The Jamarra Thread

[Snarls Barkley]

Once you're in Bevo's bad books, you don't usually return. Jamarra has clearly lost his and the clubs trust

 

[Northernsoul74]

He is excited to put this year behind and line up alongside Darcy and Naughton

Sounds like he’s in denial or deluded.

 

[3rdgenbulldog]

He is excited to put this year behind and line up alongside Darcy and Naughton

Im so confused

 

[BigFloppa]

I'm happy for us to still pay Jamarra next year to ensure he can't play AFL for another club. He can't just walk away from us, break his contract and then go play somewhere else and we get nothing. Imagine the precedent that sets... unhappy players like Oliver and Petracca could just refuse to show up for training until the club releases them from their contract and then go sign with Geelong. Great way to get out of a 7-10 year contract if you change your mind...

 

[JTCWBFC]

Feel like at this point Bevo would redraft Billy gowers

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Billy Gowers

Age

29

Ht

187cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.2

4star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

2star

G

0.0

1star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.2

4star

before playing jamarra even if he was fit and ready to go

 

[VitalDread]

Sounds like he’s in denial or deluded.

What a player tells me vs what a club thoughts can always be opposite

Only reporting what I've been told from one side of this long drawn out story

 

[JohnnySteel]

What a player tells me vs what a club thoughts can always be opposite

Only reporting what I've been told from one side of this long drawn out story

Really hope he has communicated the same to the club & is putting a plan in place to rebuild the trust this year to be able to play for us again in 2026.

 

[Mojorisin]

Just interested to know whether such a non compete clause is reflected in player contracts in any other major sporting competition around the world. It may be relatively common, and I will stand corrected. But it seems like the AFLPA is having a massive laugh here.

It's something from the clubs side, essentially assuring he wouldn't be able to keep our contract and expect to work for another club in any capacity simultaneously.

 

[Mojorisin]

Really hope he has communicated the same to the club & is putting a plan in place to rebuild the trust this year to be able to play for us again in 2026.

With out meaning to jump across multiple threads it is my understanding his want to play has never actually left.

 

[BigFloppa]

Even if Jamarra says that and believes it himself, I still doubt he will ever play for us again. I think that our club would be better off without the distraction. Even if he made it back, you never know when he's gonna disappear again.

 

[Cookie]

Next time he trains, pick him in the 2s.
If he doesn't turn up, fine him.
No loss to anyone, except a few $ to him.

 

[Dogs Rule]

Even if he were to go elsewhere as a DFA at the end of next year it's still crap for us because had he remained we would have got something for him in a trade, like Smith.

It's a dog act what he's done and I hope he's not welcomed back at the club again.

Zero sympathy particularly since he seems to have the motivation to train elsewhere.

 

[Sharkey66]

Have to break my self-imposed thread ban to ask.

Having 50% of the money still being included in next years cap just penalises us further, but any chance this would be offset by any form of compensation pick under the circumstances?

Or do we need to just take it dry and say thanks very much afterwards?

Don't think we would be entitled to compo. End of the day it is really no different to drafting a young kid and delisting him after 3 years cos he doesn't have the talent.
Marra may have the physical talent to play the game, but it looks as if he doesn't have the phycological talent for the game.

 

[Thunderoad]

If player managers weren't the source of 90% of footy stories then we might have actually seen some focus from the AFL media fraternity into the role of Jamara's management in this saga.

They walk away from this without an ounce of scrunity while still pocketing a sizable management fee for at least the next 18 months.

 

[The Inbetweener]

It’s probably just his management keeping an option open but re the non compete if they are already thinking ahead like that, it really seems like he doesn’t want to play for us anymore rather than not wanting to play footy completely.

 

[X_box_X]

Is 55 pages a record on our forum for a thread dedicated to a player?

 

[The Inbetweener]

Even if Jamarra says that and believes it himself, I still doubt he will ever play for us again. I think that our club would be better off without the distraction. Even if he made it back, you never know when he's gonna disappear again.

He’d have to harness Daniel Cross like standards of training for Bevo to even give it a 1% chance.

 

[BulldogMuscle]

Just throwing my two cents in.
I know VitalDread has very regular real life contact with Jamarra and has for a very long time, if he says his info is coming directly from him, it is.

 

[BulldogMuscle]

Just throwing my two cents in.
I know VitalDread has very regular real life contact with Jamarra and has for a very long time, if he says his info is coming directly from him, it is.

Also, I’ve had a fair few convos with Marras player sponsor who also speaks with him on the regular.

Marra has always maintained two things;
He wants to play AFL football and it’s for the Dogs.

As Bevo has said tho, his actions betray what he says.

 

[The Inbetweener]

Just throwing my two cents in.
I know VitalDread has very regular real life contact with Jamarra and has for a very long time, if he says his info is coming directly from him, it is.

Appreciate the insight and zero doubts from me that it’s come from Marra if VD said it has. It’s just whether Marra is giving lip service. Time will tell.

 

[Northernsoul74]

Just throwing my two cents in.
I know VitalDread has very regular real life contact with Jamarra and has for a very long time, if he says his info is coming directly from him, it is.

No doubt, just not inline with Bevos article stating the club/afl can’t even get a meeting with him. He needs to build bridges at the club before just assuming he can write this year off and just restart next year.
Hopefully both parties can get on the same page.

 

[Mojorisin]

Appreciate the insight and zero doubts from me that it’s come from Marra if VD said it has. It’s just whether Marra is giving lip service. Time will tell.

I don't think it's lip service, I think Marra truly believes it.

 

[The Inbetweener]

I don't think it's lip service, I think Marra truly believes it.

Hope so. Convincing Bevo may be another story!

 

[maddog37]

So what is stopping him?

 

[The White Mouse]

Sounds like he’s in denial or deluded.

Extremely naive. Maybe he gets his sh1t together one day ... it just won't be with us.