Tom Dyson

I love the how the media is trying to construct the narrative that melbourne fans are writhing in pain watching clarry and trac and that the club letting them go is one of the worst player management decisions in the history of football. In reality, all melbourne fans reading these articles who were sick and tired of their antics and half arsed efforts and are finally excited for a season:

Sydney seem to have adopted that attacking offensive melbourne style of play. goals flowing. Still too soon?

Lets give petts a break, he hasnt been doing contact at training for at least a month now? I think he's entitled to have some cobwebs.

Pretty on brand for that supporter base. Not much separates them from collingwood and essendon.

May not have been an intent on the part of the richmond player, but it was pretty fckn agricultural. in the era of 'duty of care,' players should be more careful than that.

As someone who has had a few concussions, immediately after a knock your legs turn to complete jelly and you feel like you can't prop yourself up at all. Hopefully it was just that and not a knee injury.

anyone got vision of the luker injury?

You don't think Bowey, who finished 4th in the bluey last season won't be a factor this season?? At worst he will be back round9/10 and from the reports it sounds like his rehab is going well and will have him back sooner than that. What is the basis for the contention that missing early rounds precludes him from recapturing last years form?

Rename it "most disposals for the season award" now. All but confirms that only a midfielder can win the award.

Our midfield has been incredibly one paced for many of the Goodwin years, which was not in itself always problematic but three midfield bulls doesn't seem to be what the game requires anymore. We've now got Steele who ticks the contested possession beast box, we have the dynamism of kozzy and then the third is a suprise packet. Rivers, Culley, Langford, Windsor and even the much maligned sparrow (whose best footy is played in the middle and not in some pseudo high half forward role he was shoehorned into), are all incredibly exciting prospects. We should not quickly forget that we still have the best ruckman in the game. I'm not contending that we will win every centre clearance for the whole year but i think we've got a lot more to be excited about than it might seem.

Hilarious, was grinning ear to ear the entire time i watched it. All the dees boys were fantastic, loved the swipe from Bro-dee.

In a similar vein to Bowzer's rise last season, i was hoping Culley would emulate that success this year. Absolutely tragic if its a serious injury but fingers crossed its minor.

My only concern is that all of his powers come from his backwards cap. Can we apply to the league to allow him to wear a cap in games???

It's eerily similar to how collingwood get looked after in the mens

Didn't realise north were such a dirty, snipey team.