Farewell Luke Jackson

[DistrACTION Jackson 8,283]

5 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

The Perth fish bowl can eat you up and spit you out pretty quick.. just ask Hogan.

Not entirely sure Jackson and his family really took that into consideration when they were pressuring him to come back.

100%. And the Freo fans have a huge chip on their shoulders because of how poor they have been for the majority of their existence and Eagles fans remind them every week.

You could see exactly how it would go when they had jumpers with 'Jackson' on them at our game there last year. Ridiculous.

[durango 1,989]

Jackson  and Weideman are no longer MFC players I don't wish them ill but some players want to go home or a new start and we cannot judge them after 1 game.

They will either prosper or fail but they wont be doing it in MFC colours.

[hardtack 10,400]

21 minutes ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

They were bagging him out the moment the trade happened.  That was my biggest worry, that they'd treat him the same way as they treated Hogan. They're vipers at Freo

Or the way many Dees supporters treated Lever after the trade done for him?

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2 minutes ago, Action Jackson said:

100%. And the Freo fans have a huge chip on their shoulders because of how poor they have been for the majority of their existence and Eagles fans remind them every week.

You could see exactly how it would go when they had jumpers with 'Jackson' on them at our game there last year. Ridiculous.

I hope we don't see the same this year if we play Port in Adelaide... I can imagine those ferals wearing Kozzy jumpers 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[binman 41,940]

10 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

The Perth fish bowl can eat you up and spit you out pretty quick..

 

That's an impressively mixed metaphor!

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,775]

1 hour ago, IRW said:

Yeah but what about his underground handball

O, not 'undergroundy'?

[dazzledavey36 52,723]

 

[Deeminion 390]

7 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

 

We should have kept the two front teeth we gifted him in the trade.

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29 minutes ago, durango said:

Jackson  and Weideman are no longer MFC players I don't wish them ill but some players want to go home or a new start and we cannot judge them after 1 game.

They're in different situations. Jackson left for money and to go home, the Weed could never really get a run at it and would get more opportunities elsewhere

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36 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Or the way many Dees supporters treated Lever after the trade done for him?

I'm not aware of any horrible treatment Lever got from Melbourne supporters.  I for one was massively excited. If there were Melbourne supporters treating him horribly then shame on them.  

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,704]

As I have pointed out for 10 years here . . . not one player in the last 40 years has gone back to Perth of their own volition and been as successful as they were in Melbourne. Arguably, Wiz came the closest.

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Luke Jackson will be a star of the comp barring injury.

One off game does not a young tall make.

 

[Lucifers Hero 38,959]

Some harsh comments from freo fans.  The other forwards Treacy and Taberner did no better.  Freo had 65 inside 50 for a mere 17 scoring shots.  The ball seemed to ping pong between the 50m arcs.

So not entirely Jackson's fault.  But I guess with his money and the fanfare around him fans aren't going to look for reasonable explanations.

 

However, Jackson played 85% game time.  At the dees he usually played about 70% +/-; a 20% increase.  My guess is he isn't fit enough/have the endurance to get through a game. 

And one wonders where his head is at.  He tuned out last year when he knew he was leaving.  Maybe the same is happening now that he has his long term mega million contract.

Edited March 20, 2023 by Lucifers Hero

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1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

The Perth fish bowl can eat you up and spit you out pretty quick.. just ask Hogan.

But ... it's HOME

With ya mates an' everything. Nice an' comfy. What could go wrong?

[In Harmes Way 7,700]

1 hour ago, binman said:

Weed on the other hand looked in ripping nick. 

Weed has done himself no favours by taking John Coleman's number 10.

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,333]

1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

 

I'm going to ask Hasleby for this week's lotto numbers.

That article was written before yesterday's game, and sure enough Jackson went onto to have a game to temper Freo fans expectations for 2023.

[Little Goffy 13,970]

1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

 

That spin happened so fast there have been dizziness-related concussions.

I mean, that is Prigozhin level spin there.

[deegirl 1,493]

If there was a man capable of not thinking too deeply about criticism, Dogga is that man 😂

As many others in this thread have said, Fremantle have paid a LOT for potential and will need to be patient. Jackson is still learning his ruck craft & is not a clean mark (always two grabs).  Time will tell. 

[Demonstone 21,751]

3 hours ago, In Harmes Way said:

Weed has done himself no favours by taking John Coleman's number 10.

Now that's drawing a long bow!  Coleman last played about 70 years ago.  

 

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4 hours ago, durango said:

Jackson  and Weideman are no longer MFC players I don't wish them ill but some players want to go home or a new start and we cannot judge them after 1 game.

They will either prosper or fail but they wont be doing it in MFC colours.

I see the Weid kicked 2 goals 1 yesterday. 

[old dee 23,486]

3 hours ago, In Harmes Way said:

Weed has done himself no favours by taking John Coleman's number 10.

 

 

On 3/4/2023 at 10:50 PM, kev martin said:

 

 

On 3/14/2023 at 2:26 PM, Lucifers Hero said:

 

 

Kicked 2 goals one yesterday

Edited March 20, 2023 by old dee

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The ghost of Clive Waterhouse

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28 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Now that's drawing a long bow!  Coleman last played about 70 years ago.  

 

Maybe, but they did name the goal kicking award after him.

[Sir Why You Little 36,596]

6 hours ago, IRW said:

Yeah but what about his underground handball

That was a fantastic piece of play. He meant that, and delivered it perfectly to Mr Ed. The ball bounced up right on cue

[Demonstone 21,751]

How many people today do you reckon would have the faintest clue what number Coleman wore?

There have been eight players since him and before Weid to wear the number ten at Essendon.

It's like saying that Brodie Grundy has done himself no favours by taking Fred Fanning's number six.