DistrACTION Jackson

They have Jack Williams as well who is 198cm. I'm guessing we will start with May on Waterman, McDonald on Reid and Turner on Williams. Petty will have to second ruck, unless we really change it up and chuck a Melksham in there which is unlikely.

That's awesome and great that Kozzy's father designed it!

I see Liam Ryan is open to a move with a year early.... I think he and Kozzy are fairly close so could be one to watch.

Oh god... hopefully nothing too serious... He was in training photos from earlier in the week, so must be something that's just come up.

Draft capital is fine. We have future picks from 2026 & 2027 we can trade if we get a key player like Morris on board. Becoming an attractive destination is the hard thing for us.... which is why winning for games in the back half of the year and playing exciting football is very important.

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Did seem Eddie and Paul know each other fairly well though....

He's definitely said multiple times in interviews he won't comment on Caulfield as he isn't fully across it yet. Fair enough given he has only been appointed this week and technically doesn't start until later this year. That is the reason Pert has been kept on as a consultant for the Caulfield project to ensure the process is progressing.

Gee that's a concern given it was only re-done a few years ago!

In his very first interview on the website Paul mentions the World Commerce Conference in September and that he plans to continue to be involved with this. Based on that interview it seems fairly clear the board would've been aware of it no?

I am aware of that, doesn't make it messy though. We would've been well aware of his timelines for resigning from his current role. He's an existing CEO at an organisation outside of the AFL, they would likely have clauses of up to 6 months for notice of resignation. Bit different if he was an existing AFL club CEO, as they would then often be put on 'gardening' leave so as not to have a conflict of interest.

It's a figure of speech, whether they should've used those words who knows. It's not messy at all. I really don't understand posters concerns with any of this tbh.

I took it that the interviewer misunderstood the situation rather than giving a drive by.

To everyone questioning the start date, I think it should be seen as a positive. Do we want to be employing a CEO who can just jump straight into this type of role? That would mean he is either currently unemployed, or is in a lower role and doesn't have a long exit time required. I imagine with his current employment contract as CEO there is an extended timeframe that he must give when resigning from his CEO position. This is fairly standard for that type of role, given it is highly specialised and important to an organisation, so as to give them time to plan for his exit.

Mathematics was obviously not taught in journo school RL....

He got one last week.

A lot of posters were sick of the Old Melbourne boys club.... well we've well and truly gone away from that. Could be a really good move to get someone who has operated outside of the football world so to speak. He may be able to bring some fresh new ideas and business connections, which is more important for the CEO role than knowing how to play football.

I watched the whole VFL game on the weekend and I thought he looked very solid as a key defender. There's definitely something to work with. Atm Jed Adams is ahead of him, but that is expected given he's a bit older and hasn't had the same health issues recently.

I haven't received a call yet.... imagine it's coming though.

He brought incredible energy early and set the tone. He is going to be a 'glue' guy who brings it all together. Made a huge difference without having many touches.

God I love Langford... He is so smooth and deadly on that left. Once he believes he belongs he will just rip games apart.

I think Fritsch has been much better the last two weeks and at least kicked 2 goals against the Bombers. Given we need as many people kicking goals as we can I'd be leaving him in. Personally I'd like to see a starting forward line this week of: HF: Pickett Jefferson Langford F: Fritsch Fullarton Melksham Int: Spargo I'd also like to see Tholstrup replace Spargo, but he probably needs a week in the magoos.

Atm JVR is not ahead on form and neither is AJ. Jeffo was solid in his first game and I'm keen for him to play a good 5-6 week block at a minimum. Turner I feel like could be better off going back again and playing the Lever role. The thing he offers which none of the others do is he is 200cm and has that extra reach.

He's not the answer, but if we want to be a serious football club we need to be rewarding form at selection rather than playing favourites every week.

Agree with this. He's also been outside the AFL industry for a while, so probably has different perspectives he can bring.