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Melbourne manager Simon Goodwin understands the affectional absorption of superstar Christian Petracca aft the Demons slumped to their worst commencement to a play successful 13 years.
Melbourne went 0-4 aft losing to Geelong 12.13 (85) to 6.10 (46) astatine GHMBA Stadium connected Friday night.
It was a acquainted communicative for the Demons, who had much inside-50s than the Cats but utilized the shot horrendously and finished with conscionable six goals for the match.
Petracca chopped a shattered fig arsenic helium walked disconnected the tract pursuing the match, angrily putting his hands connected his look successful a visceral absorption captured by the broadcast cameras.
His emotion aft the last siren people became a talking constituent due to the fact that of his well-known frustrations with the nine past year, starring to him considering a commercialized contempt being contracted with the Demons until 2029.
'He's a winner. He's determined. He's proud,' Goodwin said erstwhile asked astir Petracca, who kicked 2 goals successful an encouraging idiosyncratic performance.
An affectional Petracca after Melbourne went 0-4 aft losing to Geelong 12.13 (85) to 6.10 (46)
Petracca's affectional absorption came aft rumours helium wanted to permission the nine past year
'He's similar everyone, helium wants to truly commencement to get immoderate affirmative results and he's a arrogant person of our footy club.
'All our leaders are similar that, truthful of people he's going to beryllium disappointed.'
Melbourne's show was an betterment connected their erstwhile dismal defeats to North Melbourne and Gold Coast, but it's inactive their worst commencement to a twelvemonth since they mislaid the archetypal 9 matches of the 2012 season.
Goodwin maintained morale was affirmative astatine the club.
I thought we saw a tone tonight. A existent determination,' helium said.
'The connection is: enactment calm, but get urgent.
'We've got to enactment to do, get urgent with that enactment but enactment calm and cognize things tin crook beauteous quickly.'
When asked if helium believed the Demons could crook it astir from 0-4, Goodwin replied: 'We're not looking up excessively acold astatine each ... we'll drawback the learnings and look to get our play going.'
Melbourne volition look Essendon (1-2) during a Gather Round clash astatine the Adelaide Oval adjacent Saturday night.
The Demons are hopeful prima defender Jake Lever could instrumentality to look the Bombers.
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