Hopeful Demon

Been disappointing for me. I was really excited by him at the end of '21 but he hasn't progressed at all since then. I struggle to really see what his role is at the moment. It's all very well to point at his workrate but getting 15 disposals (with the occasional goal thrown in) nearly every week is simply not enough for someone who spends as much time in the midfield as he does.

That's literally one of the worst takes I've ever read. We'd hardly have a club left if it wasn't for Jones.

He loves Weid but hates JVR even though he's already a much better player.

Are you really this thin skinned? Every time someone expresses dissatisfaction with the club's decisions you just resort to cheap personal attacks.

Telling someone that they're not a supporter when they critique the club is so dumb. And where was anyone saying that the media is perfect?

The last two pages of this thread have [censored] me off for a number of reasons. I agree that it's pathetic to hang [censored] on the club at every opportunity but it's also pathetic to get on your high horse and tell someone that they're not a supporter when they critique the club's performances. We've seen the worst of these two extremes in this thread alone. Fwiw, the vast majority of my posts are positive but this is a football forum ffs.

Yep I remember in the Queen's birthday back in 2019 we got hammered but Gawn tore him a new one getting 30+ disposals.

It's hard to fathom many people considered Grundy to be a better ruck than Gawn at the end of 2019. Grundy seems to be declining every year while Gawn's aging like fine wine.

His epic bump on Hoskin-Elliot on the King's Birthday will always be etched in my brain

Honestly I lost interest in the brownlow a while ago. It very rarely gives an accurate representation of who the best player was in a given season. I doubt that anyone thought that Neale was the best player last year. Same goes for Wines in 2021.

A Sydney-Brisbane grand final would be fantastic for the competition

Eh I'm sick of Geelong being so good all the time.

Yeah I find it really stupid when people put the covid tag next to the '21 flag. Port Adelaide and Brisbane were gifted home finals while we had to travel to Adelaide and Perth despite finishing on top of the ladder. If anything, I think that alone made our premiership much more impressive. I've been as frustrated as hell by our performance since the flag but we were clearly the best team in '21 whichever way you look at it.

For some reason most opinions on Goodwin on this site have to go from one extreme to another. Fwiw, I don't see him as a genius or a fraud. I think he's a solid coach with various deficiencies. It's perfectly fine to be neutral on him.

I'm really happy with this news. I thought he was one of the biggest positives of 2024. His kicking out of the backline was far better than it was when he played down there many years ago. I'm expecting him to finish top 5 in our B and F.