DV8

Expectations and feeling entitled, are close allies with disappointment, arrogance, and the whole boom & bust scenarios. We live in hope of that carrot being dangled in front of us... and are taught to want that damn carrot, as we grow from infants. I've given up on being good at losing, & a good loser... and say to hell with that, and... just say it openly, honestly, as you think/feel it.

Ha, your right I didn't see it. My apologies to PRB. But my stance remains, about our attitudes of our past.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/essendon-saga-allan-hird-hits-out-at-asada-chief-and-government-20160509-goppwl.html It wasn't the players fault. It was the off field leadership. That club should still hang its heads in shame.

He is Too heavy for his height, in today's non stop footy. Also, this is not good for his joints, particularly his knees and cartilage's. Let alone his back health... and ankles. https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/tp-melbourne-demons?year=2019&sby=8

Which nest is this, 'DD' ?

Was that a Spiral fracture, 'fd' ?

Sorry PRB. disagree. they place high value on winning. losing gracefully is OK in amateurs... but not in AFL. We lose gracefully and have done now for 50+ years. Maybe if we had been un-accepting of our losing, we might not have been through our past unsuccessful history? Is our grace when losing... one part of our acceptance of the same?

Or 'Max'.

Little subtleties in his makeup shuit. Says hes' still a boy, in a mans body. He needs exorcising... to build more than his tank. .

Can someone suggest to Mr Preustt, to maybe grow a bushy beard ???

This is the way to look at the season in-front of us... and to get mean, nasty, and Hungry. You can bet that young Viney will doing just that, mean nasty and hungry for 2019.

Yes, we've been there and done that before my dear Watson. Last time a change of culture was in the 80's, and into early 90's... before our players became distracted by their own brilliance once again. The 90's we had more collective talent than I can remember in a team, and we managed to fluff it all. I believe the boys were kings out on the town tho... Premiers of the night life.

What a beautiful place Paris is, and the French.

Probably, right DD. But can I suggest a nickname instead of truck... perhaps something more like 'Marj'... might suit him better.

2019 will be a big development year for de Weide.

. Who could be, our Wolfman ? Viney? AVB ? Harmes? Jetta? Gawn? Weide? Maysy?

Here is an AFL 'Wolf'...

He scares me this guy. in AFL parlance. ... such a brute, dressed in sheeps clothes. But where is the inner wolf ??? .

In a way, Jwatts is the Exaggerated epitome of our past soft ways. Showing something... then resting on those laurels, until the hunger returns through the scorn of the rest of the competition. We seem to have a boom and bust mentality... when our culture goes soft. Like famous play boys on a high, at the club scenes.

Do you possess a yellow vest 'bing' ?

Mine has been very much like this, for the past 2.5 weeks. I wonder if I went out in sympathy for TMc ? .

Yes, exactly.. But I think the difference is... we aren't castrated anymore. not choirboys anymore. We are hard, tough, competitors, who won't take any carp from any on-comers. And this attitude frees our boys to be like men... and hit hard to intimidate, and be ruthless. Taking away this aggression IMO, is what has left us as choirboy types... and a case of sad sacks, of castrated 'old boys'.

this is true DD. but now we have arrived and in our window of opportunity. Excuses stop end of last season now, and we make all posts winners. ... kicking for goal, hitting targets by foot. etc... hard running work for Petacca. The buck stops with the players now... as we stride for that line. amongst many other clubs

We at our club have a repeating history of getting comfortable, to easily, and too often. Del is right in what he says... and the rest of the competition perennially do not respect us, for this very reason. Sometimes we are just not hungry enough. this is the attitude the past AFL opposition players know about us. We are at a time now, thanks to AFL support... that we have been guided back to health and strength, and the additions off field know the caper... and we have made many correct decisions since the support. Let us Not shoot ourselves in the feet again, Via a desire to be arrogant and entitled. It will be bloody hard work, just to make the top 8... let alone top 4, or higher. With hard work and some luck. This is the way to success. Anticipating the slog... and relishing that.

Clint Bartram.