Jaded No More

Clarry is currently 3rd in overall possessions, first in contested possessions and 5th in clearances in the league. He’s a red hot chance on those numbers alone, and that’s after a poor week last week.

I assume we will know more tomorrow. They probably need to wait for the swelling to go down and then do some more scans. Fingers crossed it’s not too bad.

People’s obsession with dropping Jetta is getting silly. Please name his opponent today and what they did. Please also name what Jetta did wrong. He is going nowhere on current form. Massive challenge for Petty and Tomlinson and Lever to cover May. A huge loss especially with Richmond coming up.

Jesus Christ who mentioned 2-4 months?

Out: May In: Petty Melksham was woeful but they won’t drop him after one game. We will continue with minimal changes and so we should. 4-0 and you need to reward the players. Gut feel is Ben Brown in for the Richmond game. A massive game and Jonesy’s 300th should all go to plan. They’ll rush him in if he gets thru a full match next week.

Langdon is a genuine star of our team. What he brought to our side is invaluable. Probably our most important recruit this decade. Also thought Gus did exceptionally well when thrown down back when May went down. We showed really maturity to turn the momentum in the last quarter and not let the horrid umpiring get to us. Some of the decisions today were baffling. My only let down today was Melksham. He did nothing offensively and defensively he is trash.

What’s better? Beating Geelong or going 4-0?

Are we really less fit than the retirement village that is Geelong? And please someone explain why we brought Melksham back? He has done SFA as per form.

Isaac [censored] Smith. Every time. Jesus.

Watch us lose this. Only Melbourne.

Stupid over use of the footy. These [censored] won’t go away.

Slow mo looks like his forearm smacked his face in the tackle as he was trying to get rid of the ball. Maybe accidental, but gees Hawkins has form. May looked horrible going off. Hopefully it’s not a break.

Someone needs to get Flabber to learn to control his joints. His elbows seem to have a mind of their own.

You’d think we were playing at that dump Kardinia Park. Absolutely disgusting umpiring.

Selwood going for an Oscar. Piece of scum. Hope Viney knocks him out.

Hawkins is a filthy [censored]. Always has been.

What happened to May? I was too busy watching Fritsch. Concussion likely?

My kingdom for a marking forward...

Luckily today is not a day for big forwards... ...now watch Hawkins kick 12 ??

The weather is meant to get slightly better with rain easing for the bounce. Still a wet track is a good thing for a slow aging side like Geelong that love to hold possession. Traditionally we are very poor in the wet, but I hope that Yze, having coached Hawthorn who I think used to be one of the best wet weather team going around, can help us overcome that. Oliver and Tmac coming off very average games. Can’t see both having another stinker.

I don’t disagree, I just don’t think this is where he excels. Hibberd, Hunt, Salem and Rivers in the same backline seems a touch too risky for me. Too many attacking players, not enough players defending. It will mean Lever will need to play a more 1 on 1 role, which doesn’t suit us so well.

My point exactly. Yes he can be a lock down defender, but he isn't as good in that role as Jetta. His strengths are currently being well covered by other players. Perhaps Hibbo will play better than Rivers, but Rivers is the future, and I am happy they are putting game time into him. If Hunt's form drops even a little, he will be the first out to allow for Hibbo to come in. On a sidenote, Melksham's form last year was trash. He was gifted games he did not deserve due to injury, but this year he isn't and should not be an automatic selection. The only player currently not in the team who is an automatic selection when fit, is Ben Brown. While the side is playing well, we should maintain a relatively unchanged side. It is proven that having minimal changes to your team throughout the season often coincides with success.

I don't know about you, but I don't want to play Sunday in Tassie and then have to back it up the following week against a top 4 side on a 5 day break. And Norf are not getting a better timeslot than 1pm on Sunday.

I wish Eddie's bold plan involved going away quietly.

Jetta and Hibberd are not competing for the same spot. Hibberd is competing for a spot with Rivers and Hunt. Hibberd is not a primarily small shut down defender like Jetta, in fact, he is anything but. His strength is his run and carry off half back. Jetta has never, nor will ever be a zippy player. He wins contests on pure strength and courage. That has not changed. Jetta, if he is to be replaced, needs to be replaced with a small lock-down defender. If there is someone on our list that anyone here thinks will do a better job than Jetta currently, I am open to suggestions.