Jaded No More

I’m not sure why we don’t try Weideman as a back man to be honest, especially when Petty could transition into a forward which is where he started his career. We have him for 2 more seasons. Let’s try to get something out of it.

Well the Perth teams being putrid is certainly a good thing for our chances to keep Jackson long term. Wanna go sit at the bottom half of the ladder for the next 5 years or want to win flags?

Look I saw them as a threat but I’m glad they aren’t. They are super talented. Great midfield. Add Greene and they are very strong up forward too. But something is NQR there. Poor coaching, extremely poor defensive running, no game plan that I can work out. They play as highly paid individuals who couldn’t give a stuff about the team.

Sure. If clubs keep paying you 6 figures and you can get away with doing the bare minimum, why wouldn’t you. Just a shame because he could have been anything, but I had a feeling that when he left Melbourne that was the end of his career. I thought he’d plod along and he has.

Hogan still with shocking body language and poor work ethic. All the talent, none of the want.

They are so lazy.

On what grounds?

Name a bigger disappointment than GWS…

I also can’t see Tmac being out of the side until the backline is back to full strength. Because heaven forbid another defender goes down mid game he is the one who can go back and do a decent job.

So Neal Bullen has played a lot more midfield minutes so far this season and he’s been really really good. But I can’t help thinking that we miss his forward pressure and the downside of him playing midfield is that the ball is leaving our forward 50 with much greater ease now.

They’ll give it to either Daicos or Horne Francis regardless of form. Gotta get the big names rewarded 🙄 Bowey I’m sure is devastated as he polishes his premiership medal

When was the last time Goodwin made 3 unforced changes? Also Spargo getting dropped? Absolute LOLs

I think nobody remembers Oliver in his early days. But it says a lot that he’s never been dropped once in his entire career. He came in and dominated from day one. But Bowey is no different. Composure in such a hard part of the ground is insane. He reminds me a lot of Salem with the way he attacks the footy and uses it.

Jackson would be stupid to leave now. He can sign for 2 years, nab himself one or two more flags and then reassess. It’s not like in 2 seasons he won’t be any good and West Coast and Freo won’t be wetting themselves at the thought of getting him home. But to leave now is to throw away the best chance he has of being a multiple premiership player. Besides he has the opportunity to enjoy his footy and do what he likes while Gawn gets all the attention. If he goes to a club with lesser rucks the ride will be much harder for him.

It’s so important for us to keep banking those 4 points any way we can while our backline is held together by May, a 9 gamer and a bit of sticky tape. The one area that I wasn’t pleased with last night was the connection going inside 50. We cooked so many entries that we would normally eat up. I wonder if the conditions just sapped us of energy. We were hitting them sweetly going for goal and then after half time it was a disaster. Again maybe we ran out of petrol and at $2 a liter couldn’t refuel. Anyway onto the next.

He also got absolutely smashed in a contest and has been playing in defense. He just does the team role every single week. When he ran on without a helmet I was just thinking his poor mum must be beside herself.

A very talented list with really no guts. Very soft under any sort of pressure.

Yeah I would say we would be lucky to see Lever or Petty before round 7.

Rumors circulating its a more serious injury than the club was letting on. March is a fools game. September is when the men come to play. We won’t risk one of our most important players in round 3.

Jackson and Bowey were superb, but you can’t not give Trac the 6 votes. 40 touches, 8 score involvements and 14 inside 50s is absolutely elite. His disposal wasn’t as good as usual but he absolutely won that game for us.

I thought Smith was really good. Defended really well. Was composed with ball in hand. Nothing wrong with him game. Really wish the club was honest re: Lever. If it’s gonna be a month just tell us. We really miss Petty!

For obvious reasons I watched none of the Hawks Port game and I assume nobody here did either. But what happened? Port bad? Hawks good? And how long does Hinkley have left?

It doesn’t sound like Lever is coming back anytime soon. If Hibbo is ok to go then he comes in for Hunt. We all know Goodwin won’t make more than one unforced change so I won’t even bother with anymore than that, although Tmac is on thin ice. His form since mid way through last year has been very ordinary.

Can come play for us anytime. He is a gun.

Gus needs to go back to the wing. Spargo trying to mark it on the wing is ridiculous. Bowey and Jackson are insane. This entire game is never to be spoken of again. Let’s move on.