Jaded No More

We have to improve our midfield. It’s the main priority. A good quick big bodied mid will bring us back into contention very quickly if Trac and Clarry return to their best.

It literally isn’t. The longer the season goes the more tired and sore you get. When you’re coming off a 0 base it gets harder. You don’t gain fitness during the season unless you do a mini pre season which involves not playing for a while (see Ben Brown in 2021, and McAdams this year). No player in the history of the AFL has had a limited pre season and then magically went on to get fitter by playing as an inside mid every week. When you have little or no pre season, your entire season is impacted. That’s fact.

Look there are plenty of people with valid reasons for not attending. And there are equally as many people who just sook it up and don’t turn up when it all gets a little too hard. It took me 1.5 hours to get to the game because of the lack of trains again. I can’t feel my toes. But I made it my mission to get to the game because it’s important to support your team even when it’s not the most comfortable experience. We have an overall impressive supporter base who have stuck it out thru absolute hell. But there is no doubt that when the going gets tough a lot of our supporters don’t get off the couch. It is embarrassing and hard to defend when you get this crowd on a Saturday night for a must win game.

No, he was holding his groin a bit tonight and at one point was limping and struggling to walk. He did push the doctor away tho. That last hit he hurt his ankle. Poor kid was in the wars tonight. He’s gonna be so special.

Losing by 2 points to a contender is a fine example of what? Ffs what a joke some of our supporters are.

He was battling hard. I think he’s got a bit of a sore groin but his willingness to compete is something else. I love him.

That’s not how fitness works 🙄

Yes when he is fit. What does a poor last quarter tell you? He’s cooked. Petty the same. They are struggling to run out games.

I said the same. A stupid decision. Kosi wins it and he can run it forward. No idea why he wasn’t in there to start the last bounce.

We cost ourselves. They dominated us for long periods of time. Used it better and were just a class above. We tried hard but they’re simply better.

[censored] 2024

Disgraceful midfield performance this quarter. Exactly the same as last week.

Well we’ve just given up.

GWS look a class above. Clean, great ball handling, moving it quickly and hitting targets.

Toby Green, when you’re playing AFL at 9pm and have Olympic diving trials at 9:30

They made a prelim and should have won it last year if not for umpire corruption

Giants were never going to lie down. They’re a bloody good team fighting for a spot in the 8 just like us.

That was a sexy quarter. Me want more

For who? Certainly not for our bank account.

GWS song is a bop. I’ll hear nothing bad about it.

Embarrassing turnout. It’s not even raining. Really poor. Don’t complain when we get 4.40 Sunday games all year.

Lady at the gate said they’re expecting 23,000. I think they overestimated by 20,000.

You never regret the games you attend, only those you don’t* *does not apply to Neeld era

Patches of blue skies out the south east way

I don’t drink or buy food at the footy. But I’ll tell ya this, no queues to the women’s toilets is always a joy at the MCG.