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flinchfree

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When you get things badly wrong.

In the 'Cull' thread, I called Gaborone out for comments I said he made about Mitch.

I was mostly wrong. I went back and checked, and largely that wasn't Gab's issue.
He shit trucked Kennett, desperately wanted an 'All Hail Clarko' thread, and questioned everyone's motives at the time Clarko was getting let go, promising to leave the Club if Kennett sacked Al.....but that's a hugely different call than I claimed.
There were others who actually made some pretty dicey comments in line with my rememberings, I went back to the time and checked, but I've done enough name calling for a while.

I want to apologise. To Gaborone, to this community.
It's important to get things right when you throw shitty comments out publicly.
I also think I'll take a little break from here.
Go Hawks
 

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When you get things badly wrong.

In the 'Cull' thread, I called Gaborone out for comments I said he made about Mitch.

I was mostly wrong. I went back and checked, and largely that wasn't Gab's issue.
He shit trucked Kennett, desperately wanted an 'All Hail Clarko' thread, and questioned everyone's motives at the time Clarko was getting let go, promising to leave the Club if Kennett sacked Al.....but that's a hugely different call than I claimed.
There were others who actually made some pretty dicey comments in line with my rememberings, I went back to the time and checked, but I've done enough name calling for a while.

I want to apologise. To Gaborone, to this community.
It's important to get things right when you throw shitty comments out publicly.
I also think I'll take a little break from here.
Go Hawks

Good work, flinchfree . This place is much less toxic than most on the internet, so thank you for stepping up to keep it that way.


(There are a few blind spots - I wish US politics never entered our Australian footy forum, for example - but normally this place is pH balanced.)
 
I never lost faith in Sam and the group, but I do remember standing at the G at 3/4 time against the swans miffed and confused as to what we were trying to do.
Even last year at times when we were loosing I could at least see the "game plan" and what we were trying to execute. But i remember thinking maybe we got this wrong.

I was wrong about Chol, yes he isn't a #1 key forward, but he has been playing that role and doing really well. I can only imagine what we can do once we get Mitch back and between him, Dear and Mitch could be a real force in the future.

So i put my hand up.
 
I couldn't understand why we picked a skinny half back flanker when a big bodied Brodie Kemp was still on the board.

If I hadn't been given an answer 100 times over since then, Kemp completely bottling it directly in front of goals to (nearly) screw their finals chance sure did!
 
Every so often I put my hand up. I try to do it on this board at least, because we're all fans of the same club and pulling in the same direction (for the most part).

Often I don't elsewhere, and I'm guilty of winding other club's supporters up just because I think they're a bit sanctimonious and annoying.

Other times it's because it's funny (Adelaide, Geelong, Essendon).

I don't think any of this necessarily makes me a good person. But it's human, and I hope not truly harmful to anyone.

From what I've seen on here, you carry yourself far better than most.

But to put it into perspective, I've only ever really been offended once by what someone said on here. It was making fun of family member's deaths.

But short of that stuff, it's OK to remember things wrong and to make a mistake.
 

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Last season I was doubting Dylan Moore’s consistency and how he would go missing in games and now he should be All Australian and our best and fairest winner this year!
Terrible take by me!
Also think a lot on here would remember my take on the club chasing Ginni!
He has definitely been a better player than I thought he was and is still ever so slowly winning be over!
I still see flaws in him as a player but he has football smarts that a lot of others don’t .
So I acknowledge I am a dinosaur and my takes probably belong with them!


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I was a Reeves >> Meek believer at the start of 2024 (modifier - did the change in ruck rules influence things)
I believed Hardwick would play mainly forward after pre-season training (modifier - Seamus seemed unable to lock down the small defender role to facilitate this more.)
 

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