MurDoc516

I'm not sure what the result will be but i expect a better performance. Going 0-2 isn't great but i don't think it will be a not making finals problem. David King pointed out that the way the draw/results has worked out in round 1 has led to some teams with high expectations possibly starting 0-2. He also fully expects at least one 0-2 team to make the 8, maybe even 2. Personally, i'm not scared of Geelong. Pies looked a bit underdone themselves and if we perform close to our best i think we can beat them, even if we are still ramping up.

21 of those 22 players played the finals before that game didn't they

I would only do that type of deal if Goodwin is happy with it. I think the past two seasons show that a coach can underperform for years than spike to the top. If Goodwin is committed for the long term stick with him.

Can we keep a sponsor for more than 12months

I've said it before but a fit Jake Lever playing at the level he was before his injury turns a bunch of those should've won games to comfortably won. Oscar McDonald was in the form of his life with Jack next to him so just imagine how it will look with May back there as well.

Confused the tree with Maxy, common mistake.

He will never be rated ahead of Cripps or Bont by the general AFL public because he isn't as sexy and he's a bit of a shithouse on the field.

They say Trac was the pick of the bunch but don't comment on what he did. I agree with the idea that Jones isn't important for the earlier rounds, would much rather get games into Baker and Sparrow.

If we are going to progress, the classic dominate every stat but the scoreboard approach we had last season needs to stop. We mauled Port in enemy territory last season but they won because we didn't hit the scoreboard enough. At the G with a team hopefully hungry to redeem themselves after the finals exit, we should be beating port comfortably.

Trac to kick 6 and we'll win by 8 goals.

Massive turn out, very impressive.

Check the instagram stories. Boys are boxing each other body shots only. Viney vs Jones, would pay paper view for that

Love the idea, gotta keep training fun. Mind you T. Mac doesn't look like he's having fun.

Lever to return around 8 or 10 is a bit of a shock. I was going to say Round 1 looks less likely but i would've assumed he'd get in by round 5.

Roosy gave us a winning mentality. We played to win and we trained as winners should. He developed the kids and turned them into men. Look at who we drafted in those years and look at the difference now. No one can promise you the current draft crop will become stars but effort and toughness can be promised and will be delivered. Also, we fell off a cliff leadership wise because most of em got delisted/traded or retired. Now we have 2 players over 30 but a group of real leaders.

Compared to previous seasons i've never been more excited for the next one to start.

30-35 Goals but consistent effort and a steady mark of improvement from his past seasons is my prediction for Weid in 2019

Melksham might have a bad back which causes hamstring tightness.

Is Trac training as a forward this season? With Hogan gone i'd like to see him hang forward more. Just needs to learn to kick straight

If Lever plays at the level he was before his knee then he's gonna be a hell of a player. Just needs to stay fit.

We had some decent players in that line up. Poor to only win 3 games that year.

It will be interesting to see what happens. I imagine Gawn starts the qtr in the ruck so we can try and get a fast start and then Pruess comes on and does a majority of the rucking while Gawn goes to whatever end needs him.

Hope we sent our players there with the motivation of cozying up to the VIC players playing outter state.

A fair number of fans turned out by the looks of it. The last time i went to training was 2013 (WA demon) and i was practically the only one there. Looking at the Instagram live videos players are signing shirts and taking photos with a whole bunch of fans.