Jaded No More

Why risk Gawn this week? Unless he’s 100% fit and his ankle is feeling as good as pre injury, I would rest him for another week. We are not exactly knocking on the door of success this year and he is one guy who we can’t afford to stuff around with. In fact if it was not going to get us in trouble, I would send everyone for their post season ops and clean outs now. Play the kids from Casey and who have shown a bit, and move onto 2020. Won’t happen though. Cannot wait to see what disastrous injuries await us this week ?

It’s been so good that I’m thrilled it’s not an ACL as I was fully prepared for the worst. This season can go eat a bag of d$&ks

I never said I wasn’t happy we won. But I said from the first minute of the game, before we had limited rotations, that it was a horrible game to watch. Our skills are deplorable. Below AFL level. Our game plan is outdated. We make mistake after mistake with the ball in hand. It is the same every week, except we are lucky that we came up against an equally poor team. Do you think we would be 6 goals up playing like that against Collingwood? Or Geelong? I have never once told anyone here to stop celebrating a win. But have been told to stop thinking about all the negatives. Why can’t I have my views of this game in the context of the season, but you can? I am not exactly calling for mass sackings and declaring I’m going to microwave my membership. And you forgot to mention that Carlton was also down on rotations. Or that we have barely won a last quarter all year. Forgive me if this win has not somehow made me more optimistic about our ladder position or the same fatal flaws we have displayed all season. We beat the same team by 109 points a year ago, and they are arguably worse this season. We get the 4 points which is great. It still doesn’t get us within a realistic shot of finals. We still haven’t improved our skills or decision making. To be honest I was happier with our loss to Richmond, than this win. Because I don’t care about meaningless wins in a season that is dead in the water. I care to see us match it with good teams. The reality is we barely beat Carlton or Gold Coast and we are deeply embedded in the bottom 4. Go and enjoy the win. Nobody is stopping you. I certainly am not. But this is a discussion forum and I want to discuss the reality of this season, not this win. Is that ok with you? Gees the only thing worse than this season is all the bloody supporters on their high horse who suddenly can’t handle anyone mentioning negatives about the position of the club. We had one good year in ten. That is not a free pass in my eyes.

Apparently -84 points in last quarters this year according to commentators. I assume it’s due to no fitness base due to a terrible pre season. At least I hope so.

You’re probably right. I guess winning is not really a motivator for me at this stage of the season. I look forward to seeing the kids develop and getting something positive out of this horrible year.

Very true. They had Kruezer on the bench for 20 and Weitering with a splattered face. They were not full of running either. And they have injuries as big as ours. No Cripps or Curnow is equivalent to no Oliver and TMac (when in form).

Don’t disagree but with Hore a definite out I think Lever will play a sweeper role. Frost and May can both play small and I think Petty has showed enough to be given as much experience as possible at the top level.

To be fair I thought the game was garbage viewing from minute one to minute one twenty. Our skills are so poor, as is our decision making and defensive running. The defensive running you can forgive with 3 on the bench, but what was the excuse in the first quarter? We scrapped an ugly win with limited rotations against a bottom feeder missing their top 3 players. I am deeply thrilled to remain at 16th with yet another 3 injuries to add to the mix. One of the worst quality games of football I’ve seen in a long time. Both teams had horrible patches and while we looked the better team for long periods, our finishing really ruined the enjoyment of good ball movement. Not one for the highlight reel.

Who says Petty will miss? Lots of players play a week following a concussion.

Statically we are the worst team in the history of champion data for conversation inside 50s. What a season!

Is that confirmed? So long as it’s not his ACL I don’t care. This season is dead anyway!

That kick was the perfect summation of our season. Absolute joke. (Was a good kick don’t get me wrong, but how it just stopped on the line?!)

McDonald just says he “doesn’t think he did his ACL”. Jesus Christ! This year is cursed. Horrible game. Skills are embarrassing. Season needs to end fast.

What a [censored] disgraceful game. Errors galore. Injuries. Can we call this season off?!

5 minutes.

[censored] off! How do you [censored] this up?’

Disgusting. Ball use again.

Jesus Christ Melbourne.

Carlton will win this thanks to Silvagni

Could anything be more Melbourne than McDonald being injured after kicking 6?! Why?!

Every forward 50 entry is a goal to Carlton. The backline is having a shocker. Doesn’t help that Hore is down.

Carlton are not out of it and we are down to 2 on the bench.

Carlton are -40 frees for the year.

How are the Centre bounces today? What a disgrace!

I’m too sad about the state of affairs to be rational anymore. We are a shell of the team we were a year ago. The skill are embarrassing. The defensive effort is embarrassing. Yes we are missing players. So are they. Yes we are unfit, but that doesn’t excuse dumb decision making or a poor game plan. The excuses keep coming but we have nowhere to hide anymore. This season has been an enormous waste.