Jaded No More

Not for us to make call. We don't know what goes on inside the club. Do I think it's an odd choice? yes. Would I have preferred May get the job given he is an experienced leader, ex- captain and in good form? yes. Does it actually matter? no. We have lost our captain and vice captain, so it is up to everyone tonight to stand up and lead. Jones, May, Lever, McDonald, Hibberd, I am expecting these guys to be accountable from a leadership perspective in the absence of our actual leaders. Could explain why they brought back TMac to help lead a very inexperienced forwardline.

Could not have summarised it better myself. 2020 has been such a stellar year, that without a doubt losing to Norf is definitely the next big disaster on the cards. Got my wine(s) ready.

Don’t mention the war.

His hair needs a lot of work. One day he’ll be old and he will have many regrets.

Yeah I mean our opponent are flying in. I can’t imagine it would be too difficult to get an extra man on a charter flight. The issue I have is, given Gawn was sore going to Adelaide and carrying an injury, why wouldn’t they take Preuss to Adelaide? If they haven’t it suggests to me they won’t want him to play.

Love all these options. Unsure we can execute such dramatic changes in 4 days when we couldn’t execute basic kicking with an entire summer of practice.

Yep. Teams win clearances off Gawn’s dominance regularly. I’m not fussed about that. I’m just worried about our love of clearing the defensive 50 thru Gawn. Without him we have no marking target down the line. So that’s a big worry for me. Maybe play Jackson on the wing and then let him ruck.

Time for Gus to shine. No Viney means no reason not to give him 80% time on ball and let him carry on with his good second half form from last week. Unless I’m reading my Instagram wrong it looks like Tom is still in QLD so I don’t think he will play. Could be wrong or they could fly him over with the North players. It’s not the end of the world for me if Jackson and Tomlinson share the ruck duties.

It’s bad enough being a Melbournian right now. Must I also advertise my poor life choices when it comes to my footy team as well as my place of residency?

Jesus Christ his mother must hate watching his play.

It’s not the 4 weeks I care about. It was dangerous and it caused serious damage. Its simply the fact that the treatment of the AFL is completely inconsistent between big name players, big clubs, no name players and small clubs. And that is not a just or fair system. But the AFL isn’t alone. People with money are often able to get away with a lot more in the criminal justice system. It’s unfair but it’s life.

Has been our most consistent mid for mine. His attack on the ball each week is faultless. His kicking is hit and miss but he’s been getting better at lowering his eyes going forward. Considering he has a newborn, which we all know means little sleep, especially with two hub changes, I think he’s done remarkably well.

Jackson is exciting. Oliver is a freak. Good to see Gus get into it in the second half. Is Vanders injured again? Or is it just his head? He’s in a jacket limping ? Did what we needed to do. Can’t say I’m overly thrilled to beat a team that hasn’t won a game yet. But it was nice that we got a big win in the end. Helps the old percentage.

Jackson the highlight of the game for me tonight

Brayshaw’s kicking is a delight

Boo Fritsch. Stole that right from Jackson. Rude.

If they gave Oliver a free for every hold like that he would win 190 frees a game. Seriously.

How was that shocking? Beautiful kick to the danger zone with 2 talls.

This is why we need Brayshaw. Best user of the footy we have in the middle.

Any risk of Oliver getting a haircut ?

These two teams won’t be contesting anything other than spoons anytime soon.

This game is mind blowingly horrible. Just. Horrible.

Hunt

I’m excited for the Goodwin [censored] fest post game

We can’t but instead of worrying about that let’s concentrate on the things we can control. Like I don’t know, learning to kick a football.