Jump to content

WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - LUKE JACKSON

Lord Nev
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

Trust he is better than the last Jacko we had!!

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     

    It sounds likely this is a done deal at 3 now.

    Hate the thought of a ruck at 3, and haven't seen anything yet to justify this pick.

    Simple request- can someone show me a vid or stat that will get me excited about the dees spending pick 3 on this guy instead of young or green?

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     
    4 minutes ago, tappysquads said:

    It sounds likely this is a done deal at 3 now.

    Hate the thought of a ruck at 3, and haven't seen anything yet to justify this pick.

    Simple request- can someone show me a vid or stat that will get me excited about the dees spending pick 3 on this guy instead of young or green?

    A lot of recruiters have been asked who they would take if they had pick 3 and most say Jackson so we are not alone in rating him, if we don’t take him GWS Will with pick 4

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    12 minutes ago, Ugottobekidding said:

    I reckon jackson at 10. If we pass.... i reckon he might still be there at 10.

    GWS Will take him with 4 if we don’t 

  • Quote
    44 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

    Why has there been very little on the go home factor especially to WA.  

    Because, Hogan aside (with his unique situation), the last time we had someone leave Melbourne to go 'home' to WA was Jeff Farmer and Troy Longmuir ... nearly 20 years ago (2000 and 1999). The last player to go 'home' anywhere was Scott Thompson in 2004. 

    As a risk it's way over-played, particularly for players leaving Melbourne.

    Edited by Axis of Bob

  • Quote
    • Like 6
    • Love 1
    9 minutes ago, tappysquads said:

     

    Simple request- can someone show me a vid or stat that will get me excited about the dees spending pick 3 on this guy instead of young or green?

    Yeah, would love to see some more vision too.   The highlights package we have all seen is pretty underwhelming

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     
    14 hours ago, Axis of Bob said:

    That’s a really interesting video, comparing with Jackson. It shows that they are actually quite different players, especially at that age. Grundy is mobile, but he’s mobile for a ruckman, whilst he mainly relies on his really big body and beating up on midgets. Jackson’s movement for a 200cm guy is just off the charts, even by comparison with one of the AFL’s most mobile rucks. 

    For years Ive watched the NBA and seen 200cm+ point guards with incredible movement and athleticism and wondered when we will see an athlete like that in the AFL instead of our 200cm+ ruckman who are mostly slow and cumbersome. Buddy is the closest we have had. Jackson could have that potential???? We can all hope.

  • Quote
    • Like 5
    22 hours ago, Axis of Bob said:

    Baghdad Bob, the Iraqi Minister for (Mid)Information .... the draft is actually tonight!

    Hey @Axis of Bob how did we do?  What did you think of our strategy and were you surprised at the draft order.

    While you're at it, tatts numbers please!!

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    36 minutes ago, Ugottobekidding said:

    I reckon jackson at 10. If we pass.... i reckon he might still be there at 10.

    Well he won't.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    I suspect after we select Jackson we will release some new footage of him that will change a lot of people’s opinion about us picking him.

  • Quote
    • Like 5
    24 minutes ago, Baghdad Bob said:

    Hey @Axis of Bob how did we do?  What did you think of our strategy and were you surprised at the draft order.

    While you're at it, tatts numbers please!!

    The tatts numbers were 3, 10, 28 and 97. I went to claim my prize, but the newsagent said that the numbers changed after trades and academy bidding. 

    I'm not very good at future predictions ... and it turns out I'm just as bad at making predictions about what is going to happen in the past. 

    Edited by Axis of Bob

  • Quote
    • Like 3
    54 minutes ago, brendan said:

    A lot of recruiters have been asked who they would take if they had pick 3 and most say Jackson so we are not alone in rating him, if we don’t take him GWS Will with pick 4

    They might have said this but most are also not linked or spoken of as picking him up in the top 5 outside of GWS

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    8 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

    They might have said this but most are also not linked or spoken of as picking him up in the top 5 outside of GWS

    Gold Coast aren’t taking him obviously. 

    But reports had us, Adelaide, GWS and Freo all very keen. That’s picks 3, 4, 6, 7. And Sydney keep things close. 

    He’s not a unanimous choice at 3 but I don’t see clubs kicking the door down for any of the other top 7 guys. Ash seems popular, but my guess is clubs would be split between those 2 and Young, Flanders and Stephens. 

     

  • Quote

    This draft period has been great, with pick trading, intrigue, bidding, and being linked with unconventional players whose selection will annoy large parts of the Demonland population.

     

    But there's only one thing that I'm disappointed about, and that's Gold Coast getting pick 2 instead of us .....

    .... because this place would have been like the apocalypse if we had have selected Jackson and passed on Anderson! 

  • Quote
    • Like 8
    • Haha 2
    1 hour ago, brendan said:

    A lot of recruiters have been asked who they would take if they had pick 3 and most say Jackson so we are not alone in rating him, if we don’t take him GWS Will with pick 4

    I only heard this after it was pretty much locked in we would take him. Easy to say you would take him when it’s not an option. 

