Ollie fan

Lord Nev is out of form, unfortunately, but credit to the club for having the strength to recognise it. If we assume that Lockhart and Hibberd, on the bench, are going to play defence, and that means Harmes is actually a midfielder. not a bad team at all, but trusting a small forward line.

They need to play 2 talls in the forward line - otherwise Fritsch is forced to play tall which he isn’t. It looks like it will be Tmac and Jackson: bad luck for Weed which is who I would prefer.

In 98 North beat us by about five goals in the preliminary final, as I remember, and I thought that was about right. They were simply the better side. They should have won the premiership that year. Adelaide winning was a joke.

I believe the Weed can and will crash packs when he finally comes good

Unbelievable player. He could do anything before his tragic injuries. 1994 we had an extraordinary team, but Balme wanted everyone to “share” the ball - ie overuse it so we dropped a lot of games and ended up 7th. Anyone who can get hold of a copy of the first final v Carlton will weep. But because we were 7th we ended playing a final in Perth......

Too many small! Bedford Pickett Spargo

I just saw that - AFL website. The MFC website is a sad, unfunny joke. Lets hope the report is accurate and it is short term. I am firmly in the camp of those who think he is a terrific player. His combination of steadiness and hardness is fantastic.

Wooden spoon? On preseason form, NM for sure.

Loving our transitions but by golly, Gus looks rusty!

Giving Frost away was sooooo dumb. Lever is not good one on one and Oscar is a trier but is not up to the top opponents he would have to face.

I’d like to see Hunt trained in the role. The wings look like they won’t be available to him, and he has pace, smarts and can kick. He needs to learn the arts and tricks but he is still young. Of course, if Pickett is half as good as his uncle..........

I agree with the views that Northey got the best out of some very workmanlike players and also that 1990 was an opportunity wasted. Against WC we were just never on our game. But the biggest waste of all was 1994 when Balme had us overusing the ball with a terrible game style and a great team ended up in 7th place. We then thrashed Carlton who were 1or 2 as I remember. We had the Febeys, ,Schwarz,Lyon, Tingay, Neitz and so many others, all at the top of their game and injury-free. But because of our ladder position we ended up having to play WC in Perth..... The greatest waste ever.