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It really did screw the club over, so I get the desire to hang s**t and find somebody to blame but really imo no one is. Sometimes s**t happens, Hogan wasn't able to deal with his issues here and the environment was clearly a factor so leaving was for his own best interests, can't hate him for...

my first time here at the MCG, we got far more support here than I thought it's pretty good

Is JOM even starting 22? I'd still rather Erasmus regardless of the context of the game.

Feel free to disagree but there's nothing revisionist in my post, my position in 2023 is exactly the same as it was in 2017 and 2019. That's why I'm not interested in revisiting the same arguments from 4 years ago.

In those 4 years, would JL have done better? Was the side at the time going through a rebuild or contending for finals? The teams that were put out in 2017 and 2018 were barely AFL standard, surely that's an agreeable statement. Is 51% this far into the rebuild with a much better list than Lyon...

Is it because you were initially criticized that you now have to provide daily updates of your betting history? Don't be belligerent it's like smoking, do it if you must but it's obnoxious to go around publicly posting how great it's going for you.

Just like Lyon right? Seems to be doing ok. He's not new and exciting, but Buckley clearly has a very intelligent football brain and I don't see why he couldn't do well with a second stint.

Except all of his issues aren't about being selfish, lazy or figjam. I get you're excited that the immediate coin flip call you made is working in your favour but he does work hard and his first few games he's been tackling very well for his size. His issues are he lacks the awareness and...

I'm not entirely sure what the reason is Fyfe is banished from the midfield when it's been belted horribly 2 weeks in a row. 1 game last year was won solely because he was moved back there. If he's not even doing rotations through it then we're much better off playing a genuine forward instead...

You excitedly replying to me immediately after the game talking about "thanking" you actually proved the point I was making actually. I'm glad you're happy though and you got something out of the experience.

What this really is you'd both rather be proven right than see your team doing well and being proven wrong, which is pretty childish. It's absolutely not the changes I would have made but you should always question yourself when you hope for failure.

8 and 13 still gets you two very good mids and being local removes the flight risk. With every Brayshaw you're more likely to get a Cerra, it makes sense to rebuild your team with players that don't have one eye looking east at all times.

In a forwardline lacking in overall quality and consistency I'd rather somebody like Logue that gives us a better chance of locking the ball in for repeat entries than Taberner right now. He's a great player but 2022 isn't his year, clearly carrying something and isn't the fit marking 2+ goals a...

Fyfe is averaging a goal a game, Schultz 1.33. Past month he's 3 goals for 5 games. The slow unaccountable Fyfe laid 3 tackles, Schultz 0. Like, if Fyfe can fit in any forward line, ours is certainly dysfunctional enough to fit him in if for any reason than to mix things up compared to the...

historically yes but 2022 our best forward is Lobb and it isn't close at all

I agree. Fyfe is one of our best players so I would be more inclined to be patient with him compared to say Schultz whom has been extremely quiet for a while now, or Tabs that's had a poor year overall. If current form is vital to win the next game, and the next game is all that matters there's...

I'm really struggling to follow this thread where whether current or past form is the metric players are judged on is being flipped interchangeably when convenient

Finals isn't just one game. The timeline that Freo pinches a flag this year isn't one with Fyfe sitting on the sidelines for a fringe/young player. The midfield isn't consistent yet and still very inexperienced, being able to rotate Fyfe in there when needed has won us games. I'd rather see one...

That doesn't get you any closer to a premiership, it's a bad take from any angle. Giving Fyfe some level of continuity to regain some form will make the side far more competitive than replacing him with any X player you are currently thinking deserves his spot.

Not sure why Banfield isn't starting in the side anyway

I got bullied in highschool, who cares?

Probably because gen Z have so much access to entertainment that football fanatics are going to become less common over time.

I don't have any horse in this race and not particularly emotionally invested in a team other than mine doing poorly, but the downfall already happened tbh. With the experience on the list it should be contending for the flag not the spoon, and the majority of your best players are older than...

Doing chest beating about football 20 years ago isn't really that meaningful, personnel change constantly and the landscape is continuously evolving. West Coast finishing bottom 4 in 2001 and winning a gf in 2006 is cool, but is that relevant to any discussion about 2023 or 2026? The current...

Why would they stop when you're easy bait material lol. Complaining over umpiring that had no effect on the result with even the ledger in your favour is great to read, it's really not often I see supporters complain that much over umpiring after being comprehensively beaten by a top 4 team. I'd...

He just said we could have won by more. replying with "well tbf we could have won by more and here's why" is a pretty strange thing to do.

I definitely peaked in 2012 in making predictions, haven't made an intelligent call since then

heat is radiating from my screen just from reading that burn, absolutely scorching

Well we currently have the best percentage in the league over Melb and BL so that's something

It's more likely that WC break up pick 1 and hand over one of the later 1st round picks to the dogs than getting him for free. The deal will probably end up being a late 1st or 2nd for English which isn't far off his value anyway.