57 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

He was also very keen to stay at the Dees

Houston also said he’s going nowhere

So I guess we'll be dealing with this many more times throughout the year...

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1320541/contract-calls-loom-for-stars-don-keen-to-play-on-wafl-forward-on-msd-radar

40 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Freo will be praying he doesn’t speak to reporters

He makes Clarry sound like Stephen Fry

This makes me question what a woman 10yrs older is seeing in him. He seems nice but not the brightest

1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

The AFL media is so fickle & changes stories so fast I’m now going to add ‘purple monkey dishwasher’ to every headline 😂

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5 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

He was also very keen to stay at the Dees

Houston also said he’s going nowhere

Agreed

FWIW Rhino is a good journo, so I don’t doubt he’s genuinely reporting what he’s heard from his sources

But you’d be naive to think this is anything but an attempt to appease the club and kick the can down the road

Houston said he wasn’t leaving and we know how that ended up… where there’s smoke there’s fire

21 hours ago, mmwd6 said:

I'm not happy about it cos it means we'll lose Kozzy for nothing and get Jackson back for him who we don't really need considering Max is still the best in the comp.

Just how many years do you think are left in Max??… I give him one or two (tops) as his body is starting to show the strain of pretty much carrying the entire team for so long. We are going to need a new number 1 ruck, and that sure as hell will not come from the next draft.

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Clarry and our future 1st for Dogga

Must keep Kossie. Must keep Kossie. Must keep Kossie. Must keep Kossie. Must keep Kossie. Must keep Kossie. Must keep Kossie. Must keep Kossie. Must keep Kossie...

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If he goes there will be trouble.

But if he stays there will be double.

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25 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

He was also very keen to stay at the Dees

Houston also said he’s going nowhere

Also Tom Barass.

Rinse and repeat

Dogga has 15 weeks left, plus any finals Freo make. He doesn't want to be booed for 15 weeks. That's all this is. We'll see you soon, LJ.

21 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

He was also very keen to stay at the Dees

Houston also said he’s going nowhere

It's May so of course they have to tow the line for now to kill the trade talk.

In my opinion I think this is a huge watch this space.

Unfortunately, with the lack of a first round pick this year, the only way I see this getting done is through the loss of one of Pickett/Oliver/Petracca.

Hopefully our trading team have a few creative solutions in mind that don't involve the loss of any of the above.

28 minutes ago, deegirl said:

This makes me question what a woman 10yrs older is seeing in him. He seems nice but not the brightest

The AFL media is so fickle & changes stories so fast I’m now going to add ‘purple monkey dishwasher’ to every headline 😂

I think that his manager just pouring as much cold water as possible so it doesn't become a huge talking point throughout the season.

I can see this becoming a huge distraction on Jackson on field.

Worth noting that Ryan Daniels is famously a Freo propaganda journalist. He says whatever the club tells him to say. His words mean very little in the scheme of things.

Just now, Demon Jack said:

Unfortunately, with the lack of a first round pick this year, the only way I see this getting done is through the loss of one of Pickett/Oliver/Petracca.

Hopefully our trading team have a few creative solutions in mind that don't involve the loss of any of the above.

Might have to add Fritsch to that list.

27 minutes ago, demoncat said:

Agreed

FWIW Rhino is a good journo, so I don’t doubt he’s genuinely reporting what he’s heard from his sources

But you’d be naive to think this is anything but an attempt to appease the club and kick the can down the road

Houston said he wasn’t leaving and we know how that ended up… where there’s smoke there’s fire

yep its the sort of thing you'd say once you have told the club you want to leave. It does mainly two things: 1) stops the speculation and constant distractions 2) tries to level the trade negotiations as a player wanting out is seen as a weaker hand.

8 hours ago, greenwaves said:

Rucks are becoming less important in the modern game. Many coaches don't care too much about the ruck, they're happy to break even. I don't read replies or reactions

Absolutely complete bollocks.

The last club that could remotely be said about is the tigers back in 2017 and the blues sround the same time.

Terrority is just too critical to not worry about the ruck.

4 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

Unfortunately, with the lack of a first round pick this year, the only way I see this getting done is through the loss of one of Pickett/Oliver/Petracca.

Hopefully our trading team have a few creative solutions in mind that don't involve the loss of any of the above.

Why? Don’t we have future picks to play with?

PR 101 for LJ

He can’t play the whole season with people thinking he will leave

Refute the claims Houston style

But I reckon he’ll be with us next year

Just now, Rednblueriseing said:

We need to work out away of keeping kossi, and getting Jackson back, offering 2 future first plus a fringe player( maybe Mcvee ) would be the perfect outcome.

5 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Might have to add Fritsch to that list.

1 minute ago, DubDee said:

PR 101 for LJ

He can’t play the whole season with people thinking he will leave

Refute the claims Houston style

But I reckon he’ll be with us next year

This will be a massive get along as keep Kossie

4 minutes ago, binman said:

Absolutely complete bollocks.

The last club that could remotely be said about is the tigers back in 2017 and the blues sround the same time.

Terrority is just too critical to not worry about the ruck.

I'm starting to come around to this way of thinking. I've long been anti-ruck, but I think you're spot on.

Unless of course you bring +2 or 3 to the stoppage to out number.

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30 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Just how many years do you think are left in Max??… I give him one or two (tops) as his body is starting to show the strain of pretty much carrying the entire team for so long. We are going to need a new number 1 ruck, and that sure as hell will not come from the next draft.

Todd Goldstein is playing for Essendon.Not bad for an old fella.

13 minutes ago, binman said:

Absolutely complete bollocks.

The last club that could remotely be said about is the tigers back in 2017 and the blues sround the same time.

Terrority is just too critical to not worry about the ruck.

Overall I think rucks are overrated and the last three premiers have all had below average rucks in the grand final. Not saying the clubs didn’t worry about rucks though

But I think rucks like LJ and TDK are incredibly important in the modern game. They are probably two of the most important players at their clubs and I would love either of them at Melbourne.

54 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Just how many years do you think are left in Max??

max 2 or 3

viney 3 or 4

may 1

lever 2

tmac 3 or 2

melk 1

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Where there’s smoke, there’s salmon.