Jaded No More

Jones a massive out for Carlton. They have no chance now.

How long are these quarters? 36 minutes!

Casey woke up. Game over 71-34.

Joel Smith ?‍♀️

Weideman poor with second efforts. Casey’s goal kicking as good as Melbourne’s.

It’s interesting that they’re trying Bradke down back. He looks like a very lost baby giraffe down there but maybe they’ve decided he has no future as a first ruck?

What a goal from Chandler!

This game is like in slow mo.

From a money point of view, I wonder if a Saturday night game is better for the gate receipts anyway. Dogs is our one remaining home game for the year that will draw a big crowd. I hope we requested the Saturday night and that we make a big song and dance about it and get a big attendance (as big as allowed) and boost up the bank balance after a hard financial year.

I hope we feel like we owe them one after they beat us at home earlier in the year due to dodgy umpiring.

Gawn is so far ahead of any ruckman this year that even if he isn’t having the best year there isn’t anyone close to taking that ruck spot off him.

Well backing that up with a Friday night game against the Dogs won’t be ideal. Hope we demand the Saturday night game the following week.

Harmes is definitely skating on one leg on thin ice. Sparrow will keep knocking on the door. As will Jones when he’s back. And you also have Melksham who I think does next to nothing but his one kick a game is always pretty solid. He will need to get back into some form and he’s frankly lucky that Viney is hardly going at the moment either. Another week like this one and he will be out the door.

I gave up at quarter time and put on that soft porn show on Netflix. And I tell you what, I think more balls were touched in one episode than Adelaide did the entire night. Essendon will now get to think they’re amazing which is funny and Adelaide can go back to SA to help navigate traffic in those jumpers.

Are we watching the same player in 2021? ?

I would 100% watch Love Actually 100 times and it would be 189% more entertaining than this game. Adelaide dressed like traffic cones just adding to the visual sensation.

FMD how did this contest between 12th and 15th get a run ahead of our game or Dogs v Swans or Richmond v Collingwood or a replay of Love Actually?

What does my head in is how much they hate Melbourne. Just cannot say a nice thing about us. Actively barracking for an upset every week. Yet would drown in a bucket of their own semen commentating a Dogs game.

Hoping for a Swans upset. These two plodder sides on my TV on Friday night is extremely upsetting.

Correct. We are a different team than 2018. We are far more mature and physically strong in the middle of the ground. Nobody is physically beating us up. So unless you’re bringing AVB to be Gawn’s personal body guard the net swap of Harmes for him leaves us worse off. At least Harmes can get plenty of the pill and can do a shut down role when needed. We don’t have any versatility with AVB. He won’t play as an inside mid ahead of anyone currently playing and he isn’t better on the wing than Gus or JJ. And I won’t even mention Langdon because I know nobody would ever suggest we swap these two.

Absolutely. They have a very strong list. And yes I know they have had a few injuries this year, but they keep finishing high enough on the ladder that you can't sack Hinkley, but then they don't do any damage against strong sides or in finals. A terrible position to be in.

Hibbo is criminally underrated. Has had a superb year shutting down some of the best players in the competition. A strong off season priority to find a replacement for him, as he is no spring chicken.

As I said in another thread, Port fans hate Hinkley and they are right. He is a terrible tactician and can't get lemonade out of lemons.

Oliver, Trac, Gawn a lock. Salem could be unlucky as they love to fill the half backline with midfielders. Lever and May statistically have to be in that backline. If May doesn't make the AA team this year, you may as well burn the joint down.

Brown's kick to a leading Tmac was perfection. It was a tall forward kicking the ball to a tall forward the way a tall forward would want the ball kicked to them! His ball use was spot on, did not waste a disposal and his follow up work was pretty good. He is never going to be Usain Bolt. But he doesn't need to be. He laid more tackles last night than Fritsch has in a month of games.