The Jackson FIX

I love the bloke and I’m still contemplating getting a BANG BANG BANG tattoo but there are other things to consider (alongside his past accolades) to get a balanced view of whether we listen to offers; a) struggle to finish top 10 in our b&f this year in a year we finished 10th b) documented to have been exhibiting behaviour not in line with our standards for a number of years at a time the club clearly needs to make some form of change c) brought the club to it’s knees at the end of last year because of his behaviour d) seems to be in a better place and there is a chance he can get back to his best but that is by no means guaranteed e) taking up a significant chunk of our salary cap for many years to come Based on all of that, hard to argue 2x 1st rounders is an awful deal not worth listening to.

I’d be more worried if we weren’t listening to reasonable offers.

Depends who’s enquiring

They’ll win this convincingly

The finals paradigm used to be ‘tough, contested footy’, which we aimed to master. This game is quick and the team executing well is on top. Our preferred style of footy out of date in the regular season and now out of date in the offseason.

Feels like other clubs are much better at identifying talented smalls (that impact games) than us. We have Kosi, yes, but he cost us pick 12 and that’s about all we have (I’m not a huge Chandler fan).

Fairly confident the club wouldn’t be seriously considering Membrey.

True story: Trac and Goody crossed paths in the gym this morning. Nervously I asked what the mood/interaction was like and the response from the observer was ‘very warm, familiar and friendly’. Apologies for the mundane update, just doing my bit to lift page count on this thread.

It feels like whenever a club publically states their asking price for an A-grade player, they just don’t budge. Eg. us with LJ, Adelaide with Lever, GWS with Cameron… very hard to sell it back to the members when you set the expectation at 2x 1st rounder and come back with less… Best case scenario for Dees would be finding 2x late first-rounders for the deal.

Diggler

As each day passes I fear we’re more likely to have the camaraderie of a MAFS dinner table than a premiership side

Solved! Does the 2 pages include a cover page? Comfortable in the knowledge now that future premiership success awaits!

An interesting read. Genuinely can’t figure out what they’re all ‘not on the same page’ about though… you hear ‘communication’ thrown around a lot but I’m pretty sure this whole saga hasn’t been caused by a few crossed wires here and there… feels like Trac is looking for something significantly more tangible to occur (like a key figure gone, or a player behavioural committment that is uncomfortable for many of the playing group

Let me know if you find somewhere that will take the bet. Early Norm markets typically pop up mid-season and I think they mightn’t let you multi Norm-into-premier in a future as they are related bets. Like the bet though so let me know if I’m wrong!

Trac signs monster deal promoting magnesium powder on Instagram to cure the associated aches and pains that come with carrying a premiership cup

Nah.

Travis Johnston perfectly credentialed.

My understanding is he is filthy about the pile on ‘brand Petracca’… but he is similarly filthy about the state of the club… Believe he has privately reached out to a few outside player circles he trusts/cares about stating this. This was last night but from the sounds there was a sense he was now in for the fight

I’ve spotted her shopping at Yarraville Coles - if she’s elitist, she’s not doing a great job of it.

Were the players told?

Would remove us from the headlines for a few minutes at least

‘I haven’t spoken to Trac or his family’… well, we have our scapegoat now (if that is what we want).

The club hasn’t yet offered him a contract, nor have they delisted him. I wonder if that is because they’re waiting to see if they can land a key forward (which would send Petty back and result in Tommo being surplus to requirements) or if they’re anticipating a trade with StK, helping them avoid diluting Battle compo

Plenty of example of plays like this that don’t come off in year 1 but they settle and turn out ok.

Do all high tackles/bumps that go to the tribunal get classified as ‘rough conduct’ as Kozzie’s has?