Jaded No More

Double post

But it’s ok because Maynard is his mate 🙄🤮😡 All these heroes on this site and in the media declaring this a footy action. Well this unnecessary brutal action may have just cost a player in his prime his career. A player whose brother got king hit and had his jaw broken in an AFL game. A player whose fiancé buried her father as a result of head injuries. A player who has never once pulled out of a contest, knowing full well it could be his last. A player who was wide open, kicking a football, and had no right to be hit by a thug going for maximum impact in an attempt to “spoil”. I wished Maynard ill last night. I now wish that he misses finals and sits in the guilt of what he’s done. I hope that guilt and missing finals eats him alive and ruins his career.

It’s the hope that kills you. I was very hopeful of success this year. Now I would be surprised if we don’t go out in straight sets.

Considering his MIL is suing the AFL, I suggest she won’t either.

This can’t surely be it. He’s had a really good run with injuries and is playing some of the best football of his career. Can take a whole pre season and rest and get better. I truly hope this is not the outcome.

Remember last week when a few people were mad that we pulled players out of the Casey final and not a week later we are facing 2 forced changes in pivotal roles. This is why, and thank goodness we did that!

It’s not a fun sport to watch anymore

In far worse conditions no less.

I hope for once our club sent in a scathing medical report as opposed to being the nice guys. Photos of Gus’ shiner, documents about his previous condition, impact to his and his family’s well being following this nasty collision. Bury this thug and bury his club. Hope he misses finals and it burns in his guts forever. Payback for all the cowardly thug acts he’s committed over the years, including this one that could end the career of an actually BRAVE player who plays the ball. Not the man.

If this piece of dog [censored] doesn’t miss the rest of their season I’ll be dead set ticked off. Because chances are, Gus will miss ours. No doubt he will get off because #bigclubbro

Dane Swan is the poster boy for why drugs are bad

I once reported a Pies supporter at a QB game who was calling Nev Jetta a *insert incredibly insulting racist slur* They said “we can’t do anything about what he says”

All these love heart Instagram posts from our players referencing Gus is definitely not comforting me or leading me to believe that he’s ok. Fingers crossed he will be fine and this won’t impact his career like it has before.

No doubt the process is muddy and rubbish and inconsistent. I think it's hard to argue that Maynard's intention was not to hurt Gus. As I said earlier, did he want to concuss him? Probably not. Did he want to hurt him? Absolutely. He has form, a lot of it, he said during the week he is going to go hard and hurt us. Did he hope to impact the kick? Sure. Did he see an opportunity to smash into Gus hard at the same time by turning his body into him? 100% yes.

I'm giving myself a self imposed ban this weekend. I am not watching any games. My mental health needs a break.

So Hunter got a week for 'hitting' Butters who went on to have 900 touches and win the game. Maynard should get off tho because we should be letting players just play the game? Plenty of spoils occur in footy every week. We had about 10 last night. None of them ended up with a player getting knocked out.

This. We lost Gus which meant Trac had to move into the middle. It threw everything off. He is an enormously versatile and important player who has been incredibly dominant in the midfield. His loss was costly and really hurt our plans.

He should have landed with his arms outstretched across Gus to protect his own fall. The minute he chose to get off the ground, he had to avoid turning his body and tucking in the elbow. If you choose to leave the ground, accept that if you collect someone high, you better not be doing it in a twisting motion.

Watch the MRO grade it as accidental, not high and medium impact and he gets a fine. Never mind that Gus has a black eye according to Goodwin and was knocked out.

Because it was their home game. There should be no home games in finals. You get the home ground advantage, but beyond that it should be neutral. I hate all this pre and during game entertainment anyway. It is loud, obnoxious and completely irritating. Please some music at a normal level, call out the players names pre-game (I do like that because it gets the crowd going), and just leave us in peace during breaks.

Of course he did. We are having a seriously good year on the injury front. No doubt Gawn, Trac and Clarry will somehow all fall into a well this week.

Well he's going to have to check himself back in. He can still win a flag, and he's getting a hell of a lot of money to perform.

Hard to cheer for Mason Cox when he's getting destroyed by a player he is trying to illegally hit. One of the worst blights on our game is Cox. Nice little forceful tug of Trac's leg and high hit on Clarry too. The sooner he departs back to the US the better.

Yep, but of course the same old posters who are the first to get stuck into any Melbourne player, are out here defending that piece of [censored] Maynard and the inbred club he plays for. Anyone who doesn't think McRae, who played under one of the dirtiest coaches in the history of AFL, did not give direction to his players to come out and hurt us, is as delusional as they are stupid. Players with form, a club with form, and supporters with form of being the lowest scum of the earth. Imagine chanting and cheering while a player is out cold, but having the audacity to cry because opposition fans boo Ginnivin for being a duck and a cheat. The mind [censored] boggles.

I fall out of love with football just a little more every season. Melbourne being a good side is keeping me going. But I am holding on for dear life.