Very Jaded

He is a breathtaking footballer and I pinch myself every time I watch him that he is ours. He is an unbelievable talent. His brain works so fast.

Got ours. Excited for this match. Dragging the lucky charm along. Should be a good win then ?

Also Preuss is lucky he has the best ruckman in the league to learn from. Hope he’s a fast learner.

This was an obvious pisstake for us given how many players didn’t play, who rucked for most of the second half, the backline setup and the fact that Frost took half the kick-ins *shudder* Anyone getting worked up about losing by 2 goals in a practice match with 1/6th of our starting backline, and half of our starting midfield, against a full strength top 4 team, needs to get a life.

Well I’m dead then

Booking tomorrow. Considering the trains are likely to be out of action, getting in will be a nightmare. Having a secured seat is a smart choice. Last year we went in at 5:30pm and struggled to get good seats.

Oliver was by far the best player out there. He is an absolute freak. Barely no pre season and after two shoulders operations. He is the player who will win us a premiership. Impacts every contest and barely misses a target. TMac looked horribly out of form/shape and slow. A massive worry as without Hogan he will be our biggest forward focal point. Preuss was disappointing. Does he have no tank or is he a little sore? Barely rucked for longer than 5 minutes. JHK, Wagner (Josh), Strech, ANB and Hunt as underwhelming as usual. I thought Hore was quite good as was Jordon (looks like a young James McDonald). I missed the first quarter. Can anyone tell me why Grimes was wearing a Batman mask?

Good performance considering half our team was missing and they had an almost full side. My only worry was TMac. He looked shockingly slow. What’s up with him?

Doesn’t look like we are taking this very seriously. Preuss isn’t even taking Centre bounces.

1. Got engaged 2. Quit my job 3. Missed footy

Exactly right. Drugs are illegal. You get caught you get punished. Sure you don’t get a jail sentence on a first strike, but you’ll likely get a good behavior bond, maybe community service or a suspended sentence. Why are AFL players excluded from that?

That’s true. But social media has become yet another avenue for bullies to be bullies and it is far harder to monitor or punish people online who use fake profiles and false identities to be [censored].

The problem with the internet and social media, is that now the countless morons who's opinion nobody cares about, get to voice their racist, homophobic, idiotic garbage opinions for all to see. The internet has made us more aware of how many scumbags there really are in the world.

Name a Melbourne player more universally adored than Jetta... he embodies everything I want our players to be. Tough, determined, team first, never give up attitude. A no brainer in the leadership group. Lewis out and moving into more of a coaching role is also interesting. This will be his last year you feel, so perhaps they’re looking at offering him a full time coaching role in 2020. I think he would be a very good coach.

FFS today is my last day at this job. The timing! Should have left yesterday so I could watch this instead of doing SFA at work.

Very good. Now to remove Tmac on accounts of “the flu”

Wingard is a far better footballer than Watts ever was. Even if she is a bit soft.

Been out of the country this week. No idea what’s going on, except if any of our players so much as breaks a nail in this clown show, I’ll be furious. TMac’s toe must be doing well...

He would never go to Hawthorn because Clarko doesn’t tolerance soft fools. Which is why he’s won 4 flags and Watts will never win even 1.

It’s a bad look even if there is nothing illegal about it. The worst thing is how incredibly stupid Watts is letting someone film it (assumingly with his knowledge). Bad PR and I’m sure Port are not thrilled.

Completely agreed. We have a very competitive team, our younger players are desperate to succeed, and guys like Jones surely know their chances of winning premierships are diminishing with each passing year. However this will be the first year in a decade where we will be the hunted, rather than the hunters. Teams will be out to get us, they will put significant time into planning their matches against us. Suddenly we will be one of "the teams to beat". With that comes a lot of pressure, a lot more expectations, and harder matches. If our boys can handle this pressure, then there is nothing to stop us from going all the way (injuries aside!). Last year the pressure was to make finals. We nearly failed under that pressure. However when finals came around, nobody expected much from us and we delivered. This year the expectations will be that we make a Grand Final, if not win one. That is a lot of pressure. We know how hard it is for teams to continuously stay successful. It's going to be a fascinating season I reckon!

Horrible news for Tom, wonderful news for Hawks haters (me included) On a serious note, nothing worse than catastrophic pre season injuries. Wishing him a speedy recovery. At least they still have Scully ?

Perhaps Melksham’s wife is in labor? I believe she is due very soon. Anyone got any concrete info about Gus? Why the rehab?

If you’re a local member you need to collect it on game day. You’ll see on the back of the card there’s usually a little S symbol which the staff at the tents will use to mark off once you’ve collected it. I think they’re available for collection for about 5 of the first rounds.

If you knew how expensive weddings are, you too wouldn’t invite an entire footy club! The more I try planning mine the more I want to elope. He probably only invited his bestest footy mates or the guys who’s partners are closest to his wife.