Jaded No More

I’m surprised too.

I guess he’s good depth as he can play multiple position.

I just love him so much.

Crimes might be down, but rage within the home due to spending far too much time with your own family locked inside is surely on the rise 😁

This thread is giving me anxiety.

This is exactly why if we want to, we can keep Weideman. Things change really quickly. In 2018 he played in our finals campaign when Hogan went down. I bet Petty didn't think he would be holding down FB in a finals team this year either. Bowey was probably told you're in for a few weeks, show us what you got. Now Hunt has gone down for maybe the rest of the year, and suddenly he can cement himself in a finals team.

It 100% would not surprise me if this latest outbreak in Victoria is from scumbags who got through the border restrictions.

I think we will rest a few players this week in preparation. The inclusions in the extended bench tell me it’s looking likely. We will need to beat Geelong most likely to give ourselves a shot at top 2 and the right to pick a venue wherever that may be. So in that sense resting this week makes more sense.

You prove to me you got a plane ticket that will get you back in time for the game, and you’re in the draw!

Correct. When I used to fly to China for work the airline staff at check in in Melbourne would check that I had my visa. Why can’t we enforce check in staff in the airports around Australia to check travel permits? Airports aren’t exactly busy right now!

My guess is Weid and Hibbo for Hunt and Vanders. Sparrow sub. I think we need to stick with the two tall structure on the dry MCG track if that’s what we want to do in finals.

Airline crew is refusing to check permits. Greedy airlines just wanting to get their money. Thank [censored] they were caught at the airport. If anyone here lived in NSW, please take no offense when I say to you STAY THE [censored] AWAY FROM VICTORIA!

If the grand final is in Perth and we can’t go due to being filthy Victorians, I would be happy to give my grand final priority access to WA Melbourne supporters. Just because we get to miss out doesn’t mean everyone else should. The more support we could get for the boys in finals the better. Should this awful situation arise, I would be more than happy to have private conversations with WA fans who post here to try and help them out.

I wouldn’t be opposed to playing him as the sub on grand final day if he’s fit and depending on the opponent (Geelong aren’t quick so perhaps that suits). But Jones had a great sendoff in his 300th and if we do win the flag I would be happy for him to be on the ground with the guys and maybe even accept the cup with Gawny, sort of like Murphy at the Dogs.

Adelaide delisted Daniel Talia. Only 29. His body must be shot!

That was 2020. Still waiting to go on a honeymoon 🙄

Oh man why you gotta go depressing me like that?

I agree. Flags are rare. This might never come around again. If we can win one I would be over the moon, even if I’m not there to watch it in person. I will however acknowledge that if we don’t make the grand final or we lose the grand final and it isn’t being played at the G with crowds, then I think it would somewhat soften the blow.

Pre Covid I haven’t missed a home or Marvel game live in years. The only time I missed one was if I was traveling. I sat through years of us losing week in week out by sometimes 15 goals, all in the hope that one day I will get to experience the joy of seeing us win a flag. To have that taken away from me and any other long suffering fan would just be another piece of joy being ripped away from us in Victoria.

I can’t think of anything worse than Melbourne winning a flag and it being played elsewhere and we can’t attend. It would just top off what has been probably the worst year of my life.

Yes but not in the seniors unless absolute disaster strikes with injuries.

Super disappointing and his pace will be really hard to replace. I hope he can make it back for prelims if we make it that far. I would say Hibbo is the natural replacement there and Bowey can play a more attacking role with Hibbo defending. You lose pace with Bowey but you gain better ball use. Let’s hope Salem’s groins hold up n

Crap. Not good news. Finals start in 3 weeks.

Still no word from West Coast? Do we know if the [censored] who posted this stuff online is even a West Coast fan? Either way, [censored] poor from them not to even acknowledge it. Sore losers.

I think they will give Gawn more minutes up forward to give him a rest. And BB will do more rucking in the forwardline.