Jaded No More

The VFL is the only organization in Victoria more poorly run than the actual government of Victoria

7000 regional members allowed to the game on Friday. Lucky Geelong. Once again KOTD.

He’s copped a week.

If Hibbo is going strong Maynard can replace Hunt and make us instantly better. I also believe Rivers should end up on the wing eventually.

We lack serious depth in the small defender department. Hibbo is 32. Salem is elite. Hunt is meh. Jetta is finished. If we lose one of Hibbo or Salem to injury we are in trouble. Maynard can defend and attack. It’s a good combination and his age profile fits perfectly into our list. I would definitely pursue him. He’d be second on my list to Merrett.

JJ stiff. He was way better than Trac. If we had any cash in the coffers I would go hard for Maynard. Perfect replacement for an aging Hibbo.

I wonder if Brown was dropped for lack of fitness. When you play a whole team defense and have a strong focus on applying forward half pressure you need your forwards to be able to cover a lot of ground and go for repeat efforts. Maybe BB has been doing a mini pre season and will be picked once his fitness improves.

Call in sick. Best thing about COVID is nobody expects or wants you in the office if you so much as sneeze. Plus a COVID test is way better than talking to anyone about how we lost to Collingwood.

I am quoting myself for truth

Don’t disagree but they are two completely different players. Petty is a better comparison. Holding down a key position as a defender with 20 games is much much harder than being a forward. Ever. Petty didn’t have a good game, but from day one has always attacked the contests. Weideman is either timing his run poorly, or his hands are not strong enough in a pack situation. He doesn’t have the reach or the strength of Ben Brown. He is more athletic and mobile, which is why I suspect they have kept persisting with him. He does ok at ground level, better than Brown, but he isn’t creating enough contests at ground level himself nor commanding the ball in the air.

I don’t mind reverting back to a smaller forward line. But I don’t know if Tmac and Fritsch provide enough scoring or contested marking power come finals.

Agreed. It won’t make us much money either way. We have very few games left at the G before finals. We need all the time there we can get. I rather play at the G in front of nobody than play at that SCG dump in front of 8000 people. The only consideration would be to take it to the NT if we desperately need the cash.

They are a bottom 4 side and we are trying to finish top 2 and win a flag. How did they have more to play for than us?

Yep. Another massive overreaction by our state. Zero transmissions at the footy even when two positive cases were at games. Low positive case numbers. Clearly we don’t trust our contract tracers. Beyond a joke to already say no crowds a week out. Pathetic.

The only thing worse than a loss is when other supporters dump on supporters for dumping on the team. It’s a footy forum. If you don’t want to hear opposing opinions you should head to the China forum.

Jackson and JJ the only winners on the ground for me. Hibbo was good on Elliot. The rest need to burn the tape.

I think when you know what we are capable of and then watch us turn up and play like trash for 4 straight quarters you can’t help but feel cheated. Games will be lost. But it’s how you lose games and the sort of games you lose. We don’t seem to ever learn. We’ve missed out on finals before losing games we were expected to win and frankly this is no difference. To drop these games is so costly in such a tight competition and can well be the difference between a flag or bust.

Easy changes In: Viney, Ben Brown Out: Sparrow, Weideman Melksham medical sub

Yeah that ground is a dump. [censored] Covid can just go and get absolutely ducked

Both have had a block of games now and both have been mediocre. But I think on form and maturity I would want Brown in there after the bye to see if things click. I think Browns big body will be invaluable in finals. Weideman is not attacking enough for me at the moment.

I’m disappointed and yet not in the least surprised. For a team that has achieved absolutely nothing, to pick and choose when to turn up to games and when not to turn up just shows our immaturity. We have come on in leaps and bounds this year, but teams with no killer instinct don’t win flags. We’ve cruised to too many mediocre wins over bottom teams and have now lost twice due to coming out flat and expecting to win. We barely lifted out of first gear even in the second half. This loss will probably cost us a top 2 finish. I hope that burns them. A terrible ending to another depressing weekend in the city of Covid.

What do Melbourne and Buckley have in common? No flags between them for 10 decades.

Forwardline disgusting today

Picketts set shot goal kicking is pathetic.

Harmes needs to be dragged. Selfish pathetic football giving away a 50 for abuse. Absolutely rubbish. I haven’t seen us fall apart this badly all year.