Jason Akermanis | The Front Bar

Brownlow Medallist Jason Akermanis joined the Mick, Sam and Andy for a quick chat.

[@danielsarn3823]

I dont think people get Aker or his cheeky sense of humour, he tried to an honest bloke and people hated the fact he didn't toe the line but he was insanely talented and his late mum would be so proud of him - He was only misunderstood by those who were committed to misunderstanding him.

[@CorridorOfMirrorsRemixes]

The fact that I got to kick the footy with Jason when he came to my local primary school in the mid-2000’s, when no other classmate would partner up with me, is so amazing to me, and I can look back nearly 20 years later, and be proud of something so fantastic, and have it locked deep in my memory for this long. Jason, if you see this, thank you for making my childhood so incredible. I can’t believe I remember all this after such a long time. The things I would give to meet you again and thank you for everything and maybe even kick the footy again, like we did that day. ❤️🙏 You are seriously one of the best, mate.

[@fredbloggs8362]

That running goal at full pace from outside 50 on the wrong foot is what makes our game the best. Aker tried so hard to be completely unlikable but was incredibly talented.

[@WhyForWhatNow]

@M uh...sure mate 😂 you couldn't sound more pretentious if you tried 🤣 Edit: Don't be butt hurt either, just enjoy a great sport for what it is And don't bring your shit for brains statistics too the table expecting them to validate your own opinion. Soccer can be enjoyable, but it can't compare too Footy

[@Shaun-o8g]

​@M messi highlights shown in Australia 0. Akers highlights in just one show 1/2 a dozen or so.

[@cameroncharles2217]

He had me in stitches! Champion player, those goals he was kicking from the pockets weren't snaps he pivoted at full pace and punted them. Great to watch.

[@djcat64]

Charles Cameron?

[@lukeanthony3609]

Best dual sided player we'll ever see. Absolute freak show

[@pcorf]

Adelaide fan here. Got to say that Aker was an amazing player! He destroyed us in the 2003 semi final and I enjoyed seeing him rip Collingwood apart in the 2003 Grand Final and who would forget those two consecutive goals in 2005 (3:55) against Geelong in heavy rain. Should be a hall of famer. He was a very, very critical person who would show no fear about his points of view which unfortunately cost him his career but he continued on in other leagues.

[@joshuawynne4]

He is in the Hall of Fame.

[@ad_2211]

He won the 2002 Grand Final for Brisbane playing on one leg. Nuff said.

[@safiahiis4096]

Should’ve been illegal to have such a lineup. I’ve never seen a team as good as that brizzy team

[@_Chris_D_3004]

Good team let down by a sub par midfield

[@Josh-wp1cc]

@@_Chris_D_3004 Can never be sub-par when you have 3 Brownlow Medalists in a midfield all in their prime.

[@_Chris_D_3004]

@@Josh-wp1cc I thought no one could be that gullible. I was wrong

[@Josh-wp1cc]

@@_Chris_D_3004 Ha ha fair enough, you got me. But for future reference when being sarcastic in text, some quotation marks wouldn't hurt. The difference between sub par midfield and "sub par midfield" makes a big difference in a comment like yours.

[@mattcorcoran7082]

@@_Chris_D_3004 Their bench kept them in most games

[@geoffaldwinckle1096]

Jase you had your moments, but your late mum would be so proud.

[@strke69]

Aker truly made pretty much anyone watch whether you were a Bris Lions fan, Dogs and even any other team or just a footy lover/neutral:)

[@marka2612]

i have been watching football since about 1970 only three players had a significant impact on crowd attendances in their prime in this order gary ablett snr, lance franklin and aker when ablett played a game in sydney the crowds would go from an average at the time of 22-25 thousand to 35 thousand plus if you have not seen the best of gary ablett there are a number of highlight packages here on you tube treat youself and watch. The one thing aker had over ablett was his kicking not that ablett was a bad kick just that aker was an excellent kick.

[@strke69]

@@marka2612 Totally agree Mark couldn't agree more actually my friend.Luckily I was born in that era of Gaz Ab Snr but as you said go on youtube and treat yourself:)

[@notkimjong-un3019]

I hate cocky people but he honestly has alot of reasons to be so touché

[@peterjackson3805]

It was actually Gary O’Donnell who told leigh matthews to tell Aker to get to the front

[@CS-jt2qc]

The game needs personalities. Love him or hate him. He could play and back himself week in, week out. He had the lot, the best of the best walk to the beat of their own drum.

[@marka2612]

fully agree he just burnt to many bridges

[@richrockefeller3331]

He was as good a footballer there ever was.

[@twomindz79]

He just didn't understand footy is a team game and not all about him . But solid player for sure.

[@mickswagger6086]

i want to see more of Aker, thumps

[@reverseuniverse2559]

You gotta love aka

[@taipan34]

As a league fan, his the only afl player I ever knew.

[@cuzzywuzzyfuzzy]

taipan34 that says a lot of how popular he was

[@apostolisdrosinos3275]

Golly Aker was awesome.

[@KleosAu]

I hated when he played against Collingwood but God he was a superstar.

[@peterwong2962]

Love Aker

[@wades9327]

Best two sided player in history. Showed up in Grand Finals. 'Nuff said.

[@danielhackett1581]

They should make aker the new sam Newman. No one else can create controversy like him and has no shame doing it

[@lukepittle8961]

That one on the left from 60+ is wild

[@darrenjpeters]

Freak of nature.

