Smokey

Gaff is a great player who made an awful mistake and paid dearly for it. Vilifying him for the remainder of his career does nothing for anyone, especially since Brayshaw himself has clearly moved on and has forgiven him.

Takes plenty of fortitude to be honest with yourself and others like this. Further evidence of his leadership credentials

I disagreed with what he said and shared my view accordingly. If you feel the need to jump in like a knight in shining armour that’s your business. I think it’s absurd that people here have a problem with the club sending a message, especially to the kids, that bullying people online is wrong and that it is somehow virtue signalling or invading your sacred space to escape whatever it is you need to in life. Footy has grown beyond the simple weekend pleasure of yesteryear. Kids these days have a lot more to deal with in life with the rise of social media and some here clearly do not understand that. I’m rapt the club is thoughtful in this area and wants to engage in society in positive way beyond what happens on the field. These are the kind of initiatives that draw families toward the club and increase our membership base.

Pretty sad state of affairs when people take issue with the club taking a stand against bullying. I’ll go ahead and remove myself from this convo now.

I assure you, I refer to you as friend in the most condescending manner possible.

Ever consider the fact the target audience for this may be kids who don’t stay up to date on news like us adults do? It ain’t all about you, friend.

I see no problem with organisations taking some responsibility and using their platforms for the betterment of society. This is hardly virtue signalling, they are just saying bullying is bad. What’s the problem?

Well, the club and the AFL thanks you for your years of support and wishes you all the best in finding your new happy place

So the impact of cyber bullying applies to everyone. Except the players of course, they should cop it because we aren’t playing well right now. Right. Back to planet earth now - fantastic initiative. No one should have to put up with insidious bullying by losers hiding behind computer screens.

Couldn't care less who says what about us, I'm just calling a spade a spade - this is clickbait and everytime someone opens it SEN gets paid. How depressing.

More outrage porn for, frankly, the stupid masses who can't discern between credible news and fluff commentary designed to get a rise out of people and generate advertising revenue via web traffic. We know where we are at and certainly don't need some idiot like Wallace to point that out. As long as the players aren't making excuses and are focused with getting things back on track this constant stream of "expert" opinion means zero to me.

We have no other option as far as I can see

We got 99 problems. But oliver ain’t 1.

Nervous is a understatement.

Your bringing problems with no solutions. Don’t be that guy. Its dreadfully obvious We are desperate for a dynamic crumbing forward with a bit of spark. When jeffy is on, he’s up there with the best. Let’s see him, I’m ready.

Its funny watching you [censored] in someone’s pocket who is trying to be positive around here after the way you reacted to me recently. Fascinating really. I was accused of all but high treason haha. ‘Perhaps I’m slightly less eloquent, but my message was similar.

That’s generally what commentators have to offer on the radio

Surprised the ‘is Goodwin the right guy’ thread hasn’t resurfaced yet lol @GCDee I’m with you mate. I can us coming to (hopefully next week) and smashing plenty of teams.

Went back and checked last weeks stats, I thought we lost i50’s last week. Turns out we didn’t. I’m don’t disagree with you, I’m just trying to find some positives that we can build on instead of getting hysterical. Our flaws are horribly obvious and hardly need pointing out.

I feel you have inferred far too much from a fairly simple comment. It was more aimed at people that are throwing the towel in for the season over a couple of losses. I’m as disappointed as the next person but I personally don’t see what getting overly emotional about it online does. The rest of the comment was centred around remaining objective about where we are at given our pre season. If that triggers you then go ahead and put me on ignor.

The end score is obviously unkind and forgettable, but take a deep breath everyone. We won inside 50s and clearances. That is an improvement. Guys like Clarry and Max and Viney are responding and getting back to their normal outputs. Now we just need T Mac to rediscover some form and we should start resembling ourselves again. There are probably a few more to mention but I reckon t macs current form is hurting us the most right now as we rely on him for a lot in the forward 50. Most here conceded that we had a very interrupted pre season with many surgeries, and far shorter than we’ve been used to in over a decade to boot. Well it’s only round 2 and this is still obviously a huge factor from what I’m seeing. Again, take a deep breath. I think we’ll be fine and the panic stations some have arrived at already mostly reflects your lack of mental resilience more than anything else. Many here comment on how the boys will handle the expectation that’s been put on us this year, well most of you are failing that same test right now by throwing your toys out of the cot after 2 games.

Finally an intelligent and considered observation. And to all you armchair personal trainers commenting on his weight, try to understand that manipulating ones body mass can be incredibly more difficult for some. Conversely, look at Jeffy - he spends just as much time in the gym as anyone else in the team and has arms like toothpicks. Petracca wasn’t even our worst and some of you ought to be ashamed for the way you are talking about a fellow human right now. Bunch of bloody keyboard warriors, love to see you lot go down to training this week and share these comments with him in person.

Season? Spare me the drama mate it’s round 2

And when that happens, people will complain about bad entries.

The intensity is back. Very pleasing