yep  cant trust the Saints. 

They will make the 8 though. Their fixture couldnt of been better if Lyon drafted it himself. Later on they cop a rough patch of travelling for a month then a huge run of Marvel games at the back end.  No cattery game either.

1 minute ago, Deebauched said:

yep  cant trust the Saints. 

They will make the 8 though. Their fixture couldnt of been better if Lyon drafted it himself. Later on they cop a rough patch of travelling for a month then a huge run of Marvel games at the back end.  No cattery game either.

Essendon and Collingwood are going to be knackered after Tuesday.

Dees better be on their game tonight. No stuffing about. Grind out a decent win.

 

2 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Tom Boyd was in the same situation:  pick 1, left his drafting club to return home on a mega contract.

He didn't get booed by other clubs but still left the game far too early, depressed and disillusioned.

I hope this doesn’t happen to Jackson. 
JHF is performing to the level we all expected him to. Boyd didn’t except for that Grand Final game. Very eerily similar to Jackson. 

1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

Um that was woke mate and rightly so. A complete oversight by myself, adult add and pre coffee post.  Apologies to all especially the great female posters . 

Thanks for pointing it out, and at the risk of sounding Woke, being woke isn't a negative thing, as ironic as this sentence is.

Which makes me scratch my head at Floridas governor ( the one vying for the Usa's top job) stating.."I declare a war on Woke".

 

God forbid Florida has people doing and saying what's right.

 

If you're going for full on inclusive flair, might I recommend 'guys, gals and non binary pals'!

Or as Daisy suggested, a simple y'all to reinstate the original you plural distinction we've lost in English by removing 'thou' as a singular you.  I started saying y'all ironically to mock the Yanks but over time I've conceded to its supreme linguistic usefulness.

Edited April 29, 20231 yr by DeelightfulPlay

So reading peoples comments online why the booing is justified this is what people say.

They reckon draft tampering was involved and port and Jason had this arranged

Because people are told not to boo 

It's a free country we can do what we want

Kane Cornes keeps talking him up

It's not Horne's Francis fault Kane talks him up.

As I've said I completely get why nth fans would absolutely do it

 

2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Is our Tio stadium game against the Giants worth it?

I've been a big supporter but they are making it hard with the rolling fixture and the absence of television promotion.

Done properly it's a TV promoter's dream but there's little interest.

If the Vic Gov't would pay I'd be happy to see the game in Mildura. (Not impossible Dogs are paid to play in Ballarat)

12 hours ago, Nascent said:

I don't condone the booing but slightly different circumstances to a regular trade.

Horne-Francis essentially Tom Scullied North while they were on their knees and only saw out half of his rookie contract. Fair spit in the face of North fans who should rightfully be [censored] (I'm aware there are probable issues at North that contributed to him leaving).

Why every other teams fans has joined the booing bandwagon is somewhat perplexing but probably relates to group-think/pack mentality.

Agree. I could understand Roos fans being upset, but not other clubs.

BTW, I don't know that player you named. Name means nothing to me.

30 minutes ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

If you're going for full on inclusive flair, might I recommend 'guys, gals and non binary pals'!

Or as Daisy suggested, a simple y'all to reinstate the original you plural distinction we've lost in English by removing 'thou' as a singular you.  I started saying y'all ironically to mock the Yanks but over time I've conceded to its supreme linguistic usefulness.

what's wrong with the Australian "youse" as the plural of you?

11 minutes ago, sue said:

what's wrong with the Australian "youse" as the plural of you?

Nothing, I just never developed the habit and now I've got the wrong habit!

30 minutes ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

Nothing, I just never developed the habit and now I've got the wrong habit!

in an ideal world we could just use 'landers  🤣

I still couldn't believe it when Oskar baker got booed in r1. It did die out towards the end but that was embarrassing. We delisted the guy.

11 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

I still couldn't believe it when Oskar baker got booed in r1. It did die out towards the end but that was embarrassing. We delisted the guy.

I almost thought that was a joke at the time.  A sort of ‘funny because it’s so wrong’ thing.

Glad it stopped.

 

The only time I remember Melbourne fans booing someone who hadn’t left the club was when we played Adelaide at the G in 2009 and Nathan Bock had recently been accused / charged with domestic violence.

 

Just watched the Saints Power replay.

That goal by Powell Pepper in the last was a ripper and then he gives it to the saints supporters.

9 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

That goal by Powell Pepper in the last was a ripper and then he gives it to the saints supporters.

What, all 10 that were there.

Seriously though, with a membership of 55k with the game at Docklands and being on top of the ladder, that’s a very poor showing from Saints supporters.

 

 

Now watch us draw not even 20k to the G tonight

40K at the G would be a  good result tonight. Under 30K brace for impact. Caro, McClure and even Cornes will come for us.

Stkildas crowd was awful even with an interstate team.

5 hours ago, BDA said:

is it ok to say guys?

Boderline acceptable eg "hey you guys" to avoid that horrible 'yews'!!🙂

4 hours ago, daisycutter said:

or how about y'all

Too American!🙄

4 hours ago, sue said:

Nothing wrong with gents. If it is short for gentlefolk. 😀

Need to convince me of that one🤔

2 hours ago, sue said:

what's wrong with the Australian "youse" as the plural of you?

Yuk, yuk, yuk!!

2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

in an ideal world we could just use 'landers  🤣

OK.

 

Guys and gals will do just fine.

7 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

I say keep it but I think they could have a 25 m penalty used in conjunction. Not all infractions deserve the same penalty. Just saying.

Maybe .... but a 50 m penalty varies from around 35 - 55 m, so if they can't get that measurement right how will they go with a 25?  15 - 45?  They are miked up and GPS tracked - it should be relatively easy for "upstairs" to tell then exactly where the mark should be. 

3 hours ago, sue said:

what's wrong with the Australian "youse" as the plural of you?

... or the Kiwi version, ewes 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

Toby Bedford.... mark & goal straight up for GWS's first

78 handballs by Freo in the 1st, that’s a high amount.

4 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Um that was woke mate and rightly so. A complete oversight by myself, adult add and pre coffee post.  Apologies to all especially the great female posters . 

Thanks for pointing it out, and at the risk of sounding Woke, being woke isn't a negative thing, as ironic as this sentence is.

Gee, 'woke' can mean so many things.  So often it is so negative it borders on being an insult.  

I wasn't trying to put a particular slant on the 'gents' comment more to make it more inclusive. 

No need to apologise, I certainly wasn't offended hence the p.s. footnote.

Ashcroft just kicked goal of the year. The kid is a star.

Lions v Freo is just boring to watch. Switched over to GWS v Swans. Not much better.

I know a lot of water has passed under this bridge, but Hogan with his body right, mind right, and in form is a great footballer. 

5 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

If we play at the G instead of Alice we lose the MCG compensation 'home' game (vs Hawks most years).  So we would probably travel somewhere else instead or play more at Marvel.  At least this year we have only one trip to Perth; it is usually two.

Swings and roudabouts.

And it won't change!

p.s I am not a 'woke' but may I point out that 'Sorry gents its whinge time for me' is a bit out of date.

Quite right Luci.

Sorry gents and sheilas would have been a preferred form of address.

flagmantle don't look capable of coming close to kicking a winning score

it's glorrrious