Jaded No More

Steven May should be ashamed of himself

North were never a strong enough club to bottom out. They have a small supporter base and low membership numbers. They also don’t have big cash flow like say West Coast, Essendon or Carlton. I think they feared that a prolonged period at the bottom will see them collapse, so they kept striving for middle of the table mediocrity, which in the long term only made everything worse. They are a nothing club. They don’t have the supporter base (Richmond, Essendon, Carlton) the history (Melbourne, Geelong) or the affluence (high profile supporters/ president) for anyone to care about where they are as a club. Essendon has gotten more attention being bottom 4 this year after making finals last year, than North has being a basket case for 4 seasons now.

That he took offense to what May said. And fair enough. As I said in an earlier post, fat chance May says what he said to Jonesy. Yet he’s brave enough to say it to Smith. Very poor behavior.

Using mental health to cover up genuinely poor behavior just minimizes the seriousness of those who really suffer from poor mental health. I’m not suggesting Smith hasn’t suffered from mental health problems, but let’s not for a minute blame that for using drugs and then having it recorded on social media. Seriously that’s not a mental health issue that’s a stupidity issue.

Talent is wasted on the dumb

Please please please don’t let this mean Petty is injured. We are holding it together by some duct tape as it is down back.

Let me be very clear. I do not condone violence. Ever. And I have a feeling it got physical because all involved were drunk. Which makes the entire thing worse. Smith and May injured and therefore not allowed to drink. Melksham fighting to keep his career alive. None of them should have had so much alcohol that their judgement was so impaired to the point where they’re punching on in the street! And let’s be honest, these are all big solid guys. A beer or two wouldn’t impact them.

All we need to top off this wonderful week is yet another defender to go down. Lever hasn’t been 100% all year. Sticky tape that sh it up and let’s go!

Rate him or not, it’s literal trash to tell a teammate that you’re basically happy he got injured and didn’t play in a flag. If the shoe was on the other foot and May didn’t pull up from his hamstring, he wouldn’t want Smith to joke about it. These guys have worked their whole lives and have sacrificed everything to win premierships. Would May say that to Jones? No he wouldn’t! Considering May spent 10 years at a rock bottom club achieving nothing, it’s bloody rich of him to be pulling out this garbage. Really poor behavior from someone who is meant to be a leader of our club and the leader of the backline. How does he expect to command respect from the rest of his teammates after pulling this crap? Also he was clearly not sober, which considering he is recovering from a head injury, just shows me he has really bad judgment and probably an inability to not consume alcohol.

No chance a kid debuts as medical sub.

Don’t think the AFL can investigate a police matter. Let alone one that occurs overseas and ends up in court. I think the club handled this poorly. They tried to sugarcoat the truth and instead each day the real truth came out in tiny morsels, making the entire thing sound so much worse. AFL probably wants to know what else we are hiding.

Hunt dropped seems harsh. No idea why Weideman is in unless we are planning to drop Mitch Brown. Turner likely debuts if Petty isn’t right to go. I am still so mad that May isn’t there thanks to his utter stupidity.

And on it goes. Hope May and Melksham are really really proud of their actions.

The more I hear about this, the more disappointed I get. May getting stuck into a younger teammate, senior players like Hibbo not stepping in to stop May from drinking. The whole thing is just rubbish. Let’s hope it makes us stronger. But right now it’s only made us a bad headline.

The only positive to come out of this is the reinforcement that Gawn is a superb leader

Hahahaha 17 other clubs would LOVE for us to delist the best FB in the game. Let’s give our flag back while we are at it.

I don't disagree, but I also don't know what is happening behind closed doors. Melksham could have been told that this incident is curtains on his career. To be honest, nobody will punish Melksham more than I am certain his wife will...

What a beautiful example to set to your younger teammates, particularly one contemplating going home. FFS!!!! What would be the point of suspending Melksham? He isn't getting a game anyway, and now he has to go in for surgery. The biggest punishment for Melksham is that he will most likely never play a senior game of footy again.

These two are a complete embarrassment. Melksham has probably cost himself his career and May has probably cost us a win we so desperately need.

Say what?

It’s all irrelevant. Melksham is his teammate. You don’t burn your teammate like that. It’s disrespectful and such a poor way to lead as a senior player. Likewise you don’t punch on or resort to violence. Ever. I can’t see how this occurred if both of them were stone cold sober either.

The most disappointing part about all this is how far removed their behavior is from the culture we have worked so hard to build from top to bottom. Inexcusable garbage from two guys who are old enough to know better.

Men are so dumb. I said what I said.

Petty hearing about May and Tmac and getting out the industrial strength sticky tape

And poor Petty has to play yet another week while being held together by sticky tape. Selfish behavior that is costing the team and his teammates.