1 hour ago, 58er said:

By tights should get another nomination but maybe give to Bowey this  time !!!

Is tights one of the judges 58er? 

when does the weekly nomination get announced?

3 hours ago, Jaded said:

Oh he’s not fat. No footballer is! 
He just looks really heavy and unfit. 

There were whispers during the early '90's that the West Coast Eagles were on something performance enhancing. I remember Paul Coach saying that they must have been good steaks over there at the time.

They must have replaced the steaks with KFC double downs and deep fried Mars Bars. It looks like NikNat and McGovern have been eating at the same buffet.

2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

He should be nominated but he cant win it.

Its a joke of an award  - its impossible to win effectively by being nominated after round 14.

You either have a best first year player award OR you have an award for the player that is the most likley to be a star

And there are good players that have great years but don't get nominated because someone has a blinder one week.

Or the AFL need to spread the love for teams that haven't yet been nominated....

 

Of course Jmac but having said that, someone has to be nominated and I reckon he deserves one.  Nothing stopping another nom next year when he is a great chance again.

22 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

There were whispers during the early '90's that the West Coast Eagles were on something performance enhancing. I remember Paul Coach saying that they must have been good steaks over there at the time.

They must have replaced the steaks with KFC double downs and deep fried Mars Bars. It looks like NikNat and McGovern have been eating at the same buffet.

I heard the same from a Mudgee motel owner whose brother played for the Eagles  - full back - at that time.

Damian Barrett has just come out and said that the discussion about Rising Star should be over. He's come out strongly for Jacko! 😃
https://www.afl.com.au/video/662967/this-board-should-review-itself-rising-star-is-over?videoId=662967&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1628647549001

Fat lady said two weeks yet

This guy is going to be a star and a huge part of our success. I don't think there are many players one can compare him with.

Such a great addition. Well done MFC.

Hope to see many years of him and Kozzie up forward kicking bags of goals.

I wonder if he will bulk up as he's so young. But I guess its always a fine line bw speed and bulk.  Sometimes when he gathers the ball up I forget how tall he is. Great to see him holding his marks and slotting majors now too

The upside of this kid is enormous. Starting to take his marks more consistently too, which will give him great confidence. 
Need to sign him up long-term along with his best mate

23 hours ago, Salems Lot said:

Of course Jmac but having said that, someone has to be nominated and I reckon he deserves one.  Nothing stopping another nom next year when he is a great chance again.

I agree he should but its a stupid award if half the players nominated can't win it and a bunch of the players not nominated can't win it.

47 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

This guy is going to be a star and a huge part of our success. I don't think there are many players one can compare him with.

Such a great addition. Well done MFC.

Hope to see many years of him and Kozzie up forward kicking bags of goals.

I wonder if he will bulk up as he's so young. But I guess its always a fine line bw speed and bulk.  Sometimes when he gathers the ball up I forget how tall he is. Great to see him holding his marks and slotting majors now too

Didn't you notice the very substantial bulking up of Jacko between seasons LITB?

Must have increased weight by 8/10 kgs O would hav thought.

Look at some 2020 photos and a recent one and see the arms, body upper especially and legs so much more muscle and definition. 

On 7/2/2021 at 12:50 AM, Wrecker46 said:

That's a mystery in itself. From what I understand Jordon can run all day. Why is he getting limited TOG?

Didn't he stop the Coach from patting him on the bum when coming back to bench? That's pretty good reason ...

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On 7/3/2021 at 8:18 AM, A F said:

Good East Bentleigh boys, that's why. ?

Boundary Road boppers.

Just illustrates how important it was for us to tank in 2019...

He’s a jet and I think could be in the top 10 players in the game. I hope we can manage to pay him as maybe May and Gawn age and retire. We just have a number of players now that demand to be paid.

Great problem to have.

45 minutes ago, Grr-owl said:

Just illustrates how important it was for us to tank in 2019...

Got it right the second time around didn’t we!

21 touches and 3 contested marks In windy wet conditions 

19yo and 200cms. As athletic as Adam Goodes. Could be anything. What a gun!

There's a good chat up with LJ on the Gus and Gawny podcast - about 30 minutes in total.

Amongst the banter and the "getting to know you" kind of stuff, two things stood out to me:

1. He said was 91kg on draft night and has already hit the ton.

2. He could not have said "Nup!" quick enough when Gawny went serious and asked him if it was tough living away from Perth. He even thinks Melbourne has overtaken Perth as a city (despite being COVID-ravaged for most of his time - as Gawny pointed out)

He's a ripper. 

On 8/11/2021 at 4:54 PM, Grr-owl said:

Just illustrates how important it was for us to tank in 2019...

I must say there were a couple of games on the run home that year  (WC, Dogs and Saints) when we we had a lead in the last Qtr or had all the momentum only to be run over.

I’m not giving your tanking claim any credence (unless you were joking)  but we certainly flushed some potential wins down the toilet in late 2019.

Just watched his segment on Gus and Gawny.

Certainly the bloke you'd love to have a beer and a cone with at 5am on a Sunday morning.

Edited August 12, 20213 yr by dazzledavey36

On 8/11/2021 at 2:37 PM, leave it to deever said:

This guy is going to be a star and a huge part of our success. I don't think there are many players one can compare him with.

Such a great addition. Well done MFC.

Hope to see many years of him and Kozzie up forward kicking bags of goals.

I wonder if he will bulk up as he's so young. But I guess its always a fine line bw speed and bulk.  Sometimes when he gathers the ball up I forget how tall he is. Great to see him holding his marks and slotting majors now too

Hi deever  LJ said that he has gone from 91kg to 101 kg since joining the club on the Gus & Gawny podcast this week and all muscle.!!!

On 8/10/2021 at 8:23 AM, Lucifer's Hero said:

His ability to palm the ball into the hands of his midfielders was sublime - the ball just slides off his hand 

It’s the cheeseburger grease. 

I think of everything about Jacko the thing he has improved so much at this year is his contested marking. Early days this season he got to plenty of contests but his hands never looked confident, now looking back at the marks he took against WC he just looks a totally different kettle of fish. The sky is the limit on him, I have never been this excited about a young KPP/ruckman at our club.

14 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Just watched his segment on Gus and Gawny.

Certainly the bloke you'd love to have a beer and a cone with at 5am on a Sunday morning.

Likable bloke. Assuming you like stoners.

He is hilarious o Gus and Gawny. And his post match interview with Eddie and co after the eagles game was equally hilarious. 

I was thinking that he could well be the long lost son of the Jeff 'the dude' Lebowski 

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 20213 yr by binman

8 minutes ago, Pates said:

I think of everything about Jacko the thing he has improved so much at this year is his contested marking. Early days this season he got to plenty of contests but his hands never looked confident, now looking back at the marks he took against WC he just looks a totally different kettle of fish. The sky is the limit on him, I have never been this excited about a young KPP/ruckman at our club.

I thinking it was Browny, who said on ‘On the Couch’ that he appears to gone from a boy to a man in a couple of weeks.

He is now imposing in the ruck, at ground level and up forward. I think he will tear games apart. Hoping it will be during the final series, but certainly early next year!