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Farewell Luke Jackson

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3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Officially gone with this news.

Even if nothing eventuates from this meeting the fact that we met pretty much means he's gone.

Gone to who and for what ? 

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    Ever heard of having a plan B ? 

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

     

    I hope the club comes up with a better suited alternative to Grundy. At his best he’s been a bloody good player and probably still has a lot of good football in him but neither Grundy or Max are good enough as forwards to make that combination work for us in my opinion. 

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    At the moment, Grundy's contract is an albatross around Collingwood's neck.

    I am not so generous a man to relieve that suffering without a few certainties; he can recover from his injury, we don't take on more than half his wage, we give very little in draft capital, and it doesn't impact our ability to get a Georgiades/Naughton/ready to go tall forward.

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    6 minutes ago, CYB said:

    I wonder if the chatter around Geelong is to create some ‘fake’ competition. 

    No they genuinely need a ruck.

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    10 minutes ago, rpfc said:

    At the moment, Grundy's contract is an albatross around Collingwood's neck.

    I am not so generous a man to relieve that suffering without a few certainties; he can recover from his injury, we don't take on more than half his wage, we give very little in draft capital, and it doesn't impact our ability to get a Georgiades/Naughton/ready to go tall forward.

    I think the albatross is more likely to be a goose 

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    19 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

    I hope the club comes up with a better suited alternative to Grundy. At his best he’s been a bloody good player and probably still has a lot of good football in him but neither Grundy or Max are good enough as forwards to make that combination work for us in my opinion. 

    Noooo Grundy FCS!   A tall contested marking KF should be our biggest priority.

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    31 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Who knows but we wouldn't be interviewing ruckmen if we thought there was a chance he was staying.

    We might if we weren't entirely sure he was staying. ;)

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    39 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Who knows but we wouldn't be interviewing ruckmen if we thought there was a chance he was staying.

    Yes we would it’s called understanding what all our options are to optimise the outcome whether he stays or goes 

    A meeting with Grundy doesn’t confirm anything at this stage 

     

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    44 minutes ago, spalding said:

    Ever heard of having a plan B ? 

    Have to admit though, pretty hefty plan b if the captain was present.

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    It's pretty clear Jackson's gone even before we met with Grundy. It's now just a matter of what we can get back for him and what we use that on.

    I still don't get it from Freos point of view but I guess they can't pass the opportunity to get high level talent in the door when it presents.

    Oh and I'm not keen on Grundy at all. Let Collingwood suffer with that contract stuffing their cap for a few more years.

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    I’d offer Brodie an 8 year deal

    if he refuses, offer 10 years

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    We got Jackson after tumbling down the ladder and he helped us win a flag. He's now going to leave, seemingly for personal reasons, which I cannot for the life of me understand. However we can now set ourselves up with 2 very high draft picks, some astute drafting and maybe a raid on a tall KPF. Once upon a time all the drama was on the field, now to keep us entertained they've extended the drama to a whole of club experience with player movements used to keep us salivating 12 months of the year. Personally I find the whole thing a bit contrived but hey Jackson for 2 really good forwards and a recruiting coup thrown in....why the hell not!

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    34 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    I’d offer Brodie an 8 year deal

    if he refuses, offer 10 years

    Sounds like how we  bought our house off market - keep negotiating up until they say yes 

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    1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Dodgy ankle and a huge contract…..

    interesting times

    we don't want no hipster wacko who signed out on footy once he got his monster contract

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    Going after Grundy makes sense as he is a ready made, experienced ruckman to suit our window which is right now. Starting back at a rookie or 23 year old non experienced ruckman would create a weak link.

    Also isnt it very odd to meet a player from a rival club just before finals in which we could face off against??

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    26 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

    Going after Grundy makes sense as he is a ready made, experienced ruckman to suit our window which is right now. Starting back at a rookie or 23 year old non experienced ruckman would create a weak link.

    Also isnt it very odd to meet a player from a rival club just before finals in which we could face off against??

    He won't be a free agent though. We will need to trade for him. What are we going to have to give up? One of our first rounders?

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    4 hours ago, Roost it far said:

    We got Jackson after tumbling down the ladder and he helped us win a flag. He's now going to leave, seemingly for personal reasons, which I cannot for the life of me understand. However we can now set ourselves up with 2 very high draft picks, some astute drafting and maybe a raid on a tall KPF. Once upon a time all the drama was on the field, now to keep us entertained they've extended the drama to a whole of club experience with player movements used to keep us salivating 12 months of the year. Personally I find the whole thing a bit contrived but hey Jackson for 2 really good forwards and a recruiting coup thrown in....why the hell not!

    2 really good forwards taken with very high picks? I hope you take photo's of the secret Friday morning r23 meeting between Adam Simpson and Dogga in an airport lounge when he arrives "early" for Geelong and we fly up to Brisvegas

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