Jaded No More

He’s a very polished media performer without giving the usual cliches. I don’t have a problem with his answer either.

So you agree with how this process was “resolved”? You reckon Clarkson and Fagan are happy with this ending? You seem incredibly angry and hell bent on calling everyone out in here. Do you have some personal involvement in this matter?

This. The only people exonerated right now is Gil and the salesman he got his carpet from. Nobody has been proven guilty or otherwise, but by pulling the classic “nothing to see here” move, all the AFL has once again done is left mud everywhere. Clarkson, Fagan and the HFC will have this mark against their name for a long time regardless of whether it’s deserved or not, and those who made the allegations get no real resolution either. And in the end we’ve made no progress on indigenous relations. But hey, WE SAVED THE BRAND

The hair angle was literally genius

And the same thing happened to 10+ other players this season who did not get off on appeal and missed games. But somehow, miraculously, a Carlton player is let off. The Parker ban was upheld. Same week. Same tackle. Different jumper.

A win for the AFL brand 🙄🙄🙄

If he doesn’t win their B&F, he’s been robbed.

Bwahahahahahahaha you cannot make this [censored] up

I mean, a Tribunal Tuesday meltdown is very on brand for Demonland this season

You don’t understand how the tribunal works if you think their rulings are based on consistency 🙄😂

Well of course if his role has changed and he’s meeting his KPIs internally then the problem could well be a coaching and strategy one. Hunter definitely plays more of the attacking role now, it just feels like what we gained with Hunter’s output we’ve lost with Langdon’s output. He was the best winger in the game in 2021, and perhaps he’s just not adapting to the change in the wing role or perhaps he and Hunter need more time to work on the wing roles together, much like Gawn and Grundy. He is also spending significantly more time on the bench this season, which could indicate some type of injury, as historically he never comes off. My post was purely a reflection of the comment by Buckley in relation to how we play our wings, it wasn’t trying to pile on Langdon, and I have no real insight as to why he’s not performing like in previous years. He’s also one of a number of key premiership players who I think have been well below their best this season, he’s certainly not alone. Maybe we’ve tried to change things that weren’t broken in an effort to improve in other areas, but in turn we got the balance wrong. I think Petty going forward is an example of that. It makes sense in the context of our forwardline, but it badly robs our backline of the intercept game. It’s a bit of a no win situation, unless we find a replacement for Petty down back. But I digress to another topic 😂

How is this a pile on? Langdon’s output this season is well below his previous season output. I simply said that it’s hurting our ball movement given he’s such a key player.

He did just do an ACL, so he may be. It would have to be a good deal, but I remember Jason Taylor saying they were very keen on him, so no doubt if the opportunity was there we would ask the question.

The poor form of Langdon this season has hurt us more than I think we've realised.

This. He and Clarry make us so much better. Somehow I don't think he will make it. Still listed as 2-3 weeks, but I guess we do have 10 days between games so it's possible. He does tend to take longer to recover from injuries in general. Clarry is a magical healing unicorn.

I am not saying we get Georgiadis to resolve our tall forward problem. I am saying that if we can get him cheap, we should get him because he's very talented and could be a good athletic third option. He's certainly better than Joel Smith.

Would you look at Ben McKay? He can either play the second tall defender role, allowing Petty to swing forward, or we could try him up forward... as long as he kicks it better than his brother.

If you could get Georgiades on the cheap, knowing he's out for 12 months with an ACL, I wouldn't dismiss it. Jason Taylor was a big fan of his in his draft year.

I hate the media noise around Carlton this week. Hating on them is flavour of the week. It could go one of two ways, but there’s no doubt that they’ll come out firing.

And then we will say that he won their B&F because he was the only player on their list fit enough to play 24 rounds AND care enough to put in the work on the field.

It could work out if Harmes requests a trade and Melksham and Hibbo retire (which I suspect they both will, although I would give Hibbo another year IF his body is up to it, he's aging like fine wine). You could also sell him the success angle....

I reckon I’m just sentimental because he was one of my favorites and I feel badly for him because he was so close to winning a flag, and never wanted to leave the club. I know rationally that he’s just an ok player and would make no difference to our team currently. But watching him play for that abomination of a side, is very sad.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? While we are at it let’s drop Petracca. I’m sick to death of him missing goals. Trash player. Directly to Casey and would trade for a third rounder.

Zorko should get an extra week just for being a piece of you know what. He is a disgraceful man and an even worse so called leader. How that is worthy of only a week and JVR was given two initially just blows my mind.

But I was told we are in crisis!