Jaded No More

Correction: at 75% he's still in the top 20 best players in the league.

Brisbane finish 1st? Unlikely

I’m not that confident either, but Carlton play like us in the sense that they’re a contest and defense first team. We have been doing it longer and better than they have so I hope we lift a gear and put them away. We certainly won’t be taking this game lightly and we should be in better physical shape as well.

Some of these media questions.... Simon do you know Kosi is good in the midfield? Can you tell us what the game plan is for Saturday? FFS what an embarrassing lot!

I am in full blown weather watch mode

This is cute

It’s changed 10 times in the space of two days. I’ll get to the game, it’ll say 0% chance of rain while hailing.

You don’t like Shai Bolton??? He’s a gun and quite likable I would have thought. Agree with Walker. He is a tool, but Walker at FF = Dees win the next two flags.

Apparently we are better without him 🙄 Hibbo has to be the sub. I’m worried their smalls will get off the leash if we aren’t careful.

So rather than the media going “wow how good are the Dees, they not only covered but improved their midfield performance without the best inside mid in the competition”, they’re like “Oliver is trash” Sounds about right.

Charlie Curnow. But I don’t hate him.

The ginger prince returns

Their defence has tightened, but with fast ball movement it can still come apart. Weitering is an absolute star, but the rest of their defenders are only so so. I would like to see Melksham play on Weitering in this instance. If we can get the advantage in and around stoppage, I reckon we will move it quickly to exploit their defence. Particularly without Petty, we will need to try and move it quicker as well, so we can find some space for our small forwards to work into.

What are you talking about? They already won the flag. We are living in a simulation.

Where does Gus play? I would also give Kosi some more time on ball. He is super productive in there on low minutes, and can exploit Carlton's lack of speed in the middle.

You forgot speakers constantly playing loud BOOS for when we play in Perth.

Does anyone think it will take the midfield a while to adjust back to having Clarry in there? A part of me wishes we played him last week to get back into it, but understand completely why that game was not worth the risk.

I actually listened to that interview on the way to work. It was hard not throwing up in the car, but he categorically said it's not going to happen while he's playing and he has no plans to retire. Which is very unfortunate. He is a smooth talker. A sleazy politician if you like. Would fit right in on this corrupt commission.

It is. But also they've been largely slop for the last 8 years. We were good for around half of those years 😅

They are full of confidence. Boy it would be SO sweet to pop that balloon on Saturday night. Also LOL at the comment that we were behind against Norf last week. They were too against the Saints. Playing at Marvel not Tassie. And they had to play hard contested footy to win. We played 15 minutes of good footy then rested our prime movers in the last.

Is Grundy a GWS supporter?

Firstly, why are these all men? Secondly, the Melbourne supporter definitely looks the smartest, cleanest and best dressed. But where’s the cheese?

The lure of a flag for a guy in his last season or two could produce some real magic. It seems to have done it for Melksham. I’ll reserve my hopes until I see how he goes with Casey on Sunday. I hope he is moving freely and slightly faster than a glacier.

It’s less time consuming to list what he doesn’t eat. He is not match fit.

Good find that. I only find empty chip packets and dog hair behind my couch.