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Feel good about this game aside from their tall fwds. If we don't dominate the midfield they will kick long to brown and Waite. Could be troublesome.

coming off an 8 day break (north 7 days) should hopefully have us fresh if we bring the right attitude we should win. Looking though north's team there is not much talent there but they will bring effort and hardness so we must match them from the first bounce. we should win, but Ive said that a lot this season and been disappointed so Im trying to not get too confident Salem, Viney, Pedo, Frost, Trac all coming into good form bodes well

AFL seems desperate to make footy somehow global. international rules, NZ and now this. It's an aussie game, we like it that way. spend money on grass roots footy and supporting the lower leagues not feckin china

what a waste of time the game in China was! whats the point?!?

Jones and Viney will like the sound of that North don't have anyone worth tagging so I guess Bernie can just hunt the ball!

Really?! only 3 weeks away. that would be sweet. (poor speno)

Love Frosty. What a freak. imagine him running at you at full tilt about to tackle you. great to see him have a good run at it

after losing to Hawks, Freo and Tigers at home what gives folks the confidence we will win the next 3? 3 similar teams. I think we have the ability to pull a great performance out of the bag like against adelaide but going off our form this year we will win 1 or maybe 2 of the next 3

Out for a year with a Back constant speculation on his contract compared to some of the all time great forwards Dad terminally ill and finally sucumbs to cancer diagnosed with cancer himself has there been a more full on 3-4 years for a footballer? poor fella. this year will be the making of the man.

Good call Balls has gone under the radar, 20 goals 6 behinds which is a massive improvement with kicking. on track for 55 goals averages 4.4 tackles. his pressure and manning the mark etc has been great well done Jeffy! and well done coaching staff for motivating and focusing a man that would not be easy to coach

Gus has to be the unluckiest bloke going around

Viney vince hibberd petracca salem oliver

85 to go! I might start knocking on doors!

I wouldn't play harmes - I was trying to point out our new found depth. A decent player in pretty good form not in the 25

Harmes stiff as well! Not even on the extended bench. Same with JT

3 good players won't be playing based on that bench. We really are building a strong young hard list. I'd have Waggers for milkshake and hogan for O Mac. Too tall IMO if we keep o Mac in stretch and kent stiff

wow Jonesy looks a bit camp there. handlebar Mo? Im coming for you Trent! *giggles

The Pies defence is shocking and he couldnt get a game until round 6. good on him for playing well but certainly dont think we made a bad move, moving him on

Anyone else feel uneasy with us suddenly being heavy favourites to beat the Hawks when we have been smashed by them for a decade? very unnerving but then you look at their team and there is not much to fear. Their inside midfield was not great last year but now without Lewis and Mitchell it is poor. They lost run with Hill and their older guys look very old this year. We should win but I can't be confident on this one

will be interesting to see how Oliver will handle all the hype although he does seem to have the perfect country-boy chilled out attitude who do the Hawks even have the midfield to get near him at stoppages? they are the worst contested team in the league (at a guess) and have few big bodied mids if any? 40+ touches coming up

does anyone know why the AFL would want a game in China? eventually have a chinese team in AFL? China start their own league? its all sounds pointless and very unlikely to bring any lasting change

Overall I feel for the umps, it is almost impossible to know what is deliberate and to guess a players intent or what is a skill error. Having said that I like the rule overall as it makes players try to keep the ball in. games are more exciting as you cant just run it over the line or rush it through. the idea to have a 'last kick' rule is a good one. if you kick it and it goes OOB without anyone touching it it is a free kick. takes the guess work out of it but it is a DOOBious rule!

using Mayne as a comparison if Reid goes to the Pies, I can only assume he'll be on $1 mil/yr!

from the VFL report, Waggers looks a good chance to come straight in. drop Milkshake or JK Howler and release Vince/Lewis to the mid

Hurley was clearly BoG at half time imo. 7 intercept marks I think and the main reason we couldnt score Trac ran him aorund in the 2nd half but I can see why he polled 6. Tyson was good, playing more outside - 20 effective possessions, 9 marks, 6 score involvements, 9 inside 50s. some shanks stopped him having a great day but he was solid and always gave us an option/outlet