Jaded No More

It was a pure football action gone wrong. There was 0 intention and if his name was not Chandler but, I dunno, Dusty, he walks away free. And this is why we should have appealed. Because bigger names have gotten away with a lot worse, but we don't have the balls as a club to protect our players and fight for them. I just hope that if Trac or Clarry are in this situation, we take it all the way. Somehow I suspect we won't.

I said this at the time. It was not about needing Chandler to play, it was about the MFC protecting their player from injustice. We don't have the balls of CFC and that is why we will never be a big club like them.

And this is why, if Melbourne folded tomorrow, I would never watch another game of football ever again.

Ruck is the most physically demanding role there is. Gawn gets absolutely smashed in there and 99 out of 100 times it’s play on. Given he’s had 3 knee recos, there is no doubt that playing FF will absolutely extend his career. Plenty of FF retire in their mid 30s. Look at Kennedy and Hawkins.

Grundy buys Gawn 2 maybe 3 more seasons. It gives us time to develop another young ruck (could possibly be Jeff White’s kid who I believe is now 16) and means we are not losing much ruck strength with Jackson leaving. I would only do it if it costs us peanuts both in terms of picks and salary.

Ties us over until Jeff White’s kid is ready to be first ruck 🤣

Howe really is an A grade [censored]. Needs to remember who dragged his [censored] out of nowhere to become an AFL footballer. While I hated Langdon’s comment, Howe is literally no better. Show some humility. Ed has something you really want. Until you have a medal around your neck, STFU.

Yep it was a stupid comment. Their one trick has beaten us twice this year. We are also one trick ponies. We only win when we shut down the game and play defensively. We can’t win shootouts. So we are no different to any other team.

And this is why you keep your mouth shut

And this is why you keep your mouth shut

I can smell them winning big now. They have all the momentum. We are playing pathetic football.

We are in trouble here. We won’t win this in a close one. Pies are full of confidence. We are playing what can only be described as brain dead football.

Pies have us exactly where they want us. We are playing cute pathetic football.

They’re literally kicking every goal out of their [censored]

Fix the defensive game in the middle and tighten up down back and we got this.

Hibbo having a shocker. How can we possibly let this ordinary side get goal after goal. Such poor defensive effort in the midfield.

They score everytime they go inside 50

Our ruckman have done some embarrassing things

Let’s kick a few early goals and shut up those toothless halfwits. Pathetic brain dead lot.

I agree. But I finish work at 5. Most people don’t.

Absolutely woeful weather. Goddamn Victoria. It was glorious yesterday.

Currently at work and it's light cloud with small patches of blue skies... I am about 25km from the G.

You are right, I have no idea of the nature of his mental health, and I did not suggest he is faking it. I just find it odd that it wasn't until a journo prompted him to comment on it, that he suddenly said, oh yeah it's taken a toll. Seems very convenient. I have all the empathy in the world for anyone who is battling mental health issues. I have no empathy for clowns who put themselves firmly in the limelight and when they don't receive the reaction they hope for, they conveniently say how difficult it's been. Was it also his poor mental health that caused him to post defamatory Tik Tok videos talking trash about women?! Collingwood has a long history of letting their players get away with pathetic behaviour off the field. Ginnivin seems like another in a long line of absolute tools, who is being encouraged by his club and the fans to behave poorly.

Really? I am having a dig at mental health, because I think it's ludicrous for every second player to come out and hide behind mental health every time they have to deal with a negative narrative? That is the epitome of minimising mental health, and it actually takes away from those who truly are battling mental health issues. He was fair game getting stuck into Gawn, but he can't cop it the other way? Give me a break. A kid who really is suffering from mental health issues, is not putting himself out there like he has. He was happy to cop the praise, so he needs to be happy to cop the negativity coming his way. As for violence, I said I hope he gets tackled high for no frees. I did not say I hope we injure him. Get off your weird high horse.

Hopefully both, simultaneously, and no free. I despise that kid. Cries about his mental health, but has carried on like a pork chop all season... make your bed and all that.