Gee he looked old last night.
Reminded me of my 44 year old self running around an oval these days. Not pretty!
Reminded me of my 44 year old self running around an oval these days. Not pretty!
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Jack Riewoldt [Merged]
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No way he leaves. Zero chance. We aren’t doing a Hawks
Yep. We need him next year. We have little to nothing else coming through where a genuine kpf is concerned.
Jack is borderline finished. There is zero chance if another club picking him up. If they are challenging, they don't need him.
I think you'd be surprised. A club like Gold Coast could definitely use a player of Jack's experience.
I want Jack to finish a Tiger but I don't want to see him peter out & lose a guy like CJ in the process cause we're paying him 500k.
Jack is the least of our worries. Just watch the games and see him get so frustrated with the delivery into him. He leads (Lynch are you listening) and yet the ball comes in at his toes, over his head, popped up so he has to stop and prop and reach back. It is just demoralising. He works his arse off to get into position and then gets hung out to dry with crap delivery. When he roams up the ground and delivers into forward 50 to a team mates chest on a lead you can almost here him thinking that's how you *smile* don't it guys. Look at the delivery last night. My god, Cotchin, Graham, Rioli, Prestia delivery to leads or advantage was abysmal. The guy can be a 50 plus goal kicker for us for a few more years if he only had a clone of himself kicking it to himself.
Yeh, a lot of average games from Jack this year, lost his leap and with him and Lynch we have 2 guys that are poor defensively. He doesn't get any favours from the umps and doubt that will change. He has a contract for next year I reckon that will see him out.
I'm of a mind that we go round again with the same crew and have a crack at one more. Astbury would be the only one I'd be happy to see retired. I'd almost be inclined to give Bachar one more year.
While Trent is the same player whether we’re 10 points up or 10 goals down, Jack’s passionate disposition makes him a guy who plays better when the big moments are right in front of him.
He steps up in every big moment, every Grand Final, and recently in his 300th game. He’s well and truly made the big moments part of his character, even as a teenager when he attempted that 70m shot on goal after the siren against St Kilda.
So yeah, in a perfect world he would be emotionally immune to the realisation that he won’t be playing finals this year, but that’s Jack; he isn’t perfect. I don’t think he plays his best when he’s overcome by disappointment.
I could be wrong, but that’s how his game looked to me.
He steps up in every big moment, every Grand Final, and recently in his 300th game. He’s well and truly made the big moments part of his character, even as a teenager when he attempted that 70m shot on goal after the siren against St Kilda.
So yeah, in a perfect world he would be emotionally immune to the realisation that he won’t be playing finals this year, but that’s Jack; he isn’t perfect. I don’t think he plays his best when he’s overcome by disappointment.
I could be wrong, but that’s how his game looked to me.
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Think that's generous for an emotional display by a vice captain. At times he looked petulant and not setting the standard.
But yeah he is human and there is another match next week.
How do you know that? our cap is tight & we have a player looking for opportunities (unsigned) in the forward line who's played 7 games this season.
I obviously hope we retain both but I don't think you can make statements like that definitively.
I don’t think Jacks extra year is affecting cap space to retain CCJ. Jack wouldn’t be on massive coin. Yes CCJ will be looking for more playing time but it’s clear that his role is that second ruck / forward. His main threat is Chol not Jack.
For such a smart player, I can not fathom why we consistently see him and Lynch in the same contests... one is clearly in the others patch... and I generally get the feeling it’s JR struggling to break his see ball get ball main man forward habits
