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12 minutes ago, Demon Forever said:

Let’s just put it in the table. 
 

his team mates are talking a play cut to keep Brayshaw and Jackson at the club. 
 

West Coast will bottom out - not what he wants

 Fremantle have Darcy so he will play a similar role to Jackson/Gawn today

in a couple of years he will be the number one ruck at Melbourne. 
 

his parents have purchased property in Melbourne
 

i have no information either way on this front, however it simply doesn’t make sense for him to leave. 

Simply because he hasn't signed yet. The CBA isn't a real excuse for not signing as they can put it in the contract that any % in crease in player salaries will be adjusted in the salary. So I think it's concerning. 

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If his heart lies with his family over success and his teammates, then he isn’t destined to be a great player. Hogan chose family and that didn’t turn out. Kelly at West Coast would be absolutely loving life wouldn’t he? 
 

At the end of the day to be a great player takes more than just skills and talent. It takes heart and a steely focus. If Jackson chooses to leave at 20 years of age because the lure of family is too great, when he has a lifetime ahead of him to be with his family and friends, than that is absolutely his choice. But I can’t and won’t lose sleep over players choosing to leave a club like ours right now. We will do a lot better without Jackson than Jackson will do without us. 

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44 minutes ago, adonski said:

Jackson a deep thinker I've heard it all

The bloke thinks we should be living on Mars.

There's a lot of thought process that goes into that you know..

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Posted
4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

The bloke thinks we should be living on Mars.

There's a lot of thought process that goes into that you know..

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Obviously no go home factor if that's the case then 

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Posted
22 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

If his heart lies with his family over success and his teammates, then he isn’t destined to be a great player. Hogan chose family and that didn’t turn out. Kelly at West Coast would be absolutely loving life wouldn’t he? 
 

At the end of the day to be a great player takes more than just skills and talent. It takes heart and a steely focus. If Jackson chooses to leave at 20 years of age because the lure of family is too great, when he has a lifetime ahead of him to be with his family and friends, than that is absolutely his choice. But I can’t and won’t lose sleep over players choosing to leave a club like ours right now. We will do a lot better without Jackson than Jackson will do without us. 

looking at it that way I am not unhappy if we get 2x top 5 picks for him, and maybe a 2nd rounder also or a player attached. you are right we will be able to still be dominant without him, and get paid handsomly to do so

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If Luke wants to hold us over a barrel and ask for a massive pay day for a 3rd year player and thus compromise our ability to re-sign Oliver - one of the MFC’s best ever midfielder, then we shake his hand, thank him for his brief service at the club and seek the best compensation.

As Matthew Richardson commented,  the money that’s been mooted for LJ should be reserved for players that rip an entire game apart, not for a cameo here and there, or a strong quarter within an otherwise quiet game which is quite common for Jackson at this stage of his career.

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I'm not sure WC will be willing to pay the price...they are going into rebuild and 1 player is not going to do it for them.

They will need a solid draft hand to build the list back up and spending their capital on Jackson doesn't add up.

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Let’s see how we function today without him. 
If we win easily then he can go wherever he wants. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jokes

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I am waiting for LJ to actually say something on the subject. You can tell he loves his teammates, so it will be a huge decision to walk away, considering what we may achieve in the next 4-5 years 

Jon Ralph and Tom Browne are not number 1 sources 

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Clubs down the bottom tend to go to the draft for a rebuild and once the list has a base of young talent they then go for established players. Eg we drafted heavily and then went for Lever and May.

I do not think Jackson will on on West Coast radar for the moment.  

 

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1 hour ago, manny100 said:

Clubs down the bottom tend to go to the draft for a rebuild and once the list has a base of young talent they then go for established players. Eg we drafted heavily and then went for Lever and May.

I do not think Jackson will on on West Coast radar for the moment.  

 

What? He’s 21 and a chance to be the best player in the game in about 3 years time. He is exactly the type to rebuild around. 

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1 hour ago, rjay said:

I'm not sure WC will be willing to pay the price...they are going into rebuild and 1 player is not going to do it for them.

They will need a solid draft hand to build the list back up and spending their capital on Jackson doesn't add up.

Agreed, It's hard to se West Coast wanting to part with any high end draft picks, and it's hard to see any players they have that would interest us. 

Fremantle is a bit similar in that it'd likely take a combination of players and picks to get a deal done, and they're obviously pretty happy with how they're tracking

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21 minutes ago, rpfc said:

What? He’s 21 and a chance to be the best player in the game in about 3 years time. He is exactly the type to rebuild around. 

