dazzledavey36

Unfortunately it sounds grim.. hope its nothing serious.

Game has been called off. Unfortunately this isnt ideal preparation for round 1.

Please no Petty for round 1. Hes been horrific

Special mention to Fritta, he's been super. Actually getting in and having crack and is looking like he Actually cares.

Petty is crud

Mate its a contact sport ffs. Lets just suspend every single player that cops a knock shall we?

Looks like tmac will play the 2nd ruck role. Has a shin guard on.

He's missed a little bit of pre season with concussion

Just announced by Jon Ralph.

Kemp has been playing up forward and will stay there. Right now Derksen is fitting in well playing alongside Young, McGovern and Dean so there is no issues there. Even with Weitering coming back they are two completely different defenders. There will be a time where they will both play together in thr one side.

Farrell is out with an ACL.

Way ahead of Adams. Unfortunately Adams was contracted so there was no way we could have gotten rid of him. But boy Derksen looks good.

With his past history of injuries i cant see how he will justify the length of the contract. Massive risk.

New Balance Tekela Elite.

I am stoked for him. I was one that was desperate to pick him up as I thought he would have made the transition to senior footy pretty seamlessly having watched him absolutely dominate VFL level. Watched him against the Lions the other night and he was in their top 5 best players easily playing down back. He will play senior footy this year and play well.

Yes good shout.

You're living in the past. He hasnt had a decent year since 2022. Go figure. Its like Jack Steele, I see what value he can add to our team on and field field and not the individual awards even though its impressive paper. Steele will add something to our team dynamic that Oliver couldn't and thats leadership and help mentoring the next wave of young players coming through. Its why I hold guys like Bernie Vince and Daniel Cross in such high regard to this day more then Oliver.

When he is actually fit and can actually string together consistent games without doing a hamstring/head knock. He goes okay for now, but his body is a massive worry. The game is getting quicker then we have ever seen before. Whether his hamstrings can hold up is a different story. I read that he couldn't even get through a quarter at VFL level on Friday..

Yeah true, completely forgot about him.

Yes fair points Hard. I was honestly expecting a pretty close encounter to be fair. So I am not entirely sure whether we just played incredibly well or North were simply trash. Realistically the only player they were missing that would have maybe troubled us with his run was Colby McKercher... other then that, they were full strength whilst our outs had far more significance in terms of quality of players. Something really stinks at North. They have been given talent on a platter and yet I dont see where the improvement comes from. They have brought in Darling, Parker, Caleb Daniel and Griffith Logue who you have to question whether its been a good investment or not. Luke Davies-Uniacke is going to be 27 this year and has been a major disappointment with all their hopes now pinned on Harry Sheezal. Heat has to come down hard on Clarko this year if they dont show improvement.