DistrACTION Jackson

Have they discussed the machinations of the trades yet? Can't wait to hear Damian Barrett break that down for 7 hours straight.

I'm with you there....

haha wow. If he leaves as well our amazing 2019 draft will be a distant memory.

News of the Queen's death must've hit him hard

I just don't understand why we wouldn't throw our hat in the ring for Taranto instead of Grundy and pick up a cheap ruck/forward option. Can never have enough gun mids and I rate Taranto higher than Hopper.

Tbf we had pretty much no injuries last year. This year we've had Lever, Gawn, Mcdonald, Salem, Petty all miss significant chunks or play through injury. We had nothing like that last year.

Laurie re-signed this year I'm pretty sure. I reckon after another pre-season he will play some games next year. Think he just needs to build up his tank a bit more, but I think he will be a player for us long term.

It is pretty frustrating watch us lose to the same teams (Swans and Pies), who play similar styles, multiple times in identical ways.

Would much rather a bloke like Dunstan going at 100% (after a week off) and crashing in hard than Trac hobbling around trying to play as best he can. We need to have a team full of players that are ready to play at finals intensity and if they aren't it's not worth the risk.

Can confirm May wasn't there thankfully....

I just snuck a couple of arvo pints at the rosstown ;) Saw Jimmy Jordon there with his Mum actually. Very sad for him.

You would think he will be 200+ by the time he starts.

I have de-loaded on beers this week to make sure I'm cherry ripe for Friday night. I think I'll be able to increase my beer intake by about 10-20% as a result.

Having some connections through my brother over there this doesn't surprise me. I really hope he's thinking long and hard about this one as history has shown moving to Freo is a poison chalice.... other than the money you earn. He will instantly be their highest paid player and if he doesn't perform the fans will become feral. Not sure he is ready to take on that type of burden but time will tell.

Just saw that Port may enter the race for Brodie Grundy. If that is the case and Jacko leaves, would we potentially look at Sam Hayes from Port to play with Max as a younger ruck option? He dominates at SANFL level and is only 23.

Maybe that way if someone gets a decent knock they have ample time to recover.

I think it was to give themselves an extra day before the real thing, rather than playing the practice match today.

I think it's game 100 in the QF?

Apparently on SEN before Friday night's game Nathan Jones mentioned that he thinks Jackson may have changed his mind about leaving. Anyone hear this?

Booked 7 tickets today on level 2. Absolutely pumped!

Tbf if that what was said and the Lions want to create a good culture they should suspend him themselves. I reckon if one of our players did that they would get a club sanction.

Well potentially Spargo or Melksham? Can never have too much quality on our list for the right price.

Would be happy if we gave Breust a 2 year contract. He has kicked 40 goals this year in a poor side and is such a smart footballer.

Have never watched it and never will. Tbh I can't watch any AFL media anymore. It is a complete joke and it is all sensationalist BS. At the start of the season we were 'unbeatable', now Geelong are unbeatable and we are worthy of being a bottom 4 side.

We are now in the final week of SuperCoach and I thought I'd give a huge congratulations to our grand finalists, Team MAYhem and Ruffs nuts. Team MAYhem scored 2,424 in the prelim final and Ruffs nuts scored 2,439, so this looks like being a very close grand final! Thanks to everyone who was involved this year. It was an extremely competitive league, with a league ranking of 3,744 out of 15,799 leagues. We also have two members who are in the top 10,000 in Australia - Ruffs nuts in 2,135 and Captain Gawnbeard in 5,412. Good luck to the two finalists and hopefully see everyone join up again in 2023.