Chook

My favourite is Jeddah Jeez.

Fill a glass of water to the brim and then slowly tip it out until there's nothing left. That's how my belief in Chris Dawes' ability has waned over the past 10 weeks.

Do you think Nathan Jones needs talking to? Do you think Matt Jones deserves talking to? One will be here next year. The other won't. It's as simple as that.

No priority picks. No extra financial assistance. Simply sink or swim on your love for the club. If we sink, then so be it.

PAUL ROOS: "People always saw it as a three-to-five year project." THEN WHY ARE YOU LEAVING US AFTER THREE YEARS?

At least the players look shattered. Shows they care.

Will Chris Dawes ever mark a football again in his life?

I cannot understand how Jack Watts is capable of falling over so much. It feels like every second contest he falls over.

Great goal from Jackie boy there.

That is some atrocious poetry.

Jordie McKenzie played awesome against the Bombers. He has sucked apart from that.

What did we do exactly?

I prefer the abbreviation "the Pee Cup", because it better illustrates my disdain for this whole thing.

Even morons are right sometimes.

The worst thing about the whole tanking situation is that from now on any time a team might conceivably benefit from a loss, any loss they actually DO have will be looked at suspiciously.

Neville Jetta needed a spur on like a bulldog needs a spur on.

...nonexistent entity.

Point taken. Mind addressing the others?

Yes, I have made up my mind on Watts. I think I have had enough time to do so. For many years I defended him, but that was out of hope more than anything. And no, I don't think he works anywhere near as hard as he should. Perhaps he runs a lot, but he does not work hard on the physical side of his game. I'm not talking about tackling like a madman or anything; I'm simply talking about keeping your feet in a contest, halving the battles you're faced with and providing implied pressure on those around you. Forget about my criticism of Watts smiling after a poor performance. Perhaps that is irrelevant (though taken along with everything else we see from him it does paint a picture I do not like). Focus instead on his utter lack of physical presence, and the castastrophic cascade that has on our zone defence. If even one player is seen to be unable to make a physical impact on the zone he's guarding, then every single time the ball comes near him someone from the opposing team will pick out a player who can benefit from that effective "gap" in the zone. Time and time again Jack Watts lets his team down because he is unable to keep his opponents accountable. Players like Jordie McKenzie and even Dan Nicholson are more useful to a team in our position than players like Jack Watts (though I will admit that Watts would likely shine in a team strong enough to compensate for his utter lack of physicality). This is a man who said "losing doesn't bother me." may have implied in an article I read a while ago that he does not hate losing as much as I believe he should. Do you think Daniel Cross feels the same way? EDIT: Removed unsourced quotation. Fair criticism is fair.

The difference is he works his arse off every game. Smiling after a loss is not, in itself, a crime. But when it is yet another symptom of a less-than-serious attitude towards winning and losing, then it DOES become a problem. Or rather, it does indicate a problem.

Jack Watts' disposal is his only AFL-level quality. He would probably be useful in a top-tier team. We are not a top-teir team, which makes his glaring defects all the more difficult to work around. I'd rather Dan Nicholson in the team right now than Jack Watts.

His disposal efficiency is so high because he is a very good kick and often handpasses when under the slightest amount of pressure. That means he rarely turns it over, but he rarely takes any risks with his disposal. And it's what he does when he DOESN'T have the ball that's got me in such a tizzy. I reckon Hawthorn kicked three goals in the first quarter alone as a direct result of Jack's poor defensive pressure. He is a vital part of our zone defence when he plays in our d50, but he doesn't have the urgency required to apply physical pressure to his nearest opponent when he has to, which means that whoever it is (whether it be Isaac Smith or anyone else) has ample time to dice us up.

I was just using the word you used. He was atrocious today, but that's not even the point. His attitude is deplorable for a professional sportsman. He's very likely a fantastic person, but he is not cut out for the kill-or-be-killed world of professional sports.

"You got me begging you for mercy. Why won't you release me? You got me begging you for mercy. Why won't you release me? I said release me."