Jaded No More

Alex Johnson, my heart breaks for him!

[censored] Doggies. Another useless team that can’t deliver us what we need. Dead to me!

Essendon will shut up shop by round 23, so Port won’t lose. I doubt they’ll beat the Pies tho. North also won’t lose to St Kilda in round 23 for the same reason. We have to win today and ensure that even if we lose the next two, we lose by small margins as our % will be hard to beat. I think we can beat WC if we get Hibbo and Melksham back and WC are still without Kennedy. Can’t see us beating GWS tho.

I hate these odds. Hate them. I never want to go in favourite. Unless Buddy is a late out, there is zero reason for these insane overinflated odds. Has anyone looked at our record against Sydney, or in fact any good side?

Dude, wtf?! Win and we play finals!

So nervous. This is the most important clash we’ve been involved in in a decade. God help my heart.

I hope for our sake you’re right

Shaw looks fine on the bench. Icing the knee. No ice for structural damage. I say bruising and back for Melbourne game. Meantime they can’t lose.

Well Adelaide can just [censored] off now. Useless.

Come on Adelaide you are making me want to barrack for Carlton at this rate. Get it together!!!

I hate seeing anyone injured and in pain, but honestly suck a dick GWS you manufactured soulless franchise.

Doesn’t look like ACL. Maybe a PCL or miniscus tear?

Adelaide’s coach is shizen. What is their game plan? Also Jenkins is a massive spud. A coathanger would do better than him out there.

Oh [censored] me Adelaide letting that dog Cameron kick one from mid air. Hopeless.

Kelly concussion. So no. Reid hammy. So probably. Don’t know severity.

Well Adelaide are losers.

Come on Adelaide you losers. GWS are 2 down. If you can’t win from here, you’re a disgrace for a team that made the GF last year.

What are the chances we win all 3? A lot lower than us dropping 1 or 2 of the next 3, that’s what. So I’ll take the safe option of making the 8, than the wet dream of finishing 2nd. You can’t win anything if you don’t make finals.

You know teams can win from outside the top 4 now, don’t you? Besides, you’re dreaming if you think we could finish top 2. West Coast play Brisbane in round 23. It was never going to happen. I want to make the 8. That is first and foremost. The rest we can worry about later.

This is good for us! Opens up the top 4, but more importantly means if we win tomorrow we are a lot safer in the 8. Port play Pies next week.

It's not just up to Frost to defend. Hawkins kicked 7 against us not because Omac did a bad job, but because we did a terrible job defending as a team when the ball was won in the centre, or cleared off half back. Buddy is the same. We have to defend well as a team to give Frost a chance to actually defend Buddy one on one.

We'd be stupid to trade Frost. We'd get a soggy banana for him, and we've seen with injuries just how important backline depth is. Besides, I think Frost can slot into our best 22, and once Lever is back, the pressure on Frost to take the game on, and inevitably turn the ball over, will dramatically decrease, which will make him a far more reliable player.

No chance if he had a niggle last weekend, that they A- play him or B- continue to play him. We won by 96 points. Game was over at quarter time. If he ran out the game, it mustn't be that serious, unless of course it got worst towards the end of the match or during the week. Fingers, toes, legs and arms crossed he is OK to go for the rest of the year. It would be a disaster if he breaks down now. We absolutely can't afford that.

Can’t see how we win this if Max doesn’t play. It’s our main advantage going into this game.

A lot will depend on our injuries. We can ill afford to lose anymore of our key players and with Gawn in doubt now, our chances have just taken a dive.