Jaded No More

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.

We can redeem ourselves by beating one of Geelong, Sydney or West Coast. Plus of course we need to beat GC and take care of Adelaide.

True. Richmond not winning was bad. Sydney winning pushed us down a spot. North winning wouldn’t have changed that.

It’s laughable to suggest that anyone is a better RUCKMAN than Gawn right now. Sure there are more effective talls, there are ruckman who get more touches and kick more goals, but nobody is better at rucking. The stats prove it. He has more hit outs to advantage per game than anyone, and that is after all the primary job of a ruckman.

Never change Freo. Long may you continue to fail when excepted to win and win when expected to lose. Bless you, you hideously boring team. Great weekend of results for us, except North losing. But what else can you expect from those [censored]?! Will hate forever.

Jones looks like he’s carrying an injury. He’s never been fast, but the last few weeks it’s like he’s running in wet cement. I hope he’s injured and it’s not simply a matter of age catching up to him. Oliver is a superb footballer. He’s honestly a genius. His kicking is so good, I’m almost sad when he handballs now. Gus and Gawn did a superb job in the absence of Viney and I love what Fritsch brings to the side. I thought Salem was good too. Frost is good as long as he isn’t touching the ball. He has definitely been told to just shut down his man and that’s it. The one burst he had in the last quarter was great... until he opted to kick the footy. If he continues to do the simple defensive stuff well, he will be fine. But needs to stick to being a defender, coz his attacking play is a major liability. Then again Hibbo can’t hit a target either! Hope Hunty gets back into some form post injury.

Was ok. Got better as the game wore on. Very good defensive pressure. Gets another chance. Vince and Lewis are destroying my soul

Retirement village awaits Neither should ever ever be allowed to kick out from full back

Cannot take the foot off here

Another Goodwin move. Bring in Hannan who has done SFA all year for Viney when you have Tyson, who all year you have refused to play in his rightful spot as an inside mid. Honestly this coach and this team are infuriating.

We are the easiest team to beat. Pathetic.

Defensive efforts back to rubbish

Weak as [censored]

It’s been going on for 2 years now. What makes you so confident this isn’t going to be an ongoing problem? 3 players. 3 of the same stress foot injuries. 1 year. Bad luck or an issue with the surface of Gosch?

Is he doomed to a career hampered by that foot? It’s been an absolute debacle since last year. How can we not get this right?

Lever

Faaaaaaark Our club is cursed

Staying home with your blinds closed?

Amazing weather down here for the game. Literally no excuses. I suppose if we lose, I’ll at least be on a forced outside media ban when I head to China in a couple of days and I can drown my sorrows in pollution and MSG.

Fun Fact: I’m going to miss next week’s game as I’ll be in China. Last time that happened we lost to Collingwood and missed out on finals. It is definitely 100% all our fault!

Seriously that game is everything. To think that we went on to lose in round 23 and miss finals. Just shithouse.

Carlton by a country mile. You forgot how bad we were. We were blind under 8s playing barefoot bad. Plus we never had Cripps or Curnew

It’s ok. Most of us grew up together in the shadows of the failings of the MFC ??‍♀️

One of the best and most effective forwards in the league this year. Wasted on the wing. We are an actual potent attack when he’s there.

Why have players on our list for years and years, if we don't play them when the need arises? Sure I would have preferred Kent for some zip, but his hammy blows up every 2 seconds, and he needs conditioning time. As much as finals are on the line, we are not exactly staring at a flag. We have players on our list who we need to find out if they are list cloggers or not. As it stands, we will struggle to clear the necessary amount of players from our list come season's end. We need to find out if some players are worth keeping or not. Stretch did very well last week. Frost did very well last week. JHK may do the same. He may not. But we need to find out one way or another. I still hate Vince and Lewis in the same back half. I hope Vince is in for a tagging role, which in my opinion is where he truly excels. ' I worry about our lack of leg speed again, especially against the Dogs (who pushed us last time due to their speed), and especially at the MCG where we struggle badly for spread. Every game is do or die now. If the players have matured and are serious about success, I would like to see intent and spreading from minute one of the game.