Linton Lodger wrote:Here we go, armchair (probable fat arsed) experts, whom I'm guessing have never played sport at more than a social level, if ever, writing Paddy off again.
K Stevens, DMac, Roberton, Geary, Montagna, Longer, Sinclair, Dunstan & Weller. All of these players had worse games than Paddy. Riewoldt & Membrey were about the same and at best only slightly better.
Our midfield was terrible today, utterly smashed, furthermore the movement of the ball into inside 50 was diabolically bad, I cannot remember one half decent kick into our forward 50, not one! How would you expect a key forward to go in those circumstances? On top of that we came up against the best defence we've faced all year by a mile.
And yet your caning a kid playing his 20th game as a key forward, in a team that was utter crap on the day. In 6 of those 20 games he was injured really early and played no more. He was the Sub in 2 of them. So he's only really played 12 games and never more than 3 in a row. So as a key forward he's a novice.
Now your harping on about him being disabled. Some players take longer to develop the body and engine for AFL football. Jack Steven took 5 or 6 seasons, Armitage about 5 seasons.
The fact that the kid is playing at this level with diabetes is a testament to his extreme courage and sheer mental toughness. And you bozos are writing him off, when you couldn't even fantasise his level of courage and I'm guessing rank as insipid in the mental toughness department.
So sit on your couch with a bag of chips, cake and a big frophy and squeal away. Then on Monday its back to work, ticking boxes and keeping your nose firmly planted between your bosses' cheeks. You ordinary armchair squibs.
Oh how they love the easy targets, LL.
By 3/4 time, the tribe were in furious agreement - McCartin & McKenzie will be the 2 main scapegoats.
The whole performance was one giant heap of crap, from 'brains trust' to on field.
20 minutes into the game v GWS, we knew we were in it.
10 minutes into today's game, we knew we would be lucky to hang on to the lacka band.
Slow to read, slow to react, just generally slow in the mind. Skills? Shithouse, from go to whoa. Effort? What effort? Run? Where to? Set ups? Tripe. Contests? Few and far between. Them 3 up, and still have the 1st 3 when it hit the ground.
We blew it well before today. In short, we started drinking our own bathwater after the GWS result, and failed to recognise what it was that led to that result.
As an example, and the furious agreement went beyond just our tribe, in the Vic Room post game - Nathan Wright played v GWS, had 8 odd forward half tackles, and 5 shots for goal.
Blokes like Wright set the scene - he's no champion, but by f*** he has a crack, and keeps having a crack. He makes it easier for the more talented players.
But, after the best, and only performance of the year, out goes Wright, and back comes....who?....Weller - a one paced, one directional coot who applies little front half pressure - and has a worse conversion rate than Wright. But, hey, he has a man bun, is in the leadership group, and has his own video show!!!
They walked out of our front half today, and that ain't McCartin's fault.
Ah, stuff it, can't be bothered - if they, from top to bottom, keep dishing up the utter rubbish I watched today - FROM THE START - we won't have to worry about who to hang on to, the best will walk.
Unadulterated garbage, and for people to single out a couple of young blokes, so they might vent their spleens, says so much about where the joint is at.
IT STARTS AT THE TOP.
More furious agreement, today?
Never, ever, appoint one of the least skilled footballers on your list AS CAPTAIN!!
'I have no new illusions, and I have no old illusions' - Vladimir Putin, Geneva, June 2021
and despise the Pies, the Blues, and the Injectors.
