KozzyCan

Spot on about how hard we make it look.

That's just how teams defend practice matches.

It was nice to see the midfield back in order but jeez the forward line still looks like a dogs breakfast. I must say I don't understand the Windsor and Langdon moves at all. We don't launch our ball movement off the HBF and that's actually often been the role of the wings, so we move our two best wingers into roles they're totally unsuited for? Langdon is a workhorse who kills you with gut running, I don't see what he offers at CBAs. Windsor has awesome burst out of contest and would be better suited to that role of we're going to move him. We've taken away both their best assets for what exactly?

Personally think as a general rule it's improper for a president, CEO, or anyone on the board to talk about a players trade value with any level of specificity. In general, I think they should be keeping an arms length from footy dept matters, especially publicly. Green could have easily said something of the same effect without bringing up picks and creating a headline. Don't think it helps us going into the season. Kozzy is going to be a talking point throughout the year so we should be doing anything we can do to limit that distraction, not adding fuel to the fire.

Won't happen but I'd love it if we just readopted that logo. It's the best logo we've ever had and we got rid of it because we didn't want to spook some Chinese sponsors. It still looks really modern. It has a a really striking and unique brand compared to our current logo which is fine but fairly boring. Also think a firey demon head is much more attractive to kids than a shield and a monogram.

Spot on.

Reckon you're spot on.

Surely there is room for more nuance than this.

He hasn't put anything to bed. He's raised a starting bid. The statement show's we're considering the trade internally. It's absolute fodder for the media.

Don't love that statement. Not Green's job to weigh in on trades just as it wasn't Pert's job to float Oliver for trade last year. Stay in your lane.

Lighten up.

Goodwin was an innovator, starting the trend of coaching from the bench. Now he should embrace the pioneer spirit again and start a new trend of coaching from home.

Marvel's fine, once you're in your seat and watching the game I don't have many complaints. It's mostly just how souless the place feels. Just a big ugly pile of concrete on top of another big pile of concrete in the deadzone of the city. looks great on TV though.

We'll have an extended bench and will likely rest some guys at half time I would've thought.

Teams don't defend much in practice matches and sometimes just fully experiment so the results are totally meaningless. Positional changes, player roles and performances of new recruits is the reason to watch them.

Not sure it says a great deal for the quality of their forwardline. Freo smashed us in the midfield both times. No defence can deal with that sort of assault and most forwards are just going to feast on that service. Even our forwardline looked amazing when we bullied West Coast in round 17.

Didn't another coach have an arrangement like this a couple of years ago? David Noble or Ben Rutten or something?

The victim complex on this site is so tiresome.

Yeah right and we have had both training with the club recently. That's why George and Culley were the names being floated and not some random blokes from some country footy club. It's a moot point, we picked Culley so hopefully we've got a good player on board.

It's not so much that, but I think we have more resistance to injuries in certain areas of the ground. We have more midfield depth than we do small forward depth. Maybe when you're choosing players in the first round of the draft you only think about talent but I find it odd that you wouldn't consider list needs when choosing a player to occupy the last spot on the list.

I also like his name.

Hopefully Roy George. We have a number of guys who can run through the midfield and Culley would start very far back. George would be a bit more fun and we don't have a great deal of small forwards. Would expect it's more likely we'd see George play seniors than Culley.

You reckon Saints are media darlings?

He was offered a deal that would not only set him up for life but give him a list spot for the rest of his footy career. He's a promising player but not a star. Will never get offered close to that in his footy career again.

That is a genuinely stupid offer from St.Kilda. I'm astounded Callaghan knocked it back.