Totally agreed. But he will cost them an arm and a leg so they have to make a decision if they prefer 2-3 good quality players now versus one. They will rebuild slower around him but he’s definitely someone to build a team around. 
 

To be honest Freo is a bigger threat. They are a good side with a bright future and he can easily take the second ruck role and develop into a starting ruck role as at Melbourne. 

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44 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Totally agreed. But he will cost them an arm and a leg so they have to make a decision if they prefer 2-3 good quality players now versus one. They will rebuild slower around him but he’s definitely someone to build a team around. 
 

To be honest Freo is a bigger threat. They are a good side with a bright future and he can easily take the second ruck role and develop into a starting ruck role as at Melbourne. 

If we find out at the end of the year he wants to go to Freo it puts a very different light on their request for him for Cerra last year and Lobbe wanting to leave would have opened up the position and money for him. Now Freo have nothing to offer and he’s out of contract so we have a lot less to bargain with. Having said that personally I can’t see him going at the end of the year. We are in too much of a window for at least a 3 year contract extension. But weirder things have happened. 

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8 hours ago, Demon Forever said:

Let’s just put it in the table. 
 

his team mates are talking a play cut to keep Brayshaw and Jackson at the club
 

West Coast will bottom out - not what he wants

Is this yr opinion or something you know of? I was hoping this might happen to keep these two around. 

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10 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

If Luke wants to hold us over a barrel and ask for a massive pay day for a 3rd year player and thus compromise our ability to re-sign Oliver - one of the MFC’s best ever midfielder, then we shake his hand, thank him for his brief service at the club and seek the best compensation.

As Matthew Richardson commented,  the money that’s been mooted for LJ should be reserved for players that rip an entire game apart, not for a cameo here and there, or a strong quarter within an otherwise quiet game which is quite common for Jackson at this stage of his career.

Which sums up why WC would be utterly insane to throw massive numbers at him with the legitimate intent to sign him.

None of it makes sense to me at all. They'd have to part ways to 2x top 10 picks and a pretty big chunk of salary gap space. If they were pushing for finals and their window then fair enough but Eagles are looking at years at the bottom. They are way too top heavy on the experience scale. Their fans seems to think they will turn it around quickly but it ain't the 90s anymore.

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^^concise

accurate. 


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18 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

If Luke wants to hold us over a barrel and ask for a massive pay day for a 3rd year player and thus compromise our ability to re-sign Oliver - one of the MFC’s best ever midfielder, then we shake his hand, thank him for his brief service at the club and seek the best compensation.

As Matthew Richardson commented,  the money that’s been mooted for LJ should be reserved for players that rip an entire game apart, not for a cameo here and there, or a strong quarter within an otherwise quiet game which is quite common for Jackson at this stage of his career.

Agree wholeheartedly with this.

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We are not getting two top 5 picks for Jackson. We may get a top 3 pick and some change - if you don’t think that any club would pay that for someone who may become the best player in the game - you are not paying attention. 

Try to enjoy the year but convincing yourself clubs are not going to go after him hard is misguided and weird.

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It's hard to imagine Luke wanting to go to West Coast. They are a rabble. 

And Freo already has an A grade ruckman.

Mark my words* ... he will sign up to the Dees for a 2 year extension. I may have already posted this prediction .. 

 

 

*Soz, should have issued a jerky expression alert

Posted
19 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

we're all missing the point that he's not even their #1 target

this is the second time in a contract year that they've chased tim english

Really? I would've thought any team would trample over Tim English to get Jackson.

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A snippet from this 'Age' article about ruckmen ruck-trade-merry-go-round

"The most significant signature of all is Melbourne’s out-of-contract emerging star Luke Jackson. Melbourne has outlined a compelling three-year succession plan for their premiership forward-ruckman to switch roles with Gawn and become first ruck and tall forward as part of their pitch for him to re-sign.

Originally from Perth, Jackson enjoys living in Melbourne and is attracted to staying but is also weighing up if he wants to return to live in Perth at some point. When is the right time to make a move, and what is best for his football development?"

My take:  he will stay but mulling over whether he signs for a short/medium/long term.

 

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On 5/1/2022 at 8:32 AM, Roger Mellie said:

Really? I would've thought any team would trample over Tim English to get Jackson.

Yeah I would’ve thought so too, but meth coke have twice targeted English when he’s been in contract years

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