Jackson will be a star. He has rare attributes and with time will become more polished. The only thing I can see stopping him is potential concussion issues, as he wants to be an inside mid, and coupled with his height, aggression, and stooping posture when hunting the ball I just think it’s an accident waiting to happen. I predict he will develop into a fwd/ruck, and one of the better ones in recent times. He has the attributes to be a very very good forward. I can’t see the midfielder experiment working though. 

  On 05/12/2022 at 00:02, NeveroddoreveN said:

His mum will then tell him none of that matters...as long as he is a good person.

She’d be right.

 

Can anyone offer up a reason as to why his early season games where so much better than his finals performances this year?

  On 05/12/2022 at 01:24, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Can anyone offer up a reason as to why his early season games where so much better than his finals performances this year?

Injury.

  On 05/12/2022 at 00:20, Lord Nev said:

Not sour grapes at all hey...

  Remind me which poster made the following comments:

"Then there is Jackson, who is also super important to our future success."

"Luke Jackson may be the answer in the ruck.  He is like another midfielder when the ball hits the ground and we look more dynamic with him in there"

Helped us win a premiership and was a popular teammate, so I don't really get the angst some seem to have, and certainly think references to his mother are childish at best.

Don't get me wrong, i appreciate all he did in our Premiership season.  Last season though he seemed to have very little impact....in fact he went backwards imo.  Personally i rated some of the things he did on the field as exciting, but his consistency may be years away, in fact it may never come.  Is he a ruck/a forward/a midfielder?  I would say he falls way below expectations on any of those roles currently.

As for being childish with the mum insults, it was said tongue in cheek...i could care less what happens to Luke or his mum now he is not one of ours.  Just making a prediction that he won't live up to Freo's expectations.  He is getting paid like an elite player now, with this comes much greater responsibility....Not sure he is ready for all that entails.

Fremantle supporters will expect great things from him on a weekly basis.  Apart from being a great athlete i don't think he has the skills/craft to be an elite player wherever placed on the field.  Contributing will not be enough given his pay packet

If i actually posted any of what you quoted it would have been from 2021....2022 he was super disappointing...His contract discussion was a constant distraction, his form tapered off, by end of year i thought he barely warranted a place in the seniors.

After reading 315 pages on him, rightly or wrongly i am entitled to an opinion on him.   I do actually watch every match and have an idea on his actual strengths and weaknesses.

  On 05/12/2022 at 00:48, Lord Nev said:

Yeah, how dare she thank the club and the supporters and be happy to have her son back in the same state as her.

Saying a players Mum is "fair game" says more about you than her tbh.

Quit clutching your pearls.

When you say something publicly, as she did, you open yourself up to the conversation.

I wouldn’t say anything about Weed’s mum. Why? Because she didn’t put herself in the conversation by commenting publicly. See how it works?

  On 05/12/2022 at 01:24, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Can anyone offer up a reason as to why his early season games where so much better than his finals performances this year?

He was Melbourne'd.

  On 05/12/2022 at 02:01, The heart beats true said:

Quit clutching your pearls.

When you say something publicly, as she did, you open yourself up to the conversation.

I wouldn’t say anything about Weed’s mum. Why? Because she didn’t put herself in the conversation by commenting publicly. See how it works?

AH yes, I see how it works in your world - Keep your mouth shut, even if you're saying absolutely nothing negative, otherwise you're fair game for anonymous people on the internet. Sounds cool mate.

Edited December 5, 20222 yr by Lord Nev

  On 05/12/2022 at 01:43, NeveroddoreveN said:

Don't get me wrong, i appreciate all he did in our Premiership season.  Last season though he seemed to have very little impact....in fact he went backwards imo.

He's only just turned 21, I think we sometimes forget that given how quickly he burst onto the scene, and it seemed clear this year he was battling injury/soreness as the year went on.

  

  On 05/12/2022 at 01:43, NeveroddoreveN said:

As for being childish with the mum insults, it was said tongue in cheek...

Fair enough, but you've probably noticed many others are seemingly still carrying the intense hurt at Luke's Mum daring to thank the club on the internet and have said she's "fair game".

  

  On 05/12/2022 at 01:43, NeveroddoreveN said:

i don't think he has the skills/craft to be an elite player wherever placed on the field.  Contributing will not be enough given his pay packet

If i actually posted any of what you quoted it would have been from 2021....2022 he was super disappointing...

 Pre-season this year to be fair, but you definitely held a different opinion of him before it became clear he would leave.

 

  On 20/02/2022 at 04:17, NeveroddoreveN said:

Then there is Jackson, who is also super important to our future success.

