Jaded No More

[censored] Matheison!

Second quarter. Danger quarter. For [censored] sake please don’t just roll over and fall asleep!

Wagner *grunt*

Great end to the quarter!

[censored] this team is fraustrating!

Again dominating the inside 50s, again not capitalizing.

North vs St Kilda. Jesus is happy he died today. What a rubbish game!

Good changes. Although I still think Brayshaw should play. Persevering with Wagner. Obviously the coaches see something that we don’t.

Vince had an operation early in the week to restitch the webbing in his fingers which he tore on the weekend (makes me feel sick just thinking about it!), so probably explains his absence.

Don’t you love barracking for this club? Never a dull moment.

Soooo any word on Hogan?

If McDonald plays, we win by 2-3 goals, simply because those 875 forward 50 entries don't all end up being kicked to Garlett 2-on-1 in the goal square. Of course if Dangerfield plays we probably lose by 5 goals, so there you go.

If we lose to North AGAIN this year, I will seriously give up on life. I am going overseas for work, and specifically organised my trip so that I fly out straight after the North game because I can't possibly miss us beating them finally! If we lose, at least I can enjoy unlimited champagne in business class to drown my sorrows.

How far off is Joel Smith? I thought he was excellent and really gave us some good drive off half-back in the 3 minutes he played last year prior to injury.

Ablett having a sook to the umpires is pathetic don't get me wrong, but the difference is, Ablett had a conversation with the umpire, he didn't take out his mouth guard and tell the umpire to F off like an idiot, giving away a crucial 50m penalty in a game lost by under a goal.

Abuse is not allowed, it is the rules. It's like saying "I wish someone punched Selwood in the face because it is what I wanted to do at the time that he tunnelled Salem". It is pathetic leadership from Lewis, who should learn to shut up and stop costing us games. He cost us dearly through suspension last year, and he potentially cost us the game on the weekend for lashing out. Lewis is in the team primarily for his leadership. Some leadership giving away 50m penalty because you're a hot head.

And then the chorus of people calling for Garlett's head, because why is he not impacting games as a 2-on-1 full forward. I mean he is clearly a full forward!

I love that Oliver is not popular, because he is a little ar*sehole. It is what makes him an even better player. It might cost him a well deserved Brownlow one day, but gees he's just a gem! Hogan is probably forgotten because he had a terrible season last year for obvious reasons. Once McDonald is back in the team, I really think we will see the best of Hogan again. Allowing him to roam further up field is where he excels. That long goal around the body running onto the footy on the weekend, was exactly how Hogan needs to play, and will play, once we get another decent marking option down forward.

If it's true that Tyson was left out of the side because he was one of the player who didn't want to go on the camp (can you blame him, given he sustained a serious injury last year which apparently was not treated properly or promptly?!), it says a lot more about our coaches than the player himself. Costing the team 4 crucial points to prove a silly point that they are the ones running the show. I hope this is not true, because if it is, Goodwin has a lot of growing up to do as a coach!

Agreed. Oliver is better in my opinion than all the other 3 who made the list. He is also the most consistent.

I raise you Garlett's tackle on Ablett, followed by Ablett having a 10 minute cry to the umpire about it. Beautiful!

The thing I don't understand is that I thought this year was not about development, it was about finals and going all out to win. Why then, did we play a 3rd gamer on Ablett? I don't have a problem trying kids and giving them a go, and thought Frisch was very good. But if you are serious about winning, you play Tyson or Brayshaw, hell you play Stretch before you play Maynard. This is not a knock on Maynard, who I think will be good, but not only is he a kid, he also doesn't have a footy background. You are asking a lot of him, and we needed to win this game! We lost by 3 points, and I can't believe that there is a single person on here who doesn't think Tyson in Maynard out doesn't give us that 3 point deficit back. 4 crucial premiership points down the drain. This will be another close season, and this loss may not be the difference between finals or no finals, but maybe it will be the difference between top 4 or a home final. If we've learnt anything from last year, is that we cannot blow opportunities like these! If we don't come out and absolutely demolish Brisbane and North, then it shows me that we have not matured at all after last year's disgraceful effort!

1. Oliver 2. Trac 3. Gawn's rucking back to its best

You need to also understand where he gets a lot of possessions. Players who play deep in the guts often get more turnovers because they are kicking under a lot of pressure. Jones is not the best kick in the world, but he is more than adequate. He was pretty good all game, and definitely the least of our worries.