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According to today's Herald Sun, Neville Jetta is one of 800+ people who have nominated for the national draft.

I'm curious as to why. Does he expect a club to take him, perhaps in a coaching/playing role?   

 
26 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

According to today's Herald Sun, Neville Jetta is one of 800+ people who have nominated for the national draft.

I'm curious as to why. Does he expect a club to take him, perhaps in a coaching/playing role?   

I'm not sure if it's the same, but I'm pretty sure once you nominate for the draft your nomination lasts for 3 years.

I'm guessing he nominated last year.

Edited by dazzledavey36

Must be missing footy dreadfully!

 
On 11/24/2022 at 2:54 PM, dazzledavey36 said:

I'm not sure if it's the same, but I'm pretty sure once you nominate for the draft your nomination lasts for 3 years.

I'm guessing he nominated last year.

not true, its only a one year nom, no such thing as a 3 year nomination


On 11/24/2022 at 2:49 PM, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

According to today's Herald Sun, Neville Jetta is one of 800+ people who have nominated for the national draft.

I'm curious as to why. Does he expect a club to take him, perhaps in a coaching/playing role?   

Well we’ll need to find someone to replace Hibbo at the end of next year 😄

On 11/24/2022 at 11:54 AM, dazzledavey36 said:

I'm not sure if it's the same, but I'm pretty sure once you nominate for the draft your nomination lasts for 3 years.

I'm guessing he nominated last year.

It definitely use to be the case Dazzler. 

 

You have to nominate for this years draft to be eligible in the following seasons mid year draft. 

If a team had horrible injuries in his position then he might get picked up to fill a hole for a few games.

Why not keep the options open. 

IIRC he was on the Collingwood list as a salary saver for 2022 and I expect this is similar for 2023.

Frees up some of the soft cap


3 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

IIRC he was on the Collingwood list as a salary saver for 2022 and I expect this is similar for 2023.

Frees up some of the soft cap

But he wasn't on Collingwoods list..

He's an assistant coach for the Pies and plays for their VFL team. He doesn't come under any player salary cap.

26 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

But he wasn't on Collingwoods list..

He's an assistant coach for the Pies and plays for their VFL team. He doesn't come under any player salary cap.

Okay but Similar.. he was being at least partly paid from the VFL top up bucket used for players and not from the soft salary cap.

This will be another version... could be wrong but I doubt that he's making a comeback

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2 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Okay but Similar.. he was being at least partly paid from the VFL top up bucket used for players and not from the soft salary cap.

This will be another version

i'm still confused. what has that got to do with nifty going into the draft? that's for listed players.

its just wrong nev is at the pies.. i was hoping this thread was about him coming back home. 

There's usually a high number of retirees that are moved on my their club and a number who feel they still have it. It wouldn't be a shock if someone in his position nominated would it?


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14 hours ago, Rocky said:

its just wrong nev is at the pies.. i was hoping this thread was about him coming back home. 

I know it feels wrong, but it's better for any player who wishes to go into coaching or any post-playing career football role to gain experience at other clubs to improve their skill set. I don't begrudge him taking the opportunity at Collingwood, a club which has recognised a significant deficiency in its relationship with its indigenous players. 

  • 5 months later...

On 360 really impressed at how healthy Jetta is looking, he'd be half a chance at WCE to get a senior game (which eddie joked about). Can't wait for him to come back to the club.

5 hours ago, DEE fence said:

On 360 really impressed at how healthy Jetta is looking, he'd be half a chance at WCE to get a senior game (which eddie joked about). Can't wait for him to come back to the club.

Just posted this on the Meeting Place thread but I'll chuck it over here too

 

Really nice interview with Eddie Betts and Nev Jetta last night.
Nev has worked with Eddie to launch the Eddie Betts foundation - https://eddiebetts.foundation/

Hope Nev ends up back with us at some point in the future. Love the bloke.

For those in Perth (D'landers feel free to tag WA members in case they're interested), he's doing a fundraiser night / Q&A with his cousin Lewis Jetta for a junior footy club soon. Buggered if I could find any details online. 
Would be interesting to hear their stories about finding their way into the AFL.

Exactly the sort of person we’d want at the club, in any capacity.  
I like when players experience different clubs, coaching, administrations and cultures, but I hope he eventually brings all of that back to the Dees.

 

Nev will be back eventually, some guys you can just tell.

He's a heart and soul guy and I would welcome him back to the club in a number of different roles. 


1 minute ago, whatwhat say what said:

is nev still playing for the filth's vfl club?

Yes.

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2 hours ago, Brownie said:

Just posted this on the Meeting Place thread but I'll chuck it over here too

 

Really nice interview with Eddie Betts and Nev Jetta last night.
Nev has worked with Eddie to launch the Eddie Betts foundation - https://eddiebetts.foundation/

Hope Nev ends up back with us at some point in the future. Love the bloke.

For those in Perth (D'landers feel free to tag WA members in case they're interested), he's doing a fundraiser night / Q&A with his cousin Lewis Jetta for a junior footy club soon. Buggered if I could find any details online. 
Would be interesting to hear their stories about finding their way into the AFL.

The Eddie Betts Foundation is also written up in The Age today. It includes this paragraph: "The foundation will be led by Betts with close involvement from former Melbourne Demons defender Neville Jetta, a Noongar man. Jetta is also a development coach with the Collingwood Magpies, playing alongside the ladder-leading club’s younger Indigenous players in the VFL as an onfield mentor."

Congratulations to both Eddie and Neville. Both continuing to show they were not just great footballers but also outstanding people.

 

Just wanted to say what a joy it used to be watching him play. A fearless defender with elite foot skills.

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