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3 hours ago, In Harmes Way said:

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

 

35 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

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

 

 

7 minutes ago, In Harmes Way said:

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

took us 55 years to find an injury free, sane, high quality footballer to wear 31.

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2 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

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.

 

Phuuuuuuuuuuk. Good point. Now I'm worried. BG will never kick 18 in a game now.

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36 minutes ago, old dee said:

 

 

 

Kicked 2 goals one yesterday

Correction, he kicked 2 goals yesterday, not one !!

Old Dee, get your facts straight !!

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5 hours ago, binman said:

To be fair we only took 2 contested marks, both maxy.

I couldn't believe that stat. I had ti check again coz it didn't seem right. The dogs had nine by way of comparison.

I think that was more a reflection of game style and being more direct and quicker in transition to prior years where we relied a lot more on contested marks. 

We monstered them in i50 marks 17:7 by better kicking inside 50, which is a great sign against a strong(ish) opposition. 

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4 hours ago, Stretch Johnson said:

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

One off game does not a young tall make.

 

Based on what evidence? he has been in the system for 3 years (4 preseasons) and really has not strung together 2-3 great quarters let alone games. 

And please spare me the GF 15 minutes in the 3Q - yes he done his job well, but there were at least half a dozen others that also deserve the plaudits for changing the game on that great night of football. 

Talls take longer- i get that- but they tend to show some solid form in a number of games as they develop more consistency in their game. LJ right now, is nowhere near what people are expecting of him, maybe that'll change and he'll come of age, but the longer this goes on, the less im inclined to believe much will come of him. 

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2 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

Talls take longer- i get that- but they tend to show some solid form in a number of games as they develop more consistency in their game. LJ right now, is nowhere near what people are expecting of him, maybe that'll change and he'll come of age, but the longer this goes on, the less im inclined to believe much will come of him. 

Max Gawn debuted in 2011 and it wasn't until Corey Enright's 300th down at Geelong in 2015 that he monstered a game (it was his 3rd game for the year) and he took off from there. So it's not to say that progression/development is necessarily linear.

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3 minutes ago, In Harmes Way said:

Max Gawn debuted in 2011 and it wasn't until Corey Enright's 300th down at Geelong in 2015 that he monstered a game (it was his 3rd game for the year) and he took off from there. So it's not to say that progression/development is necessarily linear.

Might be important to note that Gawn did 2 knees in that period. 

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I couldn't give a rats about LJ.  Saw him play yesterday and felt nothing.

we got some picks back and Grundy is an excellent replacement

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53 minutes ago, DubDee said:

I couldn't give a rats about LJ.  Saw him play yesterday and felt nothing.

we got some picks back and Grundy is an excellent replacement

He's just another player now. Still has a more special place than most but we concentrate on the present in this game and he is presently at another club that I couldn't give a rip about. Focusing on what's in our four walls. 

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I just saw this thread title and this (brilliant) song came to mind.

Perhaps when Freo come to G, and assuming Luke plays, dees fans can collectively sing Farewell Lukey Jackson to this tune:

 

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6 minutes ago, binman said:

I just saw this thread title and this (brilliant) song came to mind.

Perhaps when Freo come to G, and assuming Luke plays, dees fans can collectively sing Farewell Lukey Jackson to this tune:

 

His Bobness Lord Dylan on Demonland. Brilliant. 
 

 

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LJ might be finding he is not surrounded by good players like he was at the MFC. He might have to do a lot more himself without the feed he was used to previously. 

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1 hour ago, binman said:

Perhaps when Freo come to G, and assuming Luke plays, dees fans can collectively sing Farewell Lukey Jackson to this tune:

Good get, binny!  If that one is unavailable, maybe we could go with this one:

 

 

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2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Might be important to note that Gawn did 2 knees in that period. 

...and they persisted with playing him in the wrong position at Casey stunting his development.

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2 hours ago, old dee said:

LJ might be finding he is not surrounded by good players like he was at the MFC. He might have to do a lot more himself without the feed he was used to previously. 

Exactly what I was thinking when watching him yesterday.

Doesn’t Have Clarry, Trac and Viney at his feet anymore.


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900k x 7 years for a young bloke barely out of his teens.

Freo are a joke.  What CV?  A few minutes of glory in the GF aided by Trac ,Oliver and Gawn. Done little since.  McVee had a terrific 1st gamer  doing the hard work.

I'll take him over Jacko.

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5 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Might be important to note that Gawn did 2 knees in that period. 

And he was caught having a smoke in the car on the way to training. Sometimes it takes longer for the penny to drop for some more than others.

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I personally wish Jacko well. He’s what, 21 years old? If his family were pressuring him to come home then that’s got to weigh on a young bloke and I don’t really feel any ill will towards him for leaving. He did after all spend all his time since being drafted in covid land which let’s be honest, saw a lot of us especially in Victoria not being able to see family members. I know I’m still overcoming that whole period of time so I can only imagine what it would be like for a 19-20 year old to be able to perform and stay in a premiership winning side whilst all that madness went on.
 

I hope he is able to fulfil his potential as he’s barely into his 20’s and now he’s going to be under so much pressure to perform in a 2 team town. 
 

Give the kid some slack and move on. All the best Jacko. 

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26 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

How lucky Jackson was to have this man as his mentor and captain. Must be learning heaps of ruck craft from Alex Pearce 🙄

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