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Hopefully they've caught Tmacs injury early and if he needs to miss 3 or 4 games to get it right, he can still play the majority of the season

Both ourselves and Geelong will have a couple of best 18 players out by the look of it...I don't think we can use injuries as an excuse if we don't get up

I'm not sure I could cope if we missed the 8 yet again.....even though it does feel like it's never going to happen after last year

We’ll start favourites if Dangerfield is out

Could be a quad injury from the looks of how he did it while kicking

We’ve booted 19 and 18 goals in the first 2 practice matches, so given the available sample data so far we’re not missing Jack’s goal kicking ability much

Sensible decision and let’s face it we have won in rd 1 the last 3 years and not made finals in any of them. Round 1 is overrated!

is Jetta injured at the moment? Played AFLX but havent seen much of him since?

Yep! I went to AFLX and by the time I negotiated public transport back from Etihad and all the associated stuffing around it was after midnight...way to NOT put on any extra trains on when the Storm were playing, concerts at Rod Laver etc

I don't mind it at Casey because I live in the Frankston area and its only 25 mins away...I wouldn't park at the ground though as its a pain in the butt getting out unless you leave early....park in a side street in one of the estates and walk 10 minutes is my tip

We are in good shape when our 'B' team mids include ANB, Salem, Harmes, Brayshaw etc - that is a lot of depth, Nibbler is a dangerous forward too usually kicks 1-2 goals a game

No doubt we have a very talented list more than capable of playing a big part in finals....assuming the mental lapses of last year are addressed. The team looked very fit, strong and confident today, impressive

Pencil Fritsch in for rd 1

I don’t get kids these days!

I hate his hair

Pre-season predictions are pure guesswork, no one really has any idea. Who would have tipped the Bulldogs for 2016 premiers or the Tigers for 2017? Most pundits didn't even have them making finals in their respective years!

Hope Balic gets a game, keen to see him in action

Trac is a raw excitement machine, he could be our most marketable player, not to mention game breaker, great news!

I once flew to Canberra and back in a day to watch us play North in a pre season game....it was about 38 degrees and I almost collapsed of heatstroke at Manuka oval

First thing we’ve won since the 1989 Ansett Cup?

All 3 of our jumpers look good now: could never really warm to the white even though I didn't hate it quite as much as many supporters

Bali....not even once....is there anywhere else on Earth more likely for cashed up bogan p!ssheads to get themselves into trouble??

What does this even mean?

Who cares: none of this is going to mean jack when the season starts

Military boot camp didn't help last year when we still weren't mentally strong enough to win when it really mattered....get on with footy and forget this psychological garbage they're training to be elite footballers, not take down ISIS