The Jackson FIX

His brother is Ash Johnson?

I think we’re running out of things to talk about. Bounce the ball already.

Is this a thread on camaraderie/chemistry or hunger? They’re different things, right? I think camaraderie/chemistry is a really important ingredient in the success of any team and not every team gets it right. I kinda think every team is hungry at the elite level and it is less of a differentiating factor in a professional teams’ success.

We’re committed to bombing it to a contest in the F50 with the intent to either mark it or bring it to ground AND we have a high number of F50 entries every game. Isn’t a stay-at-home forward (who is either strong in the contest OR has a good pair of hands) exactly what we need to be developing? Seems a missed opportunity to me that they’re not using the pre-season to get contest after contest (against the best defence in the league) into him. If he can’t run out games in the early part of his career, you always have the opportunity to sub him off.

What is wrong with Jefferson? Is he injured or just not up to it yet?

McAdam isn’t a small forward

Petty chronic foot issue, McAdam can’t get on the park consistently and Melk not available EQUALS our forward line being as woeful as it was last year… in brighter news my MFCSS is training the house down

The methodology for the ratings is actually very funny: “we docked Joel Smith 50 points”… not 40, not 60, but 50. this is now my 2nd favourite article of the pre-season - just behind “what every AFL coach should be paid” by Kane Corn

Personally think that confidence, form, game plan and luck are all more important/impactful than hunger for us (and all teams in the comp for that matter).

David King has visited 1 training session for Melbourne-based clubs and reckons he has it all worked out.

The ‘special handouts’ co-ordinator at Kardinia Park has their work cut out for them this year.

Haha Monday brain. “Windsor”.

Kane Cornes and Sam Edmund glowing in their reviews of what they saw of Edmund. I don’t know if they have seen more than what we did in the vision but Volcano likened him to Sam Walsh, Edmund to Bailey Smith.

On track to be a superstar for mine. Great season last year.

I have never seen Sam play but isn’t he an 18yo KPF who didn’t get drafted? They take time. 2 or 3 years in our system before they get a game seems to be the norm (assuming they are good enough). Doesn’t seem a wise LTI replacement for mine.

Parking on the grass, right in the middle of Olympic Park Oval also a good option. Advise locking your doors though as the space is often used as an exercise yard for local inmates.

How is Clarry interacting with the players? Is it ‘great to have you back old mate come in for a cuddle!’ or a bit colder? I have been wondering how much the events of the last 12 months have impacted his reputation/relationships within the group.

Given we’ve coughed up leads in 3 out of our last 4 finals (and narrowly lost the other one), I’m going with ‘mental fragility in big moments’ as a key weakness. Really hope we can fix that one.

I would be shocked if Langdon/Hunter aren’t our preferred wings by year end. Partly because Goody is a creature of habit and is shy to make radical change, partly because Langdon and Hunter are the best two wingmen of those 4. I’m guessing Windsor is earmarked for next season (or the following). Billings the possible one to be challenging the incumbents but that’d surprise me as well.

Surely you’d have to have intimate knowledge of his running loads over weeks/months and his body to make that assessment?

I don’t disagree. On record here saying I wished both he & TMac had reached an agreement with the club last year to end rather than progress. Just trying to look for some upside…

The bright side is he is a great bloke to have around 2 young key forwards (important to our future) and now he has a lot more time to focus on helping them instead of worrying about himself

I will never forget…. Possibly because I’ve watched every match 7,000 times.

Ok. Apologies that I was surprised.

I am not allowed to say that I’m surprised he’s managed to get back into training after a tragedy like that?