Allen Jakovich

Will be there for sure, will post impressions. Have a good feeling about it actually.

Really hope he can get 15+ games this year. "One of the attributes Maric is hoping to bring to the top level this year is his kicking efficiency, which was considered elite at junior level." We could use some of that.

Shouldn't Spencer be on there? Damn we need Bate back asap. He's so important for us to get off to a good start this year.

Yeah there will be. It'll likely be week 4, our last match.

Pretty much every question Bails was asked he just brought back to the usual line that he's been putting out there. "kids haven't played much together..." "these things take time..." "Watts is a few weeks away from full training, we don't care for Niknat comparisons" Ox asked him a question about Max Gawn which was worth hearing, said they reckon he'll be worth keeping an eye on when he debuts this year hopefully, pretty agile considering his height. Overall, a good interview but you didn't really miss much you wouldn't have heard before. Said the players are keen to atone this week against Essendon and they left no stone unturned in their review.

Yep, intensity was not there at all. They seemed very reactionary. I heard Morton interviewed during the week and he stated "we're just keen to see how much we've improved"..Where is the belief? Where's the "We're looking forward to going over there and beating Freo"? I'm a rap for Bailey but he needs to get this group to start believing or all our high picks will end up elsewhere a la McLean. Having said that, liked the game of Frawley, Rivers and Jmac and I thought Cheney was looking trimmer and maybe a touch quicker off the mark. Also was good to see Maric get involved he has plenty of potential. What was going on with Jurrah? Probably the biggest positive of all was that it was 34 degrees February day and they still ran it out.

First quarter killed us. Lifted in the 2nd. Geez I'd love to see them come out and roll them in the 2nd half. C'mon boys.

Nice piece.

Thanks Darkhorse. Damn Sylvia is a tank.

Yep, hate their guts. 1) Hawthorn 2) Carlton 3) Collingwood 4) Essendon 5) Geelong

This game is critical, but not because of anything mentioned so far in this thread. It is critical because to develop into a dominant team we need confidence and the only way to get confidence is to win games. Every time we play a competitive game it is a critical one, make no mistake about that.

I'm sure Bailey will give him some run withs at stages throughout games this year. As part of his development. Just glad he won't be lining up at full back, which he might have done in the last few rounds of last year.

Are you a detective?

Thanks for sharing your impressions mate. Much appreciated. Glad to hear about Blease and Garland.

Sounds good. Great way to start the season. All meet united, maybe even a bit of a barbie in the car park before the game, chat about how much we're going to beat the Hawks by. Was great last year just a shame it was b4 the Adelaide game lol. Might even drum up a bit of media attention if we're lucky.

Looks awesome. Good job.

Don't know what game you were watching. Took some excellent contested marks at CHF in the Freo final.

Spot on. When he does play positively and doesn't 2nd guess himself he is a very handy player (Vs Lions '08, Vs Freo '06 Final). The key is working out how to get him to play positively all the time. I believe as the team starts to perform better his form will improve in turn. If you look at his form line over the last 4-5 years it mirrors the teams (decent in 06, at his worst in 07, etc.)

Thanks for the updates all.

+1

Myself.

Thanks for the write up Jack.

Awesome vid. Loved it.

I agree on the Warnock suggestion.

You're a tool.