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Nearly a hold my beer moment for the umps. Well done North!

One more crack

Bring it on, can North survive?

Go roos

Break out the Jager bombs

I do. All that and a bag of potato chips.

North are playing high percentage football

That's deep man, bit like telling someone the biggest mistake their parents made was giving birth to then.

My tipping has started terribly. Thinking of quitting.

Well for what it's worth I'm ready for JVR. I think that's a little more important that what he thinks.

I thought Walters was still pretty good but I think I've been blinded to his stinky performances.

Honestly good on them for being so bad. I think they deserve it, their forward line stinks, they play a crud style and yes.

I'm sure we all learned something.

I think it's good to see a North team so competitive in this one.

Good on North for having a good old crack

The unlosable Dockers are at it again.

Great news. Everyone breathe a sigh of relief, you all deserve it.

I don't care, you still deserve a beer.

I'm supposed to call the doctor about recent CT scan results on my lower back but I'm more worried about Max's results.

Not saying that Jaded. Its been a bad night and morning for DL overall not just with the Max situation and honestly some of the jumping off last night after the big week of talking us up all week really disappointed me. I'm sorry if it bothers people to express that but that's how I felt and while it would be unfair to judge people for being anxious (which by the way I'm just as anxious and about to be sick) think it would be unfair to judge me for having this opinion which frankly I don't have all that often as I usually stick it to the positive police. Everyone's different, not going to attack the way people feel. I think we weren't at our best on here, myself included. We'll have better days. There seems to be a real insistence on being right about the loss of Max though. If losing Max ends up being the worst thing for our season then a lot of people will be proven right and more power to them. Those of us bringing up comparisons might be off base but it's all we have to go on right now. I really want some kind of hope, you and I pay a lot for our memberships and I desperately want the boys to still give us something to watch this year. So being attacked for that doesn't make sense either. I love dealing with reality and facts most of the time but right now I'd rather live in some kind of hope than to be proven right in 6, 10, 20 weeks. Hang in there and cross everything you've got Jaded. You're one of the posters who's views I most respect on here.

Colours have been lowered here in the last 24.

Demonland - Going down girglar

Is that a positive that they can't see an obvious tear?

Another reason why putting all your faith in a 31 y.o with history isn't wise. I'm not having a go at people down in the dumps and I'm very down in the dumps myself. But it is still a team sport. People talk about Max like he's the second coming of our lord, he's everything and a bag of chips but we also watch our club every week. I had friends in Adelaide who said the same about Primus, West Coast couldn't win one without Nic Nat. Hell I have Richmond friends that watch Jack Reiwoldt every week and feel the stuff he does makes him the most important forward in the comp. I know people don't want to hear about comparisons because Max provides more than any of those but these case studies are all we have to draw on. There is literally no point at all bashing guys like Grundy round the head saying that he's not Gawn and that no-one is. We get it, he's almost irreplaceable. It's become apparent to me that we've all got different ways of dealing with this and I'm gonna stay clear of here for a few hours. Chins up.

He's a special player yes, a very special one. Maybe the most important weve ever had, but he's one player and the fact remains that teams have gone on to succeed without great players. There's not a footy coach in the country that would think planning a whole system around one player is a sustainable idea so the challenge is there now. Otherwise let's just bin the season now and go home. I'm as gutted about this as anyone and yes it's going to hurt and be incredibly difficult to overcome but it is Round 2 and I am not throwing the months of March to September into the trash or finding something better to do like paint and sip classes or gardening. It's a long season, sh*t happens.