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Look at the Giants list as it stands now, they don’t want for much. If they get Jackson they would have to arguably have the best all round list bar Richmond. For them Jackson would be a pick for needs not necessarily best available. They just picked up Jacobs as a stop gap, their list is so talented they can afford to carry Jackson while he develops, we don’t have that luxury. I live in Sydney and watch a lot of GWS games on free to air, they can move the ball from one end to the other at will (obviously the GF being the exception) by foot and then put it out in front of one of their forwards. We can’t, we continually kill ourselves through turnovers from poor disposal and poor decision making. Just my thoughts and I know many won’t agree. As I mentioned in another thread I’d take Young and Ash at 8 if he’s there.

Whilst I’m happy with the additions of Langdon and Tomlinson are we so naive to think we’re out of the woods now with our ball movement? Young and Ash for me.

I don’t people are ignoring the possibility, a few posters have asked the question of is there any footage of him playing forward and having shots on goal.

Article on the AFL website about Young. 30 seconds of footage of one of his trademark passes, worth a look.

Is Young purely a half back, surely there’s scope for for him to play other positions. Our team lacks good users of the ball by foot, Young would not be surplus to our needs. I think it’s too early for Jackson to be described as “the caliber of Grundy and Gawn”. His highlights had him dominating the ruck but his disposal by foot wasn’t great. Would like to see some footage of him taking some big pack marks and his set shots on goal before using pick 3 on him. He doesn’t mind getting physical which is obviously a good thing. If he could dominate the fwd line then by all means but until then.... Considering where we finished in 2018 and then last year, I still think we need to use our picks on players that can kick. With our draw we should be playing finals but based on last year obviously nothing can be taken for granted. In another year if things were different I’d be all in for him but right now I don’t think we can afford the risk. I personally would take Young and Ash/Stephens.

Another speculation piece on who we might take.

Needs to work on his set shots, yes he’s improved that area of his game slightly but he could of easily had a lot more to his name.

He definitely has some good attributes and has a bit of X factor about him, but I wouldn’t personally take him unless there is a proven history of pack marking and ability to kick goals (accuracy and range). If he doesn’t have those skills now I would look to those that have other ready made skills that we need, kicking and speed.

For anyone who might know, Jackson’s ability to take a pack mark, and his set shots on goal (accuracy and range). The answer to those two questions would go a long way to the decision being a yes or a no. A lot of people throwing around “upside” and “potential”, we’re still waiting for Petracca to live up to his.

Yes we do, ultimately we don’t have a choice, just opinions.

I’ve read comments along the lines of.... Hayden Young : “He’s a meat a potatoes kind of player“ Because we already have a team full of elite users of the ball by foot. Dylan Stephens : “His highlights look good but I can’t see him him getting that kind of time and space in the AFL” We have numerous players who continually miss easy set shots on goal or look to pass off rather than take the shots themselves. What if we applied that same logic to Jackson’s highlights....

I don’t know about anyone else but I would of thought Petracca fits that summary better than anybody.

Are we expressing interest in Jackson with no intent of taking him so another club grabs him allowing others to slide to us?

For me Moonie it’s not a case of is he more of an inside or outside player, but that he’s is a player that wants to take the game on and takes ownership of it. We’ve had players in recent years that pass off when running inside fifty rather than take the shot, team rule or afraid of missing? Players having set shots on goal, twenty to thirty metres out with little angle, trying to kick around their body only to miss. It’s almost as if some players don’t want the responsibility.

Who was the last player from our team to get the ball from the stoppage and burst inside fifty to kick a goal? So what if he was third in the chain of possessions, that’s his role and he nails it. He manages to find himself in the right spot on numerous occasions and uses the ball well by foot. I hope we’re looking at him at pick 8 should he still be available.

Could we not say the same about all the players in the draft.

All things considered it’s not that bad, considering next year is our away ANZAC and QB games we cannot afford a repeat of last season. Lots of Sunday games but if we’re being honest besides Melbourne supporters no one wants to watch us play at the moment.

I can’t wait to put Hibberd in my best pre season best 22.

For some posters it’s not ok to pot JKH and Stretch but for Frost it’s open season.

Very tired last night, didn’t even think of that one mate.

Not thread related.... Jetstar has a sale on with free return flights for the months of April, May and June 2020. Bit hard though considering the draw isn’t out yet. So we booked our flights for QB, the only assured game at the moment. If you live interstate it’s worth having a look.

Where did this originate? So in seasons 2016 - 2018 he laid 126 tackles in the goalsquare? At a quick glance he had more tackles than Tom McDonald who covers quite a bit of ground. Year Games Goals Tackles 2014 20 40 27 2015 21 46 28 2016 24 62 46 2017 21 45 52 2018 22 46 61 2019 11 22 18 We can overlook the 2019 season because according to most it doesn’t count for our players so going off his previous five seasons his numbers look alright. I can’t see how having him on board for 2 seasons would hurt us that much.

I’d take him, but apparently the terms “role player” , “upgrade on what we currently have” or “depth” can only be used on certain players.

Lock it in.

If we were to take him on a two year contract what would it take in terms of a trade with the Crows?