Ted Lasso

I don't think it impacts our hand much in terms of trade. when you're offering a bloke 950k x 6 you are basically acknowledging that you have to pay up. the league needs to tap Freo on the shoulders though because they're making approaches to a few bigger name players and i think they realistically probably have JUST enough capitol to get this deal done, and that probably involves losing a player

Trac is also an absolute beast. i wouldn't be surprised if despite his size. Darcy was a little bit intimidated.

I think this is more poor form from Journalists to be honest, it sounds like the club actually suggested to LJ we figure it out post season to focus on trying to win another flag. The headline "Jackson puts off talks" seems to me to be a little bit of an embarrassing attempt to make a story out of nothing. I have no idea if Jackson will stay or go, i suspect he will probably go, but this whole saga has really exposed the poor standards of reporting by certain members of the media around this. i reckon they know about as much as we do.

At this stage of the year we won't make too many unforced changes, i think Brown will come in for Weid if he's fit, and Harmes possibly but Hunt potentially did enough to keep him out for another week.

i've also heard talk of a Grundy chase. but we're wanting the Pies to pay a significant chunk of his salary, and the trade to be for a later pick, so a lot has to go our way for it to happen. I think it's a good option IF it can be done on our terms.

Gussy boy is an elite two way mid, and Petracca needs to rotate between mid and forward to help our scoring. best game both have played for a while

You’ve gotta keep him in the midfield now. That’s the best and most balanced our midfield as a whole has looked in a really long time and that’s with Oliver being tagged. viney was able to play like a mad man because gus knew when to hang just to the outside and cover him, it was a great two way midfield game. I didn’t think we lost much at half back either with rivers really stepping up and salem looking like some form is building

Just my take on the comments of Richo, Gus, Trac and Goody in the media, sounds like the players have been told they're on the verge on letting the season slip away and need to get back to our selfless values that made us great in 2021 or it'll be one that got away.

based on the talk out of the club it sounds like the players have received some home truths around how we're going and about some of the bad habits we have creeping in. I am expecting a pretty emphatic response tonight, Freo have struggled in wet conditions this year and it really suits our chaos style so i think we can have a pretty strong win

I think we're more likely to win a premiership with Luke Jackson in the team than we are with the likely compensation we'd get for him, and it's 2 more years of him settling into melbourne. I think the club would have plans ready if he left after the 2 years as well so I'm not too sure who the dockers have as a key forward that would give us the immediate help we need down there?

God i hope he stays. Just see him as someone who is ready to absolutely explode as a player and could really make a huge difference in our push for multiple premierships!

Honestly Kozzie is about as likely to leave as jack viney is to suddenly decide footy is too rough for him. the standards in the media are disgraceful

I don’t think we can cover him down back so can’t do it this year but if we got griffen logue out of the Luke Jackson trade it could mean we could send petty forward and really improve us as a side.

I reckon harmes is pretty popular within the group and worth keeping for culture reasons. Very handy if we need a tagging role as well because he still tends to win his own ball as well as shutting someone down. hope someone goes to Andy brayshaw tomorrow because I think if they win that it’ll seriously limit the dockers. in terms of targets I’d be looking closely at mclean from the swans, jack Gunston from the hawks and Karl Amon is another we have been linked to. unsure what a Luke Jackson trade looks like but given his potential And the dockers financial investment I imagine it’ll be a steep asking price

Nathan Wilson apparently looking at options. Would we have any interest?

This signing could win us the 2022 flag. there is no doubt some bad habits have been creeping in and some selfish play, less willing to do the off the ball stuff that made us so good last year, not as strong with defensive running. Then a big name player looks at all options and chooses to take a huge pay cut and play in positions he ideally wouldn’t for the team. actions like that can filter through the whole club and could really see us quickly return to our absolute best form.

In 5 years is Luke Jackson a ruckman or a key forward?

Exactly and we’d appeal because of lever connection and in premiership window. Short term bargain contract that significantly improves our depth.

I don’t mind the idea of picking up Matt crouch for depth given he would cost a packet of skittles.

My instinct is that he’s probably going to go, I don’t think it’s about money or disliking Melbourne though. I think he’d just like to go home so if we can work out a fair deal, happy days. I’d like a top 10 pick, a second rounder and a player who could play a role in our best 22

It’s security mate. Like most of us these guys are buying homes, settling down, building their incomes. And the club can bank on having those required players long term. It’s win win

Did Gus run over your cat? I don’t understand

I think we have/are definitely loading, but the biggest problems have been due to a step away from our 2021 values, some bad habits creeping back in and some inconsistency of availability and form with key players as well as simply playing some really good teams at times. our best is still good enough to win the flag and I’m really encouraged by the talk coming out of the club

Haven’t overpaid. Gus has taken significantly less than what he would have gotten elsewhere. He got ALOT of interest and some really good offers.

Odds of Gus lining up on Andy in the midfield at the first bounce?