[@russoswerve7856]

I wish there was videos of Aker having some of his blowups on the golf course

[@OneStar-76]

What a legend! Figjam

[@dirtypdirtyp]

honestly, the most exciting player in the game ever. if any player could pick to play like anyone it’d be this bloke.

[@bradenhue6066]

star player

[@nathansmart1532]

The most complete talent to ever play the game.they say lethal Leigh was arguably the greatest footballerto play The game,Ackers skill balance left on right foot 50 m wet weather skills forward pressure would leave Leigh and everyone else for Dead! Daicos and Ablett the only players to rival Ackermanis

[@johnmac9572]

Voss was the cream of the crop , and though i didn't like Aker personally, he's better than Judd , Goodes ,Buckley and Ricciuto . But kicked out of two clubs and three golf clubs ?! Not a great team man . and the handstand - solipsism writ large.

[@eaglebear5084]

Bucky Cunningham was sensational on both, but Akka is defo one of the best ive ever scene

[@Bobbydazzlla]

Akers was bloody funny last week

[@lunch6360]

Funniest guest ever

[@imo8628]

What a great player, what a legend, shame he didn't play for Collingwood, LOL

[@SilentHotdog28]

I don't know who was better on both feet, him or Didak.

[@chrisfi3d]

Aker. Didak had half the power.

[@guillembauza1658]

Is Mick Molloy considered funny in Aus?

[@matthewdavis9816]

God damn Aker looks like Sami Zayne's long lost brother!!

[@hugeot1182]

jaken

[@HollaNaomi]

Oh Dipper 🤣🤦‍♀️

[@bradanddonnamccann5212]

Loved Aker as a Lions supporter but he was no vossy or black

[@jacksonbyrne5835]

I don't know about that, a Brownlow medal, 3 premierships, 4 time All-Australian, 2 time best and fairest and consistently performing on the biggest stage with the amount of talent he had. I'd say he's easily in that caliber of player, more a testament to just how brilliant the Brisbane Lions team of the early 2000s was. Truely one of the supremely talented players to EVER play the game, which is evident from his highlight package alone.

[@johnmac9572]

Exactly - Voss to me is under-rated and should be top five of all time ! Black was sublime. Aker was a freak who i rate above many others but he was all about himself.

[@rogerramjet7246]

He didn’t have to be Vossy or Black, that’s what made him dangerous

[@elephanttrunk5372]

Adam Goodes one of the greats of all time

[@doriankeating1963]

I think everyone has it wrong, baker gave his all to every club he played for, it was the clubs that let their jealousy and poor personal judgement by letting him go putting the teams/ clubs prospects at a loss. He did his job, they didn't do theirs is how I see it. Lee Mathews is a piss poor sniper that couldn't hold a candle to Aker. The most talented player to p okay the game. And a great bloke to boot. Sad day that tofu lattee do rights had to much say at the dogs also.

[@fossie32]

What's the racist comment Aker made on here [according to Caro]??

[@crtnyrss844]

I watched front bar last week and heard Caroline say this also but didn't see anything in this clip

[@fossie32]

@@crtnyrss844 Yes I saw him on there and just skimmed through this but didn't notice anything either time

[@crtnyrss844]

@@fossie32 found this on Twitter "The Front Bar went through the jobs he had been sacked from. He remarked why he had not been given an extra hour on a radio program and referred to the management as 'monkeys'. The radio station was NRIS. Molloy remarked 'understandable'"

[@fossie32]

@@crtnyrss844 Aah right thanks. I recall that now but didn't think anything of it. Hopefully it wasn't intended to be racist.

[@willisepic]

@Crtny Rss @fossie32. From what I understand Carro is 100% wrong on this. I've looked the story up and in 2005 he referred to the people who ran his radio station as "monkeys", after which he was sacked, he apologised and said he didn't realise that was racist (I don't know if he really did or not). This video doesn't show the whole of his interview on the show, I just went and found the rest of it and the part of the interview from what I had recorded. He gets asked why he was sacked from the radio station by Sam Pang and he says "I tried to get an extra half an hour and I said let's try to get these monkeys upstairs to change their mind. It's an aboriginal station, they were NIRS and they took offence to that", to this Molloy says "you can understand why". He didn't call them monkeys again or call them monkeys, he was referring to what he had done wrong after being asked. Nice one Carro, he did something 14 years ago and you can still criticise him for that but you're wrong here.

[@murfee09]

Cheats at Golf too

[@terrythekittieful]

What is Saddam Hussein doing on that panel?...and with an Aussie accent?

[@brettbrett9973]

Would be a good show if they had a decent Anchor and not a B grade comedian.

[@goodquestion1105]

I thought Dave Hughes was awful, but Sam Pang is just as bad.

[@milododd]

This show is so bloody cringeworthy. Get the fake laughter at 3:08-3:10. Yeeesh

[@dwainwilson5080]

Unfortunately I think that's his natural laugh.

[@saxonpedler1426]

thats just his normal laugh

[@sentimentalbloke185]

That's actually his laugh. He's a bizarre unit.

[@chrisfi3d]

Yeah, that laugh spoils many a joke once it is heard.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

I get that Pang & Molloy use him as comic relief but he has a seriously annoying presentation style that negates the humour in hanging shit on him. The show'd be better off with someone else.

[@justindl4459]

Fake another injury ya flog

[@lukemate2783]

Hasn’t played the game in about 10 years what are you on about

[@justindl4459]

@@lukemate2783 LOL 😆 doesn't even get it!!!!!!