trying to justify the decision in their head or support the club!!!

I don’t subscribe to the fact you have to blindly support every decision the club makes (especially given history)

I probably went a bit too far post 2014 draft with some comments, I was livid!! Blind Freddy could see it was a f*** up!!!

[magnifisaint]

Unfortunately Blind Freddie wasn't our recruiter. Some fisherman called Trout was. I think he was covertly working for Melbourne.

[Wayne42]

At least Richo was on the ball when he queried McCartin over Petracca but he didn't have the final say.

Might have been the only time he knew what he was talking about.

[The_Dud]

But he’s gonna walk to Collingwood as soon as he can!!1!

Idiots

[damienc]

He’s a gun

We had every chance to recruit him

That decision alone can cost you a flag, and win another team a flag!!!

He was clearly the best player in the country as an 18yo

How we didn’t draft him beggars belief!!!

One of our biggest recruiting mistakes. Heartbreaking.

[Wayne42]

Petracca is now putting on a clinic, i wonder if trout is at home watching him.

[MC Gusto]

Depressing watching him ice a final

[Banger9798]

Shameful from the club....just a dumb move.

Reminds me of the scene in Flying High where someone says to put the runway lights on so the plane can land....and then some guy says
"No, that's just what they'd be expecting us to do...."

[Ghost Like]

Ouch, just ouch. This one is gonna hurt for a long time.

[Banger9798]

[Waltzing St Kilda]

Absolute clowns. Looking for the buzz off the out-of-left-field decision that pays off.

[magnifisaint]

Absolute clowns. Looking for the buzz off the out-of-left-field decision that pays off.

That's it. Let's not do the obvious. Let's do something really dumb so no one forgets us!

[B.M]

I do remember many poster on this site backing the decision

Even found delight as Petracca struggled at times early (coming off a reco)

Many tried to argue not only that it was the right choice and McCartin was better, they also convinced themselves Petracca was no good!!!

Joffaboy led the chorus but he had plenty of support.

[perfectionist]

To be fair, we thought we were doing the right thing by subcontracting the selection process to the RVIB.

[Stephen Theodore]

He’s a gun

We had every chance to recruit him

That decision alone can cost you a flag, and win another team a flag!!!

He was clearly the best player in the country as an 18yo

How we didn’t draft him beggars belief!!!

Yep, does beggar belief

[saynta]

[B.M]

Getting interviewed now

Very level headed young man

Apparently interviewed poorly as an 18yo

Can you imagine that, an 18yo kid struggling in an interview

Why the f*** would you worry about how a kid interviews when he’s an elite talent. How about backing club culture to support talent coming through the door

If you knew Milne as a kid, as talented as he was, you’d be surprised he made it to the elite level, let alone becoming a champion!!!
Thanks Lenny, Sammy and Roo