Jaded No More

Garland has to get off Gray. Put Frawley on him right now.

Scully is a gun. My god he is going to be amazing! Apart from that, this quarter makes me want to burn my eyeballs with chlorine. Horrible horrible decision making and use of the ball, which is pretty much the same old story every time we get on a plane and land in Adelaide. We started like a house on fire, and kicking at goal cost us a very healthy lead. We are in general playing much better than the scoreboard reflects, and are getting enough of the ball and enough inside 50 entries, but we cannot make the most of our opportunities. 10 points is a nothing lead, and we are absolutely in this game. P.S.- really good to see Watts take the big hit. Now he just needs to GO FOR GOAL!

WHEN IN RANGE, KICK THE F'ING GOAL!!!!! WTF

Sickening effort this quarter. Sick and tired of this AAMI Stadium [censored]!

Some inexcusable turnovers, and horrendous attempts at goal kicking. Will we ever get over our fear of AAMI? Bruce on his own doing what he wants and that goal from Watts was pure class. Hope his ankle is OK.

Seriously, he is a star. Well spoken, mature, intelligent, and a gun footballer. Give the captaincy to Greeny until retirement then off to Grimesy to lead us to a premiership

Am sick and tired of losing games in the cease pool that is AAMI Stadium. Sucks that Sylvia is out, but at least Beamer is back and we've still got the run and carry from Bail. Time for a win.

Oh FFS!

Fine line between resting 3-4 sore players, and basically playing your VFL team (although some tool on SEN said we rested Scully and Trengove when we played Geelong this year... because apparently that's exactly the same thing ). I actually just feel sorry for the inexperienced kids who had the displeasure of playing today. At the end of the day, it was their decision to make and they have done nothing illegal, but why any club would endure humiliation like that I don't know. There is still an element of pride in footy, and one of form. The pressure on them to win next week and in week one of the finals is now enormous, and they would want to handle it will.

And your point is?

Because we needed further proof that people talk complete shite on here Good call by me about Morton btw B)

No, I'm not talking about their jumper, but about their decision to rest up to 16 of their best 22 before the finals. They are currently getting murdered on the field to the tune of 106 points, having kicked 1.7 in the entire match. So, are they smart for conceding a game they didn't think they could win and ensuring their players are rested up and ready to go in the finals, or is the humiliation of losing by 100 points, and throwing away the match, a complete disgrace and against the unwritten laws of the game? If we were in the same boat, would you support the club if they made this move? I say hell no. It was difficult enough to swallow the tanking when there was a big fat reward on the other side, but if we were about to play finals I would be disgusted and angry if we decided to throw away a match for the sake of resting a few players. What if next week, with all their best players back in, they suffer season-ending injuries to a few of their key players? They would have achieved nothing and humiliated themselves in the process. When you're winning, and you're in the top 8, you should NEVER flirt with form and success, especially when you're Fremantle and your history is one of utter failure.

Bail is not a direct omission for Newton, PJ is and frankly it's a much for muchness replacement. We gain nothing and lose nothing. Bail is out for Beamer/Morton who are both in our best 22. It's just disappointing that they chose Bail who has been very good with his run and carry. Mind you he'll probably end up being a late replacement for Beamer anyway.

That tops the stupid list!

There goes my new pair of Prada shoes All comments made in that silly Rumour Thread were made with a big portion of "taking the [censored]". Seriously, there is not a single believable rumour in there.

That house is for Brad Miller, or actually Pia. McKenna is trying to make a move. On a separate note, I love me a Jack Watts thread. Definitely long overdue for one.

Anything but joint captains, please. That is the biggest corporate [censored] tactic of all time. And if we do run with joint captains, can one of them be Grimes?... if only he was 2 years older/more experienced. He'd walk into the job and walk out a premiership captain.

Was Strauss perhaps dropped because he is already eligible for finals, and we need to try and squeeze as many players into the side who are yet to qualify? For example how many more games do Blease and Tapscott have to play before they are eligible? It would be great for them to play finals and get some more match fitness before pre-season starts. Just a thought.

All the club keeps talking about is getting games into young players that will eventually win us a premiership (hopefully). How Newton fits into that equation I do not know. If Newton gets selected ahead of Morton, Bail or McKenzie (what is he doing on the bench anyway? ), then it goes against everything that we've apparently tried to achieve this year.

That would be the worst decision we've made for a long time. CC was on SEN before and said that one of the key issues with Junior retiring, is to allow our middle group of players (he specifically mentioned 24/25 year olds) to take over the leadership of the club. Bruce is far far too old to be our captain, and this isn't a job you just hand over for a year. Now is the time to find a captain who can, at the very least, see us through our development period until we are ready to challenge.

Seriously, Sylvia isn't even in the leadership group, and has only just got his shite together. He ain't getting the captaincy.

Stir the pot why don't you. No chance.

At the end of the day our priority should be to keep our young players contracted. We're already going to struggle to remove enough players from our list at the end of the season to comply with the 3 draft picks policy of the AFL as well as internal rookie promotions. I love Junior and he has been nothing short of brilliant for us, but I think this is the right decision for our club, and in the end, it means Junior can retire while still firmly in our best 22, and he deserves nothing less. As for Bruce, I'm happy the club is prioritising contracts with guys like Watts ahead of Bruce. I'm sure he'll get at least a one year deal with us, but if he's unhappy with that than he has every right to look elsewhere and I wouldn't begrudge him one little bit if he followed the cash or better terms. At the wrong side of 30, longevity should be his number one priority for himself and his family.

A champion of the MFC who saw us through some of the worst times in the club's history, with dignity and great courage. Thank you for 251 great games Junior. You are a star of our club!

SEN's definition of "big names" is often quite skewed. My money would be on Bate, as his demise has been rather rapid (e.g.- told-the-club-he-was-going-and-hasn't-been-seen-since type of demise). Honestly can't see why they would want Bruce at his age, and with Bock already signing on, I don't think they'd be chasing Warnock now. Just glad all of our key players are safe. Thank goodness we got Frawley on a 4 year deal. I can see bloody Kevin Sheedy all over him like a dirty rash next season, if he was uncontracted.