Jamarra Ugle-Hagan

[GVGjr]

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[Bornadog]

One way to get rid of all the negative comments

[Uninformed]

Jamarra is a very nice boy!

[comrade]

First Marra’s car(s) goes missing, now this. Suspicious

[BornInDroopSt'54]

The only issue with Marra and our club is helping him through this. Our club is not being short changed or taken for a ride.
The club understands and is dealing with it with great sensitivity and understanding, like a great club, a pillar of society.
Supporters beware of projecting your less than worthy comments and anxieties.
We need to understand before we judge the situation which is greater than footy tactics.

[ReLoad]

TLDR summary for all visiting media to this thread;

Marra is awesomely awesome, hangs around with all the top cool people in Melbourne, has never missed a training session and has the most secure car garage in all the lands.

easy worth a high 1st rounder.

[Pleather Sole]

Marra was at the game last night.

[Grantysghost]

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Those Chinese hackers I paid have come through at last.

[Jeanette54]

The only issue with Marra and our club is helping him through this. Our club is not being short changed or taken for a ride.

I disagree. Years ago, I made my living (of sorts) doing standup comedy, and during a comedy workshop I was trying to explain to those attending about the difference between try-out nights and being paid. It's one thing to tell a bunch of friends a few jokes in the pub, but quite another to take money in exchange for standing in front of an audience who are expecting to get some sort of return for their investment of time and money. I guess it doesn't matter what it is going on with your life, when you take the money and get on that stage, you better be funny, or you are not holding up your end of the bargain. However much, or little, you are being paid. For whatever reason, I don't see Marra holding up his end of the bargain.

[ledge]

I disagree. Years ago, I made my living (of sorts) doing standup comedy, and during a comedy workshop I was trying to explain to those attending about the difference between try-out nights and being paid. It's one thing to tell a bunch of friends a few jokes in the pub, but quite another to take money in exchange for standing in front of an audience who are expecting to get some sort of return for their investment of time and money. I guess it doesn't matter what it is going on with your life, when you take the money and get on that stage, you better be funny, or you are not holding up your end of the bargain. However much, or little, you are being paid. For whatever reason, I don't see Marra holding up his end of the bargain.

He did the last couple of years , so he proved he can , I think we forget he came over during Covid , couldn’t even play VFL and was in a city he knew no one , came from a country back ground at 18, that’s a pretty rough start .
Also having a bunch of people outside the club hanging around making him believe he is a superstar have led him astray. Young women everywhere . It was a complete change of life for him.
Also some deaths in the family haven’t helped , the indigenous take them really hard.
But on your point , will he or can he straighten up I don’t know .
From all reports he is changing , time will tell but I hope for him and us he does mature and becomes what he can be in football and life .

[MrMahatma]

You’d think he must be getting close to a run in the VFL surely?!

[Danjul]

The only issue with Marra and our club is helping him through this. Our club is not being short changed or taken for a ride.
The club understands and is dealing with it with great sensitivity and understanding, like a great club, a pillar of society.
Supporters beware of projecting your less than worthy comments and anxieties.
We need to understand before we judge the situation which is greater than footy tactics.

What is the situation?

[chef]

You’d think he must be getting close to a run in the VFL surely?!

TBH, I don't think we want to play him, just trying to get to the end of the season and move him on. Being committed daily to club routines is probably the most important thing for us trade wise atm.

He could easily play tlat VFL level as hes in great shape compated to 90% of the guys in that comp.

[Axe Man]

Jamarra Ugle-Hagan running out of time to make Bulldogs VFL return

Even as the VFL clears Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to play in Footscray’s finals campaign, the Bulldogs have admitted time is running out for the star forward to do enough to play in 2025.

Jamarra Ugle-Hagan’s chances of being seen at any level are fading fast even as the VFL clears a path for him to be available for Footscray’s finals campaign.

Dogs chief executive Ameet Bains has admitted “time is running out” for Ugle-Hagan to make a return through the VFL given his inability to put together a concerted block of training.

Bains spoke to Ugle-Hagan on Friday in person and says the door is still open for him to return through the VFL.

But that decision is also complex given it would require the AFL’s tick-off as Ugle-Hagan continues to work with the AFL and football boss Laura Kane with his program.

He is now at incredibly long odds to play any football at any level this year.

There are only three VFL games left in the season but the Footscray side will play finals.

Under VFL rules Ugle-Hagan would normally have to have participated in at least one AFL or VFL game to qualify for the VFL finals.

But he would likely receive special dispensation if the Dogs put in a submission to the VFL under compelling grounds.

He spent two weeks away from the club recently with a family bereavement and the flu but at his best has sparkled on the training track as he continues to work on his fitness.

The club’s position has been that he must put together a consistent block of training to ensure he is ready for the rigours of football.

But if he cannot get out on the track amid continuing controversy over off-field issues – including his car being used in a crime spree – he will likely have played his last game at the club.

No one at the Western Bulldogs has hope that he will be at the club next year, even with a contract of more than $800,000 for 2026.

“Our approach hasn’t changed across the year – for him to continue to train and prepare with a view so he can play before the year is out,” Bains said.

“We understand time is running out from where we are calendar-wise but there has been no decision made on that. I spoke to him today in person and his mindset is very much the same. Time will tell but the approach remains the same. It is very complex, so from that perspective it’s been challenging for everyone.”

Bains said the club had no issues with club legend Chris Grant, who moved on as football boss after a fallout with coach Luke Beveridge.

He was a no-show at the recent centenary celebration but his daughter Isabella plays AFLW for the club so he continues to be involved at Whitten Oval.

“I am sure that will resolve naturally,” Bains told SEN.

“Chris is a legend of the footy club. He was No.3 all-time behind Marcus Bontempelli and EJ Whitten. He is always welcome. He is a player parent so we will see him around the club as the AFL season kicks off and beyond that he’s always welcome.”

[doggies ftw]

Let’s be honest he’s not going to be at the club next year unfortunately. We really need to get him into the VFL team for a couple of weeks and finals, tell him he’s playing for his next contract he’s surely fit enough for that level. Him dominating a couple of weeks of VFL and us selling the dream of a fit & firing Marra (whether true or not) to a St Kilda or Sydney is our best chance of salvaging a really really shitty situation

Id absolutely love a turn around for him at this club but yeah just can’t see it happening now