  • Quote
    • Like 3
    1 hour ago, Axis of Bob said:

    Because, Hogan aside (with his unique situation), the last time we had someone leave Melbourne to go 'home' to WA was Jeff Farmer and Troy Longmuir ... nearly 20 years ago (2000 and 1999). The last player to go 'home' anywhere was Scott Thompson in 2004. 

    As a risk it's way over-played, particularly for players leaving Melbourne.

    Agree. More the Vic boys that get drafted to Interstate teams that want to come home.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Jeeezzzzz I hope he is really, really, really Good or he and Taylor going to cop it on here...............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    And we havent had the greatest success with picking talls in the first round, Lucas Cook anyone?

    Jack Watts????  Weideman????? Jury still out on him.

    Very risky i would say.

     

  • Quote
    • Shocked 1
    2 hours ago, Grimes Times said:

    For years Ive watched the NBA and seen 200cm+ point guards with incredible movement and athleticism and wondered when we will see an athlete like that in the AFL instead of our 200cm+ ruckman who are mostly slow and cumbersome. Buddy is the closest we have had. Jackson could have that potential???? We can all hope.

    Out of interest where did Jackson play for Australia? Was he point guard?

  • Quote
    •  
    15 minutes ago, Deestinga2 said:

    And we havent had the greatest success with picking talls in the first round, Lucas Cook anyone?

    Jack Watts????  Weideman????? Jury still out on him.

    Very risky i would say.

     

    So your theory is to not draft talls in the first round... or at all?

  • Quote
    57 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

    This draft period has been great, with pick trading, intrigue, bidding, and being linked with unconventional players whose selection will annoy large parts of the Demonland population.

     

    But there's only one thing that I'm disappointed about, and that's Gold Coast getting pick 2 instead of us .....

    .... because this place would have been like the apocalypse if we had have selected Jackson and passed on Anderson! 

    I assume it's purely hypothetical, but I wonder what we would do in the unlikely event that the Gold Coast doesn't select as expected for picks 1 and 2? Would we still stick with Jackson?

  • Quote
    • Shocked 1

    Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • PREVIEW: West Coast

      It was bad enough that the Melbourne Football Club created yet another humiliating scenario inside its wretched season at Marvel Stadium last Sunday, but the final insult is that it has been commanded to return to the scene of the crime to inflict further punishment on its fans this week. Incidentally, if this match preview, of a game that promises to be one of the most unattractive fixtures in the history of the game, happens to cut out of your computer screen three quarters of the way through, it’s no coincidence. I’ll be mirroring the Demons’ lacklustre effort against St Kilda from last Sunday when they conceded the largest last quarter turnaround for victory in the history of the game.

      • 3 replies
      Demonland

    • REPORT: St. Kilda

      When looking back at the disastrous end to the game, I find it a waste of time to concentrate on the final few moments when utter confusion reigned. Forget the 6-6-6 mess, the failure to mark the most dangerous man on the field, the inability to seal the game when opportunities presented themselves to Clayton Oliver, Harry Petty and Charlie Spargo, the vision of match winning players of recent weeks in Kozzy Pickett and Jake Melksham spending helpless minutes on the interchange bench and the powerlessness of seizing the opportunity to slow the tempo of the game down in those final moments.

      • 9 replies
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Sandringham

      The Casey Demons rebounded from a sluggish start to manufacture a decisive win against Sandringham in the final showdown, culminating a quarter century of intense rivalry between the fluctuating alignments of teams affiliated with AFL clubs Melbourne and St Kilda, as the Saints and the Zebras prepare to forge independent paths in 2026. After conceding three of the first four goals of the match, the Demons went on a goal kicking rampage instigated by the winning ruck combination of Tom Campbell with 26 hitouts, 26 disposals and 13 clearances and his apprentice Will Verrall who contributed 20 hitouts. This gave first use of the ball to the likes of Jack Billings, Bayley Laurie, Riley Bonner and Koltyn Tholstrup who was impressive early. By the first break they had added seven goals and took a strong grip on the game. The Demons were well served up forward early by Mitch Hardie and, as the game progressed, Harry Sharp proved a menace with a five goal performance. Emerging young forwards Matthew Jefferson and Luker Kentfield kicked two each but the former let himself down with some poor kicking for goal.
      Young draft talent Will Duursma showed the depth of his talent and looks well out of reach for Melbourne this year. Kalani White was used sparingly and had a brief but uneventful stint in the ruck.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: West Coast

      The Demons return to the scene of the crime on Saturday to face the wooden spooners the Eagles at the Docklands. Who comes in and who goes out? Like moving deck chairs on the Titanic.

        • Haha
      • 244 replies
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: St. Kilda

      This season cannot end soon enough. Disgraceful.

        • Clap
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 484 replies
      Demonland

    • VOTES: St. Kilda

      Captain Max Gawn still has a massive lead in the Demonland Player of the Year Award from Christian Petracca, Kozzy Pickett, Jake Bowey & Clayton Oliver. Your votes please; 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

      • 27 replies
      Demonland
    View All