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Farewell Luke Jackson

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Seeing Jacko live for the first time was incredible. The kid is developing at light speed. If our youngsters continue to grow at the current rate we are in for multiple flags.

I reckon the Taylor/Lamb combo will be revered in years to come. So many hits.

 

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    14 hours ago, David-Demon said:

    Well thankyou for your comments. I could not find the discussion thread...  The words " Yeah, who knows " threw me a bit...

    He was referring to Lynch asking about a big 5 year contract — nothing in it 

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    Dogga has shown zero signs that he is not happy or wants to leave. There has been not a murmur from his management team  or any ambiguous comments implying he might want to leave which you usually here if a player isn't happy. His parents were even talking about moving over here.

    The whole go home factor is overblown. Aside from Tim Kelly (who let it be known for a least a year he wanted to go home) there have been few examples of players leaving that clubs wanted to keep.

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    Did anyone see a touch of David Swartz and David Nietz about him last night???

    Get him in offer him a 750-850  per year deal over 5 years!

    WITH BONUSES!!

    1 Training scribe behind the Fence with the one and only Picket Fence

    2 A night of unbridled indulgence at Uncle Bitter Manor in Romsey

    3 A guest appearance as chief Moderator and lord high executioner on Demonland!

    C'mon Big fella.. all excellent deals!

    Sign here son!!

    Edited by picket fence

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    12 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    Everyone's completely overthinking this. He will quit football altogether to become a major league baseballer.

    Um I think Basketball was his go?😛

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    17 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    Everyone's completely overthinking this. He will quit football altogether to become a major league baseballer.

    He's a swinger??

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    I simply cannot cope with the thought that Max Gawn, who can be talked about among our greatest all-time players, might end up not even being our best current ruckman. :laugh:

    But, seriously, can we give a nod to the big man here - he was working incredibly hard to wear down Witts in particular as well as Chol, both in ruck-wrestling and covering them around the ground.

    This was letting Jackson spend a surprising amount of time on ground being comparatively fresh and lurking menacingly (if someone that affable can be menacing) in dangerous places.

    Pretty phenonemal little stat - we had two ruck players who played 84% and 83% time on ground. Last week it was Jackson on field for 86% of the game and Gawn was out there for a mind-boggling 97% time on ground.

    I don't think there's any ruck combination out there who could go with them for sheer time and endurance, and then there's the talent package as well.

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    9 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    Everyone's completely overthinking this. He will quit football altogether to become a major league baseballer.

    Well they did just agree on a new EBA - do you think there’s something in it??

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    6 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

    I simply cannot cope with the thought that Max Gawn, who can be talked about among our greatest all-time players, might end up not even being our best current ruckman. :laugh:

    But, seriously, can we give a nod to the big man here - he was working incredibly hard to wear down Witts in particular as well as Chol, both in ruck-wrestling and covering them around the ground.

    This was letting Jackson spend a surprising amount of time on ground being comparatively fresh and lurking menacingly (if someone that affable can be menacing) in dangerous places.

    Pretty phenonemal little stat - we had two ruck players who played 84% and 83% time on ground. Last week it was Jackson on field for 86% of the game and Gawn was out there for a mind-boggling 97% time on ground.

    I don't think there's any ruck combination out there who could go with them for sheer time and endurance, and then there's the talent package as well.

    As a comparison, Nic Nat, fresh as a daisy in the second quarter of round 1. Needed a break after 6 mins on the ground. 3 breaks that quarter!

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    LJ's best game for the Dees so far imho

    A complete performance from start to finish - our #5 and #6 are both very special players

    Be great to see them dominating together for a very long time 

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    Just from the interview, my take was that he is quite happy at melbourne and that he is seriously considering going back west. We certainly have work to do.

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    It should be quite obvious that his manager is holding back, waiting for LJ to rack up more games like last night, making his price go up and up. It's what any decent manager would do. He will sign but he's in the driver's seat in this deal.

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    I doubt Christian Petracca, who has significant media training, would openly joke about LJ's contract on TV with him there if he didn't believe he was going to sign. I still believe he will sign, but there's a lot of negotiating still to be done.

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    This my friends is A-Grade Demonlanding we have going on right here!!

    21 pages!! Toot Toot!

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    54 minutes ago, AshleyH30 said:

    I doubt Christian Petracca, who has significant media training, would openly joke about LJ's contract on TV with him there if he didn't believe he was going to sign. I still believe he will sign, but there's a lot of negotiating still to be done.

    I totally agree.

    If there was any sense that Jackson was a risk of not signing there is no way Petracca, who himself has been under contract pressure in the media, would ever bring it up in jest on national TV. 

    Given Jackson and Trac are locker buddies, I am sure they have chatted about it off line and Jackson has said he is staying and letting his management sort it out. He really doesn't strike me as a kid who has any interest in business. 

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    He looks to be enjoying his football ATM. In career best form, giving a 100% and does not look like he’s bothered by the crystal ball gazing happening around him. Of course we have no clue of what’s in his head but I take it as a positive sign that it’s business as usual so far. Even if he decides to leave and the club knows about it he will play out the rest of the season because he can help deliver another flag. 

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    I hope his manager is also just keeping in mind what happens to almost every player who goes back to Freo. It very rarely ends well.....

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    13 minutes ago, Action Jackson said:

    I hope his manager is also just keeping in mind what happens to almost every player who goes back to Freo. It very rarely ends well.....

    Yes, they end up at GWS

    It's the ones we get FROM Freo that are the keepers

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    Some peak MFCSS in here. Guess for some it never leaves and has to manifest somewhere. :goody2:

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