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True. With Jackson they would certainly be fr some years to come. But can they trade for him? or pay him what he’s after? We couldn’t get the Cerra deal done I can’t see how they would be able to do this one either. Unless Im missing something?

Any trade on LJ will be a big loss really. However if that trade helped keep Gus and Oliver then I suppose that needs to be considered as part of things as well, however sad I felt about it. But we would then head into 2023 then needing both a ruck and a key forward, with our season at massive risk to a Gawn injury. My own gut feeling is that he leaves...but that as he matures he lives to regret it. Genuine flag windows like the one we're in dont come along that often ...and for some players not at all. He's cutting off maybe 3 more years of playing in that possibility. Its not that I wouldnt wish him well....and I could rewatch the end of the 3rd to remind me , but I would be hoping he doesn't get to play in another premiership.

Looks like season done, but one thing we can know is that if there’s ANY kind of chance at all he’ll be pushing hard fr it. There’s a possible 2nd flag as the carrot. I doubt he’ll be giving up right now.

so it’s a 9 yr deal?? 😉

I agree. Or at least 5. 4 weeks was the absolute minimum for what was a deliberate, high, late, shoulder to the head . A hit which also lead to a pretty severe concussion.

Maybe because he’s being keeping it very private?

I reckon Jacks been living the shadow of CP and Oliver fr a while. Having the captaincy back fr a few weeks might just have been what he needed. Critical to flag hopes.

Agree with all you’ve said except I think he will leave.

we’re going to get slaughtered. I’d almost forgotten what this feeling was like.

finals altogether are in danger .

we’ve got such a difficult run home.Think we all Gotta get real about the 2022 dees. we’ve beaten no one , have no fitness edge anymore ( what happened?) , no forward line and deep injuries. I hate to say it, but finals are no certainty. we’re scrambling from here.

In full agreement. ☝️

Turner and Weid both named which is interesting. dropping Hunt with Ginnivan and Elliot as there smalls is also interesting.,

Well....that worked out more than ok in the 64 grand final :-) But times have moved on I confess.

Club in its first mini crises for quite a while. Tmac down, Bartlett headlines, 2 losses in a row, May gets club suspension. If they lose on Monday this goes from being a mini crises to a full blown one. Club officially now in a stress test…that could get much worse. let’s see what they’ve got.

I don’t understand why Tmac was training on that last week? Given out abysmal history with foot injuries why weren’t we being somewhat precautionary? I’m seeing players like Petty, BBrown and Trac played when it’s clear they’re not right. I’m concerned we’re being overly cavalier with injuries atm and starting to pay the price.

This is our window. It’s here and now for the dees. We need a mature forward. The only thing stopping us from winning another flag or 2 or 3 over the next 3-4 years is a power forward. We can’t start next year with Brown, Brown, Weid and Tmac and expect it will all work out.

If the rumours re Tmac are true then imo Daw must at least come into the equation. Weid and M Brown have no physical precense and that isn’t about to just appear in their game. Both are really just third talls and that’s it. Asking them to play a different role doesn’t make them capable of it. B Brown is in the worst form since he arrived at the club, perhaps of his career and imo must be carrying an injury. On the rare rare occasion he gets it he now can’t kick anymore either ! We’re going to have to reinvent the fwd line and no one seems quite right. JVR? Daw? Weid as a key forward? Personally I see big flashing red lights for the dees. This issue isn’t going away.

or what? tmac isn’t coming bk this season apparantly… so weid is next. imagine going in with a weid and mitch brown. dees are in trouble now.

just saw that too. Geez i hope not. seems a long way down to go planting brown or weid in his shoes.

Gary was one of my idols bk then.

I’d forgotten how bad a loss feels and how many questions it brings! On the positive, while we got killed in the air , there is just no way that happens w a full strength team. On the negative our depth got shown up with all the ripple effects exposed. Who’s to say we will be full strength at finals time? 3 coaching thoughts. How is spargo and Jordan remotely a wing combo? I think it’s time to cut our losses w Weid. He just has zero physical presence and when things are actually turning against us ( as they will) he’s a demoralising sight. Time to blood JVR? And , obvious in hindsight, but why play petracca in a state like that? he should not have been out there.

Bedford and Kozzie is a super exciting combo

I saw him kick 4.3 v the bombers so Im still a little hopeful. But as it stands now he remains one of the very very few errors Taylor has made.

It’s been said multiple times but just how good has our trading been! Lever, May, Langdon and Brown. All of them add so much. When he came bk in last year he gave us the final piece in the puzzle imo. How we got him fr a mid second rounder still surprises me. Great bloke, great footballer. A pillar in our premiership side. congrats on 150.