Any chance we'll see Liam Jurrah again?

[PaulRB 6,411]

The romantic in me longs for a better ending to this man's footy story, and I'd love to see his magic in the Red & Blue again...

I know its a dream...

Playing in defence in Alice at the moment

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2013/07/29/323302_ntnews.html

Edited September 17, 2013 by PaulRB

[The Lobster Effect 893]

Maybe Roosy can swing by Alice on his way home from hanging out with Jesse in Perth...

[ignition. 1,466]

I too would love to see it, if he is re-drafted to us I hope the club employs an indigenous assistant (ex player) to help and aid LJ's transition back into the AFL life style. Someone he will feel he can approach and will understand any matters on his mind. Yet also someone who will give him a grilling if he belives he hasn't done something to the best of his ability. A bit of a father figure really.

[jnrmac 20,186]

My God. How could you possibly want LJ back?? Represents so much that was wrong with the club at that point. Sure there was a feel good story and he had blazing talent but the number of times we had to make exceptions for 'cultural' reasons to training regimes, fitness levels etc etc actually has a corrosive influence at the club. Its not fashionable to say it but its true.

[Pates 9,660]

I too would love to see it, if he is re-drafted to us I hope the club employs an indigenous assistant (ex player) to help and aid LJ's transition back into the AFL life style. Someone he will feel he can approach and will understand any matters on his mind. Yet also someone who will give him a grilling if he belives he hasn't done something to the best of his ability. A bit of a father figure really.

Not suggesting he'd be the bloke but what's Wheels up to these days? Has he headed back to NT or is he Melbourne based?

Only reason why I ask is because Flash always spoke very highly of how much of a role model he was and he could be an interesting person to have as a bit of a mentor.

[tonatopia 278]

jurrah still has the skill.

if he has rediscovered the hunger, we must give him a go.

forget the 24, give him back the 48.

we desperately need some magic again.

we need jurrah.

[ignition. 1,466]

My God. How could you possibly want LJ back?? Represents so much that was wrong with the club at that point. Sure there was a feel good story and he had blazing talent but the number of times we had to make exceptions for 'cultural' reasons to training regimes, fitness levels etc etc actually has a corrosive influence at the club. Its not fashionable to say it but its true.

One of the main issues was the lack of support and structures around the club; if the club was set up accordingly and he was managed better he still may very well be playing for us. By saying that Josh Mahoney appeared to build excellent rapports with the indigenous players, so I don't want to take anything away from him.

Of course there were something’s out of the clubs control, but there were plenty well within. Hopefully he's mentally matured and the right structures can be employed to support him. If so I'd welcome him back with open arms because his football again will likely do him and us wonders.

[Goodvibes 3,596]

Demonland feels like groundhog day sometimes. Weren't we here a couple of weeks ago?

[Pennant St Dee 13,305]

Absolutely not, should not have taken him the first time, nothing against Liam and good luck to him in his life but he does not have the desire or hunger for this level of football.

[Moonshadow 17,677]

Jeezus, half of the guys on that youtube clip aren't on our list anymore. Time to move on.

[Pates 9,660]

we need jurrah.

If Roos was able to get Jurrah back and had him playing committed football, that would be the cherry on top for me. It would be a good story to get him and help him get his life on track again, but for me he is not a required element to our success.

[dazzledavey36 55,347]

Lmao at people wanting jurrah back!! What has this board come too..??!

All Liam Jurrah talks about on his facebook is getting drunk all the time and doing skids in his car..

Seriously wake up people and smell the roses!

[Robbie57 2,022]

If he wants to play afl again and can abide by the roos culture why not?

The big if is whether he wants to be in Melbourne again.

[robbiefrom13 892]

forget the 24, give him back the 48.

a lot of merit in that suggestion - if he came back

[bing181 9,328]

All Liam Jurrah talks about on his facebook is getting drunk all the time and doing skids in his car..

Liam Jurrah has a Facebook page?

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

One of the main issues was the lack of support and structures around the club; if the club was set up accordingly and he was managed better he still may very well be playing for us. By saying that Josh Mahoney appeared to build excellent rapports with the indigenous players, so I don't want to take anything away from him.

Of course there were something’s out of the clubs control, but there were plenty well within. Hopefully he's mentally matured and the right structures can be employed to support him. .

