ROUND 0

F&ck the AFL

Well, the season is underway, albeit two games only in "Round 0" due to the cyclone.

We fail to understand what the bloody hell the AFL is doing playing "Round 0" consisting of 4 games at the start of the season. It's ridiculous. Typical bullshit AFL garbage, wholly lopsided meaningless rubbish based on their only purpose, which is to continually introduce "changes" into a game that does not need to change.

It certainly is representative, as usual, of their mediocre brains trust at this woke, truly weak sporting organisation in the same vein as Rugby Australia and Cricket Australia. Their role collectively is to run games of football not impose their bullshit ESR and "Diversity, Equity, and Lies" on the public. Their bullshit social engineering based on the lies now being thrown into the rubbish bin all over the world.

So, let's get this off our chest early. F%ck the AFL and your continual changes to our great game, your unfair and inequitable and unjust 50 metre rule, your unfair and unjust "outside 5" bullshit, and all the rest of the total crap that was supposed to "speed the game up" but has actually slowed it down. Most of all, f#ck your unfair, unjust, inequitable and robotic “stand” rule, which combined with the 50 metre penalty has largely tilted our great game into unfairness. And f^ck your overall mollycoddling weakness.

So, getting back to what is important, our rookies and new players are a breath of fresh air.

1 Sam Lalor: sustained a shocking jaw injury with 2 wisdom teeth removed and a metal plate inserted in his jaw after that sickening West Coast clash. He looks like he’s all set to go so long as he trains okay next week.

2 Luke Trainor: it’s the case that he may play in Round 1.

3 Thomas Sims: 199 cm may also play.

4 Harry Armstrong: 195 cm may also get a run.

5 Liam Fawcett: he is a 2023 draft pick out all last year with a back injury.

It may be the case that if these fellas listed above are picked in the side, then we may be looking at 5 rookies playing for the Tiges in Round 1. If that is not exciting, despite the obvious inexperience, then we dunno what is! We’re going to need to get these guy’s engines rolling over smoothly as soon as possible, we reckon, as part of our new system.

6 Jonty Faull: 2024 draft pick is injured and set to return via the VFL.

7 Josh Smillie: number 7 draft pick, has sustained a hammy injury and is being nursed back to health. Good man yourself.

It's going to be a very interesting year as we try to graft the new onto the old creating precision, boldness, discipline, and perseverance during a very long season for our new crew of youngsters. The coaching staff at the Tiges have a lot on their hands trying to integrate all of the above together to make a new dynamic system.

So, let’s all be patient and enjoy watching the new fellas as they are helped along by our Premiership players on the field.

There was a great article in the Weekend Australian on Daniel Rioli. He loves the Gold Coast. We’re not talking about the club, but the place. Mermaid Waters to be precise. Being a Tiwi Islander, we would expect the great Daniel to love the warmth, the beach, and the fishing. It must be truly great being back side by side with Dimma. We thank you so much, Daniel Rioli for what you did at Richmond and to us, you will always be a Tiger. You will never not be a Tiger. Three Premierships. We love you very much, even in your new orange strip. Have a great year, Daniel, and look after your knee.