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Yeah he was rambling on about how he wont tell his players to bash up ours but it they wanted to its up to them....what the hell concentrate on playing footy would be the general advice!

Like others not sold on Smith…hope he proves me wrong

Western Bulldogs and Brisbane have the next best lists after ours, I'd be surprised if anyone else won it outside of those 3. That being said some team always comes from the clouds (or in our case the fiery depths of hell)

That is horrible betting any punter would know the value is in the underdog in a preseason game where anyone can win

As long as we got no injuries no worries, sure we played bad but I can’t see that defining our season

I doubt anyone will lose too much sleep over this game really

Be funny if we ended up winning though

We don’t look interested tonight

Im not concerned by the result as long as we beat a weak looking Carlton by around 5 goals!

The rest of Carlton’s forward line looks very weak on paper though, hardly a goal kicker in the other 5 forwards

Dunstan must be being reprogrammed, have to remove that loose unaccountable Brett Ratten style from him!

Carlton would have to play out of their skins and we would be disinterested to lose based on the two sides presented….

Pretty good depth backline still looks decent even with the outs

Yeah mine appeared about the same time too, took them a while but all set now

No barcode for tomorrows match for me yet

Bring back the old membership cards this app stuff is a pain in the butt….what happens if you don’t have a smart phone (I do just curious)

Provided we dont get injuries in this game we are looking to go into round 1 in very good shape, Petty prob the only best 22 player unavailable.

Salem training today so you'd assume whatever knock he copped in this match is now OK

I actually think he’ll stay anyway, he’s playing with his best mates, having team success, looks like he’s embraced his role and is enjoying his footy to me. I think the only reason he’ll leave is if he get a financial offer he can’t refuse and we couldnt begrudge him that if it’s an insane amount of money.

Not a bit player, he’s recognised as a very good player and an integral part of a premiership side, sure he’s a rung down from our superstars in Trac and Clarry but that’s what it takes for team success: isn’t that more important than individual accolades?

How it feels to be a Demons supporter these days

I agree with this…if Gus’ best position was on ball full time that’s where he’d be playing no matter how many other gun mids we have. His lack of defensive positioning and see ball get ball mentally was a liability from time to time as a full time mid from memory, similar to the problem the Bulldogs had with Libba/MacRae last season. No doubt he can play in the guts when required but to say we are hiding a Brownlow medal winning onballer on the wing like the media seem to be suggesting is a bit of a stretch.

Wonder what the strategy is for the Carlton game I assume we’ll go for the best available “full dress rehearsal” plan?

Haha yeah I don’t have to say that anymore. But it’s not just about kicking long it’s hard to quantify: this team just seems so good at driving the ball forward they are a perpetual motion machine, it overwhelms the opposition you can see them cracking under the strain of it.

Saw Shaun there! Robert Harvey was also wandering around