This thread will end soon if what Gerard Healy said on SEN is true. He said that he will not be surprised if LJ re-signs. He heard  this from inside the club. 

1 hour ago, djr said:

This thread will end soon if what Gerard Healy said on SEN is true. He said that he will not be surprised if LJ re-signs. He heard  this from inside the club. 

Well that work experience kid in membership has good info.

It'll be interesting if LJ stays. I wonder, could we play LJ, Max and Grundy? Play LJ as a midfielder..

WA SEN commentator Paul(?) Haselby said on radio today that he feels Freo may be getting cold feet on the idea of investing so much money into recruiting LJ because of his very average year. It’s a huge risk for them and it would impinge significantly on their efforts to recruit or retain other important players.

5 minutes ago, A F said:

It'll be interesting if LJ stays. I wonder, could we play LJ, Max and Grundy? Play LJ as a midfielder..

Absolutely, positively and unquestionably no. 

2 minutes ago, joeboy said:

WA SEN commentator Paul(?) Haselby said on radio today that he feels Freo may be getting cold feet on the idea of investing so much money into recruiting LJ because of his very average year. It’s a huge risk for them and it would impinge significantly on their efforts to recruit or retain other important players.

Sounds unlikely 

10 minutes ago, joeboy said:

WA SEN commentator Paul(?) Haselby said on radio today that he feels Freo may be getting cold feet on the idea of investing so much money into recruiting LJ because of his very average year. It’s a huge risk for them and it would impinge significantly on their efforts to recruit or retain other important players.

Is that a way of saving face if LJ has decided to stay at the Dees.

Edited September 6, 20223 yr by Lucifers Hero

1 minute ago, adonski said:

Sounds unlikely 

Which part sounds unlikely?

Do you have a new avatar ready?

12 minutes ago, A F said:

It'll be interesting if LJ stays. I wonder, could we play LJ, Max and Grundy? Play LJ as a midfielder..

If LJ stays the offer to Grundy would disappear IMO. The Pies desperately need Grundys salary off their list, he could end up somewhere else. All this is depending on these reporters actually being right. Hmm my gut feel is they are guessing at best. 

18 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Which part sounds unlikely?

Do you have a new avatar ready?

I have several thousand avatars lined up, FYI

Just sceptical that a club would offer a 5? 6? 7? year multi million dollar deal to the player then get cold feet after 6 crap weeks  

25 minutes ago, joeboy said:

WA SEN commentator Paul(?) Haselby said on radio today that he feels Freo may be getting cold feet on the idea of investing so much money into recruiting LJ because of his very average year. It’s a huge risk for them and it would impinge significantly on their efforts to recruit or retain other important players.

You know it's possible that LJ has said no to Freo, so Haselby, a former Freo man, plays some media games to downplay LJ.

5 minutes ago, adonski said:

I have several thousand avatars lined up, FYI

Just sceptical that a club would offer a 5? 6? 7? year multi million dollar deal to the player then get cold feet after 6 crap weeks  

I agree.  It would be like leading him on then pulling the pin.  Their cred would be shot if ithey got 'cold feet' at the last minute.  Which is what makes me think that Freo 'changing their mind' is to do with Jackson not Freo.

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This thread is hilarious - he’s going , he’s gone, Grundy in , Grundy out , Freo hot , Freo cold 

And all the time still not a single word from the man himself - he’d be rolling around in stitches reading this 

9 minutes ago, Sydee said:

This thread is hilarious - he’s going , he’s gone, Grundy in , Grundy out , Freo hot , Freo cold 

And all the time still not a single word from the man himself - he’d be rolling around in stitches reading this 

It's a fan sight, what do you expect no comment until a decision is announced? Fans on a fans site discuss things is that a surprise? 

Their feet were ice cold re Hogan too!

15 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

I agree.  It would be like leading him on then pulling the pin.  Their cred would be shot if ithey got 'cold feet' at the last minute.  Which is what makes me think that Freo 'changing their mind' is to do with Jackson not Freo.

If I was in Freo's shoes, I wouldn't have any issue with pulling the pin. Freo have probably been courting Jackson for 12 months, and probably put a serious offer to him 6 months ago. In the ensuing 6 months, Jackson's form hasn't warranted the sort of money that Freo had allegedly offered. Plus Freo's own unexpected rise may have them having 2nd thoughts. They may think that retaining Acres and using their draft capital and salary cap elsewhere is more prudent.

 

3 minutes ago, adonski said:

Their feet were ice cold re Hogan too!

Yep, Bell said they were stopping their due diligence. Pretty sure the trade went through 2 days later

3 minutes ago, mo64 said:

If I was in Freo's shoes, I wouldn't have any issue with pulling the pin. Freo have probably been courting Jackson for 12 months, and probably put a serious offer to him 6 months ago. In the ensuing 6 months, Jackson's form hasn't warranted the sort of money that Freo had allegedly offered. Plus Freo's own unexpected rise may have them having 2nd thoughts. They may think that retaining Acres and using their draft capital and salary cap elsewhere is more prudent.

