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how can hogan be above mcdonald? mcdonald averages more goals per game despite playing less time inside 50 :S Not to mention the defensive stuff.

You can't include Lever based on 10 games yet. That's just projecting. Out: Heffernen, Lever, Pickett and Rodan In: Vince, Hibberd, Melksham and Garlett.

wtf is Watts doing in there! surely taking the p!ss. I'd say Brent grgic would be in before him. scott Thompson Jeff farmer woewodin

needs to be played forward, not back. Put a premium on goal kicking accuracy instead of having petracca blaze away

Anyone who has actually played in hot conditions knows that it's never as bad as it seems. You're focussing on the ball, on the game. You're running, you're getting the wind in your lungs. They'll be fine. Such a precious bunch you are.

I guess we'll see this weekend won't we. Melbourne trained when it was 40 degrees this year already. And they did running sessions too.

Not sure what converting it to Fahrenheit does. They train when its 40 degrees and they'll play when its 36.

harden up guys. it's not 45 or anything. its 38 and it'll probably be around 35 at the time they start playing and dropping by the minimum

yeah I agree everyone gets a bit reactionary. I think we should just play to our list strengths. The Collingwood ruck/fwd set up isnt what makes them dangerous. its degoey, Hoskin Elliott and Stephenson. elite speed. That's what we dont have. hunt does if he makes the 22. But for wce its elite key position players in kennedy and McGovern and darling. For us its inside mids with viney oliver harmes and brayshaw but I think our small fwds are underrated in hannan and melksham.

Stef Martin would've been nice. Blind Freddy could see the Martin was going to be a gun. Not sure who it was that decided to get rid of him but I saw his all-australian potential from the outset.

WCE only won the grand final because Sheed kicked a clutch goal under pressure? lol. That's ridiculous dude. You've got to give credit when its due. You could say the same thing about Stephensons goal in the 1st qtr, or Hoskin elliot from the same pocket as Sheed in the first quarter, not to mention the darling drop in the goal square in the last minute that he would drop 1 out of 100 times. Like I said, credit when its due. WCE deserved to win. Especially considering they had to play an away game at the mcg with 70k pies fans.

was anyone sitting on the grassy mound today? one guy told everyone to sit down as the people sitting couldn't see which was something I'd never do but was definitely warranted. Sit down people!

Played well: Gawn Vanberberg Oscar McDonald Hibberd Salem T.Smith Petracca Joel Smith Who didnt: - Weideman - sparrow

So we get a complete review of the scratch match, whoever is going how about we divide up some of the players to focus on. maybe count their stats and report back. I'm going to lock in on Tom Sparrow and James Jordon :)

hey guys, just a quick question, do we have our 1st round draft pick for next season? I've really enjoyed watching sparrow train this year and miss the feeling of having an early draftee at training sessions :)

Hey guys, I'm going along for the whole thing. Feel free to post anything you want me to look out for. I might take snaps on my phone too and unlike other posters I don't care who uses the photos. lol jk just stirring the pot!

I have high hopes for weideman. Going to be a great player!

I'm going to get a call up at this rate

Brayshaw another top 5 brownlow finish Lever to have complications with his knee all season May to win our best and fairest. Preuss to play all 22 games Tom Mcdonald to be out injured for a month and May going forward to help Weideman. Sparrow to play 12 plus games. Fritsch to go forward more often. Dees to make 5th on the ladder as essendon surge up the ladder.

Agree. And i recall him kicking it on the full many many times last season so his true conversion is a lot worse than the stats say. DeGoey is one of the best players in the comp. He is a much more gifted player. His skills are elite and his speed is much better than Petracca. He is an absolute Jet whereas people are starting th get frustrated by Petracca missing shots on goal at key moments.

are there any highlights of this kid anywhere on the world wide web? Cn't find anything on him. Frustrating!

petracca could easily kick 40 but he needs to kick straight. One of the worst kicks for goal in the comp. Bad set shot and also bad snapping for goal. You almost can't play him f50m until he sorts that out.

lol, have you watched all the tac cup games, national championships, and conducted interviews to come up with such knowledge of all the draftees?

Jay Kennedy-Harris. He is quick, skilful and applies defensive pressure. So it really depends whether bedford can stand up at afl level or not

does anyone havea link to his highlights? he sounds like jkh to me. quick, skilful and a lot of tackles so id need to see him first.