Jaded No More

Oooh that would be ideal. Mainly because I’ll be able to watch it up in QLD while I drink a cocktail pool side. If we lose I’ll just throw myself and the laptop in the pool 😂

My query is the same. He is a very talented player, of that I have no doubt. The attributes to be a star are there. But IMO the way he checked out last year was poor, especially given another flag was there for the taking. And to me he did not to me seem to come to Freo in top shape. He still looks a little overweight and he ran out of steam in the last quarter yesterday, which OK long season and he's rucked alone, so maybe that's fair. But game on the line sort of stuff, and he didn't lift like I thought he would given how he played the previous 3 quarters. Fumbles are one thing, but ball watching is another. My Essendon mate commented that he cost Freo that game with his lack of intent in the last, so it's not just biased Melbourne supporter syndrome. To me he lacks desperation. Maybe it's because he feels satisfied, having won a flag and gone back home on big dollars. Maybe as you say it's immaturity and a bit too much time spent living the life with his mates, and he will eventually grow out of it. But if I invested 3 first round picks and millions of dollars in a player, I would want to see a lot more in terms of consistency of effort.

Great, so another 6 day break plus travel. FMD I hate the AFL.

Or elimination final if we lose week one. Which we won’t 😉

Win the premiership. Worry about that later 5-6 weeks is an ideal outcome given the circumstances

He was pointing and holding his foot on the bench so it appears to be the foot. But who knows. The footy gods are cruel bastards. Took us 19 rounds to settle our forwardline and two weeks later it’s blown up in our faces. It’s just the worst!

Brisbane have Adelaide, Pies and Saints. I don’t see any of those games as a percentage booster even if they do win all 3. Doesn’t mean we will win all three or gain percentage either. But I back us to do better than them the last 3 weeks, if we can get the forwardline rejigged. Again.

Because it’s not an ankle it’s a mid foot injury according to Goody. Doesn’t mean it’s a lisfranc. It can’t be diagnosed until they get medical imaging done. It’s only a guessing game now. I am sure the dreaded injury report will be out soon enough to give us more bad news.

So Pies don’t pick and choose which quarter to be switched on? Did they forget to turn the light on the last fortnight? Did you watch the first half of the Carlton game yesterday? Hardly on fire. Saints were all over them and I rate the Saints on par with Freo and Hawks right now, but with a better tactical coach. Carlton do have a host of injuries that they’re covering really well and credit to them. This will be a hard game. So will the Hawks game, so will the Swans game. Every game is hard now. We are in better form than just about every contender. Carlton are also in very strong form, but they have beaten sides who are not elite in the contest. This game will come down to the contest and the midfield and I back us to be better in there for longer. Clarry back will help enormously. Viney and Trac played limited minutes in the guts yesterday so should be fresh. Carlton had to fight much harder to win yesterday than we did. We basically switched on for 2 quarters then took Gawny, Jack and Trac off in the last and just held off from any scoring eventuating. Very smart way to “rest” players. Petty out is a massive blow especially without Fritta. But if Clarry is back then Trac can spend more time forward. Kosi back in hot form also would scare Carlton. He has a track record of breaking their hearts after all.

Agreed. Considering the hammy was a repeat injury they’d be mad stupid to play him after only two weeks off.

Agreed. Smith doesn’t give you the leads that Petty does tho. The JVR Petty chemistry was so good God dammit why are we cursed?! MFCSS is so real 😭

Goodwin said it’s a mid foot injury. Not ankle?

Saturday night or Sunday the most likely. We play Sunday and Sydney play the Saturday the prior week.

Hibbo is a must for me in this game. His ground ball work is so good.

But Clarry is back. CLARRY!!!

He did not go hard enough in a few critical contests in the last and fumbled at crucial times. He was very good early but he had a terrible last quarter. He was also rucking against Daniher who is not a great ruckman. I bet you scream for ANB to be dropped when he fumbles 🙄

He was soft. For a guy earning more than Gawn, he needed to do more.

The deathride continues. Jackson spudded it up in the last.

Brisbane celebrating like they just won a grand final. Embarrassing. A great result. We are ahead of Brisbane AND Freo stuck in bottom 4. Jackson embarrassing in that quarter.

God Jackson doing some lazy soft things

Well done Sam Sturt. I have no idea who you are but I could kiss you.

Absolute rubbish from Freo. Expected nothing less.

Freo sucks. Brisbane better not cruise away with this now.

He’s desperate for Melbourne to get a home final 😂

This game is SO boring. Yet so important.