Jaded No More

Good to hear you’ll stick around. I can be quite negative but I’ve been trying to find the positives more often because I’m reminded regularly how bad we used to be and how I longed for the days when we were a contender!

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and by providing it you need to expect that you may get pushback or feedback or disagreement. So long as it’s done respectfully, there is nothing wrong with that. This is after all, a discussion forum, and in every discussion and conversation there are sides. And people are also entitled to change their mind, have a (respectful) meltdown because they’re sad their team lost, and have a sook when things aren’t going the way they hoped. Some days are better on here than others. I hope you stick around as you’re a really good poster. But you have to do what feels right. We don’t bring toxicity to our lives. We are peaceful kings and queens!

Don’t worry about it. Jimmy already told me the Pies have won the flag. Why are we even talking footy when we can talk draft picks?

@binman I need a 7000 word essay to tell people why they need to calm down please @Binmans PA if I don’t hear from him soon, expect a follow up email from my team

A lot of people with wet pants in this thread. When we were 42 points down in round 23 in 2021 in Geelong I turned the TV off and told my husband it’s been a great year but I’m off to bed. Nek minnit

Our club never says a word. Never complains. Never mentions it. Pert should send a please explain to the umpires department with hours of vision of Gawn getting held, hit high and hit late for no frees.

He did. I told him to F off because he’s a tiny assclown and no, I will not be fit. Ever.

I didn’t see the vision but if it was the one in Prahran it’s possible he parked down the side street. I’ve been there many times for scans myself and one side of the street looks like a weird alleyway.

Mid strength wine makes no sense to me. I never drink wine to get drunk. I drink it because it’s delicious. And because it’s delicious I get drunk 😂

Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it seems in football.

To be fair all AFL players in Melbourne go to the same place to get scanned. I assume the gutter journalists just sit there all day every day waiting to catch someone.

Gawn had scans today apparently No idea for what. Anyone??

And with Moore maybe touch and go.

What a difference a week makes. Things going against us at every turn this week.

His ball use is horrible.

If anything, last night would be a good wake up call especially to our mids who were poor under pressure early. I am not worried about that loss one little bit. I’m incredibly worried about our forwardline however.

Not to mention Dunstan burning players in better positions and not dishing off. He and Harmes are not getting a game anytime soon. Tomlinson needs to play in defense and I guess Smith up forward for now. Sadly the Petty injury could just about be the thing that kills our shot at a flag this year.

McDonald looks ok to me. Maybe another week at Casey. But I would play him in round 24.

A moment of appreciation for Clarry who missed 10 weeks of footy and had 27 touches, 13 tackles and TEN clearances last night. To put in perspective, Cripps had 5 clearances, Hewett 8, Gus 6 and Viney 5. The man is a freak.

So Petty, JVR and Jefferson are not AFL standard? Ok Jason Taylor tell me more

Verrell isn’t terrible in the ruck for a kid who missed half a season. Grundy is a perfect Gawn backup, but at $800k a season he can’t just be a backup for injury. And he doesn’t want to be either, which is fair enough.

Schache has no mongrel. You can’t play a key position role at AFL if you don’t have the physical desperation. I think Grundy is a little bit the same. Too much of a nice guy. Needs a lot more agro!

JJ. We don’t need an extra mid now Clarry is back.

Adams will be a player. Could be another JT special.

McDonald still with ok touch and desperation for the footy. I guess we need to see how he runs out the second half