Constant Mongrel

dees easily.. i hate to say that. but believe that we should go in confident against most teams. they ain't playing great. i reckon this we're gonna continue our run & be entrenched in the 4 by the end of the weekend.

i recall a match against the bulldogs a few years ago (maybe winter 2014, i think it was the pink lady match?). it was close and tense towards the end (they ended up skipping away towards the end). i was at the game and salem lost a few one on one contests against the young dogs that cemented in my mind his softness. admittedly, the fact that he hasn't played inside since has contributed to not altering this in my mind.. i agree he is now hard. and i hope that now he has the body and we have other skilled backmen, he gets a chance to play a role in our midfield.

as hard as viney?! pleeeease! so out of ten contests you reckon it'd be 5 & 5 between viney & salem?... how about between oliver & salem? i reckon viney & oliver would smash him. but don't get me wrong, he's been very tough the past few weeks and playing a lot harder than viney (who hasn't hit his straps this season). i agree he has only recently built up his body for afl and that's why he was played down back (in addition to his foot skills, which have never been in question). glad to hear that you rate him as much inside as outside, i look forward to the next few years and him destroying teams like he has the past few weeks. as long as he plays at his current level i'll be stoked. if he goes better, i'll be in love. glad he's resigned for sure.

salem has really impressed me this year with his hardness and pressure acts.. couldn't help but think he was a bit soft the past few years. not anymore! wins his own ball too, which is a bonus. hopefully that thyroid issue never comes back again!

if anyone is watching/listening to this game, how's kieran collins going for the dogs? i remember him being a big lump of a lad leading into his draft year and had hoped we might've got him.. there's been all this talk of lever and day, but how's he goin? obviously not great if he's in vfl..

get up lions! get feisty! working the ball out nicely.. geez i wished we coulda got hipwood. i remember liking the look of him in in the draft.

didn't this guy train with the dees over the summer?

they're hopeless.. on radio and tv. as long the commentators get to ask gawn *zany* questions about his beard ? the old players still have no respect for us. but it'll come. once we're entrenched in the 8 year after year, they'll know alllll about us!

i watched the whole game on my phone in the car and switched between stations.... geez it was hopeless! the commentary was rubbish by all. didn't give us much of the spotlight at all. i normally listen to abc.

interesting... i recall he was predicted to be taken by us at the pick we eventually took weideman at..8? from memory he has a basketball background (that famous line) and was quite quick between the ears.. could be add a bit of class to our list for sure. doubt freo would let him go for a 4th rounder though! they took him in the teens didn't they?

forward? he's no where near physical enough.. he still looks like a frightened kid out there. seriously. he has a better kick than his brother (which doesn't say much) but i seriously cannot see what people see in him.. yeah the coaches are playing him, but what are the other options? i reckon he'll be gone in a year or two. seems like a nice kid, but just soft and apprehensive. he'd never take intercept marks like jack leslie did late in the game against the eagles yesterday..

really looking forward to seeing what the club does with our picks this year..

who cares.. he was never gonna leave the club. he's a bomber. its like trying to work out if jack viney would leave to play for another team.. not gonna happen.

i take mine out & chuck it in my sock, cos if it comes lose as i'm running in i'm even less chance of kicking straight!

tomlinson?

personally i felt that last year when we smashed the hawks.. when they string some consecutive scalps together, then we can relax

still (a long way) ahead i'd have thought. hibberd is GOLD. melksham...meh

absolutely! i've always seen him as a soft, easy ball kinda guy.. he was dare i say it.. intimidating ?

again.. fan forum. opinions. faaaaark me. he did good things, but his bad just aren't worth it, for ME. furthermore, if we'd beenplwyk g a half decent side, the 'style' T-Mac uses would've led to maaaaany goals

t-mac was trash. just floating around going third man up doesn't take much skill. his foot skills and decision-making suck. hopefully we trade him for a reliable defender in next year or two. i'd hate to see a tight GF with him in the team. i included a '?' after white, as i couldn't think of another defender at the time. after reading the vfl report, perhaps wagner would be a better fit.

Out: JKH, O-Mac & in a perfect world, T-Mac In: Stretch, White?

good on him, seems like a nice guy! but hard. good combo.

like that the comp starts with a game between traditional rivals... be better if it were between melbourne and st kilda at the G obviously...

maybe his resting face is 'uninterested'.. as long as he stays fit and gets back into it, he should be ok.

i agree.. and even when we do, we don't! must be focus of next trade period..