Dee Boys

We play Carlton in round 3 and Essendon in round 5.

It was a practice match mate, wouldn’t let it ruin your weekend!

Fair comment. After a few years of being able to do little else apart from running I’d be sick to death of it too!

Exactly what I’ve observed. McAdam was running shirtless the other day when I was at training with my son and, being polite, I’ve seen AFL footballers in much better condition. As for his rehab, again being polite, he was not exactly attacking it with relish. I do have sympathy for him as injuries take their toll mentally as well as physically. I wish him well in his life post football but he knows he’s not going to be on an AFL list in 12 months time and the club knows it too. Everyone’s going through the motions. He may be the nicest bloke in the world and it’s not his fault that we paid way over the odds for him, but sadly he’s been a colossal bust.

Is “verse” and “versing” absolute nails on a blackboard to anyone else? 😵‍💫

I’ve been one who wasn’t sure he was quite good enough to be a difference maker but he seems to have gone to another level in pre-season. Very much hoping it translates into the games this season and into the future and would be ecstatic to be eating humble pie if/when it does!

Appointing somebody clearly unfit and unwelcoming of the role because they’re “our number 1 player and may grow into it” would be absolutely insane. So much of captaincy these days is about communication and being an ambassador for your club and if you’ve ever heard Kozzy being interviewed you’d know he’s a million miles away from that. Fantastic footballer, brilliant to see him becoming a mentor to the younger indigenous guys, but being the team’s best player is about 348th on the list of criteria for making the best captain.

This isn't a new phenomenon. Clubs have been training in training jumpers for as long as I've been alive. I can't think of any sport where players train in their game day attire.

West Coast never had the pick after ours to offer. Their offer was for us to slide back 7 spots for their future second (c. pick 25 next year). Which on the face of it was never going to be anywhere near enough.

Any Dezi Freeman sightings?

Means he hasn't played a lot of top level footy at either underage or state level.

Agree. Reckon it's the most interesting content we get from the club every year.

First round tonight mate (27 picks!) We’ll have two tonight then one tomorrow.

Concur!

Mate no "beef" whatsoever. I just don't think he's quite as good a footballer as some others obviously do, for reasons I've gone into ad nauseam. That's OK! I'm sure there are other players that I rate more highly than others do. Anyway it's draft night, let's revisit this topic in 5 years time!