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I really like him. Sad it finished up like this.
Past #2: Jaidyn Stephenson - retires from AFL after 122gms (54 CFC/68 NM) & 130gls (76 CFC/56 NM) - '18 RS - NM will pay out contract - go well Sleevo
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No, left end of 95.
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Could theoretically have played 2025 in the VFL and collected every dollar he was entitled to.
Maybe not Noble Jr. though.
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North don’t usually do it but yes you can under AFL rules delist two shittrucks in the same off season
All the best to him.
I doubt he will be missed.
In the sweet spot age wise to provide leadership and hit his peak.
Instead he walks, catch ya Sleevo.
I doubt he will be missed.
In the sweet spot age wise to provide leadership and hit his peak.
Instead he walks, catch ya Sleevo.
I feel sorry for him, tbh.
38 games into his AFL career, he's won a Rising Star, played in a grand final, leading his club's goal kicking,. He's just played in front of 75,000 on the Queen's Birthday and his team is second on the ladder.
You then get done for betting on yourself and miss the rest of the H & A season, the next season is screwed around by lockdowns and COVID, and at the end of that you get traded out to NMFC, whose coach has just had a nervous breakdown, and inexplicably, it actually goes downhill from there.
Sure, he's been his own worst enemy at times, but he's still very young and I hope he gets a chance to live life to the fullest instead of being cast as a failed ex-footballer.
Go well, young man.
38 games into his AFL career, he's won a Rising Star, played in a grand final, leading his club's goal kicking,. He's just played in front of 75,000 on the Queen's Birthday and his team is second on the ladder.
You then get done for betting on yourself and miss the rest of the H & A season, the next season is screwed around by lockdowns and COVID, and at the end of that you get traded out to NMFC, whose coach has just had a nervous breakdown, and inexplicably, it actually goes downhill from there.
Sure, he's been his own worst enemy at times, but he's still very young and I hope he gets a chance to live life to the fullest instead of being cast as a failed ex-footballer.
Go well, young man.
its an excuse factory in here. One after the other like a production line. Mental health, Clubs fault for being shit, too hard etc. have a spell. He’s the anti lazarro. If he put half the effort Charlie put in, he’d be a superstar.
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As a person or as a player?
Will not be surprised to see him picked up and thrive somewhere else.
He was always the icing, and we have sucked for his entire tenure.
Give him a defined role with good players and he will be back in the game.
He was always the icing, and we have sucked for his entire tenure.
Give him a defined role with good players and he will be back in the game.
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You think he told tazaa but kept it from Clarko?
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Just you wait and see
What a waste.
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Obviously talented and he showed plenty of glimpses of it. Just never had the work ethic or drive to take himself to the next level.
The betting scandal, hip injury and covid times probably didn’t help, but it was pretty obvious early on that he was pretty fickle when it comes to his intensity, so imo he had no one to blame but himself.
Hope he can find happiness in whatever he does next.
On a side note, whoever’s idea it was for Stevo to be a mentor to Duursma last year needs to be fired on the spot. Mind numbingly stupid.
The betting scandal, hip injury and covid times probably didn’t help, but it was pretty obvious early on that he was pretty fickle when it comes to his intensity, so imo he had no one to blame but himself.
Hope he can find happiness in whatever he does next.
On a side note, whoever’s idea it was for Stevo to be a mentor to Duursma last year needs to be fired on the spot. Mind numbingly stupid.
Just another failed trade.
No wonder we have been the worst team ever in the last 5 years.
No wonder we have been the worst team ever in the last 5 years.
Kane laying it on North as part of the reason why he retired. Wouldn’t have mattered what club he went to it would’ve been the same outcome.
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He said it’s at least 80% Sleevos fault his career has turned out like this
Seems a bit generous to me
I’ll eat a hat if he ever “thrives” at any club for more than a 4-6 week period . His biggest flaws have never been addressed or improved (distinct lack of hunger/attack for ball & player, distinct lack of repeat effort, dumb mistakes) and the sole reason he gets any support as a player is because he’s quick. Never mind he is skinny as a rake by AFL standards…
I hope his life post North goes well, nothing against that, just as a player he was & is rubbish and never will be AFL quality and there’s a reason he’s failed to keep a spot in our best 22 despite being record shitness for 5 years. It’s not “Norths fault” - he should be playing every week if he was even half decent
I don’t agree with that.
“many” as in their fans? Considering a huge majority of our fans were still thinking he’d be a good player as long as he got a chance on the back flank/wing/forward line, I don’t trust the “many” fans opinion
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Yep, but he's also a poster boy for the reality that just being good at footy doesn't mean it has dominate your life.
I went for a walk down to Arden Street yesterday, and there's Colby and Hardeman and a few other doing hard yards of pre-pre season running work.
That's the standard now and imo Jaidyn is smart enough to realise he's not going to buy into it, so best he go.
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Just you wait and see
It is disheartening that we continue to have so many own goals.
