DubDee

those picking Frost over Pedo because of Frost's pressure, im not sure. Pedo had 4 tackles to Frost's 0 on saturday. Pedo also had more posessions, score involvements I also liked Pedos toughness around the ball, that bump was a beauty and he knows how to use his bulk. I know Frost is quicker but I'd take the footballer over the athlete in the fwd line any day of the week. Im backing Pedo in to kick a couple this week. and if we are keen to drop a KP player I would drop Frosty

Well I've gone through everyone predictions and the prize for closest prediction goes to... Dubdee....oh .. this is awkward. my prediction for this week. Dees by 112 points. Hogan to kick 8.4. dubdee to get drunk post match

First game of year. Surely a lot more than 20k will turn up! should certainly reach 30

Their defence looks average. Davis on hogan. Then not much else. So pedo and watts need to hit the scoreboard. Less than 14 hours to go. Probably should go to bed

If Vandeberg is late withdrawal for Dunn we will struggle to win. Way too tall. Let hope it doesn't happen. Bizarre that Dunn is not plat Ng due to lack of match fitness but is named as emergency so cannot play match sim today

Is it a full moon? People forget to take their meds? Far out, settle down some of you. Couple of players left out due to match fitness. Footy these days you need 100% fit players

The majority of young talented kids turned them down. Im not bothered by him anymore but he is still a [censored]

So only Dawes, Newton and Speno out for a month. Looking good. Spencer the only concern as we need his cover lets hope we have an equally good injury list at round 8

He started footy late so I reckon he still has some great footy left. Love the bloke. No fuss. All class. Tough as. Might be able to play more outside with the young lads we have coming through.

Make sure you head to the royal on punt road for a pre game beer good ummm, atmosphere

time to get worried about Spencil? injury still TBC and now training with Dawes (he is 4 weeks away at least). we need him fit and playing well at casey in case Gawny goes down

far out Bucks talks so much shite. sometime has a good point but he takes so long to get to it, ive tuned out. just answer the question! 360 is going downhill fast

wow will this saga ever end for the bombers? ongoing legal action, players still not knowing what they took, this wont go away! Although I agree Heppell sounded naive, it would be very worrying for fans to be hearing from their next captain that he feels let down and angry at the club and several people that were running the club. for him to say this in public is pretty big for me. wouldnt surprise me if he leaves along with others. Essendon brought all this on themselves and have made it 100 times worse by being arrogant, dismissive and misleading their players. no sympathy from me

that photo just gave me a half bar. fired up!! cant wait for saturday.

33428 seems to be going up ~200 per day. go Dees

wingmen that 'tuck in'? thats my guess

thanks Deevoted. have joined the Cordner league. name: not rebuidling

I agree. I think their midfield is slightly better than ours but with Garlett, Pederson, Watts, Vandeberg, Hogan Kent I reckon we have the advantage

it really does seem like a co-ordinated positive PR exercise. with the main aim of getting the players to believe. I think belief would obviously be lacking in the team and perhaps Roos and PJ have identifed this and think some media stuff might help. "Hey if Roosy is putting his rep on the line saying this stuff - maybe we really could play in a GF" its partly the reason clubs like WC are only ever down for a couple of seasons

might be an idea to win a few games or even make finals before we even consider this stuff yes, im still burnt from ~2010 thinking we were actually on the rise.

would be very surprised if there isnt a lot of biff and the odd melee on saturday considering this lot (especially considering the bolded names)

agree. guess I was more referring to the fact that these guys were either injured or carrying injuries most of last year and didnt play much together when all firing Cant wait to see Gus playing again - think ive forgotten how good he is.

5 days to go!! anyone care to offer their predictions for round 1? i had a look at the teams from round 2 last year against GWS for a bit of context/comparison. Dees scored the first 4 goals before bending over and conceding 9 goals to nil in the 3rd term. I actually have some confidence now that we will be able to weather a storm a lot better this time around. Interestingly, Giants will be without McCarthy (scored 3 goals that day), Cameron and Treloar. these are 3 very significant outs. 2 main fwd targets and arguable their best midfielder. Dees missing Cross, Jamar, Dawes, Howe and Newton. With all due respect, we will not miss any of these greatly. in fact their replacements will improve us. Importantly, Salem, Viney, Brayshaw, Tyson etc being a year older, fitter, more confident will be significant. Last week, I was thinking a 3 goal loss but I think we can do it. GWS are very good and could well win a flag in the next few years but I think if we limit their run ons and play hard footy we can win. Prediction - Dees by 2 points N Jones and M Gawn the difference Dubdee to get drunk post match. feel free to add your predictions/analysis/thoughts

How did mitchie go? 2 goals but much else? i think he is building some decent form so wouldn't be surprised if he is upgraded this year

are you seriously suggesting that us playing in Melbourne does not give us a better chance of winning versus playing in NT?