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I doubt it. It’s one the issues that has consistently plagued us and, imo, kept us at the bottom since we left the mcg. Why would “mr 70k” have any more luck dealing w the realities of our situation than previous others? The fact he went so public on Yarra park , when it actually was so tenuous has made me doubt his capacity. In these times, when players pick and choose their destinations it’s growing in importance by the day. I’m afraid it’s going to cripple us ( again) before too long if a solution isn’t found asap.

“Weideman is sore and we’re looking to give him a rest this week?” The way goody put it made me think that weids body is quite ready fr week in, week out AFL. Understandable, it takes more time fr some than others. And I like player management. But don’t put a 650k price in ur head when yr still on trainer wheels!

Excellent. I think he’s almost my fav player when he’s on. Brings so much to the team. I’d love u to ask him about how it was for him and what reasons were given for his fall out of the team last year. 2017 he was almost AA imo. Also about his back injury. It Kept him a long time on the sidelines when he first arrived at the club. Does it still trouble him?

Me too. Misso has made some really big blunders. Trengove and Viney the biggest ...but how big are they! Too many Players were not prepared fr the start of this season and, operations or no, he’s got a case to answer. Joel Smith is just further proof here. u don’t need a sports science degree to have seen Joel smith should never have come bk on. No wonder Shaun is [censored], it’s his sons career on the line here.

Is it the same feeling u get after buying a Tatts ticket?

Strange timing . before the game on live to air tonight, boak was interviewed and he’s doing the same or a v similar thing. Even Has a pool at his house he does it in, and all the commentators were praising him re his commitment to getting the max out of his body. Sounds like trac pushed it too far..but seems like the practice is wide spread.

Brilliant news. Thoroughly deserves his shot at it. And yes... let’s hope he bags a few, creates a good contest and helps us win the game!

Hawks: no change. Business as usual... little ups and downs... injured recruits become stars...top 4 aspirations as per normal. Ho hum. Dees: 6 changes! OUTS. Passion, semblance of game plan, healthy “stars” who get injured, capacity to score, morale, Hogan or watts as fall guy. INS: business as usual; Fumbles, loss of spark, players looking lost all over the ground, reliable losers, bottom 4 , omac or Petracca as fall guy.

Lol. Yep... and add in some xmas’ past . Schwartz, Charles, jakovich, Tingay. I would add tho that Salem’s batteries were def included.

Spot on. Whatever is really going on will come out in the wash eventually. I honestly dread to think. We’ve been such a tight club for a few years now but whenever this type of thing happens there’s almost always poison coming from somewhere. Perhaps we need to pray to the spirit of jimmy to return and weed it out. Watching the last week against the tigers I think we’re getting BOTH better and worse. Those stupid uncontested possession chains that Geelong and Essendon massacred us with had mainly disappeared. Imo We looked tighter, tougher and more like last year. So....in this way I thought we were better. At least they had to earn their goals. We were still in the game at 3/4 time against potent opposition... at least on the scoreboard. Offensively though we looked remarkably 2013. I was seriously in a time warp. the leading patterns of the fwds were comically disfunctional on the v rare occasions that we even went there. I say rare occasions as We had almost non existent run or flow from half back. Even Oliver, who is an offensive weapon w his handballs, consistently chose the poor option. It was our lowest i50 count for the year and probably fr a few years. So in this way much much worse. From qtr time on I honestly had no idea how we would kick another goal. As it turned out We got two v lucky ones... but it could / should have been 3 goalless qtrs. THAT is Neeldesque. In summary We’re going fwd slowly but backwards fast. Just like game day.

Now we're back to waiting for him to develop. We spent about 5 years doing that with any number of "gun recruits" in the Neeld torture chamber. Its not that Goody might not be right...but gosh it feels like all too familiar scenario. One day........some day....if only we'd picked....

I don’t like being so down on the dees but the way they are playing.. game plan, execution, skill errors, lack of speed etc. I’m really not sure we’ll win as many as 3 or 4. I can’t think of a single side we defeat atm. . And yes I agree there is no way we will keep playing injured players late into this nightmare of a season.

That is really an epic piece! Kudos. Wish the players could see it.

I used to know f all... but now I realise I know f nothing.

Honestly some of the tripe I read on here makes me squirm. Players HAVE to be available to the media these days . To not do so would be economically negligent and the same ones pulling max apart here would be going nuts about how we don’t promote our club... in good and bad times. we, as a club, are lucky that Maxxy is well loved in the football world in general and given a regular voice. It gives us an industry respected spokesman and face for young supporters to relate to. We haven’t had a lot of them in recent times. He needs to speak up... the fans in general need to stay engaged. Our footy sucks and yes, we would all rather engage fans w winning but it isn’t happening now. Max disappearing from the media wouldn’t help anything one bit. It’s footy in the 21 century. No club can close their doors to the media anymore. Im as angry , deeply disappointed, numb and shocked as the next person here. Looking for answers , wondering where everything is breaking down and why. But attacking max fr writing this article has produced some of the most inane comments I’ve read here for years.

Yep, just like popping in to see family. It’s good to go back home . in a changing world it’s reassuring when somethings stay the same.

It’s ok because we’ve got pert now .....and he gets these things across the line....right. I miss Roos and pj.

Seems like an age ago already that I looked at our team and thought we could win the whole thing. That was frikn August. When I look now we seem fully a mile off even being a goodish, ordinary team. In time we’ll find out exactly what happened in the summer of 18/19. I have a complex theory but it involves black magic and Voldemort.

Bring Chris Dawes back ... oh wait... we learned everything he can teach us.

Once but No longer true. Franklin and the hawks is the biggest example. FA has changed many things.

Thought the boys tried hard tbh... agree with a poster further back that said we did well for a bottom 4 team trying to make a statement. Hard to accept but that really IS the truth of where we’re at. We’re not a good team out of form. The player that concerned me the most, and I never thought I’d say this, was Oliver. His disposals used to be like knives, cutting the opposition to threads. Now he’s turning it over or choosing dumb options.... looks a different player.

This is the bit that hurts. He’s fallen well behind others of his year now. He showed enough in the finals to think there’s something that could emerge.... but like so many others has gone backwards since then. Leading patterns don’t look great, gets both hands to the ball and it pops out , slow and ineffectual at ground level. Big summer needed.

Not a place for a fist gamer tonight. Might ruin his career b4 he even starts. Love to see him get a decent go this year tho.

Anyone know what time the pregame stuff starts?

...wake up and realise I was dreaming. Part of me doesn’t even want to go tonight. Feels Like going to see your ex so she can explain more fully why she left.