Jaded No More

Pffft a minor issue!

So get his brother a job in Melbourne. Jacko can buy a house, they can live together. Unless his brother is in mining, it wouldn't be too hard to pull some strings and get him settled here.

It's so weird reading Carlton fans being delusional and optimistic. My best friend is a life long Carlton member. When I asked her if she's watching tonight, so said "what for" and sent me the below GIF to represent Carlton's decade long rebuild I am looking forward to the McDonald Cup tonight. Fascinating to see how team defence holds up when half the backline is missing.

Yep my hatred for that club is separate from my respect for individual players, and my empathy towards people struggling with mental health issues. He's also a super fun players to watch.

Our entire fitness strategy the last two years has been around resilience. Doing every session. Training through and playing through niggles. It worked last year and we aren’t changing course now. Nobody playing tomorrow is not 100% or they wouldn’t be playing (see May, Salem etc). But coming off the first shortened pre season all of these players have ever experienced, we need to gain touch and fitness. Footy is a risk. If anyone is hurt they’ll take them off immediately I’m sure. But we need to get some game form back and work out any kinks in the chain before the real deal starts. Most teams are playing best available this week for a reason. It’s the final dress rehearsal with the curtains go up on 2022.

Fritta and Viney not making your round 1 side? Harsh but fair. Fritta needed to kick 7 last game he played.

2 of them are injured. 3 are sore and would have played if this was a proper game. Of course injuries happen and he may get his chance. But it’s a long way down the back for him.

Good question. Interesting that he hasn’t played either practice game and no mention of any injury. Maybe the club wasn’t happy with his fitness base so they’re pushing him to complete a longer pre season? He did come from St Kilda and said our training standards were nothing he’s ever seen before.

I reckon if we play round 1 tomorrow he and May both play. But if he’s a bit sore why risk it right?

I reckon he came off with hammy tightness last week. Absolutely not worth the risk. Same with Salem who copped a knee knock. Besides they’re obviously experimenting with the backline as it’s going to be the hardest part of the field to pick this season given the large amount of players we have pushing for selection. It’s a practice game. I hope Trac and Oliver play a half and get put on ice along with Gawn. All three hold our back to back fate in their hands.

You can only fit 6 down back. May, Lever, Salem and one of Petty/Tomlinson is a lock. Then you have two spaces to fill with Hunt, Bowey, Smith, Hibbo and Rivers. And that’s just players who we know can play their roll and do it well. It doesn’t take into account the kids who will push their case at Casey. It also doesn’t take into account that we may choose to play both Petty and Tomlinson in the same side, have May play on a medium and free Lever up even more to be third man up. I certainly see this happening depending on the opposition. Baker is going to have to show some serious improvement in his decision making and prove he’s capable of playing a defensive role before he gets a regular game ahead of any of the above mentioned guys IMO.

If he couldn’t crack a game on the wing where the competition in the side extends to a grand total of two players, how the hell will he crack a game at half back when there are about 27 players vying for a spot in defense? I can’t see him making it.

Covid happened. Up until recently parents weren’t even allowed on school grounds let alone footballers. Not to mention I don’t want one of our players missing a game because a germy little snotball gave them Covid.

I suggest May may have some tightness in his hammy and will absolutely be nursed through until round 1. No reason to risk him when we have so many guys fighting it out for that last backline spot. Assume Salem trained fully? Was Harry Petty there? Wonder if Weed is in Covid iso. He couldn't have got injured playing 9 minutes last week, surely.

@Mach5 still waiting for evidence which suggest we are sh*tting the bed behind the scences? I am genuinely interested as a paid up member of over 25 years

Will still be a dump. Hate that place with the passion of a thousand fires. Can’t see anything. Can never get level 1 seating even when the ground is virtually empty. It’s always freezing. And it has no soul or atmosphere. Money would be better spend to grow AFLW and community footy.

It better be on Kayo too. If not I trust one of you wonderful tech savvy Demonlanders to upload it to YouTube

Can you explain what evidence you have to suggest we are doing that?

Thank god we no longer need to buy tickets if we have a membership and we can sit in our reserved seats. Bring on 2022!

Yep he looks to have tape on the back of his knee only. Doubt he’d be doing these agility drills if any concern whatsoever of structural damage. Is May training I wonder?

West Coast in deep 💩 I predict bottom 4. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch… unless it happens to Geelong.

I hate the Giants. They’re still a threat.

Defending well I see.

Hopefully the club gives us an update on Salem and May. I trust channel 7 reporting as much as I trust Putin. Edit: May playing cricket tonight on his Insta with the rest of the players. I assume he’s not too badly hurt then 😂

I agree, but there's no question that Trac is by far the most marketable player at our club besides Gawn. That matters, especially when you're not a massive club rolling in cash.