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2 minutes ago, Redleg said:

I think we are all up the Creek without a paddle and the thread is giving me the Schitts.

Comedy Pop GIF by Schitt's Creek

 
46 minutes ago, 58er said:

Its our right but we are so keen to post our 3c worth it's become a free for all rubbish topic.  We don't  need to read most of the offerings as they are off the mark anyway. 

There's some irony in this post

 
2 hours ago, Matt Demon said:

I wouldn't be surprised if West Coast are the one's that have made the God father offer and have been the team he's going to the entire time. 

Like when Buddy left the Hawks

2 hours ago, Redleg said:

I think we are all up the Creek without a paddle and the thread is giving me the Schitts.

I heard all the hype about that show and watched the lot thinking "it's got to get better"

Lockdown was a strange world

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8 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

I heard all the hype about that show and watched the lot thinking "it's got to get better"

Lockdown was a strange world

Are you joking? It’s brilliant!

3 hours ago, Matt Demon said:

I wouldn't be surprised if West Coast are the one's that have made the God father offer and have been the team he's going to the entire time. 

This is what’s really going on. And why we are so unfussed.

We will walk in pick 2 and probably something else and never look back and Jackson will take the giant wads of cash freed up by the aging list there. 

I haven't checked this thread in a week. Good to see nothing has still happened 30 pages later 

 
3 minutes ago, Undeeterred said:

This is what’s really going on. And why we are so unfussed.

We will walk in pick 2 and probably something else and never look back and Jackson will take the giant wads of cash freed up by the aging list there. 

That's why I've been wanting North to finish last. Just in case. Teams pretty much never trade pick 1, but might trade pick 2 

2 minutes ago, Matt said:

That's why I've been wanting North to finish last. Just in case. Teams pretty much never trade pick 1, but might trade pick 2 

West Coast would do it anyway I reckon. They’ll have tons of cap space and it kick starts their rebuild with a known quantity.

 

Freo just can’t get it done


34 minutes ago, Undeeterred said:

West Coast would do it anyway I reckon. They’ll have tons of cap space and it kick starts their rebuild with a known quantity.

 

Freo just can’t get it done

Trading out pick 1 would be a fair bit harder sell to their supporters than trading out pick 2 imo. Pick 1 hasn't been traded away in a fair while

Adelaide -rankine 

G coast - harmes,anb, pick 2 & pick 4 second round pick Adelaide 

melb - Ben king second round pick west coast 

west coast - Jackson 

we have plenty of small half forward types in vfl to cover anb and harmes and frees up some cap 

maybe Gold Coast use a pick on established mid like Tom Mitchell 

would u swap Ben king for jackson? 

1 hour ago, Undeeterred said:

This is what’s really going on. And why we are so unfussed.

We will walk in pick 2 and probably something else and never look back and Jackson will take the giant wads of cash freed up by the aging list there. 

Educated guess or do you have some solid info to share?

Fingers crossed you are right.

6 minutes ago, Edm said:

Adelaide -rankine 

G coast - harmes,anb, pick 2 & pick 4 second round pick Adelaide 

melb - Ben king second round pick west coast 

west coast - Jackson 

we have plenty of small half forward types in vfl to cover anb and harmes and frees up some cap 

maybe Gold Coast use a pick on established mid like Tom Mitchell 

would u swap Ben king for jackson? 

Why would Gold Coast want Harmes, ANB or be interested in Tom Mitchell.

And if I'm GC, there's no way I'm trading Ben King for Jackson. King has committed to the club. He's worth Jackson plus a 1st round pick.

We need to wait and see going to be a long 8 weeks 

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4 hours ago, ding said:

Educated guess or do you have some solid info to share?

Fingers crossed you are right.

Sorry, no, on a reread that sounded much more authoritative than it should. I have no idea. Just seems to fit better all round. 

Whatever happens in regards to trades, it’s clear from tonite and most of this year that as good as Jackson is and could be in the future, he is not dominant in the ruck, or as a forward or as a follower that warrants us going any harder than what we have - let him go and maximise the return while we can

Serious question, exactly what is Jackson contributing to the team at the moment? He's getting flogged in the ruck, can't take a mark and doesn't kick goals. He wants to get paid a fortune to run around like a midfielder, but he's getting 12 largely mediocre touches a week. Not having a third ruck on the list is a major list management failure. 

5 minutes ago, poita said:

Serious question, exactly what is Jackson contributing to the team at the moment? He's getting flogged in the ruck, can't take a mark and doesn't kick goals. He wants to get paid a fortune to run around like a midfielder, but he's getting 12 largely mediocre touches a week. Not having a third ruck on the list is a major list management failure. 

Agree at the moment he isn’t worth a fraction of what we hear is on offer. Is the knee injury hampering him? Maybe but Freo must be wondering if he is what they need. Ruckman take years to mature and learn the caper. He is well down on form and contributes nothing up forward


5 hours ago, mo64 said:

And if he is a midfielder some of his decision making going forward was terrible. Could of gone short a few times instead of bombing forward, got lucky with the one fritsch mark 

 
19 hours ago, poita said:

Serious question, exactly what is Jackson contributing to the team at the moment? He's getting flogged in the ruck, can't take a mark and doesn't kick goals. He wants to get paid a fortune to run around like a midfielder, but he's getting 12 largely mediocre touches a week. Not having a third ruck on the list is a major list management failure. 

Might be a champion in the future but right now he is an ordinary second ruck. Numerous second ruckman around the competition are producing a lot more. I reckon the Weid contributes as much when he has been second ruck.


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