Jaded No More

Good effort. But Christ almighty we are a really poorly skilled team. And some of the decision making is mind boggling. I really am counting down the days until this season is done. It’s been painful.

Would pay really good money to punch JHF square in the nuts. Arrogant porn-mustache wearing [censored]

We clearly have some sort of virus going thru the team with 3 late changes due to illness. So this effort is quite impressive.

Came to say the same. He tried making himself throw up with the doctor standing next to him.

5 stars for effort 1 star for skills

Congratulations to the young couple who got engaged. At least you both get to walk away with a win tonight, regardless of result.

I mean we tried hard this quarter. But our skills are atrocious and Tmac and Tomlinson aren’t the right combo to play deep. And we have no real drive off half back. At least we won the clearances.

What happened to Bowey?

I’m calling it now, less than 10,000 here tonight

Train is packed… with mostly Essendon supporters 😢

Breaking news: I’ve convinced the good luck charm aka the husband to come along I feel his good luck will run out tonight.

2022 we were just physically cooked. We had a short pre season coming off a flag. We started like a house on fire winning the first 10, only to head into finals with Trac carrying a broken leg amongst other injuries. There is a reason why back to back is so impossibly difficult to win.

It’s less about the number of games lost to injury, and more about the fact that all our injuries came in one part of the ground. If we lost Melksham but had a fit Petty and Fritsch, it wouldn’t matter as much. We lost Clarry for 10 games last year, but the rest of the midfield was fit and firing so it didn’t impact us as much. But this year losing Gus and then Trac and having both Clarry and Viney struggling for fitness or with injury, has made a massive impact to our midfield. What depth at Casey did we have that would have helped fill the gap up forward?

Gawn has done more than his fair share and deserves to enjoy the twilight of his career without the burden of captaincy. Regardless of what we think tho, our leadership group has always been voted for by the playing group. So ultimately it is their decision to make who leads the club next year.

I feel like being his wife means that he should just do whatever I say, but annoyingly it’s not always the case. So rude 😂

I’m still working on it… it’s not a no so far 😂

Every year 17 clubs don’t win the flag. Is every one of those clubs soft? A failure? We did what most other recent flag winners haven’t done, which is finish top 4 not once but twice. Where were Geelong and Collingwood after they won a flag? Both in 2022 and 2023 we had horrible luck with injuries and it cost us. It takes a LOT of luck to win a flag. Geelong managing to avoid serious injuries heading into September with their geriatric list in 2022 was lucky. Pies getting an armchair ride from the AFL in 2023 was lucky. You reckon if Maynard is rightfully suspended they beat GWS by the narrowest of margins in the prelim? Maybe maybe not. One of our most loved players lost his career last year in our first final. If us fans were horribly rattled by that (well most of us fans with heart and compassion 🙄), then of course Gus’ teammates would have been far more rattled. We came out and were totally undisciplined against Carlton. Kosi turned a Smith goal into a free as one example. It wasn’t great, but that lack of discipline came from a deep anger and frustration over the Gus incident. Not to mention losing Melksham on the eve of finals, losing Petty and carrying an injured Fritsch, then losing JVR to suspension. Entire forwardline gone. Last year was the one that got away. It’s incredibly frustrating, but we didn’t lose the flag because we didn’t try or weren’t good enough. A lot went against us and it was too much to overcome in the end.

He is one of my most hated players, in fact he’s the only ex Melbourne player I despise beside Scully. Both were/are disrespectful [censored]. But at least Scully was a number one pick who was offered insane money. We plucked Howe from his electrician apprenticeship and total obscurity, only for him to sook it up because he didn’t wanna be a defender. Have a [censored] rest of your career Howe. [censored].

I’ll be there!

I don’t disagree that Howes is more talented and versatile. I’m a big fan and think he will make it, but he’s been dropped a few times this year and my best guess is that the FD don’t rate his defensive efforts much at the moment. It’s also why I think AMW has been dropped. IMO Howes will end up a half back flanker or winger. He isn’t much of a one on one defender, but he’s a beautiful user and reader of the footy. I hope now that he’s finally had a taste after so many injury setbacks, that he goes off and has the pre season of his life and does a Judd McVee in 2025.

Is that not his bestie George Gawn, aka the traitor who sings opposition team songs? 😂

Yes you do. He was called fat and lazy and a front runner on Demonland. He always had the talent but in the early days his application wasn’t always the best and many on Demonland said he was not going to make it. He also got bashed for doing his knee playing basketball.

Hore plays tall. Howes has never played as a tall he’s always been an interceptor and ground ball player. Has he ever lined up on a key forward? If so my memory has gone to [censored], which is possible as I’m old

He should be banned now. This guy has had more cases against him previously and North themselves admitted that they’ve tried and failed to rehabilitate him. He doesn’t belong in this league. We can’t be rewarding someone who is a repeated offender in this space with a fat paycheck just because he can kick a footy.

Roo is mature beyond his years and has future captain written all over him. I love this kid, and he is criminally underrated IMO. Need to move heaven and earth to make sure he never leaves us!