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Farewell Luke Jackson

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  On 10/10/2022 at 09:51, daisycutter said:

the point is they have leaked players over the years as much as any afl club

and yes i know their history, very impressive, but not so the last few years. i'm a fan.

More than any AFL club. AFL clubs rarely lose a top 10 player in the comp, let alone year after year. Imagine the Dees losing May this year along with Gawn, ,Salem, Lever & then Oliver next year, Petracca the year after etc. They turn over a dozen players a year. But that’s the benefit of No draft, no trading & no sticking to contacts. Clubs rarely hold players to a contract, even 1 year into a 4 year deal as it’s not worth keeping a player that wants out.

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      On 10/10/2022 at 10:01, ElDiablo14 said:

    Tampered competition if you ask me. With the very low power the clubs seem to have over the players, it is unfair that they are permitted all these sort of liberties midway season in which the team was pursuing back to back premierships.

    Cmon no one has any right to stop someone from looking for another employment opportunity. I’m employed, but I talk to other employers all the time about job opportunities that will benefit me. They have a right to look after their future & if you ban the player, then their manager will do it, a family member etc will do it.

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      On 10/10/2022 at 08:34, IRW said:

    Might have a better chance if keeping them if the Club actually had a home and consequently an identity

    Which club are you referring to?

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      On 10/10/2022 at 10:21, SA Red n Blue said:

    Cmon no one has any right to stop someone from looking for another employment opportunity. I’m employed, but I talk to other employers all the time about job opportunities that will benefit me. They have a right to look after their future & if you ban the player, then their manager will do it, a family member etc will do it.

    My contention is, how invested was LJ this season knowing he was gone? Is that fair for us?

    I guess it wasn't as crazy an idea to bench him in the latter part of the season..

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      On 10/10/2022 at 10:21, SA Red n Blue said:

    Cmon no one has any right to stop someone from looking for another employment opportunity. I’m employed, but I talk to other employers all the time about job opportunities that will benefit me. They have a right to look after their future & if you ban the player, then their manager will do it, a family member etc will do it.

    Does your current employer know?

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      On 10/10/2022 at 10:10, SA Red n Blue said:

    Why not also live your own life & make your own choices like all adults should. It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t love your family or friends, but jeez you don’t need to live near them or even in the same state as them. I love my parents, but I have my own life, live in another state, as do my brothers & my own son lives in another state to me. 

    He made his own choice and decided to live close to his family. Good for him and he got good money to do so after reaching the peak of a career. A Premiership!! 
     

    I love my parents too. No job would take me away from them. We all have different ideas of what family means. Dogga made his, yet your whinging for the sake of the MFC, and disrespecting his family. 
     

    hmmmmm

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      On 10/10/2022 at 10:03, Mincho Mania said:

    Coming from someone living down the road from Snowtown, hilarious

    Close, I’m about 1100km from Snowtown. In saying that I played some of my footy for the Blyth-Snowtown Cats. Good times when that happened, it was certainly a good party started & topic around the BBQ with a few beers.

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    Head of Player Personnel David Walls expects Jackson to be worth Fremantle’s significant investment of draft capital.

    “Luke has been our number one priority all year and obviously throughout the trade period,” Walls said.

    [...]

    “In his draft year, we had him rated at number one in the draft.

    “Even though we also picked up Hayden Young and Caleb Serong, with Luke being local, we’ve followed him for a long time going back to his juniors.

    [censored] hell they've been in his year since he stepped foot on a footy field. He was always going to head back sooner or later. 

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      On 10/10/2022 at 10:24, layzie said:

    Does your current employer know?

    Nope & they have no right to know. They will know when I hand in my resignation letter just like LJ did. I mean there would be that many players/managers already talking to other clubs for 2024 already when they’re out of contract, it’s life & it’s a business.

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      On 10/10/2022 at 02:34, Sir Why You Little said:

    So we lose Bedford as well F$&@ you Fremantle 

    You are now HATED for life with Jeelong 

    C$&@

    I think you might be missing a symbol SWYL. 😂😂😂 They are a bunch of C$&@# the both of them.

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      On 10/10/2022 at 10:31, SA Red n Blue said:

    Nope & they have no right to know. They will know when I hand in my resignation letter just like LJ did. I mean there would be that many players/managers already talking to other clubs for 2024 already when they’re out of contract, it’s life & it’s a business.

    You’re a contradiction! Making up your own rules as it suits you…

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      On 10/10/2022 at 10:25, Demonsterative said:

    He made his own choice and decided to live close to his family. Good for him and he got good money to do so after reaching the peak of a career. A Premiership!! 
     

    I love my parents too. No job would take me away from them. We all have different ideas of what family means. Dogga made his, yet your whinging for the sake of the MFC, and disrespecting his family. 
     

    hmmmmm

    His mum made his choice. She’s done all the yapping, her pet dog has said nothing.

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      On 10/10/2022 at 10:36, Demonsterative said:

    You’re a contradiction! Making up your own rules as it suits you…

    How so. All players have a right to talk to other clubs, but they have no obligation to tell their current employer. That’s just a fact & a part of business. Some may mention they want to leave, but others won’t just as they know they won’t be told they’re not required until an exit interview. Not sure how that’s hard to comprehend.

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      On 10/10/2022 at 10:45, SA Red n Blue said:

    His mum made his choice. She’s done all the yapping, her pet dog has said nothing.

    Referring a women to a dog says it all……. Code of conduct buddy. Read it 

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      On 10/10/2022 at 10:45, SA Red n Blue said:

    His mum made his choice. She’s done all the yapping, her pet dog has said nothing.

    I think Luke his made it quite clear he grew up supporting Freo and wanted to play for them. 

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      On 10/10/2022 at 08:16, DeeZone said:

    Yes just watched him on Ch7 Perth caught up with Freo mid season met the coach and players  

    Isn't that some breach of the rules according to the AFL?

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    major cringe. Described as a unicorn tht they didn’t think was worth a pick inside the top ten. Get stuffed Freo. God I can’t wait until we play them. I’m betting it’ll only be once next year, in Perth.

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      On 10/10/2022 at 10:54, Mr Steve said:

    I think Luke his made it quite clear he grew up supporting Freo and wanted to play for them. 

    Then we should scrap the draft and just have an academy system like the EPL! Why bother?!

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    Can someone calculate where Freo would have to finish next year for us to break even on this deal, i.e. where would they need to land next year, for us to get Pick 3 worth of points from Pick 13, R1 + R2..? 

    Please?

    Will help with the "death riding" next year...

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      On 10/10/2022 at 11:02, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

     

    major cringe. Described as a unicorn tht they didn’t think was worth a pick inside the top ten. Get stuffed Freo. God I can’t wait until we play them. I’m betting it’ll only be once next year, in Perth.

    What the [censored] did I just watch?!

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    Stay off social media if you don't want to see LJ decked out in freo gear.

    Even seeing him having a kick in purple is annoying.

    However at least he stuck with us for a few years and helped us win a flag. Unlike Horne Francis who has ditched nth after a year

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