Official Josh Jackson Retired Immediately
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Hell of a player and one hell of a career. Did everything possible for the jersey and will be missed.
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What a club legend! Very interesting to see who is captain ????
Will give us some good salary cap for next year! He would have been on $700 at least ?
Will give us some good salary cap for next year! He would have been on $700 at least ?
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Yes, and no. I think he's always been a bit like this. A country boy at heart, no social media, never really a huge talker to the media or off the field. I can see him taking his earnings/ selling up from Sydney and heading back to the country with his family. He's done the hard yards and has earned enough $ with his blood sweat and tears with us and with the Blues to never have to work another day in his life if he has managed his investments well. I suspect he'll take at least 12 months away before making a decision to come back and work with the club in some capacity. Would be an asset to keep around.
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He will be well looked after in retirement I suspect(rorters style), and rightly so!
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I wish Josh all the very best in retirement and thank him for the years of dedication and service. His loyalty through the good times and bad, has been admirable. He is a real Bulldog.
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Massive call by Jackson, can't help but feel he still had some football in him and could play a role somewhere but I guess we don't know how he's mentally and physically travelling at this stage of his life. He's definitely been criticised by many of our fans (me included) but he's still been one of the best people to come through our club.
Overall i must say this is positive news for the club, Jackson just wasn't delivering performances that reflected his contract and realistically it was hard to see him being anything more than a bench player next season. The club needed to continue its rebuild and this definitely makes it a lot easier. Still a massive surprise though..
Overall i must say this is positive news for the club, Jackson just wasn't delivering performances that reflected his contract and realistically it was hard to see him being anything more than a bench player next season. The club needed to continue its rebuild and this definitely makes it a lot easier. Still a massive surprise though..
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Great bloke, great clubman and great footballer in his day. He'll be remembered as a great of the club and I'd love to see him back in some way to share some success in the future.
The reality is though, it's a great outcome for the club. Even if he was pushed a bit, perhaps told he was looking at a bench role, it's fair enough. There is just no role for where he is at in his career and we can use the money so much better.
The reality is though, it's a great outcome for the club. Even if he was pushed a bit, perhaps told he was looking at a bench role, it's fair enough. There is just no role for where he is at in his career and we can use the money so much better.
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He was great on the field for most of the many years at the Dogs.
And I think by leaving 1 year early on his contract he is doing so with the club in mind as much as his own situation. We will probably be better on the field in 23 with his retirement & the $$ freed up in the cap….
Just a great bloke in the Bobcat mould!!
Anyone who says he should've retired years ago should either learn more about the game or stop watching it. Putting aside his loyalty, commitment, passion etc, he held the middle well. He's going to leave a hole for us defensively this year, mark my words. Not just his own defense but his organisation and leadership thru action. He's not a try scoring game breaker, but we would've been worse without him all these years. He's our captain, a nsw blue, and a champion bloke. I hope we look after him.
