Jaded No More

The umpires are a bunch of cheating fuckwits. We can't beat Hawthorn and 4 umps!

I think I just fell off my chair at the G! ProDee giving Watts a compliment. Maybe hell has frozen over! Tyson is having a wonderful game. I'm glad we took it up to them and didn't lie down and let them smash us like we have for the last 10 years. They and the umpires treat us with contempt and I'm sick of it. We deserve to be in this game and not because we are a pack of cheats who get favored by the umpires every week. I don't know if we can win this, but I sure as hell hope we keep up the fight and come close!

Best on for us by a mile. When he went into the ruck we really struggled around the ground.

They're in control. They know how to play wet weather footy. We don't. They know how to man up. We don't. They know how to take a contested mark. We don't. They are smart. We are not. Not looking good.

First night back in Melbourne last night, and I had to sleep with 3 blankets. WTF is this cold?! It is just as cold in Melbourne as it is in Tassie, and it absolutely poured all evening here.

A North - Sydney GF would put me to sleep. Seriously, would be a nightmare. In fact any game involving North is a goddamn nightmare. Freo are also crap to watch, they are so boring!

Because he is the future and I don't think Dunn is quite getting the whole zone defence thing. Obviously to us supporters we don't know what is happening behind closed doors, but it seems to me that he isn't fitting in with this new defensive structure which is why he isn't getting regular games.

Jamar didn't get a farewell game, so I'm thinking Roos and sentiments don't go hand in hand. Grimes is a really good depth player, he gives you everything and can fill a number of roles. Whether he is better than depth I don't know. Defensively he is pretty good, but offensively he can be hit and miss. I think if anything Hunt has taken his role, and his superior leg speed has really helped us improve as a team, which is something Grimes just cannot compete with. I would hope he can get 2 more games, as he has been a wonderful servant of our club and captained us through the worst period in recent history, and did so admirably and graciously. The season is not even half finished, and injuries are starting to mount, not to mention young bodies are starting to tire. Grimes may still be in with a chance to get to 100 games.

Apparently the flu this year is particularly nasty. I got sick towards the end of my trip and it got me so bad, the doctor nearly didn't let me fly. I also heard Tyson had a throat infection, which means around 10 days of antibiotics (plus maybe a couple of shots if they wanna kill it quickly) which is really tiring on the body. Could explain why he seemed so lackluster.

I'm back in this corner of the globe, yes. Didn't miss anything while I was away except footy* and Melbourne coffee. Happy the club waited for me to give Trenners a game, not happy the AFL decided to schedule a game against the Hawks for this weekend. *debatable- only missed the footy when we were winning

So happy for Jack. A long time coming and so well deserved. As I've said before, this feels like the end of our dark period and Jack mirrors that horror journey so well. I just hope this is the end now and we get to enjoy 100 more games from him. My first game of 2016 and I'm just beyond excited to cheer him on, even though I think we will get smashed.

Season is basically done. We are going into the 4 hardest weeks of the season without arguably our best player. Good times.

Someone explain to me please how the [censored] some clubs manage to have one [censored] season and bounce back like Carlton, and I'm still waiting for us to beat a real opposition after 10 years. It is just depressing to see Carlton doing so well. Their list isn't even that good!

North because I can't fucken stand them and I am sick of losing to them and that turd Harvey Hawthorn because I'm sick of being their [censored]. I wanna lemonade their arse Beyoncé style next weekend.

Lack of effort from too many key players was super disappointing. But more disappointing still was the lack of effort from our coaching panel. How can Roos continue to [censored] up selection? How can the coaches not have a plan B when we are getting slaughtered on the counterattack? How can they not see then man up the loose man in defence killing us? They only seem to have 2 moves: send Hogan down back (a dumb move since he's our best marking option up forward), and move Garlett to the centre bounce (where he is rarely effective). I understand that too many players were down on output and you can't do much with that, but to begin with we needed to make more changes to keep fresh legs. We needed to prepare for Port's counterattack from the backline, which is basically their only move of the last 3 seasons. To lose so comprehensively in effort and in the box is something I hoped we were past. For all the millions we spend on a box full of experienced coaches, I thought they were as much to blame today as the 22 on the field.

Thanks for the laugh

So many problems today. Got completely outcoached. Had no idea how to stop that deadbeat Westhoff, no idea how to stop the quick run off half back, no idea how to prevent so many goals over the back. Had numerous key players who couldn't get near it today including Viney, Vince, Tyson, Garlett, Kennedy, Newton, Harmed and so forth. Most of our midfield couldn't win a clearance which was the most costly aspect. We also cost ourselves dearly in selection again. Didn't make enough changes, didn't bring enough support in the ruck. We needed Pedersen but for some reason went short with Newton who is so poor it isn't funny. As a result we got smacked in the air down back, lost numerous clearances, and continuously got smashed by a loose man in defence. A combination of terrible dumb coaching, awful effort from 90% of the team and a complete lack of run killed us today. We are not a finals team and we are about to start a long stretch of very difficult games. This was a golden opportunity blown.

Harsh on Jones. I thought he tried hard but was a lone hand as he has been for the last 9 years. He can't do it alone and it is a shame that the rest of the leadership group did SFA today.

Oh good now Jones is injured. This game just keeps delivering.

The lack of effort in the last 10 minutes is unacceptable.

Newton. Done and dusted. Thanks for playing.

The coaches should be ashamed of themselves. What a poor coaching performance! Beaten by a loose man in defence 2013 style. Hilarious.

Kent needs to go to the VFL. That is one of the most dreadful games I've ever seen anyone play.

Game over. How 189 highly paid coaches can't defend against mother[censored] Westhoff being a loose man is beyond me.

I just can't with Hogan's kicking. What a rubbish miss.