To be honest it's seems like an excuse when you hear it year after year.
He might play through injury, but when he plays 1 good game in 4 he is about as useful as Wellsy when carrying niggles.
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To be honest it's seems like an excuse when you hear it year after year.
He might play through injury, but when he plays 1 good game in 4 he is about as useful as Wellsy when carrying niggles.
That's the thing though. He never learns, he has been making the same mistakes for the last 5 seasons.
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I honestly read that as he was quasi Capuano and thought to myself, shit that aint good.
hahaha....Matty Capuano, limited footballer but a premiership player. What I'd give to have him plugging away filling a hole on lower end of the salary cap and using the spare cash left over from Goldy's salary elsewhere, say on some elite midfield talent.
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I can live with him not being fast n stamina to run all day but things I can't live with is his skill level n his lack of vision.
Thought he was going to be the next voss
Thought he was going to be the next voss
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He's a 120 plus season tackler,90 odd mark ( we don't overuse the ball) 500 odd disposal footballer per season. Runs at 2% less DE than Dusty Martin and one less possession.
Yeah he's had some poor games and as others have stated would be awesome in a side with better midfield support. Love me JZ I do.
Yeah he's had some poor games and as others have stated would be awesome in a side with better midfield support. Love me JZ I do.
Back to Jack....when the time comes this year, after this round who knows now when the innerscrotum decide to pull up stumps and experiment I just hope they trial him as a general down back .....play Jmac on the wing and thrown the pieces around a bit.
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Will he be able to keep up with the forwards or played as the loose
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It all comes back to expectation. People wanted him to be an absolute elite player, so can't accept he is still a very good one.
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It would be mayhem with back there for both teams - could see him crunching packs smashing forwards but could see him taking our players out in comical fashion as well.
Would be good to see how his ball distribution is from back there. Need a defender that has the aggots to take it on when kicking out - instead of safety first
Jack should be used as a burst player in the middle, in the centre at nearly every bounce then played forward.
He has a roosting kick , if allowed that extra time he needs to launch it, it could be a weapon. and generally he is already facing the correct direction to begin with.
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The Hodge role.
Jack should start loose in the backline and run where he likes.
Occasionally go through the middle.
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Has bard got that plan B in him
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I am big on rotating Lachie and Jack back and forward. Especially next year with Waite gone and no suitable replacement ready.
If we play a Richmond type side, then Jack stays back and Lachie goes forward. If the opposition have marking power high up their forward line, then switch them around, and get Lachie to intercept. Jack goes forward.
We have seen Scott swing it about a fraction recently......Hansen seen forward this year at times as an example. Jack could do this as well. Thinking it could be Hansen's last year at the club.
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It's a nightmare match up scenario for opposition coaches.
He will look a lot better if we can get some genuine class on the outside
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Had similar thoughts but I'm not sure we can afford a loose man down back. Hodge was really effective in a premiership winning team that was as disciplined as they come. We are not quite there yet.
Its been said before but Jack is that in tight player, he doesn't have explosive speed, looks like hes about to have a cardiac arrest when chasing down players..lets accept his limitations and appreciate the value add.
Agree that you could run him through the midfield in bursts but rest him in a forward pocket. If we jag Kelly then that silk outside will highlight Cunners and JZs inside work.
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We play with one just about all the time. It's usually Hansen or MacMillan.
The reason we can't "afford" to have Jack back is because we are so bloody skinny in the middle.
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