Emerald

The early rounds of last season prove that he can be a good player.Maximise his strengths and minimise his weaknesses is the key.

An ugly win but I'll take it,two in a row.

Watts's lack of confidence at set shots is farkin' ridiculous for an AFL player.

Cocoon

I'll be going to watch us smash them by 20 goals.

I feel it was more a case of common sense letting a player with a broken mind and body go than dodging a bullet. As for Geelong,they played Russian roulette.

88 was bad but 87 still hurts.

Hawthorn to make up for 1987.

I started watching the game but decided I'd rather enjoy my Sunday afternoon.

Seeming we won the last round in 2015,I will consider this 2 in a row.

The second half could be a good sign of our fitness,and a nice start for Goodwin.

Good win Demons,get used to it Dwayne.

Pedo!

Love to see Vanders kick a few more goals like that during the season proper.

The umpires put some money on us at half time.

Love the way Kent can dodge the opposition.

Nice play Oliver,take him off now before he gets Melbourneized.

Sh*t,Dwayne is commentating!

My thoughts exactly,there were some pretty bad games last year where we played as bad as the Neeld era.On the other hand we did play some great football although rarely for 4 quarters(the Geelong game was an exception).If we can get rid of the teams collective split personality and play consistently then we will have a team of competitors.Most of new blood that has come into the club over the last couple of years seems to have the fighting spirit we need and will contribute greatly to our ascension up the ladder. Some of the holes in our game that I saw during the intra-club game has me worried that we will get ripped apart by the top teams.I hope this will be countered by the added depth of the team and that our better players will have to compete amongst themselves for a place in the side instead of the free ride lazy non-competitors have had in the past.

I was lucky enough to have the day off and get down to Casey this morning.A few thoughts on what I saw: Hogan was slow in the first quarter,he was dominated by Dunn in the first half.In the second quarter Hogan started getting frustrated and his curses could easily be heard from the sidelines.In the second half Hogan got out of first gear and and played great kicking a couple of goals each quarter Viney;best on ground The new guys;a lot to look forward to in the future Watts played okay but still needs to back himself with his set shots vanders is looking like a souped up version of his 2015 self The best I've ever seen Jetta play Dunn had an intimidating presence commanding his defenders into position,telling them to man up and giving them feedback Despite the positives there were still the usual skill errors and bad decisions.We are better than last year but there is still work to do.After today I still have a question mark about this years season but if we are competitive and consistent,then we should continue to climb the ladder.

Could be interesting if McDonald and Viney are on opposing teams.

Kent is one of the players I'm most excited about this year.If he can remain injury free,he will add to our depth greatly..

Media personalities having their egos on display for all to see is going to attract detractors.Segments on The Footy Show like The Big Bill House where course behavior is observed is only going to add fuel to the fire in Garry's case. There are probably a lot of ex Melbourne players who have a worse character than Garry Lyon but we don't see them on television and hear them on the radio.

I bet no other clubs are doing fight simulations at training,this might be the edge we need.Get Barassi and Zantuck down there as mentors.

This just makes me like the Prince even more.