Jaded No More

Yep, the idolization of sex offenders, thugs and cheats under the guise of being good blokes who can kick a footy is nauseating. If you hate what this country (and world) is becoming, spare a thought for us women.

This! Been kissed on the d!€k all season long. Won thru to the grand final kicking 60 and 58 points. Absolute travesty if they win it. Hope Brisbane smash them.

Any word on whether we look to replace Stafford? I am not in on the Stafford sucks narrative, because you can only work with what you have, but some fresh voices couldn’t hurt as we try to reinvent our forwardline.

We also only watched the second half. But my husband hates Collingwood as much as I do. He was cheering on GWS.

The dog sat down on the bed and accidentally pressed the remote with his hefty bottom with 5 seconds left in the game. He is a therapy dog I tell you.

Gil on the phone to the umpires working the game tomorrow

Such a hard week knocking out an opponent, when he could have knocked out two. Thoughts and prayers.

I suppose Maynard knocking Cox out in friendly fire and the Pies losing by a point next week would be karma

I would rather smear [censored] in my eyes

Hot tip: go on a weekend away next Saturday.

[censored] this season.

I am so invested in the suffering of Collingwood

It was bizarre for Port to roll out Butters and Rozee. Like does Grundy really care? So strange.

Yze runs the box. He did that at Hawthorn too and nobody complained about Clarkson. We won a flag with Goodwin coaching from the bench. I understand we have just disappointingly lost two finals, but not everything the club does needs to be thrown in the bin.

Gil rivaling John Farnham for longest farewell tour ever

This thread is called TRADE RUMOURS, not only post things that are 100% going to happen. Part of the fun of the trade period is the wild rumours. Keep it up @Nudge

Presumably because we are looking to trade pick 5 for an established player?

Not against this if his body checks out, he’s happy to play backup and not get paid much. Realistically he won’t want that. At his age he will want game time and he is unlikely to get that at Melbourne ahead of Gawn. Can we play forward? 😂

Great news for him and well deserved. He’s served a long apprenticeship under some great coaches and has been involved in multiple flags. Wishing him all the very best!

This is the 10th thread on the main board basically questioning the same thing over and over again. The assumption that we don’t review things is wrong. Simple as that. We review everything all the time. Every football club does.

Newsflash, they do an internal review every single year. Or do you think they've packed their bags and gone off to Bali? So little credit being given to a club that has finished top 4 for three years running, and won a flag just two years ago.

Agreed. Gawn did not hold up his end of the bargain. It also did not help that he got injured early, was slow to get back to full fitness, and when he played forward it was wet and windy. I actually thought he impacted the contest up forward against Carlton, but his goal kicking is an abomination. He is just not a forward. Neither is Grundy. Our desperate need to get a tall forward working, thanks to injuries to Tmac, BB and then Petty and then Melksham, meant that we tried to force a square peg into a round hole. It did not work, and having a million dollar bench player who can't do much else but ruck, is a luxury we cannot afford. Grundy can't play forward, but he also can't play behind the ball or take a contested mark like Gawn. Which means he can only do one thing, and that is be a first choice ruck. But is he as good a first choice ruck as Gawn? No he is not. Having said all that, the reality is that Gawn is 32 next season. He has had a long history of knee issues. He cannot go on forever, and the irony is that if Grundy did not choose to leave, he would probably end up getting a lot more game time next year.

Not to mention reduced his trade value significantly. Who would want to bring in a player who cracks it and doesn't want to play in a final to help his side win?