Hope he plays on for 1 more year. He deserves to see out his career as the third man up not the first.
Lets hope the club make the right call as coach, who will never let this happen again to a champ.
An absolute legend of our club.
If he was taking the spot off a kid id say retire.
If we had some depth in key fwds id say retire.
Sad truth is thru mismanagement he continues to be a better option than any young KPF'S we have. not that there is any, only Bradtke and he was always going to take some time.
Even if Bradtke does take a big step next year where is the depth.
Even if we draft a young kpf he too will take time so it seems he will be badly needed given we have no depth atm.
What is ironic is supporters calling for his head when there are no other options and any one we may get is unlikely to be better than JR.
Lynch aged what 31 there should have been a young kpf in the system from the moment we traded for him. Jack aged 34 its the same thing. Even with Bradtke we still need a young genuine sized kpf and we so desperately need a proven mature kpf.
People think this problem will just magically fix itself with a bit of trading or some such crap. It could 5 years before we fix this if we cant get a good trade thru the door. Thing is we should not be forced to rely on trades to fix what should have been a simple list management thing thru the drafts.
exactly. I want him to play third man up with someone else pushing him out, but lets be really honest here. There isn't anyone capable. Laughable some calls for his axing.
i mean if you cant break into a side that has no forward line then they must either coached very poorly, or just be pretty average footballers. Samson Ryan is one where has he gone?
Jack will probably crack 35 goals which isn't bad for a lone man forward at the age of what 35.
I am all for the club being bigger than any player, but In jacks case i dont agree, and especially how he was treated this year. I think i recall Dimma saying this year once about Jack" he is playing injured but he knows i need him" Of course you do, because you have no one else.
The club needs to take a good hard luck at how they have managed our list the last few years as its been an absolute debacle. There were clear list needs and they just refused to accept this as they were aiming for one last dance. The club thought by adding a few guys to the mid would solve all our issues. Never mind the pressure game, defensive 50 transition, scores inside 50, Matters little. Hopper would solve all our issues.
If we recruited Bradtke say in 2020 i wouldn't be that disappointed, but we now have to start from scratch with these guys. Its going to be a very long road. Even longer that we sold our hopper picks, and especially if we dont find our way back in. My hope is we trade like GC/Cats did, and not by selling players because our list management cant do their job properly.
