Jaded No More

Come on Gold Coast and Carlton. Two upsets this weekend would be great. And yes I know Carlton will not win this game unless the Hawthorn team bus catches fire and they miss the game.

It’s the cats I worry about... ... I’ll see myself out...

Lucas Cook. You can cry or you can laugh. Either way, nothing will bring that early pick back.

Nihaou from China Hoping I can wrap up my meetings by 5 today so I can watch this must win game. Confidence is about as low as when I eat street food here on the off chance I won’t die from food poisoning.

Sh$t$

I don’t disagree. But no 23 year old footballer gives two [censored] about their premierships in the 90s (when they weren’t even born). Players want two things: money and success. North can offer them money, but so can other clubs who are seen as successful currently or with the potential to be successful in the near future. It’s instant gratification type of deal. North doesn’t entice players on that level. They have no big games, no real home ground and small supporter base. Plus a rapidly aging and uninspiring list. The best thing they can do is bottom out and draft some young stars.

The problem for North is that they’re North. They’re average and they’re irrelevant. Just throwing money at players won’t do a thing for them.

Has a couple of bad weeks and people are sending him off to retirement. Jesus, I got hammered when I thought Trac should run around in the VFL ?‍♀️ Entitled to an ordinary patch after carrying this [censored] show on his shoulders for 8 seasons.

Watch Hogan when a teammate kicks a goal. Watch him after the game. He has never looked happier than right now. Kinda like how Brent Harvey has never looked less relevant than right now.

I would keep him on the list on one condition... he comes in for grand final day and does a repeat of his Sydney game on the oppositions best player in minute 1 of the game. Glory ensues. Retirement. Lives happily ever after selling beach cushions.

Give me Vince and Harmes as taggers. The only role Bugg has is to stay at Casey until his contract is up. Ball butcher and all round average footballer.

Honestly we have done everything right by him, including becoming a good team and letting him play his natural game. If he leaves then so be it, it certainly won’t feel like a case of “if only we did better or did more to keep him”.

Yes. He’s contracted and we got SFA to trade.

Can only be a free agent of some sort as we have no currency to trade with. No first rounders, no future picks (can’t trade two future picks in consecutive years), no surplus star players or star players wanting to leave. The list is limited. I would say Gaff is our target and beyond that we will to pick draft gems again and perhaps a backup ruck, although no ruck struggling to get a game at another club will want to come play for us (get a game ahead of Gawn will you?!)

Max needs to make Nicholls a latte and become Instagram friends.

Now we are just talking Brownlows and AAs. We’ve come a long way. PS- still can’t believe Oliver didn’t win the rising star ??

Probably. But to be 2 down on rotation playing away from home is a big ask. Port are shaky. In fact only Richmond and GWS really strike me as threats for the flag. Especially now that West Coast have lost their ruckman. If GWS get their list healthy going into finals, I reckon they’ll give it a shake. They scare me. The talent on their list is sickening. I hate them and I hate the AFL for creating them.

One thing is certain, this year we won’t miss finals due to %

To be fair Port lost Grey and Ryder early. If we lost Gawn and Oliver early in a game we would lose too.

Needs to play for AFL lovechild club

Imagine the speech if Gawn wins and has had a few... lots of censoring for channel 7 ?

By far the most complete footballer I have seen at Melbourne (was too young to see Flower mind you). He is amazing at every aspect of the game. Literally not one thing I would want to improve in him, except obviously have him get 80 touches a game except like the usual 40.

His manager is probably waiting for him to crack 40 touches so he can raise the price a bit more. Clever by him to wait to be honest. He's increased his contract a lot since the start of the year when he couldn't get a game.

The mind boggles. Tom reported minor pain in his toe, missed one week, and back playing like nothing ever happened. Why the F would Viney not do the same. I know he is young and he wants to play and lead the team, but jesus have you learnt nothing? Again we are heading into a crucial time in the season without him.

Nope. As it is I think we will get bundled out week 1 (unless we make top 4 which is very unlikely). Gotta take a scalp.