Roost it far

With Briggs out Gawn should have an absolute field day giving our mids first use. I can see Oliver, Petracca, Viney, Rivers and co giving our forwards plenty of ball. Can our forwards capitalise and can our backs keep the ball in? I can see GWS getting a few transition goals but if we kick relatively straight this is a game we should win well. If they get on top around clearances that's where they will get us, they's no doubt they move the ball really well on the break. It'll be a good test of any game plan tweaks because if we turn it over in space we'll likely get torched on turnover. There's going to need to be times in the match where we'll need to maintain possession and slow the game down. I think we'll be trying hard to make it a forward half territory game. We really need to take our chances in front of goal. Go Dee's, let's start the season with a W.

Absolutely it would.

No chance

Too old to go around again

Thats not reportable

When he knocked Schulz over?

Isn’t Finn coming here next year?

I haven’t been this nervous since the 21 preseason. Thats surely a good omen?

They play a good brand of footy, I’m hoping we do

GWS are going to be tough to beat especially without a proper game under our belts

Hawthorn surely don’t have the offer in them that we do

If we finish 13th and Collingwood finish first I’m never going to the football again, ever.

Yes but if Pickett is adamant and we can get Jackson, that makes it more interesting.

That's positively erotic.

Solid effort

That’s what I’m talking about!

I still think a couple of reasonably mobile tall forwards are the key. JVR and Turner are those guys. AJ can play the pack crasher when balls are lobbed in. Just need Pickett back.

You know you’re in strife when members of your team are making excuses before the event even starts.

Can’t wait to see if the difference to fitness levels you’d expect from a longer preseason with less injuries translates into us hitting the backend of the season stronger than we’ve done the last few years. With a competition so even this is the kind of advantage that puts us right in contention. We just need to manage our top 12 players to be Cherry ripe come August-September. I actually thought we hit the 23 finals in great shape but losing Gus, Petty and Melk royally fceduk us.

What’s with the locked gates? How’s DLand supposed to report? I’ll ring the club, that Richo bloke is gonna cop an earfull

Where’s the freaking report? I gave you lot till 4…..4 bloody o’clock and still nothing. Now people are telling us to look at photos on the website. I honestly thought we were past this kind of slapdash haphazardry.

I think the word culture should be banned on this site.

All good, just reporting what I'd seen which is likely what you've mentioned above. He's still an awesome talent and it'd be a real shame if he wasn't helped back to his best. I'd roll the dice but I'm a dice roller......it doesn't always work but when it does.