Jaded No More

It’s not about romanticism. It’s about a kid who has worked damn hard and deserves to be selected to play and have all the same bells and whistles that every other debutant gets. Playing one quarter as a sub will do nothing for him, nor will it tell us if he’s able to hold his own at this level. Most players can’t impact much as sub unless they’re very experienced or play a very specific role (eg Melksham). Why would you make a debutant fight for another game by making them sub and severely limiting their ability to impact the game? He will get a game sooner or later and it’ll be done properly. I also don’t think there’s any need to debut a kid in such a massive game. It’s a lot of unnecessary pressure.

Add to that the Perth factor and you might be right.

We won’t and should not debut a kid as the sub. Especially the son of a former champion. It’s just not right.

Lipinski is a damn good in. FFS couldn’t be miss one more week? 🙄

It wasn’t worth the wait 😂

The AFL is really hell bent on ruining the competition in the name of optics.

He’s 18. He is a kid. I think he has a lot of raw talent and skills to work with. He needs a good pre season to put the weight on and get his fitness up. He will not debut before he’s 20-21 IMO and that’s ok.

A tip for the ladies: make sure you go to the bathroom as soon as the halftime siren goes because you know what those lines are like when it’s a big game, and you’d hate to miss the Mexican wave 😂

He’s not playing in either. Knee is stuffed again.

I suppose it matters to the club from a planning perspective. Shouldn’t matter to fans, except those who gamble.

I promise you that when you turn up to the G tomorrow, you’ll see 22 Melbourne players plus a sub. Who those players are, nobody knows.

It’s better for our draft position if GWS beat North tho…

I don’t think she’d find too many bad things written about him from Melbourne fans. I reckon the worse I’ve read all season is that he is a bit lacking in form and his goal kicking accuracy is bad. All things I’m sure Fritta would agree with! Still wise not to read things written about your son tho I think. I’d avoid all media as it’s all bad 😂

Will always be a Melbourne player. A forever favourite of mine. Surely we can bring him back to Melbourne where he belongs at some stage. Casey will have no issues fitting him in either.

Surely we don’t debut someone as sub! Deep hate

100% If he finds his early 2021 form, it not only gives him a chance to get the flag he is after, it solves many of our problems as it will allow Petty to play forward. It really makes us a better side if he can fill that second tall role and allow Lever to play third tall interceptor.

And betting

The weather is at least looking promising. No rain is good news.

Could be someone playing at Casey today?

Wow big news. That’s very disappointing! He is a good matchup for so many of their medium talls. He trained mid week didn’t he? Maybe sick?

Hibbo will definitely be in starting 22 unless he’s injured/sick

Nah. Port and us are a much bigger threat. Geelong need to miraculously get all their injured players back playing at their best to win the flag. They got very lucky with injuries last week and timed the resting of their stars perfectly. They don’t have the luxury this year to do that given where they are on the ladder. If they go on a big winning streak now, I don’t think they’ll have much left in the tank to win it come September. I still maintain that if Pies don’t go down by a point to the Swans in the prelim, Geelong don’t win the flag last year. Going back to back is SO hard. It’s even harder when your list is as old as theirs and as heavily reliant on those aging stars.

Why you kill the vibe?

If I ever feel happy for Geelong, know my account has been hacked.