Jaded No More

I will be on at 9:55 with my barcodes copied and ready to be pasted in. I predict the site will be down by 10:01am as every toothless Pies supporter on day release tries to get on for tickets.

Honestly Essendon will just chew him up and spit him out if he doesn't win them a flag within 2 years. Only Hird, the golden drug pusher, could destroy their club for a decade and still be welcomed back with a hug. So let them have each other. I wonder if Essendon will try to poach Hinkley, which would then open the door for Yze to go to Port. A far better option. I hope like hell Yze gets a good senior gig because he deserves it, and we should support our own to succeed!

Also the fact that he is captain is penalty enough for Brisbane. Will never win anything with this tiny angry [censored] in charge.

If Essendon burn Yze I will burn the joint down. Go back to Hird. You deserve one another.

Perfect fit

Surprising and thrilling. Sorry for Yze but super happy he might stay with us after all. Surely he doesn’t go to Essendon

Big difference is, we had no home advantage against the Pies, we played North and Eagles both away from home (they got one of each), and we travelled interstate 3 times from round 18 onwards versus Geelong twice, including the last round of the season.

I did some digging. Us, Sydney, Geelong and Collingwood but only Priority 1 members all at 10am tomorrow. Collingwood Priority 2 members from 10:30. I predict the site will crash at 10:01am tomorrow.

Same. I just want to clarify that the AFL and Ticketek in their wisdom are letting ALL club members of ALL competing clubs have access to tickets at the exact same time tomorrow?

It matters to me that Geelong get the softest draw when they were a top 4 team. It would also matter to me if we finished 3rd and lost a home final because Sydney had a soft draw when they too made finals last year. There will always be anomalies. Nobody thought Pies will finish top 4 and Port and Dogs were clearly both thought of as contenders. But the reality is that Geelong finished top 4 and yet they played the wooden spooners twice and West Coast twice, who didn't make the 8 and were wildly tipped to be rubbish this season.

They finished bottom 4 though, so I can understand why. As I said above, what's the excuse for Geelong?!

Absolute joke that Geelong who finished2nd and made a prelim last year, had a significantly softer draw than the remaining prelim finalists. I totally understand the top 4 and premiers from the previous year getting the harder draw, but WTF is with the dream run that Geelong, Brisbane and Sydney got? Hopefully it catches up with them in finals. We would have finished 1st if we also got to play North and West Coast twice, including two games at the MCG.

And being allowed to hit players without getting suspended.

Will be interesting to see if it holds up in finals. It’s a completely different ball game.

The only thing harder than a perfect season (which is what we had last year), is following up from a perfect season. Of the 4 teams who made last year’s prelim, one didn’t make finals and one only got in because another team lost by a point.

Salem comes in. Someone goes out. JJ is sub. Close thread.

Few things in life are more enjoyable than listening to Essendon supporters discuss why Hire should come back to coach them

Why are you amazed? Journalism is a joke in this country. The chief football reporter of the HS is an illiterate drunk.

Because look at the results this week and add in a home ground advantage.

Hibbo will take Papley. May to Buddy, Petty to Reid (what an upgrade on Tomlinson), Lever on McDonald. I would get Harmes to play on Heeney. For me, he is their key playmaker. If we can shut him down I think we win.

They only beat us by 2 goals FFS and we were in the middle of a form slump (aka loading). They can have all the confidence in the world, but I saw us and them play this weekend and I know who kills who at peak form (and we played a far more formidable opponent at a ground they rarely lose at!).

I think it will be a Melbourne - Geelong grand final and we beat Geelong. I think finals is a different game altogether. Collingwood play a very high risk game, which can go very wrong come finals. I also can't see Geelong losing to them week one, and once they lose week one they might feel really deflated and fall apart. They have had every ounce of luck go their way for about 18 weeks now. Surely it can't last. Freo and Melbourne have the best 'finals' game plan. Geelong is Geelong. Will anything change for them in finals this year, is yet to be discovered. Sydney have deficiencies, which were on display yesterday. Richmond have had a super soft draw leading into finals. They have all the experience but their best soldiers are on their last legs. Only a Dusty special can get them far. Dogs are literally making up numbers. They will go out without a yelp, and I will laugh and laugh and laugh.

Alongside Zorko his “best captain”

I think too hard for Geelong fans to get in on time. Given they don’t get a home game (haha!), it’s only fair to make it easier on the supporters.