The Jackson FIX

People have already started arriving at Rhys Stanley’s farm for the coaxing bbq. Clarry promoted to tong master this time.

Welcome to the greatest club on the planet little (big) fella.

The irony of a premiership defender saying that about two soon-to-be premiership heroes isn’t lost on me. My favourite King-ism nowadays is when he visits one pre-season training session per team (Victoria only) and then parades around like a professional track-watcher at Flemington

SOLD.

Remember that really small window of time when some desirable players (Lever, Langdon, May) wanted to come to Melbourne? That was a nice time.

Flags are hard to win. Less than 6% of teams win one each year. I think it’s his job to use every available resource at his disposal to try and ‘pinch one’. Sadly there isn’t a risk-free strategy to win a flag, increasingly so for the smaller clubs.

He credits eating grass to his turnaround.

We should get Buckley to recruit Howe back with the promise to play forward in the twilight of his career only to play him down back at Casey

Running high half forward? First I’ve heard that is his ambition.

I reckon you’re 75% of the way there with one conversation with your list boss and recruiter: get me blokes who are elite kicks, handballers and decision makers.

I suppose what I am saying is that my bar for consistency is higher than 3 consecutive weeks. Some better signs, yes, but he has had stretches of a few good games in a row in the past and then disappeared for the next month.

Nas has signed at StK for $2m a season. Surprising. Odds of landing Windhager just tightened (still bloody long though)

his hands and attack on the ball have looked good recently but I find his effort and confidence is all over the shot as a forward.

What does this even mean?

Forgot about those two. Couldn’t take Treloar based on his body being cooked anyway. Top 20 player in the league only very recently though

I am trying to operate more from a world of reality, not fantasy.

I heard from senior execs at MRC a while back (1 year +) that the MRC and trust were all good with MFC coming on board but the dees just had to stump up the cash. “Someone needs to help pay for the new grandstand” was the comment (or along those lines).

Windhager won’t happen if Nasiah goes. Be surprised if it happens if he stays to be honest, feels more like hot air than anything. Khamis looks like he wants out at the Dogs. They are low-balling Treloar too. His body is cooked but he has been an amazing player.

‘Selected before the Grand final’. Start date in April ‘26.

Hopefully our resource-stretched recruiters stop spending so much time on planes to WA and double down on scouting local talent that won’t give us go-home headaches if they turn out to be any good.

The move of a club still haunted by the handling of Junior late in his career

The issue I’m worried about is that our midfield’s poor fit for the modern game became clearer again yesterday, and they’re all on big, long contracts that provide us little trade value. Not a whole heap for a new coach to work with up forward too, sadly. A new coach might/should be looking at that thinking that he hasn’t got many cards to play if he is to get us back into contention immediately, which appears the expectation.

Gawn got a tonne of it but I didn’t think he had any meaningful influence on the game.

Who would’ve done a better job out there today / Jed or May? It’s a rhetorical question but why aren’t we trying new things, new players at this stage we are in. We looked old, slow and effortless to many time today, give the blokes at Casey who are desperate to prove themselves a go! Not sure if that is a question or a rant.

I can’t see JL getting the flick. That would be a weird and harsh decision given they actually aren’t far away From the top of the ladder (like the entire top 9)