Jaded No More

Great comeback game from Jetta. And as much as Spencer is cringeworthy with ball in hand, his tackling and attack on the ball is great! Ricky Petterd is an angry man who can't kick. Next!

Stef Martin, take a bow!

So glad I pay a fortune to have Foxtel, so I can watch a broken link and pixelated photo with poor sound quality. FFS Foxtel!

It's like watching Little League

I'd keep everyone forever, and bring back Weetra. Hell, bring Bruce back from retirement!

Well, the couch, the TV and the bottle of wine are all ready for this utterly irrelevant game. This would be a great way to spend a Saturday night if I thought we'd win, or at lease thought it would matter if we didn't!

Really annoys me that we didn't let him go to the Dogs last year. It would have been a win for both clubs. I feel very sorry for Bater. He wanted to go, and we asked him to stay, and now it looks like it's all been for nothing. He is no midfielder, and would have had better success as a forward at the Bulldogs who are lacking fire power. Stupid decision by the club IMHO.

Wasn't Clark signed sealed and delivered at Freo? Judd to Melbourne? Scully is staying? Damien Barrett has about as much credibility as the folks on The Shire.

Bring back Jace Bode!

WTF is this TBC? No money to send the player to see a doctor?

Silly comment. Garland would be a walk up start at Carlton, and Hawthorn, and several other clubs crying out for a versatile defender. He is a very good footballer. Not a superstar, but a solid, dependable player with great leadership qualities. That's why he got a 3 year deal.

We always get killed on the spread. When we lost Bennell why didn't they rotate Petterd through the centre to ease the pressure on the midfield rotations? He has played there before. Why not push Rivers back in the last when it was obvious the backline was under siege? It's never ideal losing players early in the game, but it doesn't lead players to give away dumb 50meter penalties, or not manning up in the goal square. And our spread would be aided enormously by someone like Gysberts who can win the ball inside. As it is our best runners like Howe, Blease and Bail can't win their own ball so their spread doesn't help us because we struggle to win the contested ball. Besides we are currently playing lots of imperfect players in an effort to expose them to game time. Blease loses his man in just about every contest. Bennell can't get a touch. Tappy is too man conscious and not ball conscious enough. Developing Gysberts sure as hell does more for us long term than persisting with Bate for example. Why is it no ok to expect more from this team? Why do I not understand anything about the game because I am not pleased with players constantly turning it over? Running to the wrong spaces? Not manning up? FFS I get that being optimistic is all we have left, but I doubt Neeld was happy to get destroyed in the last quarter, and we shouldn't be either. P.S.- being a condescending [censored] doesn't make your point anymore valid.

Too easily pleased. Yes we ran out of legs, but we also make dumb decisions with the footy (or have a dumb coach!), we can't hit targets and we refuse to man up. Once again we got ripped apart on the run. They broke away and spread while we sat and watched. And for as long as our midfield fails to compete I will keep asking where the [censored] is Gysberts? Why are Bennell and Petterd getting a game ahead of him? And how can you justify playing Bate in the middle when we are already lacking run? We weren't unlucky to lose. We got smashed for about 30% of the game.

Maybe it is. But I am just fed up. It's that much worse when you are capable of winning but are constantly being let down by stupid tactics and stupid players. FFS!

Any idea what the go with Grimes is? Saw him running down the race after he hobbled off. Currently crying a little on the inside!

Watts is even getting a hard time for being injured. FFS people, give it up already. Also, I can't express in words how much I wish this season was ending this week.

FFS this VFL scheduling is shambolic!

Best. Season. Ever!

What about the midfield? Won't somebody please think of the midfield!!!

Tell me about it! I had no way of procrastinating today (because online shopping is considered research around here). Got so much work done I can go home and it's not even 7pm yet!

Damn, I keep forgetting we can't use compo picks to bid for F/S. Well the scenario still applies, if we think we can get Viney for our second round pick, then I'd be very happy to give up pick 4 for Boak. He's a known quantity, draft picks aren't.

I'm confident. Should probably go see a doctor.

I'd be happy to give Port pick 4, if we are confident of getting Jack Viney at pick 12. It leaves us with pick 3 to get another really good quality midfielder, and in one draft we could probably resolve our biggest issue, with 2 ready made players and one you would assume would grow into a very good player.

Did I completely miss Dunn and Frawley smacking their opponent? Probably too busy blowing a fuse in anger!

LOL. If Jonesy stopped playing now he'd still win this, and our B&F, by an absolute mile. Sad!