darkhorse72

For what?

I agree on the offer. 3 first rounders would have been a better deal to rebuild their side. Though there reports is that he came back overweight and his efforts on Sunday wont get him a bit contract at this stage.

Happy with the first up for the new players. Not happy with Goodwin on making Lindsay the sub as I choose him over Xavier for my dream team rookie spot! :( I assume in the wet he went with speed early in the game? GWS are expected to be top4, coming off a good win over the pies, so they were one game ahead of us in game time, which can make a difference especially for young players. team pressure was good over the 4 quarters. Need work on patterns in the forward line as Jeffo was spoiled a couple of times when in the best position by other dee's going up when they should not have. Also, gee he looks bloody young in the face. Highlight of the day was Windsor, goal on the run and breaking 2 tackles Looking forward to a better year than last.

Inspired but he Tigers win based upon youth and speed ! Lots a new players, hopefully this mix of experience and youth gives us the drive we need.

Ruined my footy tipping, but it was worth it. And a decent game to watch too to start the season.

Do they have the power to audit the individual player finances int he investigation to match with club records.

Edit: Oops, realised I'm a date late... Public holidays does that to me... Great listening to the first podcast last week. The points to discuss from watching live on Sunday. After 1/2 time we improved to a more running style of game. It also coincided with the injection of more experienced players into the team compared to the first half. We still have no clear strategy to quickly move from the backline forward. Too often we moved left and right without any speed to spread the field. Freo easily covered the movement. Lastly, defending quick movement. Freo is well drilled in moving quickly, we were better than last year in reducing the number of fast transitions, albeit in a practice match. Form ground level I could not see a big change in out structure to counter this. It only took one of our boys not to chase hard out of the fwd to freeing up a chain of players.

Better qtr… some run and dash. Good to see Windsor on the field, he makes a big difference

Still no clear system for moving from defence quickly

Standing behind the goals at the dees end last qtr. reasonable breeze coming this way with the dockers this qtr. the pressure and effort is good. Goal kicking no so much. Though we should have 2 more on the board with quality kicking.

About the head out to the ground (I'm at the other end of the city). Hot day today here in WA.

We'll be there too. Should be a good WA demon turnout as normal. It will be nice to have a ruck this game, unlike at Optus last year.

Feel bad for AMW and he was looking good, after a good end to last year. No for Jai to take his chances. As for the AFL a sensible decision, but like others if a Carlton player was not injured, would they have made the same decision. I think it was helped that the SSP closedown on Friday. I read the AFL clubs bought it forward as a request, but maybe there will be an exception for major injuries during the preseason matches to top up. Would have been helpful for when Gus retired.

Culley is the obvious choice, good track record and effort in what was a poor team to try and work within.

Nice, it's on Kayo 8am Perth time. Happy to get to the preseason game against Freo here in WA just before the season starts. Hopefully the clubs also does some activities for young wa supporters while they are here for it.

Maybe they were all inspired by Clarkson's farm....

Never seen him play, but reports through demonland haven't been great. I guess it says more about the lions development programs. If you get drafted you have the talent or physical attributes, but development is the key. Hopefully another preseason will fix some of his gaps and we may see him in the firsts.

Just hope she's fully fit for the season. Unlikely with the shoulder this year.

Missed the Gay in the backline as she is a consistent performer and was really missed. Eliza didn't fit into our fot structure, we couldn't see the injuries. As for Birch, she seems to be the type of player that can't stay at a club long for whatever reason? Her last year for us was not very good compared to the previous years and it made sense to let her go, since she wanted out. Was she the difference in them winning a flag, unlikely, as she went into a settled she, like she did with us. In the end she got another medal with her teammates. At the same time the pool is players is really small in the AFLW, so good players will get offers from rival clubs to move to a higher tier in pay.

Yes, those state only based drafts really setup up the crows and lions to start with. With the increase in pay in makes sense will not have to move to any club on the draft.

Depend on his role as a forward. He's a great contested mark. Was his role to be the link and take those marks and feed it forward to the other forwards in a system. Or primarily to kick goals as the measure of success. The problem was his lack of fitness in 2024 to play forward really effectively. Happy with him to go back as well, a handy swingman.

That's is what matters to bring him to our club.

Does he look like he's enjoying training with the boys.

I did state after the GF that it was most likely a time to change at the Swans. Longmire couldn't get them over that final line. 15 years with a consistent record (Yes their special academy helps) shows he can build a good culture and team. It will be interesting to see how much Cox changes how they play or as heir apparent will stick with the same model.

Nah, easier to turn the list over with a couple of quality top picks.