JTR

For those who have seen him play for Casey, what can we expect?

Frost totally meant that  

Sorry if a re-post. Just saw it on Reddit.

Playing with fire!

I'm overseas and finally managed to find somewhere to watch when score was 11.5.71 to 6.4.40

From that point on we scored 1.11 to 8.2

I believe I jinxed us  

About time there was something else to be outraged about.

Far too much positivity over the last two days.

58 minutes ago, sisso said:

I also have FOMO - fear of missing out when we do decide to play properly and get a win....guarantee the one game I decide to skip the boys will have a glorious victory

Same

Still kicking myself for staying at home for the 2008 game vs Fremantle. Haven't missed a match since.

Edit...  OMac & JWag in for Viney & Weid

Make up your minds...

1 minute ago, stranga said:

He always runs like that cos he is fat and slow and soft. Another Taylor gem.

I meant Tmac

At the ground so missed any commentary, but was TMac injured during the game or did he go in bad?

Every time I paid any attention to what he was doing he was walking/running with a limp.

Ah, yep.

Actually not too displeased with the team this week... on paper.

Frost the only tall defender vs Reiwoldt/Lynch?

5 minutes ago, P-man said:

I forgot how incredibly annoying Bruce’s pronunciation of “Sahlum” is.

And "Fritts"

2 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Yesterday on the radio, can't remember if it was a random talkback numpty or the in-house "monday's expert" but they said ... "the public go to see the stars ... and pay good money too ... surely we want the star players out there and not in the coaches box watching?!"

I wonder how deeply the AFL and their minions have bought into this fallacious line of thinking.

 

No one's arguing with that. But no one's laughing either.

Luke Darcy was saying the same thing this morning.

Getting a downgrade to one week was a "good result" because we "all want to see the stars of the game playing"...

Deadset joke.

Oh please.

Would it not be extremely poor list management if we didn't have a half decent backup for Max?  If we went with a small forward or outside runner instead of Preuss, who are our genuine ruck options if Max goes down? 

Preuss will be fine once he gets fit, and he's got the best ruck in the comp to show him how.

These threads are depressing and I have no desire to read all 9 pages.

2nd quarter aside we were total crap, but I can only hope someone has raised the absolutely disgraceful umpiring, again.

How many 50/50 calls did they get (that we didn't!) that directly resulted in goals?

Livid

12 minutes ago, Sydee said:

I don't get all the love for Preuss - he really has shown nothing to warrant selection in an AFL team so far at Melbourne

Simply being big doesn't equate to much at all - in fact, it is likely to be a big liability if he isn't marking, isn't chasing, isn't kicking goals etc.

Not saying Gawny doesn't deserve a backup but Preuss would be behind Keilty for mine at this stage 

+1

Preuss is not match fit. Yes it was @#$%ing hot in Shepparton but he was cooked 3/4 of the way through the FIRST quarter, FFS. 

AND he dropped everything that came his way.

Defintely not the answer to our current problems.

When are umpires going to learn to be seen and not heard?

They are there to officiate the game, not be a part of it, FFS!

Sick of watching a game or attending a game and the umpires being a major talking point afterwards.

Ah, right then!  

Though think there must still be some running as saw a Hurstbridge bound train stopping at Jolimont to drop a load off

5 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

Given how disastrous this transportation situation is I’m revising down to 26,187

Admittedly i drove, so don't know, but is the transportation situation today any different to Thursday night (85,000) or last night (78,000)?

30 mins till bounce and not many here. We'll be lucky to crack 30,000 unless theres a heap of people outside or still on the way.

LOL at the poor Colli-flogs going up with their Colling-woooood chant 6 mins early, not scoring again, then copping the Gee-looooong chant in return at the end.

If there are any Telstra mobile/home internet/home phone/foxtel customers out there, you can get cheap $20 tickets to pretty much any game you like, via the "Telstra thanks" offers.

Sometimes tickets are in AFL members, sometimes GA.

As of a few mins ago, there are still GA tickets available down at the cattery. I got a couple but could have purchased up to 10

Hore debuting too

Didn't want to start a new thread...

Having rewatched last years final vs Geelong, one thing I'm looking forward/hoping to seeing some progress on is putting teams away.

5.2 at 1/4 time.

6.13 plus a couple out on the full and multiple missed chances at 3/4 time.

We had them on toast most of the game but lacked the killer punch.

Even though I know what happened in the 4th it was still frustrating as hell.

Bring on Saturday!! 

1. Went to Speedway at Avalon/Mt Gambier/Warrnambool/Simpson/Moama/Ballarat/Hamilton/Parramatta

2. Visited family in NZ for few weeks

3. Finally hooked up Netflix