I was interested to see that Bartram is the voic eof the football club again with respect to reports from the game. I wonder if this is a development strategy for the young bloke. He may be targeted for a leadership role within the next few years and possibly captain. I can't believe he is only 20 and playing his 3rd year of football (one lost to injury). I will keep my eye on him in future and his media work.

Also good ot see him push forward and kick a couple of goals. If he is doing this for a few parmas (to quote the official club's website) imagine what he would do for a buffet dinner at smorgys.

It wa salso good to read that Jimmy has Bartram's full support. I am sure Jimmy can sleep better now

He's a poor mans Brock. He'll be the next Macca. Not the best, skill wise, but always on the bottom of packs and always leading on the field.

How can he be compared to Mclean?

he is so underrated amongst our fans i reckon...he is one of the best tacklers at our club and has more of a crack than most in our team.

Absolutely Freak...

He's a good player, but won't be a potential leader unless he does a Ling and emerges from the tagger-role to damage opponents and take a place in the woder footy community. Leadership group role is a possibility though.

while he's only young one thing you need from your captain is consistancy... clint does go missing a lot, and his disposal can let him down... i'm sure he will improve in this area, but other players at his age are much more consistant than he is...

He's certainly taken the angry pills the last few weeks!

First year he was one of the best young players in the game, I think he finished third in the rising star votes, will be a 10 year player for our footy clue.

he is so underrated amongst our fans i reckon...he is one of the best tacklers at our club and has more of a crack than most in our team.

I think he is overrated if anything, especially in his first season.

Not a bad player, but nothing overly special.

I think he is overrated if anything, especially in his first season.

Not a bad player, but nothing overly special.

I tend to agree, but it says more about the fans than it says about the player. We should wait for him to play good consistent footy before heaping excessive expectations upon his shoulders.

I'd rather have a team full of not bad players that a team of dudds and a few great players.

In his first year he started as he has played this year; tries hard, runs and tackles all day but skill let him down. Then he got on a bit of a role towards the end of the year, ran "the lines" (whatever they are) and started to look better by foot. I am hoping for a similar return of his kicking confidence after sunday's game.

As for leadership potential, leadership group in 2 years, but will have to show a bit more skill to knock Brock from that post. Maybe VC?

They didn't give him Garry Lyon's number for nothing.

It's just good to see Clint on the park things were looking pretty hazy there last year.

I think he is overrated if anything, especially in his first season.

Not a bad player, but nothing overly special.

Especially considering where we got him in the draft (pick 60 or 70 something from memory).

They didn't give him Garry Lyon's number for nothing.

It's just good to see Clint on the park things were looking pretty hazy there last year.

Hopefully not for the same reason why Rod Keogh got number 31.

They didn't give him Garry Lyon's number for nothing.

It's just good to see Clint on the park things were looking pretty hazy there last year.

You sure it wasn't Bizzell's number? After all, they're both called Clint...

I know Chris Connolly is happy where he's at this year in terms of recovering from his year off. He's working hard with his disposal. I was a bit worried when he had those two shots at goal in the first qtr on Sunday. As they say in horseracing parlances - he'll be better for the run this year.

Really good young player - loved his first goal on Sunday where he received the ball off half-back then sprinted 100 metres to the forward line to take a mark on the lead. The man's got ticker.

I wonder how good Bartram would be right now if he hasnt had that terrible injry that cost him 2007.

His rookie season was awesome.

But anyway, he is getting there!

Captain = Nope