 

If they pulled the pin on Jackson having offered a significant deal then they lose all cred and no player manager or player would consider them in future. 

19 minutes ago, old dee said:

It's a fan sight, what do you expect no comment until a decision is announced? Fans on a fans site discuss things is that a surprise? 

What ? Am I not allowed to find it funny 

Take a chill pill 

Please note: I heard all this directly from the mouth of Max Gawn's accountant's hairdresser's dog. In a dream.

Luke Jackson to accept a highly unusual 1 year top-up deal, with complex arrangements for a second and even third season but also capacity for an amicable future move.

Fremantle can't get the trade value required and Jackson won't leave if Melbourne will be stiffed. He is also perfectly capable of committing his enthusiastic best to the moment he is in, not some uncertain future. He's a good kid that way.

As a result, club is losing interest in Grundy and focusing on moving into the mid-first round of the draft to secure dynamic forward/ruck Isaac Keeler, who they believe they can maximise under the influence of Gawn & Jackson.

Also talk of giving up a 2023 first round pick (again with the future pick trading!) in order to acquire a specialist contested marking target for the forward line. Not necessarily a gun, but someone who attacks an incoming high ball consistently.

Dunstan may be doing  Preuss and moving on to a more secure opportunity, with full blessing from the club. Gold Coast continues to court James Harmes. Club is okay with him leaving as they have a lot of confidence in the future of both James Jordon and Bailey Laurie, while Gold Coast has a big surplus of early second-round picks so a deal would be easy to make.

24 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

Please note: I heard all this directly from the mouth of Max Gawn's accountant's hairdresser's dog. In a dream.

Luke Jackson to accept a highly unusual 1 year top-up deal, with complex arrangements for a second and even third season but also capacity for an amicable future move.

Fremantle can't get the trade value required and Jackson won't leave if Melbourne will be stiffed. He is also perfectly capable of committing his enthusiastic best to the moment he is in, not some uncertain future. He's a good kid that way.

As a result, club is losing interest in Grundy and focusing on moving into the mid-first round of the draft to secure dynamic forward/ruck Isaac Keeler, who they believe they can maximise under the influence of Gawn & Jackson.

Also talk of giving up a 2023 first round pick (again with the future pick trading!) in order to acquire a specialist contested marking target for the forward line. Not necessarily a gun, but someone who attacks an incoming high ball consistently.

Dunstan may be doing  Preuss and moving on to a more secure opportunity, with full blessing from the club. Gold Coast continues to court James Harmes. Club is okay with him leaving as they have a lot of confidence in the future of both James Jordon and Bailey Laurie, while Gold Coast has a big surplus of early second-round picks so a deal would be easy to make.

Your source is still more credible than GNF.

I'd be sad to see Harmes leave. Seems like a great clubman.

2 hours ago, joeboy said:

WA SEN commentator Paul(?) Haselby said on radio today that he feels Freo may be getting cold feet on the idea of investing so much money into recruiting LJ because of his very average year. It’s a huge risk for them and it would impinge significantly on their efforts to recruit or retain other important players.

No way would they backtrack if they've put an offer out and got an in principle agreement. Would make their name mud with player agents.

2 hours ago, joeboy said:

WA SEN commentator Paul(?) Haselby said on radio today that he feels Freo may be getting cold feet on the idea of investing so much money into recruiting LJ because of his very average year. It’s a huge risk for them and it would impinge significantly on their efforts to recruit or retain other important players.

Finals are the big stage and right now LJ was very ordinary. How does FREO justify big dollars to the rest of a very well performing team after watching the QF on Friday. I'd be cooling on him too. . He'll be great but maybe now not a unicorn.

Last Friday, IMO, Steven May spelled the end of Buddy's career or attaractiveness to others.  Last year Bailey Fritsch wrote the end of Easton Woods career.

2 hinys now that he may be staying put.

3 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

Finals are the big stage and right now LJ was very ordinary. How does FREO justify big dollars to the rest of a very well performing team after watching the QF on Friday. I'd be cooling on him too. . He'll be great but maybe now not a unicorn.

Last Friday, IMO, Steven May spelled the end of Buddy's career or attaractiveness to others.  Last year Bailey Fritsch wrote the end of Easton Woods career.

2 hinys now that he may be staying put.

Easy to forget LJ put together one of the most significant patches of football in the history of the club to turn the 2021 grand final. the reasons to target Jackson from Freo's perspective are as obvious as the reasons we're so desperate to keep him. 

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5 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

Finals are the big stage and right now LJ was very ordinary. How does FREO justify big dollars to the rest of a very well performing team after watching the QF on Friday. I'd be cooling on him too. . He'll be great but maybe now not a unicorn.

Last Friday, IMO, Steven May spelled the end of Buddy's career or attaractiveness to others.  Last year Bailey Fritsch wrote the end of Easton Woods career.

2 hinys now that he may be staying put.

He's 20. Will only keep improving. Won't hit his peak for 5 years. This downplaying of his ability is ridiculous.