DistrACTION Jackson

It’s been carnage the last 2-3 weeks across the AFL… fingers crossed we can get through Sunday unscathed and get into the season with a strong first side!

I’d love to know the numbers now compared to 10-15 years ago. It feels like the additional matches and earlier start the AFL have put on the players is contributing to this..:

Yep that’s the one… we could revamp it a bit but I love that one

100% agree

Oh yeah that was probably the worst ever

I’m more referring to the emblem itself and comparing it to our current club emblem. I like the jersey though as a clash jumper.

With the announcement yesterday that we will be wearing a jersey this year with the 90s/early 2000s demon face, I was keen to get people thoughts on our emblem. Personally that emblem was my all time favourite and I’d love to bring back the demon in some capacity. I find the current club emblem a bit bland. What’s everyone’s thoughts?

I think he’s just using that as an example, it’s not an actual negotiation. He’s more making the point that we rate him extremely highly and we aren’t moving him for a deal that isn’t worth it

100% agree.

I guess the alternative is he could’ve said; we love Kozzy Pickett, he’s contracted and we aren’t trading him…

I think Greeny’s presentation can be a little rough around the edges at times, but I think the premise was fine ‘we aren’t just rolling over on a trade’.

Everyone was crying out for our past president to speak and be vocal in support of the club and its interests. Greeny is doing that so happy about that, given it is his role as president.

Can you share the highlights? Paywall and all that jazz...

I had huge hopes for Kolt this season... unfortunately it has been delayed but hope to see him mid season!

Any timelines yet GW?

I think we have used the academy trading situation better than most sides since it was introduced. The only downside is we were shafted with Mac Andrew! Thankfully the pick we would've used for him got us JVR....so can't complain.

Their youth is essential Daicos and that’s it… they’ve got raps on Ed Allan as well, but realistically they are miles behind other clubs on the youth front. They’ve gone all in on winning a flag now, so if they don’t it will be big failure.

I think the club backed themselves to get back into the top 8, which would probably put us ahead on the trading of the first round pick for 2025. They also may have rated the talent in 2024 much higher, especially for mids. The other consideration, is if we know Kalani White is nominating us and we expect him to be top 15, it means we essentially get a first round pick in 2025 anyway. Couple that with Sinnema, who we also have access to and it could be smart trading by us.

Pass...

Heard that Marcus Bontempelli bloke is alright....

Yep they are in for a world of hurt. Everyone was giving them an ‘A’ for their off season, conveniently ignoring the fact they’ve lost the majority of their best players. It’s a dangerous game cutting a list that deep, considering there’s no guarantee your draft picks make it!

One thing I'm really proud of is our investment in the Alice Springs community and continuing to grow the game there, but also help in the community like when they helped to grass a footy oval and then this example with the basketball court.

If the AFL tick this off it will be a disgrace. Wanting to add a player in their last year of junior footy would be an absolute rort. This comes back to my view that a player should have to be in the academy for at least 2-3 seasons to be eligible as an academy player. North tried this a year and a half ago with Ryley Sanders and the AFL said no, so will be interesting to see what they do this time.

What does this post even mean?

I’ll let you know. Giving it until Saturday and then will send out some invites