Jaded No More

Joel Smith is the perfect sub. He can play forward or back and make a really strong impact in limited game time. My choice for the sub role in September.

Thanks for the update. Hope you have a holiday booked in September then.

When are they sacking Ross the Boss?

We need this guy I hear is not a bad player, Clayton something. He will help.

Tell me the difference? In both scenarios you let your opponent get the better of you for periods of the game. It is far less risky to hold a lead than to try and claw one back.

This was a good practice for when we face the Pies again. Adelaide play a very similar attacking game. Only difference is Adelaide have a much better forwardline than Pies. We held the Pies to 17 scoring shots.

Except unlike last year, we win the game. Who will remember the margin of this game in September? Literally nobody.

Louder for the people crying in the back please

Adelaide have Burgess. Never forget that. They are extremely fit and have IMO the best forwardline in the league.

We will look a different team when Clarry is finally back. Trac and Viney are exhausted. Both should get a week off before finals.

What else do we have left to complain about if not small children singing the song with their dads? 🙄

Idiots will say we weren’t good. They’ll also say Pies are going to win the flag because twice they beat Adelaide by under a goal. Go Dees!

I think Adelaide have caught us off guard here. I don’t think anyone expected them to play so defensive and have an extra down back. We will adjust.

Save it for when the game starts. Only positive vibes pre game.

We beat Lions, we beat Dogs, we beat Geelong. And I bet my bottom dollar that if Oliver doesn’t do his hamstring we beat Port as well. There is a lot to be said for fighting back and winning. But there’s equally a lot to be said for not needing to constantly fight back to win, don’t you think? Why is Pies coming back and winning more impressive than Melbourne being in every game we play and rarely being in a position to not win it?

And we don’t? We fought back twice against the Lions, and against Port and held on against the Pies. Our average losing margin is exceptionally small for a reason. We just don’t get behind as often at the Pies, so nobody rates our ability to fight back and win. But that doesn’t mean we don’t or can’t. We fought back from 19 points down in a grand final and won by 70+.

Still drizzling constantly. Slivers of blue sky in the distance.

Neither of those guys would ever entertain going to West Coast. They are both at the stage of their careers where they want success.

I’d consider him, especially if Tommo leaves or we are still keen on Petty forward. May will be on the wrong side of 30 next year.

Terrible news for Ashcroft. You just hate to see this happen.

It’s currently raining here in Casey. Let’s hope it clears up. We know what happens to us in the rain 🙄

If that’s what they expected, then they severely overrated their list. They were nowhere near a flag last year. They were building nicely, but their list had some serious holes. One of those holes was not a ruckman however. Darcy is a top 5 ruck in the competition. It’s like if we paid what they paid to get Grundy while we also had Gawn. Madness. They also got rid of some really key players in the process of getting Jackson, which hurt them enormously. The joke is that Lobb produced far more up forward for them than Jackson probably ever will. Logue was also a really important part of their defense, which isn’t all that great, when you consider their game plan is built around defensive pressure.

He is, but he isn’t what Freo needed. They already have a gun ruckman. They overpaid because they thought he’d be a KPF who rucks. IMO he isn’t and will never be that. He’s a big midfielder and ruckman. That’s what he is. He’s wasted not being the main ruck. If Darcy leaves then it becomes a different proposition, but they traded not only a huge number of picks for him, but also some really key players in order to fit him into their cap. They went from a top 6 finish to a likely bottom 4 finish in the process. By all measures, this trade has been a disaster for them. With pick 4 this year they could go after a quality mid which they desperately need. Fyfe is finished and they haven’t been able to replace him.

But but but Peter Bell is the master negotiator

What have Tomlinson and Grundy done to deserve this career death sentence?