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Just saw an interview with his manager Trac's younger brother Julian Petracca - boy he looks like Trac, sounds like Trac

I just wonder if that connection helps at all. Assume it couldn't hurt if young Ash was to look elsewhere.

Sounds like they are looking for a longer-term commitment.  

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dazzledavey36
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I've been big on this for a while AJ. Seen so many talented bush league footballers running around who have either slipped through the under 18's system and been lost to the wilderness or clubs a

Sydee
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OOC in 2024 and apparently a few clubs interested in him. I hope we are one of them - really agile, great leap, excellent set of hands and a decent kick. Every game I've seen him play been i

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Absolutely great post, I honestly believe the draft age needs to be lifted, so many players committing themselves to Yr11/12 study and just playing school or community footy and not committing to the

Gawndy the Great Trident

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5 minutes ago, Sydee said:

Just saw an interview with his manager Trac's younger brother Julian Petracca - boy he looks like Trac, sounds like Trac

I just wonder if that connection helps at all. Assume it couldn't hurt if young Ash was to look elsewhere.

Sounds like they are looking for a longer-term commitment.  

No way Pies let him go. 

Sydee Redleg

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11 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

No way Pies let him go. 

Yes, I felt exactly the same way about that bloke Luke Jackson - ultimately the players decide. 

Wells 11 Redleg

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49 minutes ago, Sydee said:

Yes, I felt exactly the same way about that bloke Luke Jackson - ultimately the players decide. 

But exactly why would ash johnson wanna leave the pies right now…on the threshold of a golden era? 

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10 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

But exactly why would ash johnson wanna leave the pies right now…on the threshold of a golden era? 

Exact same question could have been asked of Jackson wanting to leave Melbourne last year.

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DubDee Legend

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Has kicked 11.9 from 9 games for the best team in the comp

What does he offer aside from goal kicking?

Not sure he is our need.  We need a big unit/key fwd

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On 4/20/2023 at 12:00 PM, dazzledavey36 said:

Still have PTSD when he gave Petty a bath last year and kicked 4.

Everytime I have watched him play he seems to play well. He did come dead last in their time trial over thr off season but his talent and scope for improvement is high.

I'm a fan.

I think he is a really good footballer. It seems that many posters get a little impatient in relation to the development of players. Guns like Oliver & Petracca do not come along often and I cannot imagine Collingwood letting Johnson go and how are we going to match the $$$$ because Oliver/Petracca May etc are not coming cheap.

Sydee Redleg

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1 hour ago, DubDee said:

Has kicked 11.9 from 9 games for the best team in the comp

What does he offer aside from goal kicking?

Not sure he is our need.  We need a big unit/key fwd

Better contested mark than any of our forwards IMO 

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2 hours ago, Wodjathefirst said:

Exact same question could have been asked of Jackson wanting to leave Melbourne last year.

Bit different leaving one Vic club for another isn't the same as Jackson leaving to go home on Silly wages :/

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Good young player, in a good team. Not sure we need him (if we're shopping for forwards) but I wouldn't say no either.  

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16 minutes ago, DemonWA said:

Good young player, in a good team. Not sure we need him (if we're shopping for forwards) but I wouldn't say no either.  

Not sure we need him??

Serious?

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13 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Not sure we need him??

Serious?

Yes. In that I feel like replacing the KPF stocks is a bigger need than a mid sized utility. 

But over all its the delivery inside f50 which is as much of a problem for us as the aging personel. Ash Johnson would probably have struggled in our F50 over the last few weeks. 

 

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4 minutes ago, DemonWA said:

Ash Johnson would probably have struggled in our F50 over the last few weeks. 

 

Remembering our game plan (at present) isn’t to isolate talls, it is to create contests and bring the ball to ground. Not a particularly attractive proposition for ‘talented’ key talls.
 

We’ll struggle to attract experienced KPF talent, regardless of our recent form. 

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