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Been out of it this week with no idea what is happening. Was just driving down Punt Rd past the ground and turned my head to be pleasantly surprised to see the boys out there. I immediately pulled over into the river and am walking up now.

Definitely need Henderson spending a fair bit of time up forward.

Sorry to hear. Large upgrades never seem to go smoothly.

Never had a good feeling about Sydney tonight

Have you ever heard of MyRacehorse Redleg? Apparently gives people a chance to have micro-shares in a horse.

Totally agree. It was a moneyball approach that played the percentages and thanks to the electric forward pressure we were getting we forced a lot of turnover goals in 50 that year. It also limited potential turnovers in bad areas. The high press can definitely be used in an attacking way as you mentioned, just like defending deep can be used in a defensive way with high possession time and controlling tempo, maybe only occasionally hitting the opposition with a counter. Many different ways to play the game and it is fascinating when you really drill down into it. The stand rule is a funny one, in the first season I thought it helped us a bit because it threw the opposition off a bit when we setup our zone so quick but before too long they started to take off with angled run and carry or a lateral handball to a runner in motion, constantly shifting the zone. Hard to know how it is going to evolve this year but I'm hoping to see our score source from transition rise a bit. We need to develop the 'break' from the back and move it quick through the air with runners. Some things will obviously always be in our DNA.

What's with all this good community stuff? Isn't everyone else just a neighbour isolationist like myself?

Nice job Cas!

Me too, he's probably a good bloke but he grinds my gears. Not even having a soft spot for the Trojans can make me like him.

Yeah it's crazy isn't it! By the way I always liked Albert Park SC better, Middle Park seemed a bit up themselves.

Definitely an easy assumption to make and I would have thought the same before I moved to the area. Having seen it though it's chaotic from as early as Jan where the grandstands and other marquee structures are almost fully up, the bump out period takes ages and feels like half the year. Would be an amazing spot but seems beyond the realms of possibility. I do like the hospitality idea though!

Before the practice games I was thinking that we wouldn't be near finals this year if Billings played more than 10 games. I am willing to revise that slightly and not grade him on his goalkicking if he can give us some decent delivery into 50 on a regular basis.

I don't see the justification for it either. I think people are picking them purely on gamestyle as it stood in the latter part of last year. There's nothing stopping them from doing a Collingwood in 2023 and going strength to strength but I can just as easily see them being worked out and lacking when the pressure is on.

I would say so, Pete loved him.

Nice cup run you had this year. After you knocked out my guys I was hoping you'd pull it off against City 🙂

Yeah good day for tying D-lineman down. Almost the same as Deebo wanting to salary dump but also taking on some dead money. Wonder if the Raiders go for him?

Zack Baun re-signs with the Eagles for 3 years. If other D-liners Sweat and Williams get tied up then the Eagles should be thereabouts for the foreseeable future.

I do like your thinking Roost it but I feel we've rolled that dice a few too many times in the last few years. Our culture is still on the mend and we've gotta look after that first.

Cheers for the heads up Dub. Will definitely catch that when up on Youtube.

In line with Dee Spencer's original idea, could we give lucky ones a chance to get on the microphone to pump up there crowd? They could let their 'inner demon out' and yell "rahhhhhhhh" and the crowd joins in.

I'm up for it, slick distributor.

Honestly who cares, you'll live longer.

Then we could have Melbourne, Geelong and Collingwood in a triple threat match for the WWF championship!

Exactly, if nothing else it's just free entertainment.

People make out like our forward line has so many problems, it really only has one: It doesn't kick enough goals. Fix that and watch the wins roll in.