Jaded No More

Damn it, I've totally missed all the hype, drama and celebrations being at work for the last 14 hours. But from all the limited highlights I've watched of all the "potential number 4's", his was the one that stood out the most. Although I am no Phil Scully when it comes to recruiting, this is exciting. Also an official welcome to my new favourite player (because Mitch Clark is my favourite human so it doesn't really count)- Jack "son of a gun" Viney.

Imagine being an AFL player and finding yourself being written about for no reason, other than to generate some pathetic excuse of AFL news for a paper that has become as rubbish as its other rival. The only crime in that photo is WTF Moloney has on his face. Worst. Glasses. Ever.

Really really devastating news. He must be gutted. From personal experience there is nothing worse than having an injury that won't go away. Can't imagine how it must feel to a young athlete who was making strides in his career. His leadership, his hardness and his courage will be sorely missed. All the very best of luck Barts!

Ah, that time of year when you are deluded enough to think we are a chance to do something good next season. Enjoy it while it lasts. I'm looking forward to the first "sack Neeld" post 5 minutes after we lose a practice match in Albury.

Seriously, you need to let go of the resentment you harbour towards our club. It's actually quite sad to read! Congrats and good luck to Greeny. Really wonderful for him.

Nothing to see here people. Move right along!

I don't give a flying monkey's balls who you are. The bottom line is that we all love this club and want to see it succeed. So to have anyone write so much toxic, negative rubbish is unacceptable, as is the behavior of ex- MFC employees leaking information to the media because of some need to fight their enemies. We should all be on the same side, but instead some people are so clouded by their bitterness that they are trying to bring down the MFC, and the hell with the consequences.

I'm actually shocked that she is allowed to write such crap and not be held accountable for it. I hope the club is waving this [censored] in the league's face and screaming 'persecution'. Would love to sue her for defamation and for being a pathetic sensationalist.

Sounds like we are preparing to sacrifice some old admin boys in order to save the team. If that is the extent of the punishment then I will pop the champagne cork.

I'm surprised nobody is talking about Rivers and Garland playing forward this year and yelling TANKING! FFS you can never prove that positional changes are an act of tanking, because for every dumb move, there is one equally genuine move that works. Or at the very least makes sense. We scored our only legitimate win of the season when Garland was moved forward!

This is the perfect example of what happens when you treat individuals within an organization with so much contempt. Every other club has just about tanked in its time. None have been caught out or investigated. So what's the difference between us and other clubs? Well we are dumb enough to involve every man and his dog in confidential decisions, and we the go and treat these people like crap, giving them enough of an incentive to stab us in the back. I have neither positive nor negative feelings about our board. They have done some good, and they have done some bad. But the absolute unprofessionalism that we continue to show is just staggering. We are a multi million dollar business being run like a [censored] amateurs kindergarten. He said, she said, he was unhappy, hey everyone let's talk about tanking with the entire footy department, and their cousins. Let's [censored] people off, and watch them return fire. And then let's keep the same stinky fish at the table. Seriously, we may not always invite these epic disasters that seem to follow us, but we sure as hell do nothing to make them better either.

When you treat so many players like crap, it comes back to bite you in the arse. We are in deep sh!t and its infuriating. We can't even lose properly. Could we be anymore unprofessional?!

Hands up who doesn't count the days between one epic Melbourne disaster and the next? It's just a joke that at every turn there is a little man hiding in the bushes waiting to punch us in the nuts. Never wishes an injury on anyone, but Brock McLean, I hope you break both your thumbs Twittering. Knobhead.

Good luck to Cale. I just hope he has a lot less horrible, tasteless, mean spirited gutless supporters to deal with at West Coast.

You hate Martin, we get it. FFS how about showing some respect to somebody who tried hard while wearing a Melbourne jumper? Just wish him luck and move on.

I may be angry, crazy and delusional, but at least I'm not a Richmond supporter. Good luck to all those delisted, and especially Bennell with his recovery. Thanks for the memories, but the end was inevitable.

Not if you're the big boss counting the dollars. As a supporter, it pisses me off, but as a person who lives and works in the real world, I get it. We need to get better as a club before we are afforded such luxuries, because like it or not, we have no pulling power and our brand is shizen. Even when they are crap, Collingwood pulls numbers and ratings. We don't. The only way to fix it, is hope our club can finally get its sh*t together and start winning some games, instead of being a laughing stock. Nobody wants to watch a loser.

I know how much we pay to advertise our brand during a Friday night match. Frankly, given that even Melbourne supporters could hardly stand watching the garbage we served each week, it's no surprise they won't feature us. This is the biggest revenue pulling game of the week, and our ratings based on last year would be horrendous. Hate it all you want, but the AFL is a business, making it's money from TV rights. We may disagree with the fairness of the draw, which is not actually a draw but a marketing exercise, but that's the reality.

Again, it's fine to trade them but why for no return? I mean Martin is an agile tall coming into his peak. And we traded him for some 50cent coins and a hot dog.

Another last minute stupid trade for picks we won't use. WTF is the point?

Ummm I said he becomes ONE MORE coach to [censored] us. Bailey did too. For me, it's not about who we lost, because except for Rivers (who we wanted to keep), the rest are average players at best. It's what we got in return which I question.

This trade period will make or break Neeld. He is doing whatever he wants and that's his right. If it works, great. But if it doesn't, he becomes one more coach to totally [censored] us and our list.

If we end up keeping guys like Bate after we threw away Morton for nothing and Gyberts for not much more, I'll spew. I was starting to warm to Neeld...

I've been very happy with everything we have done so far in the off season, but this trade is an absolute joke. We spent pick 4 and invested years in Morton to essentially give him up for nothing. Why sign him for 2 years last year Neeld, only to dump him for nothing a year later? Stupid decision and reeks for our coaching department having no confidence in their ability to develop some players. Same for Gysberts. To give these guys up for little to nothing is madness. We paid more for Rodan FFS!

He can dance and he is a free. Whateves.