FireInTheBennelly

Good news that Lockhart is good to go.

According to the nil reference in the OP, he's clearly in a different role to what he had with us.

He's the original Beau Wilkes

Agreed

As reported by @Baghdad Bob on the Tuesday training thread: The only concern today was the non appearance of Salem and the injury to Lockhart. He went to tackle Vanders and immediately went off holding his arm. It was his bicep which was hurting, not a shoulder or elbow so hopefully it's just a corky. He was in everything in match sims and did the injury late. It may well be nothing.

Good point. I have no idea and just assumed from the reports they'd play it safe this weekend. He may well be right to go.

After Jetta's run in the SOO, I'd give him a half only. I'd start with Rivers in the first half to see what he's got defensively. He earned a crack on his performance last week, and with Lockhart not right he gets a shot.

The AFL might request Vandenberg wear a warning sign on his jumper this year. 'Tackle at own peril'

Hey may well be one dimensional, but he's very bloody good at that dimension. The only thing he needs to learn is to sometimes not take possession of the ball. 9/10 he's being tackled before he gets the ball because the tackler is 100% sure he's going to take possession. He'll win 5 frees a game if he taps the ball to advantage occasionally, rather than take possession.

It is similar, but there is a major point of difference here. Schofield doesn't play for Melbourne.

That was Xerri wasn't it. He had a few cheap shots during the game. Must be a nice guy to play dirty in a 'friendly' match. He kneed someone in the head at one point and Gus had a crack at him.

Takes a special kind of [censored] to take a dive in a charity match

The most impressive thing about that was the fact he'd butchered one earlier in the game that resulted in an uncontested mark and goal to Norf. Didn't dent his confidence at all as he was more than happy to back himself in and go for his kicks. I don't recall seeing him in the last quarter either, did he sit it out also? If he did it suggests he's earned himself a spot in Marsh 2 I think. It wouldn't be a coincidence either that we half struggled to move the ball from defence in the last quarter.

Rivers is going close to earning a run next week

We haven't had Kossie's pressure in the forward line for a very long time. He's worth a couple of goals a game even without touching the pill.

He's done some nice things. The intercept mark was very good.

I was thinking the same thing. Won the first preseason match of the year. Job done, pack it up boys. I can't recall from previous years, are in season training days the same as preseason?

So now we're the Munson of the AFL?

Broken heart?

Have we unearthed our new forward/ruck? Can we play TMac and Brown forward and have Weids rotating with Gawn?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but generally if a player is getting that much pill they will look stuffed by the end of the game. Petracca looked like he did it on his ear, just going through the motions. He's in for a huge year.

Kind of surprised we got that free kick for out on the full there.

Is Pickett chewing gum?

Going along with our pre season theme, have we started an hour early, before oppo arrives, and built up a big lead yet?

I prefer FFS myself