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not talking just about this practice match. they won 3 games last year, including losing 14 from the last 15. traded out their best player/mid and best fwd. not sure how they will kick a goal. their list is horrible. Stevenson won't make much difference, he was a flash in the pan

North won't have much competition for the spoon you wouldn't think. Neeld-like years coming up for them

hope you are correct - will be great to get a look at Jordon in the middle

The footy season is finally about to start up again the biggest story is about a manning the mark rule change? that'll get the kids excited! I could not give a rats clacker

good idea - email the club

So best 22 missing from round 1 confirmed are Brown and Weed. anyone else?

if you want speed and an occasional couple of goals - go with Hunt if you want tackling, good delivery inside 50 and intensity - go with Spargo neither is perfect

I hear what you are saying but we are a more professional, competent club now. The kids should have expectations put on them and they should believe they can play round 1 but we should not be expecting them to be the difference. Rivers and Jackson for example came in, played their role and played well.

Gus Brayshaw will be the newish whipping boy. Won't be playing on the ball much and he'll scrub his first kick under no pressure (on his left for no reason) and DL will melt Surprise - Harmesy - out of lockdown and out of the HB line and back to his exciting best

Lucky for Port they didn't take this attitude. Age is irrelevant, if they are ready, bring them in. Especially the quick, little fellas can have a big impact from the go

Right now?

Hopefully after this coming friday the team will be able to train together. all going well this is when masks inside should be stopped too But I would advise Clarry and Gus start social distancing, getting a bit too close i reckon ;-)

I reckon Bowey could well line up in our defensive 7 in the early rounds. we need speed, kicking skills and decision making and he seems to have those But shirley Hunt plays fwd. especially with Melk and others injured

He played HF 3 quarters of the year. Only moved to midfield towards the end of the season to try to find form. No more excuses for melksham

I wonder how many people are waiting to see the covid restrictions in the early rounds before signing on. I’m expecting a significant lockdown over winter so I if can get to 3-4 games this year I’ll take that. Some people would see the membership as a ticket to each game rather than a donation to the club which I think is fair enough. Hard to expect those aside from die hard fans or people with lots of money to give money for no tangible return

He was so poor last year especially for talented senior player in the LG in his prime. I waited all season for him to come good and he didn’t. If he played with more intensity I honestly think we play finals last year. He is such a good link man with great decision making and kicking skills. But he doesn’t want to apply himself then we move on to the next guy

Bring back Misson!

I have zero concern. We are no longer a club that loses quality players. And if we did lose Clarry it would be due to professional incompetence on and off the field and we would deserve the result. Every club would want him but if he left it would be for success, which would leave the Blues well and truely out of the running I refuse to be drawn into this discussion (until maybe June when I start to panic)

I reckon and hope you are assuming too much. He is not a proven fwd and if he is our starting 22 up fwd we are in big trouble imo I think he is just recruited for cover in case T Mac and M Brown etc also go down

No doubt we need Fritsch and LJ up front. I reckon T Mac deserves a few games to see if he has returned to his old form. If he fails, bring in M Brown But after that I would like some flexibility. Trac maybe 50-50, we don't want to lose his explosiveness at stoppages too much Add in Hunt, Laurie (?) and Kozzi and there is plenty of pace and skill and pressure

Agreed

He played fwd a few times but showed he doesn’t have the craft to be a key fwd so they moved him back. Aside from that one game he has proved to be a poor fwd so hopefully we don’t have to go through this experiment for him to fail again. he reminds me a bit of Frost up fwd, lots of physical traits and a good mark but not much else. He is decent down back however.

I mean holding down a spot, playing multiple games in a row. Over 11 seasons he only had one decent patch and he was down back, where we are pretty well covered. So perhaps more accurate wording would be he has shown he is not a consistent AFL player. And that is a poor team that was crying out for decent players. Even Jimmy Toumpas looked a star in his highlights

no worries, I'll quit my job and start working as a talent scout on no money Us thinking of the first 6 weeks of the season could be short sighted. We have guys like M Brown that are ready to go, to fill in if needed. a younger longer term prospect would be more worthwhile imo. i find it hard to believe there would be no prospects anywhere

Pity we missed out on Mason Wood, we could have inherited the entire dominant Roos fwd line finals here we come!