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Pretty spot on I think. Bontempelli looks like he could be a genuine A-grade gun and I think Salem isn't far behind. Shows that the Salem/Tyson trade is a win overall.

haha me either f em all!

Haha Hawks have always been great at bringing out the worlds worst jerseys.

I like the look of Gorringe. Played well against us and seems to be down the pecking order having been dropped from the side for this week (even though he was better than Smith).

I'd get on them under 39.5 add a bit extra to it .

Am I missing something here? If he wanted out of Brisbane wouldn't it to go back to Adelaide? What is it about coming to Melbourne that's got this rumour going- does he know someone here or something?

Any idea what the total membership count is at the moment? Great work by the way!

They are probably waiting to see if it ticks over 35K to make a big announcement to give more exposure in an attempt to hit 40K for the year.

Just reading through this thread there were a number of people not wanting to draft Salem and go Freeman instead. I'd imagine they would be very happy the recruiters went with Salem now!

Interested to know what the membership count is after Saturday! Hoping it's close to 35K

How do we fit Dawes and Vince in the line up, that's the big question.

Hate the commentators constantly saying 'frawley must love his new environment'. He's absolute sh*t! Can't kick, poor decision making- he is actually one of the reasons we have been so poor. Very glad he's gone.

Does anyone else wonder how the Hawks get away with man handling players every game? Umps must love them!

If there are no injuries from the game I would be going with the following: B: Jetta Dunn Garland HB: Salem McDonald Howe C: Lumumba Jones Vince HF: Kent Dawes Watts F: Garlett Hogan Frost R: Jamar Tyson Cross Int: Newton Viney VandenBerg S: Kennedy-Harris Ins: Dawes, Vince Out: Toumpas, Brayshaw Vince and Dawes are both too good to leave out when fit so they must both come in. Toumpas will be better for the run at Casey to build some confidence and will hopefully break into the side later in the season. Brayshaw is very unlucky as I thought he was outstanding in his first game but I think with Vince coming in the senior experience will be needed and Brayshaw will also benefit from tearing up Casey with Toumpas. Kennedy-Harris played really well as the sub a few times last year so his speed and skill may be crucial late in the game.

It would be incredible if he could hold up the Cup on the last day in September, no one would be more deserving.

Though Toumpas did have a poor game against the Bombers I'm definitely not gonna write him off. The first two NAB cup games he only played a total of 61% game time and still managed to record 34 touches from the two games plus 9 tackles. These are pretty decent numbers and I'm hoping with a full season he can average somewhere around 22-24 touches a game this season.

What a load of s**t. Barrett is laughable and I find it staggering he gets paid for that dribble.

Further to this, the large clubs get access to better time slots, further increasing their revenue compared to the smaller clubs. It's a vicious cycle, the small clubs need money to try and rise up the ladder and grow their club, but they have less access to revenue's and therefore just fall further behind.

I agree. However, I think they will be 'managed' in regards to game time and load.

The good thing is now they have great leaders to help them use that skill to get the best out of themselves. To add players like Cross and Lumumba would help to show the amount of work that is required. I don't think we can underestimate how big their influence may be.

I agree with the Viney comment. Though I can see him cleaning this up ala Jones. Besides, Priddis is one of the worst kicks and he won a brownlow.

Really hoping for big games from Salem and the Toump today!

I really hope he can get a few touches in the remaining pre season games and get some confidence heading into the season proper. I feel he has all the talent now it's up to him to believe he can do it. If anyone can instill that belief it's Roos.

Only got Jamar wrong

The guy at the AGM will be happy.