Jaded No More

And yet I bet you were happy to attend finals and cheered when we won the flag with the same game style.

Luke Jackson trade has got us Jefferson and Windsor. At least one of those players will be better than Jackson.

Exactly this. One of if not the best spine in the league. A graders on every line. To not even make the 8, when their best players have been mostly healthy all season, is absolutely the worst underachievement of the season.

The answer is pretty obvious considering we had big turn outs the last few years playing a very similar game style. If we were in the 8 currently there would be at least another 5,000 people there yesterday, maybe more. The reality is that our fans stop turning up when things aren’t going well, and it doesn’t matter how good we’ve been the last 3 seasons. Which is really disappointing, because I thought the unquestionable effort yesterday from our players, with illness widespread, deserved better support. It’s also proven that noise of affirmation is a real thing and influences umpiring decisions. So that we can’t get decent turnouts to games, especially against interstate sides, means we miss out on that advantage. I bet that round 24 versus the Pies will be well attended, despite both clubs not playing finals. And I bet the crowd will be heavily skewed with Pies fans despite this being our home game.

Something that nearly ever member of Demonland likes to ignore. In a competition this close, luck and especially injury luck, is one of the key factors in winning premierships.

Just a lovely example of your posting right here Deadset if you don’t attend I don’t think the players will miss your “supporting”

Such sensitive defensive posters in here, who also get stuck into posters for being sensitive and defensive about our players and our club. Oh the irony.

Yes that’s very possible. He looked stuffed trying to get to the bench.

Really? All you’ve done the last few weeks is post one negative thing after the other about our club. How is it hyperbole to suggest getting less than 20,000 to a Saturday night match in perfect weather is embarrassing? And nobody is shaming anyone. We’ve been thru this before, if you have a legitimate reason to not attend that’s fine. But there are plenty of who just simply didn’t attend and stopped attending because we aren’t playing great football. Watch them all come out of the woodworks when we play finals again.

He is a good player who would allow us to play McVee and Rivers in the middle, but he’s certainly not worth a first round pick. Let alone two.

So you can get stuck into our players but we can’t get stuck into our “supporters” who bail the minute things don’t go well?

Another embarrassing turn out on a perfect night for footy.

For anyone watching at home, which going by the crowd was most of you, was JVR a tactical or injury sub?

Good effort. But Christ almighty we are a really poorly skilled team. And some of the decision making is mind boggling. I really am counting down the days until this season is done. It’s been painful.

Would pay really good money to punch JHF square in the nuts. Arrogant porn-mustache wearing [censored]

We clearly have some sort of virus going thru the team with 3 late changes due to illness. So this effort is quite impressive.

Came to say the same. He tried making himself throw up with the doctor standing next to him.

5 stars for effort 1 star for skills

Congratulations to the young couple who got engaged. At least you both get to walk away with a win tonight, regardless of result.

I mean we tried hard this quarter. But our skills are atrocious and Tmac and Tomlinson aren’t the right combo to play deep. And we have no real drive off half back. At least we won the clearances.

What happened to Bowey?

I’m calling it now, less than 10,000 here tonight

Train is packed… with mostly Essendon supporters 😢

Breaking news: I’ve convinced the good luck charm aka the husband to come along I feel his good luck will run out tonight.

2022 we were just physically cooked. We had a short pre season coming off a flag. We started like a house on fire winning the first 10, only to head into finals with Trac carrying a broken leg amongst other injuries. There is a reason why back to back is so impossibly difficult to win.