Mike

100% He's gotta up there as pickup of the year. As King said, we're so lucky to have him.

Great to see the big names step up. Sharp looks a different player this season too. Really handy player at the moment. Big fan of Culley. Not getting huge numbers but looks steady in every contest. Aside from that, what a bloody win. What a great day. Go Dees.

It's disgusting. Insurers love to pretend they have your best interests at heart, right up until it's time for them to do their job. I can't imagine how difficult this is for the poor guy. Imagine having to walk away from your career, your mates and support network, the reason you get up in the morning - and then get punished for it. Zurich need to be punished themselves for this. Get them off the jumper and out of the club.

He really stepped up in the last quarter. Some great moments.

So good to see Culley's name on the extended bench. After his sparkling preseason, really excited to see what he can do out on the G' round 1. Fingers crossed.

FFS. First Jeffo and now Luker. Fingers crossed it's not serious and it's just a week with concussion.

How good has Jack Steele been. Leader and high quality player with a point to prove. We got really lucky. Lots to like otherwise from today's game: Latrelle is going to get better and better as his confidence grows. His cousin too (somehow). Howes looked good. Langford putting his hand up for a permanent gig in the middle after his last quarter performance. Lindsay out of the backline is just class. And then Salem joined in and reminded us how good he is. Thought Kolt did some good things, after some early shaky moments. The succession plan looks good with Moose in ruck. Too many other highlights to name. Love the gameplan. All feels really positive; I think we are definitely going to win the premiership. (Not sure about the 2 min scenarios. I was quite happy with the scenario we were watching where North were down by 86 points).

Thank gawd for that. Should hopefully be able to maintain fitness fairly well during recovery.

Watching his highlights, I love his movement with ball in hand. He moves through traffic in that way that elite players do, where they look through opposition players. Almost dismissing them. eg fend off, breaking tackles, and creating time and space with a step, and not flustered at all. Look's like a real talent.

Omg what is happening! We've just doubled our Picketts!

Whoah! Welcome, Taylor! What a surprise.

A few reports are suggesting Essendon pick up Sharp at 9, knowing we aren't into him. I wonder if this is the kind of situation where it's good to have your cards close to your chest and not allow Essendon to know our move. Rather than allowing them to pick up someone we might want at their two picks before us. Feels like they have us boxed in somewhat. Having said all that, I have no idea what it's like behind the scenes. Maybe it's impossible for info to not get out. I'm sure some on here would have some insight on this.

Could be worth taking a closer look at Cal's 2019 November rankings. Pickett ranked at 30 and taken at 12. No reason why there isn't a few surprises this time around again, especially in an draft where it's pretty even after the top 8.

Melbourne legend. Thanks for the memories, Trac.

I still have a funny feeling this might happen. Have we actually seen any signed paperwork yet? In all seriousness, I'm looking forward to Trac putting in a good word for his former employer now that he and Humphrey are teammates. I daresay it won't help our cause for Hump 2026.