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It’s not possible to like Kozzi any more than I do his energy and aggression are so pivotal to us. He’ll learn to cut out the silly stuff but keep playing tough. He seems like a winner. He expects to go out and win and he seeks out contact and hits. He is made for footy

Man that was a great replay to watch, especially I muted Darcy and the other tools Trac stood out, after a slow start, his 3rd Q especially was unbelievable. The impact he is having on contest around the ground is the greatest I have ever seen from a Demon. You just know he'll win the ball

Nothing major has changed since last year imv, it's a cumulation of everything that's happened Since Roos came to the club in 2014. We have had Coaching stability - no head coach sacked in 7 years. We have drafted and traded very well. We have a strong culture. The players have bought in and there is mutual respect. 7 years of a hard slog, if you hold it together and don't crack (eg, don't sack Goody, leading to instability, players maybe leaving, and re-starting a new game plan etc.) you earn a chance to have success. We have a lot to thanks PJ and Roosy for.

we 100% have to bring Brown in. Although things are great at the moment, if we want to be top 4 and seriously challenge over the next 6 months we need more fire power. We have scored 544 points and our highest goal scorer in Fristch on 12. On the cold wet days, low scoring games, we need Brown to pluck a few out of the air and win us games. It will take him a few games to settle in so the time is now. Who comes out is hard. If everyone fit, I would drop Melk. Fritsch plays more HFF and Ben Brown goes to FF

we are six rounds in, 6 tough games, quite a few in the wet with the longer quarters. It would be a good time to see if there are seriously sore players. Some kids might be feeling it, Jackson, Jordon, Rivers, Kozzi. We need to keep the team fresh and the bye is a long way off. We have real quality in the twos. If Jackson or T Mac are sore, I would manage one and bring Brown in. We'll have a 6 days break after this game to take on Sydney away and we need to be full of run. Resting players is risky though as you don't want to send the message that this game is a done deal, but still...

Having no crowd at Marvel will save us from the media giving us grief about 12K people turning up for the game. Early game on a sunday at Docklands with the roof closed (whilst 24 and sunny outside), north home game. not many will rock up anyway

If this is a danger game, then literally every game is a danger game with the danger level of the North game being the lowest So in summary - this is not a danger game

exact same here mate. i couldn't believe it on Sat night. I withdrew my money straight away so they couldn't steal it back! madness! but I'm not complaining

Looking likely To move the game but nothing official yet.

Perfect chance to bring BB in to see how he can fit in with Plugger Mac and LJ

Not saying they play well in the dry, I just reckon their game plan is more suited to the wet than ours

Can’t help but think the rain plays into the Tigers rolling maul/chaos game

Tigers are a massive step up from the previous 5 games. I reckon we’ll go alright but we might be taught a lesson

I reckon the pies made a bad call kicking Treloar out of his 5 year deal. big call I know

Bizarre tactics from Leon. You can’t just defend. They had them in the 3rd Q, they needed To go

Toby Greene is one of the best players in the league

I hear ya LITB and I agree to some extent. But Melk isnt keeping Brown/Weed out. LJ and T Mac are and they are performing very well. If we go LJ, T Mac plus another tall, I reckon we think the tiges will run us off our feet

This is a brave call from Goody. I reckon the easy option is to bring in Brown or Weed, but do you sacrifice you fwd pressure? this seems like a very measured selection. Respectful to those who have got the job done and keeping the system stable Fristch and May are Massive in. I am proud of T Mac to give the selectors no option but to keep him at CHF.

Anyone tempted by $13 for north to win next week in Tassie??

Why do people still rate the Cats? Struggled at home against north! WC choked against the Saints but it won’t happen again. Can’t believe Cats are clear favs. I’ll be loading up on the weagles

Give it time ?

The next 5 years should be something. Trac/Viney/Oliver/Salem/Langdon/Lever all in their prime. It's our best chance to win a flag in a looooooong time

Great news! a key pillar in our Premiership attack. These long term deals for our guns should set us up nicely to be able to manage our cap. Assuming he is only on good money (not crazy money), we should know exactly what money we have to offer Trac. 5 year deals only screw your cap when the money is massive. having stability and showing faith and loyality back to our players is a great show of faith and should come back to reward us

Round 11 would have to be our Friday night game. Us and the Dogs both play Saturday in round 10 so no 5 day breaks. All but certain

it is fun messing with the pedants and the posters with ODC. just can't a letter out of palce