DubDee

Hope the boys sing the song casually after the game and Maxy pretends to fall asleep

Very impressed with Charlie. Some players just take to AFL straight away like him and Bailey and some don't. Fantastic recruitment

Good to see Scotty keeping in with the umps! maybe show Troy some of your theatrics in the box when he makes a call against your team?

Unless Polec wants to move to Tassie, he'll stay with Port

if we lose Jetta in additon to Hibbo and Lever we are in trouble. not many leaders left down back!

its pretty embarressing. Any free agents will go to teams in top 4 or with the potential to win a flag. every year with the war chest North have played at their absolute best this year and will still miss finals. they need to go to the draft but are too stubborn. Where do they think Ziebell and Cunnington came from - pick 4 and 5.

Cockatoo re injured his knee so he might end up missing the whole season McCarthy is out, as is Ratatouille. Taylor would be unlikely you'd imagine. aside from that they are in good shape. imo Ablett and Danger look like they are carrying injuries so a nice hard game would be good, with the younger, fitter midfield prevailing! http://www.afl.com.au/news/injury-list

how many soft tissue injuries we had this season?

not my hood, sorry Binman

I reckon we should start Fristch on HB. we need some run and class back there now. he looked comfortable down there Waggers and Tyson in for Hibbo and Hannan

shizen!! Now we know why Waggers was being looked at. He is the obviously replacement

Lewis looked pumped on 360 last night. He said he couldnt wait for the challenge. Time for the senior boys to earn their money. I expect big games from Lewis, T Mac, Vince and Jonesy. and by big games I mean setting the tone and cracking in hard - not how many touches they get

West side of the city? hmm youve got the RMH royal melb hotel on Bourke near King The Mail Exchange across the street but it is more TAB/pokies vibe. The Waterside on King / Flinders might be your best bet (if you're wondering why I know so many pubs near King street, It's not what you think. Its coz the strip joints are on King St)

No coincidence imo that the two most maniacal trainers are the two with foot stress issues (Viney/ T Mac). these blokes need to be saved from themselves more than anything else. Just do the set training and don't do too many extras I LOVE their committment and they are the two best leaders at the club but they are precious commodities

Thanks for the update Drunkn He'll be 23 yo at the start of next season so he has youth on his side. From the reports, he seems to do the defensive things well. I am sure he is already, but if I was him I would work on speed, agility, and getting more involved in possession chains. Perhaps as he feels more comfortable/experienced he can leave his man more when we win the ball? Footy these days doesnt have too many one on ones so key backs have to be multiskilled

Massive Massive Game. Geelong almost back to full strength, will they bring back Henderson and Taylor? We are setting ourselves for this one and I am confident we will play hard and either win well or it will be very close. Geelong's bottom 10 are inexperienced and average imo. I'm fired up!!

only 42% of people are aware of this though, so, you know....

Hopefully we go nowhere near Hanners. He looks shot! I very much doubt he has been injured and played for 15 rounds.

McEvoy and Sicily are huge outs for the Hawks. they are no longer the top 8 certs they looked Kennedy also went down for the Swans, not sure if he'll miss games but that would be massive The Tigers finally have 4-5 injuries - although not to any stars - but at least they will be tested a bit. Stay fit, young Demons!

Nathan Brown still a proud Dee I see!

Close thread. Best not to encourage rumour without any basis whatsoever

Should be the best player in the comp in 2 years time. He has an amazing long kick, if he can keep perfecting the short stab passes and get on the score more he will offically be a unstoppable. I have never seen such a combination of skill and toughness *The above goal should get goal of the week

JKH will definately play. His pressure and closing down was terrific, even in the first half when a few of the players were asleep Frost down back is still a worry, his positioning and body work are still not great imo. Against a better team he will be found out so I'd bring in Smith if fit. no other changes

I agree aside from GWS. If they get a few more back by round 23 they will be tough to beat. I would want to avoid them in the finals (assuming both teams make it!)

We are in the 8 by a game and significant %. So essentially 2 games in the 8 unless we lose a couple of games by 100pts. If the Roos and Hawks lose 1 game each out of 6, we need 3 wins to get in on % I think they are likely to lose 2 games each so we only need 2 wins. How good are the Lions! put us in a good position after beating the Hawks. They are a good chance to beat the crows on Sat and that will end their season and help us next week