Jaded No More

He doesn’t. Nobody would believe it anyway. It’s like how he was a Richmond supporter when I first met him… that did not last long

Hence why she thanked Mr Jaded. He has no real name. His whole identity is tied up in mine 😂

Also guys my husband is coming tonight for the first time this season. He’s only seen us lose live twice. Lock in a win.

Two years ago this was the game that made the competition stand up and see us as real premiership contenders. The rest was history. Let’s hope today is the start of a beautiful 2023 campaign that ends much the same way. We’ve been good at best and mediocre at worse over the last 5 weeks. Time to start taking things seriously.

It’s not about a dime a dozen midfielders. It’s about getting another Oliver or Trac. We don’t need quantity now we need top end quality. If we end up with a top 5 pick from Freo I believe we will go for a midfielder.

But you know that won’t happen Sparrow plays a defensive midfield role. The club rates him highly. Time to stop hoping he gets dropped.

How does one gain negative meters?

That would have meant that JJ missed out again and with all due respect to Laurie, JJ deserves a game more.

And this is why I think we’ve seen the last of BBB and Tmac in the same forwardline. With how fast teams are moving the ball now, we cannot have two lumbering forwards. I will continue to favour BB over Tmac because he is harder to defend aerially, but Tmac does give us more flexibility. If you want a less athletic tall forward, then Gawn at FF is it. At least he won’t ever get out marked.

Men have 4 choices to make in a clothes store. Women have hundreds of choices.

So just his usual complexion then

Was never going anywhere but SA for very important family reasons. So irrelevant.

What a forwardline for Casey

I’m watching dog adoption shows. So much more heartwarming than watching the Cats.

Game over.

Toby Toby Toby. Wtf

Surely GWS will stuff this up Hope they don’t

Perhaps TMac’s back is stuffed from copping a knee in it last week

McDonald dropped? Must mean Petty is going forward again. I guess no Lynch for the Tigers and Lever back is allowing us to do that. My guess is also that Gawn will play most of the game at FF. Lowers the risk with the knee injury and gives us a proper focal point up forward.

Freo has consistently failed to develop players. It’s not unreasonable to suggest that Jackson won’t reach his ceiling while playing for them. He certainly isn’t learning from any good KPF down there and he’s getting minimal ruck time because Darcy is a very good player.

Brother or not, Andrew Brayshaw is an excellent player. I’d be very happy to welcome him into our midfield. Good age profile too. Same goes for Sarong. Just have a feeling that the trading relationship between Freo and Melbourne isn’t a good one. So doubt it’ll happen.

A fifth round draft pick and Freo pay 60% of his wage 😂

Of course not. They are responsible for the development and success of said 20 year old player. Which includes assessing the club’s management and culture. Remember when nobody wanted to play for Melbourne? It wasn’t because we didn’t have money to throw around.

I don’t think that’s true. Good managers also care about their players welfare and I don’t think Jackson getting Bronx cheered by an entire stadium and being plastered all over the WA papers for poor performances is great for the mental health. Nor is moving to a club like Freo going to do anything for his development as a player. Or his chances of seeing success.

A smart player with good management looks at that and thinks “this is bad culture and bad management”. A selfish player who is only focused on himself and the money sees no issues with a club pushing retirement on a 300 game champion, and trading 4 important players just to fit him into the salary cap.