This is a plain garbage. The previous Board and Administration got a lot of things terribly wrong and the Club has paid an awful price for it. But they should be congratulated for the manner in which they supported, protected and inducted Liam Jurrah into AFL. The Club went even further and reached out and engaged with his community up North to better appreciate and understand Liam. There was a significant effort and support provided by the Club for Liam.

It's sad that Jurrah made life choices which have turned ugly for him. Even when arrested the Club continued to support Liam.

If anything Jurrah has let himself down and has not returned the favour to the Club that did so many for him. He struggled with the demands of AFL when he was in the system. Since he has wallowed and the demands of AFL have gone past him.

Roos has enough to focus on without directing attention to high maintenance project players..

[pitchfork 181]

If Roosy reckons it's worth a shot, why not?

PR is the kind of coach with enough cache to be able to say 'trust me, I can control the situation...if not, it won't be a situation'.

LJ was a terrific talent, and honestly in the top handful of exciting footballers to play for our club.

[Theo 276]

Absolutely not, should not have taken him the first time, nothing against Liam and good luck to him in his life but he does not have the desire or hunger for this level of football.

Should have taken Rockliff instead as he was training with us. The Club decided to take Rockliff in the rookie draft but were gazumped by Brisbane in the PSD.

[dazzledavey36 55,347]

If Roosy reckons it's worth a shot, why not?

PR is the kind of coach with enough cache to be able to say 'trust me, I can control the situation...if not, it won't be a situation'.

LJ was a terrific talent, and honestly in the top handful of exciting footballers to play for our club.Even Roos is not even that stupid.

Even Roos isn't that stupid as half the posters here who want him back.

Jurrah is playing desert footy atm, and plays whenever it suits him. If he was fair dinkum he would be training his ass off now and playing footy up in Darwin this year.

I would rather Dustin Martin then this bloke and that's saying something!

[beelzebub 23,383]

Essentially I agree with RR, and how could you not. This simply is what its about.

I find myself very conflicted about this guy. Talk about the adage "Everything or Nothing !!"

This aint Hollywood however.

A salivating idea on one hand, a preposterous reality on the other.

[hardtack 10,627]

Lmao at people wanting jurrah back!! What has this board come too..??!

All Liam Jurrah talks about on his facebook is getting drunk all the time and doing skids in his car..

Seriously wake up people and smell the roses!

Could you please provide the link to this Facebook page you talk of? Reading your comments prompted me to do a search and not one of the handful of pages turned up, had any reference to alchohol at all. I get the feeling you are making this up purely because you dislike the person. You are correct... what has this board come to!!

Edited September 18, 2013 by hardtack

[PaulRB 6,411]

Liam's journey over the past couple of years would have changed him, and ideally helped him make himself a better person.

If that resulted in him deciding to try to resume his AFL career, then the MFC offering him a rookie spot seems a no brainer.

Fans of Paul Newman in "The Hustler", know that character is built through adversity and tragedy, Liam has had both.

And should he want it, we'd be mad not to embrace him.

[Pennant St Dee 13,305]

Should have taken Rockliff instead as he was training with us. The Club decided to take Rockliff in the rookie draft but were gazumped by Brisbane in the PSD.

Yep pretty much my feelings on the situation, bad pipe dream call by the footy dept at the time

[Young Dee 1,303]

There is an older thread with this article but:

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2013/08/20/324043_ntnews.html

I think he should definetly be looked into as a Rookie (as well as Garlett) but it all comes down to their attitudes and whether Paul Roos can control them.

Lets not forget that Jurrah was not some reckless mess when he was with us - he made one big mistake which put him on a troublesome path (he just needs to be guided back onto the right path).

From memory he wasn't one who didn't show up to training or was out late drinking - and if anything this whole scenario may have helped him in the long run.

[dazzledavey36 55,347]

Could you please provide the link to this Facebook page you talk of? Reading your comments prompted me to do a search and not one of the handful of pages turned up, had any reference to alchohol at all. I get the feeling you are making this up purely because you dislike the person. You are correct... what has this board come to!!

I don't dislike the person look at who I listed as my favourite player and still is to this day. But the bloke has completely gone off rails. He has more baggage then dunstin martin and Jurrah has done his dash as a MFC player.

While we are at it do you think we should give Sea Charles a look or Donald Cockatoo Collins a ring?

Oh and if you think im making it up then you are delusional because im not going to share someones facebook on a public forum. Oh and btw liam has changed his name on facebook.

Edited September 18, 2013 by dazzledavey36