Edited December 5, 20222 yr by Lord Nev

  On 05/12/2022 at 05:16, Lord Nev said:

He's only just turned 21, I think we sometimes forget that given how quickly he burst onto the scene, and it seemed clear this year he was battling injury/soreness as the year went on.

  

Fair enough, but you've probably noticed many others are seemingly still carrying the intense hurt at Luke's Mum daring to thank the club on the internet and have said she's "fair game".

  

 Pre-season this year to be fair, but you definitely held a different opinion of him before it became clear he would leave.

 

revisionism is alive and well - and most of us are guilty of it.

  On 05/12/2022 at 05:32, chook fowler said:

revisionism is alive and well - and most of us are guilty of it.

Absolutely, but it's never more acute as it is when a player requests a trade...

Jackson's most exciting trait is that he doesn't know how good is he

His biggest weakness is he doesn't know how good is he

Not sure he has the swagger (as the kids say) to be as good as he could potentially be

Time will tell

I just want him and Freo to have a horror season in 2023 

#Deathride

  On 05/12/2022 at 05:05, Lord Nev said:

AH yes, I see how it works in your world - Keep your mouth shut, even if you're saying absolutely nothing negative, otherwise you're fair game for anonymous people on the internet. Sounds cool mate.

Nothing burns more than being called ‘an anonymous person on the internet’ by an anonymous person on the internet.

I’m not sure I’ll ever recover. 

  On 05/12/2022 at 00:52, ThreeOneSix said:

Jackson will be a star. He has rare attributes and with time will become more polished. The only thing I can see stopping him is potential concussion issues, as he wants to be an inside mid, and coupled with his height, aggression, and stooping posture when hunting the ball I just think it’s an accident waiting to happen. I predict he will develop into a fwd/ruck, and one of the better ones in recent times. He has the attributes to be a very very good forward. I can’t see the midfielder experiment working though. 

What a random thing to say he has never had concussion issues before and there are plenty of tall mids that never have an issue I’d say there’s more of a chance of the Perth party life getting to him

I think the issue most people had with the social media stuff was when she did it and maybe should have waited for the trade to be completed. 

Personally I couldn't give a rip about it anymore, at least he's got a nice mum. 

  On 05/12/2022 at 07:28, Deemac said:

What a random thing to say he has never had concussion issues before and there are plenty of tall mids that never have an issue I’d say there’s more of a chance of the Perth party life getting to him

Well he has history.

I'm sure it was reported he got involved in a Perth night club dust up just after the GF (separate to the one that the Dees and Dogs reportedly got into) 

  On 05/12/2022 at 23:57, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Well he has history.

I'm sure it was reported he got involved in a Perth night club dust up just after the GF (separate to the one that the Dees and Dogs reportedly got into) 

Never heard of it...

...and if he has, who cares now.

  On 05/12/2022 at 23:57, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Well he has history.

I'm sure it was reported he got involved in a Perth night club dust up just after the GF (separate to the one that the Dees and Dogs reportedly got into) 

Got a source for this kind of stuff? Only thing I remember being reported was that he was denied entry (along with a group of mates) to a club and then police came along and they all had a chat. No mention of a 'dust up'. Happy to see your info, but would probably think twice about making up stuff like this if it isn't factual.

  On 06/12/2022 at 00:34, Lord Nev said:

Got a source for this kind of stuff? Only thing I remember being reported was that he was denied entry (along with a group of mates) to a club and then police came along and they all had a chat. No mention of a 'dust up'. Happy to see your info, but would probably think twice about making up stuff like this if it isn't factual.

Correct.

There was no dust up, there was a photograph of him talking to the security guard and that's it.

Honestly, what 20 year old ratbag kid hasn't been refused into a club before.

Saying he has "history" of behaviour is now just laughable. 

Whenever I get a new smartphone, without fail the screen gets scratched inside the first year of having it.

It might be the light in this waiting room but I can clearly see it while trying to read this thread.

If anyone has any fixes PM me. It's not a deep scratch but is noticeable.

Peter Bell's plans of Jacko becoming a star forward seem unlikely 

 

When the Dogga leaves

When Peter Bell speaks

When I'm feeling sad

I simply remember the Ed Langdon trade

And then I don't feel so bad

  On 19/12/2022 at 06:14, adonski said:

Peter Bell's plans of Jacko becoming a star forward seem unlikely 

 

Unless the plan is Darcy forward Jackson ruck?

  On 19/12/2022 at 22:29, deejammin' said:

Unless the plan is Darcy forward Jackson ruck?