Jaded No More

I think if you are fringe 22, you don't. If you are Gawn, or Trac, or Oliver and you are beaten up and sore, I don't think you are worried about having a rest and not getting back into the side. However I think it is just as important to win the 'winnable' games right now, as it is to be beating Port or the Dogs or Brisbane. For as long as we have minimal injuries, and a good run of games we need to secure as many wins as possible, to ensure that if/when injuries hit or our form drops, it is not a disaster.

The more likely scenario is we go undefeated the entire year and Covid strikes and the season is cancelled before to the grand final #MFCSS

I think Geelong should get one too if they finish outside the top 4, just because of their aging list.

In 2021 women should not have to have anyone defend their honour, because nobody should be behaving like a complete nuffy to women. How about you let women go out, have fun, wear what they want, drink what they want, and not take it as an invitation to be a pervert or a dead set loser? Kthnxby.

The day we were denied a priority pick after being rubbish for 92 years, was the day the priority pick died.... ... unless you are an expansion club or an AFL love child club

Well deserved and gees what a difference for a young player to come in and be able to play alongside a mature established midfield, rather than coming in and having to carry an entire team on your shoulders like so many of our kids have had to do when we were trash.

Maybe men should stop behaving like absolute uneducated pigs to women and to one another. Problem solved.

Yep it’s not 2012, who goes to nightclubs these days?

Oliver. Redheads unit!

Oliver was better than Mills when it counted. There, I said it!

I thought Ben Brown was very good, and it is no coincidence that Tommy kicks his first bag of goals for the year when BB is playing well and dragging away a defender. 7 goals from our 2 talls in the wet is a fantastic return (should have been 8, Brown just missed a gettable one). It was nice to see Brown jumping at the footy a bit more. He is not going to win agility awards, but to his credit was involved when the ball hit the deck. He is about as defensive as Fritsch when the ball hits the ground, which is acceptable for a big man (Fritsch however needs to do more, especially when he can't get a sniff of the goals). He was a very unlikable player for me when he was at Norf, so I sort of ignored his talents. But he is undeniably a very very good forward who is hard to defend against because he is so tall and such a good overhead mark. A team can never play against him and not put a lot of thought into how to defend against him, which is a great thing for us, as it means Tmac and Fritsch are less likely to be double and triple teamed. Once these 3 can learn to not all jump for the same mark, we will see even better results. This was happening a bit when May, Lever and Tomlinson first started playing together, but now they have sorted themselves out beautifully (and Petty was definitely not getting in their way on the weekend to his credit). The same will happen with some continuity for these 3.

I agree. Except if May sneezes wrong for the rest of the season he will get suspended due to this prior conviction.

I know we won’t do it, but gees I wish we would have a total sook to the AFL about the treatment of our players the way some clubs do. Who knows, now we are a good team they might listen.

Yeah nothing in it. Could have dropped him on his neck and broke it. Not to mention off the ball and unnecessary.

Watched the replay. Trac was suffering. He has a lot of thigh. Could take a week to come good. Lucky it’s a 7 day break, but if he’s not 100% a week off could be good.

Massive job for May next week. Also I really hope that when we play the dogs May can give that absolute [censored] Josh Bruce a bath. For too long that man and his stupid hair has Kent Kingsley-ed our arses.

This is where losing Viney really hurts. Teams will never tag him because you always tag Oliver or Trac. But he is an A grade clearance player who attacks the ball in a way Clarry and Trac don’t. He also can shut down his opponent. Something the other two will not bother doing because offensively they’re too important. When we play Trac, Oliver and let’s say Harmes or Kosi at the bounce, we are playing too many similar players. They all look to be offensive rather than defensive and they all are similar in the way they win the ball. It’s why Jackson adds to much, because he is a different beast and wins his own footy. JJ could probably play the Viney role, but it’s not that easy to teach and will take time. As a young player you don’t want to give him too many constraints. You want to let him play his natural game and attack the contest. He was very good last night. Sydney and North both have very good ruckman and very good clearance players. We take the 4 points and we take some lessons and hope Viney and his toe can get going ASAP.

Sydney have some absolute Oscar winning players in their side. So many dropped shoulders.

And some are at the level where they get called James Jones and Josh Hunt ?

Yep apparently throwing Langdon on his head is play on. #notpositivelingers

Channel 7 footy coverage is the TV equivalent of the daily mail. You read it because it’s free and readily available, but it’s also complete trash and you know it.

Silvagni is out with concussion. Will miss next week.

Gawn will have to drop back to help. We certainly can’t be giving up 17 clearances to them tho.

Come on Blues.... ... I’ll see myself out

I would give Gawn a week off against Carlton. It allows him to freshen up. Weideman can come in for a game. Jackson and Tmac can take the ruck work and Brown can ruck up forward with Weideman.