The Jackson FIX

Not sure our midfield would know how to kick to a player on the lead.

He is great value in the market without Neale (about $3). Menegola is the other one to watch tonight - I think he’ll lead Geel and is a smoky at huge odds.

Also, have heard rumours that he has been ‘requested to stay in QLD’ for the vote. No confidence in the rumour but I’ll take any excitement I can get at the moment.

Perhaps I’ve missed it but surprised there hasn’t been much chat about Trac’s Brownlow chances. Hasn’t polled well historically but he just stood out this year. Wouldn’t surprise me if he is in it up to his neck

We seem to be perennially chasing trends and always ending up worse for wear. I am not looking forward to the day Clarko (or some other coach better than ours) or the AFL change the way the game is played and the wingman we finally landed is no longer relevant in the modern game and we’re stuck with his 4 yr contract

2020’s version of Sharrod Wellingham - Collingwood had fun playing with their present for a while but when they realised it wasn’t that much fun they dished it off to the desperate kid down the road

He isn’t going to Geelong. Wild throw at the stumps from Kardinia

I saw G. Pert doing a private inspection of a newly renovated home base in Arden St that might be coming on the market shortly.

Have also heard this from a reliable source. Very sad story.

Wait wha? WE need a net gain of KPFs this trade period (or worst case scenario net flat with 1 elite small forward coming in).

Am hearing his Mad Monday antics on the GC might hasten a possible exit from the doggies. The extent of what a few of them got up to (Bailey Smith, Hunter, Daniel amongst them) ranges from outrageous to mildly expected but given Hunter’s already rocky relationship with the Dogs you would think trade talk will ramp up.

Goodwin and the club consciously got rid of him and it wasn’t just because he wanted to go home. Not going to happen.

Do you mean Jack Trengove?

Seemed to leave Jordan Gysberts pretty quickly... and Jack Grimes... and Cale Morton... amongst others.

This rumour is whipping Carlton nuffies into a frenzy. A popular theory - as relayed to me by my own Carlton nuffy mate - is they’ll flip pick 7 into 2x late first round picks (with WB), swapping one for Saad and one for Oliver. I suggested that appeared a bit unfair and they should ask for Petracca as steak knives.

If there is any truth to this, let’s hope it is our ‘Dusty tours GWS’ moment.

Just maybe, in a gesture of reparation for the infamous ‘Howe robbery’ they take a direct trade for OMac? Just maybe?

Don’t agree with those who claim he has fallen/is falling off a perch. His consistency has been amazing. Their 2nd or 3rd best defender on form in the back half of the year. I wouldn’t get him because it risks upsetting a building dynamic in our back line but form isn’t the reason I wouldn’t recruit him for a year.

Best year injury-wise for as long as I can remember. Very few soft-tissue injuries too, which is quite the feat given the compact fixture. Hard to argue the correlation with his arrival and there’d be a strong argument for the causation

I just read that as last day of the hub and they are saying bye to a kid they saw every day for months.

What hasn’t helped is some of our more experienced guys have dropped off a perch quicker than we’d have liked (Nev, Jones) and the ‘prime’ of some of our maturing players didn’t last as long as you would have hoped (TMac, Melk, Hibberd)

The other thing to consider is the quality of our batch just above that age bracket. ‘22’ is just an arbitrary number really... I think the list is in a pretty healthy spot, they just need to fill in the gaps within the next couple of years and that is more likely to be with more experienced players as they’d be expecting to be challenging for a flag in May & Gawn’s time.

I think we had 3 of 18 rising star nominations to be fair... or maybe it was 2... cant recall if Rivers got the nod but he was thereabouts if he didn’t get it officially

I have an uneasy feeling that Goody thinks that Hooker IN / TMac OUT will solve our forward line issues. Personally I think a goal-kicking small is a bigger need and I think Pickett’s future is further up the ground. The more we focus on finding the mythical ‘quality mature tall’ the less we’re doing to get a Papley or Liam Ryan type in the door (nb I’m not suggesting I know how we get that type in the door just suggesting that solving for that is where our energy should be).

We have a reputation for being ‘gettable’ when we’re in the lead and these two blokes aren’t switched on at 3/4 time. I don’t care what they were doing, I care more about the fact they are anything-but focused on the task ahead of them for the next 20mins. Interesting off-season for Max - he needs to figure out how to remain popular but implement an environment where absolute focus on all areas of success is guaranteed. I would say ‘interesting offseason for Goody’ but I don’t think he has any hope of meaningfully changing much in that place anymore.