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Yeah regardless of how real him wanting to come back is he's basically trapped there. Darcy is fully cooked now. No way they trade him for anything. Don't even think they'd be that desperate for Kozzy anymore.

Looking at their line up for tonight I wonder if we'll see him playing as a midfielder.

Seems downright impossible if he hits his triggers though. Contracted till 2031 would make him worth more than Kozzie. Apparently Michael Frederick might be on the out if they lure Kozzie home. I think he'd be worth a look. Super fast, great overhead, and great shot at goal. Think he can be a much better player than he is on the dockers. They don't use him well enough.

Nah a lot played out very publicly in a Facebook comment section that made it clear that he’s definitely got reason for going back here. Look at the pics for his 100th game. Only one family member there. For a guy who moved back for family. Whatever those issues are though apparently he loves Freo enough that he’s willing to overlook them to stay at the club. he has triggers that will take him to 2031 and apparently now his management is trying to get an extra two on top of that. but the issues are very much real and there’s still a lot of time left until the end of the season….

I don't think Warner was ever going to choose Freo over WC. Don't think Freo had the money. But they still would've put all their attention into him meaning Kozzie would've been more unlikely. If Bolton hadn't popped up at the end of last year Kozzie would be in purple already. Only thing stopping them now would be if a bigger fish feigns interest. Realistically if there's any year to trade him it would be this year imo. At least then we get at least two first round picks unaffected by Tassie. Wait a year or two and the value of those picks will just get worse and worse (and let's be real, we're not doing anything in the next two years anyway). They have guys on their list that would be of interest though. Murphy Reid is one who will likely end up in Victoria after his initial contract is up. May as well try and pry him out earlier. There was definitely truth to Jackson wanting to come home but all the latest on that was that they were working on a two year extension with him so that's looking unlikely.

That was as good a job interview as you've ever seen 🤣

Pickets manager is the same as Bolton’s, who also denied that Bolton was requesting a trade up until the very moment Richmond made it official that he had requested a trade. I won’t buy any talk from him.

So he’s contracted to 2029 but likely till 2031 with triggers, and now they want to add another two years on top of that??? His manager has obviously done well conning Freo but if anyone saw that comment section of the Facebook post you’d know there was a real story here and a real pull to get out of WA.

Tbf if we’re going by her social media activity she also has explicitly denied that they have any interest in moving. still a long time till October. Shouldn’t rule out anything

Goooooonnnneee

That’s graphic had every one fooled. He actually said “I am not leaving next year.” And he was right. He didn’t leave the next year.

When they cave to his demands and run out of cap space for Kozzy >>>>>>>>>>>>

Luke recently switched management to Corporate Sports Australia. And if you want to believe the freo supportes on bigfooty then they're the reason so many players have left the club in recent times lol. Apparently almost all of the players that left them over the last few years have been managed by CSA. They know how to get their clients the $$$.

lol now apparently he’s interested in extending his contract with Fremantle?? looks like they’re getting the story all cleaned up on their end before he fronts the media today https://www.afl.com.au/news/1281928/fremantle-ruck-luke-jackson-open-to-extending-his-contract-with-dockers-amid-lure-of-victorian-rivals

Yet they’ve somehow managed to Lock in all the good vic blokes for long term deals. Josh Treacy would’ve been nice to have

I don't think there's any coming back from this now that they've all gone public with it. If Fremantle had convinced him to stay before they definitely won't have now. How ironic would it be if it was that fans post that made Jackson make up his mind. WIthout it I don't think any of his family would've commented publiicly.

Kelsey has also like the quote from Simon Garlick saying that Luke will be a fremantle player for a long time and they don't see any circumstance where that will be a concern. The way that Luke's family are airing their private [censored] so publicly kinda says all you need to know about them to be honest.

Mind you after further digging there is a comment from Kelsey saying "This is ridiculous. We love Perth. We love the club. There isn't a decision to be made. I'm just not going to cop this when someone is speaking out of line."

Yeah looks like he's had a complete falling out with his family. Interesting. I believe he bought the house that they're currently living in too. Also apparently with a lot of his friends. Definitely legit reasons to want to get out of WA.

Anyway have a read through the comments here. Luke backing her up, her confirming the rumours. It is on. https://www.instagram.com/p/DGxrCVMzykI/

To be honest I don't blame them considering the age gap. Hope they keep it up long enough to get him back.

Wasn’t Acres essentially forced out of Saints in the first place for Hill? And then essentially forced out of Freo. They were offering him like 180k guaranteed or something crazy low like that. Brad Hill went west and was back in Melbourne in a couple years though. Hogan and Lobb both ended up back east too.

The full quote. The cynic in me sees this as a cash grab tbh. Has probably seen the offers for TDK and suddenly his 800k a year looks less and less appealing. “Luke Jackson has told teammates at Melbourne he might be keen to get back there, but he's also told Freo that he isn't looking to leave. He's contracted until 2029 and I'd say that any move is unlikely"

Yeah I listened to the full thing and got a lot less excited.

Made the AA squad in his first season at freo. Down form last year after starting really well but apparently spent a lot of time unsettled with whatever was going on + illness. Looks really good this pre season. i think he’s worth more to us than kozzy tbh