Adam The God
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- Trade and Free Agency rumours
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Trade and Free Agency rumours
You might have been brought in a time when housing was affordable on a single income. We've now had 31 years of underemployment in Australia (ie Australians needing more than one job to keep up) and a housing boom since the late 80s that has locked out two and a half generations from the housing market. The world isn't as simple as you or your mother portray it. In the words of The Waterboy, "well, mumma's wrong again!"
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Farewell Luke Jackson
They're definitely putting LJ in a difficult position by pissing everyone off.
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Farewell Luke Jackson
Well, to be fair to Brisbane, they did offer a first rounder and the Bulldogs knocked it back.
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Farewell Luke Jackson
I think Bell is a bit of a control freak just quietly. He's not list manager, Robert Walls' son David is, but in the lead up to the trade period, Bell is the only FD member quoted on a list management update on the Freo website. https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/1221877/list-management-update
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Farewell Luke Jackson
He's general manager, so he's head of footy, is my understanding.
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Farewell Luke Jackson
You're an intriguing new poster.
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Farewell Luke Jackson
Down or up, I would have thought down 10 fold, and what book are you writing?
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Farewell Luke Jackson
I think we'll happily take a top 10 pick and move on, but anything less than that is robbery.
- Trade and Free Agency rumours
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Farewell Luke Jackson
We also don't know whether something might pop up suddenly after the Jackson trade has been completed. The way Fremantle operate though, this'll probably go down to the wire and there won't be any time post Jackson trade to utilise what we get in any other way.
- Trade and Free Agency rumours
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Farewell Luke Jackson
How do you know that?
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
Nah, he was still predictably behind the ball last year and yet our pressure was up, so they'd kick it to him anyway. One of my good mates' cousin is a Hawthorn backman. He said to his team mates, "at least I didn't kick it to Gawn like the rest of you!"
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Farewell Luke Jackson
This is why I'd be [censored] off if I was him. I'd be saying to Freo, just get the [censored] thing done.
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Farewell Luke Jackson
I wouldn't put it past Freo to suddenly put a good player up for trade that doesn't want to go. I legitimately don't know how you can target a player like LJ and not be able to get the deal done quickly. It shows a complete detachment from reality/naivety.
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
That's interesting. Thanks. To my eye he was nowhere near as dominant t this year in the air than previous years. My feeling is we actually manufactured far more opportunities for him to blow his 2021 averages out of the water in 2022, and due to the opposition scragging him and his own soreness, he seemed to drop a hell of a lot of marks he should have taken and was in a position to take this year. I think it's likely with Grundy's inclusion, Max takes more like 5 a game. Be intriguing to see.
- Farewell Toby Bedford
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
Agreed. Hence the Grundy acquisition.
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
The best contested mark in the league as well.
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
Just quietly, I think we might be bringing him to play the lead role, with Max playing the supporting role.
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
Did I say anything stupid? Probably.
- Farewell Toby Bedford
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Farewell Luke Jackson
Nah, would prefer hot, thanks.
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
So the guy who didn't even make a GF knows more than the guy who coached a flag in 2021?