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7 hours ago, A F said:

Luck is a word worth using in regards to May's injury, but so is diabolical.Ā 

What a massive fail he'll be in 2019. Let's hope he pays us back with interest in 2020.

I doubt it’s poor luck AF. May did not prepare his body like a professional athlete should and is now paying the price for it.Ā The Demons are now paying the price for it.Ā 

In a sane world he’d be docked at least half of the $750+k he’s getting paid. It can’t be underestimated what kind of negative impact it must’ve had on the rest of the playing list to see this high priced recruit rockĀ up to day one of pre season training with cheeseburger face and mudguts.

ā€œSurprised by the different training standardsā€ at Melbourne compared to Gold Coast? Spare me. Poor discipline and disrespect for his new coach more like it. Steven May owes the club an All Australian season in 2020, nothing less.

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People keep bagging May for being unfit, and if it's from his own doing then yes i can understand being upset. However,Ā could it have been the Suns, not having their players fit enough?

When Colin Sylvia went to the dockers he was unfit and they were trying to get him fit by giving hard sessions away from the club.

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It seems everybody new that May was overweight and unfit prior to his recruitment other than our football department. Just read Demonland at the time. This has been a high order stuff up.

13 minutes ago, deebug said:

People keep bagging May for being unfit, and if it's from his own doing then yes i can understand being upset. However,Ā could it have been the Suns, not having their players fit enough?

When Colin Sylvia went to the dockers he was unfit and they were trying to get him fit by giving hard sessions away from the club.

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Worst excuse ever. The Suns allow their players to skip cardio sessions and eat vanilla slices at will? Please.Ā 


1 hour ago, BrisbaneDemon said:

May should be removed immediately from the Demonland banner....

To be replaced by Salem.

1 hour ago, deebug said:

People keep bagging May for being unfit, and if it's from his own doing then yes i can understand being upset. However,Ā could it have been the Suns, not having their players fit enough?

In an AFL360 interview, when shown clips of our club (eg May, Jones, Goodwin) implying 'our standards' are higher than GCS, Dew replied 'players set their own standards' and named GSC players who had, implying May hadn't.

As a co-cap May should have set the standards for himself and his team.Ā  It seems he didn't and blaming his old club is very poor.Ā Ā  No matter how I look at it May has to take responsibility for himself.

You have to wonder about our due diligence into his training, game recovery and post injury rehab behaviours.Ā Ā  And the thoroughness of our interviews to determine how committed he was to getting the best out of himself.Ā  Right now it looks like a club sooo desperate that we turned a blind eye to what others could see or could easily be known.

As an aside, 'our standards' aren't looking too good given the number of players said to have started preseason in less than desirable condition.Ā  Pot.Kettle.Black.Ā  GCS may well have the last laugh...laughing all the way to the bank.

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9 hours ago, A F said:

Luck is a word worth using in regards to May's injury, but so is diabolical.Ā 

What a massive fail he'll be in 2019. Let's hope he pays us back with interest in 2020.

By all accounts he didn’t show much interest in preparing for 2019.

A massive let down.Ā 

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17 minutes ago, monoccular said:

By all accounts he didn’t show much interest in preparing for 2019.

A massive let down.Ā 

I think we bought a very expensiveĀ  pup.

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45 minutes ago, old dee said:

I think we bought a very expensiveĀ  pup.

Does that mean it was just puppy fat we saw?


3 minutes ago, sisso said:

Maybe we should have just played him fat: our "elite" training standards broke him!

Play him at full forward with instructions to lead to the fat side.Ā 

I hope they are sending Steven May to every school in Melbourne between now and his next game to read to some kidsĀ or do something constructive to earn his fat paycheck.

The Jetta injury is largely the fault of the club/individuals that let him play when clearly injured, and heads need to roll.

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11 minutes ago, Matsuo Basho said:

Play him at full forward with instructions to lead to the fat side.Ā 

You only have to post 36,235 more times to catch the number of ties beezlebub has posted, at the rate your going you will catch himĀ at the bye round.

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11 hours ago, Matsuo Basho said:

Amazing how the clubĀ can accurately assess it as an 11 week-er. Guess theyĀ can’tĀ bring themselvesĀ to just write ā€˜season’. Too embarrassing.

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What's the source for this mods..?

I see it on the side of the Demonland homepage, but the club website says TBA and the AFL site say TBC and The Age yesterday says that he's expected to be back in June...

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/viney-s-stack-adds-to-demons-injury-woes-as-may-waits-till-june-20190429-p51icj.html

Where's 11 weeks (Round 17) coming from?


4 minutes ago, drysdale demon said:

You only have to post 36,235 more times to catch the umber of ties beezlebub has posted, at the rate your going you will catch himĀ at the bye round.

we need stop turning on each other and the club and stick fat, cmon!

2 minutes ago, drysdale demon said:

I am not turning on anyone, just an observation.

thats ok if you're just chewing the fat...

May was contracted to play footy. Not being able to should have him in breach of a performance-based contract. I don't think he will have a long career, he seems a bit lazy and fragile.

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5 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

To be replaced by Salem.

[censored],Ā  forgot all about young Salem,

Such is his fly-under-radar wayz...Ā  a little like Jetta.Ā Ā  They go quietly,Ā  getting things done,Ā  without large fanfare.

3 hours ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

What's the source for this mods..?

I see it on the side of the Demonland homepage, but the club website says TBA and the AFL site say TBC and The Age yesterday says that he's expected to be back in June...

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/viney-s-stack-adds-to-demons-injury-woes-as-may-waits-till-june-20190429-p51icj.html

Where's 11 weeks (Round 17) coming from?

AFL.com now say 3-4 weeks.

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3 hours ago, sisso said:

we need stop turning on each other and the club and stick fat, cmon!

And that will achieve what exactly?

3 hours ago, Deehumanizing said:

May was contracted to play footy. Not being able to should have him in breach of a performance-based contract. I don't think he will have a long career, he seems a bit lazy and fragile.

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I don't disagree, but lets assess May at season end.

Attitude aside, his physical injury and history is now beginning to take on a chronic appearance.Ā 

The question is not just getting him back playing footy but once he returns will his body allow for regular selection. He's no longer a kid. And,Ā what will this mean to his fitness condition. Has to be a big question mark.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 


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