whatwhat say what

Neither have Carlton, AFL.com, or any other news sites

Nah, I shoulda used quotation marks to make it more obvious

i dunno... cats got destroyed by gw$ in rd 1, poos&wees mangled the bears, richmond haven't lost a match for 12 calendar months, and the filth have lost to one 2019 grand finalist by 4 points and drew with the other in 2 out of their 3 most recent games i don't think you can read anything into this season yet...give it til about round 10 - if we get that far - and then we'll know where every team sits

the amount of defenders and ruckmen who are 'forward coaches' is...interesting

it just boggles the mind that we'd do this tbh

not even remotely confident; i have no faith in melbourne whatsoever hopefully we win, and win well, but i have my doubts...

i was being sarcastic; the 'proved yet another bust' should've been in quotation marks as per the previous 'can't play on a man'

i was more than happy to pay lever for it; it's a shame he's proved yet another bust, as he was terrific for the crows and we saw what he was beginning to be able to be for us when he was injured hopefully he can become the player he promised to be i had far more issue with the may trade

so we've lost a player to stupidity, and now our much hyped ruck-forward is going to play back cos our high-priced third tall 'who can't play on a man' is crocked again? 2020: it keeps on giving!

love jab watson commentating about how to play down at kardinia park...he......never..........played............there.................

the notion that faang give a hoot about our tiny domestic sporting competitions is laughable

Extended to end of 2024

Bit of a fizzer

Suspended for a week

What am I reading FOR? Maybe cos I don’t want to work in a Waffle House!

He really wants out of the Power

Silvagni’s best role is as a midfield tagger

so if sos is in too... IN: Jones, Salem, Bennell, Jackson, Rivers, Smith OUT: Spargo, Bedford, O Mac, ANB, Brown, Lockhart ?

some quality posts on the ol' big footy... I'm feeling very confident about this game and this season. Look at the team. It's the best it has looked in a long while. I'm predicting a 38 point victory, Betts with 2, Martin 2, Harry 2 and Cunners one of the best on ground with 3. Cripps with a lazy 19 contested possessions and the Jones boy manic. Pittonet will break Maxies nose..... accidentally. May isn't that big, he's strong but he's "only" 193cm. Levi and Harry have him covered fairly comfortably. Luke Jackson also making his debut. I really hope we make a statement and get a bit aggressive with him. Give him a proper welcome to AFL footy. You just know Bennell is going to tear us to shreds. Not worried about Bennell, I loved him at the Suns, then he had all that time off and re-appeared for Freo and he looked like he was trying to play catch up on the ground. He has now had even more time off. Won’t be an issue. Looking forward to seeing a Carlton come out playing high tempo hard hitting footy. That mixed with the skill would see Melbourne blown away. aaaaaaand from talking carlton... I expect us to be much better. Martin, Docherty and Weitering already showing their impact. SPS too. The slow start and lack of intensity against the Tigers should have been the focus since then so I’ll be v disappointed if we don’t come out breathing fire. But I’d also expect the Demons to come out v hard - that’s their strength w Viney, Brayshaw & Oliver feeding off Gawn. If we can match their intensity, I think our skills and speed will lift us to victory. But without the intensity, we won’t be in the game. They call Shaun Burgoyne " Silk "................i reckon they will be calling Jack Martin " Grace " before his career is over.Poise,vision,composure and to top it off such a beautiful graceful player.Pretty to watch i reckon.............yeah, " Grace " it is. I am 100% confident that we will be significantly better this year. If nothing else, the addition of Martin and Docherty will make a huge difference. Not to mention the clear leap forward that Weitering looks to have made. And then there is the stuff that I hope will improve us: - SPS form looked great against the Tigers but can’t say yet whether that is something we can bank - Teague showed a lot last year - esp his ability to respond with tactical changes during a game. But he is no longer shiny and new. We will now get to see more of his game plan rather than tinkering with the existing plan as per last or just ‘freeing the players up’ as per last year. - We can bank on Walsh continuing his steady upward trajectory but we now need to see more from Dow and Fisher who have had a fair bit of senior exposure already; similar with big Harry and McGovern - And there is the unknown potential of Stocker, Philp, Newnes and TDK to look forward to.... hopefully! I’m not expecting much from Pittonet - I just hope that he competes hard, a la Nankervis to enable our mids to get to work. So, I don’t know how that places us against the Demons - I rate their list highly although I think their coaching has let them down. But I do expect us to play much better than we did last year.

IN: Jones, Salem, Bennell, Jackson, Rivers OUT: Spargo, Bedford, ANB, Brown, Lockhart ?

Okay now I’m getting excited

Burgess should be in hot demand right around the world with the squeeze on sporting sides to have less people, but have the best people

Lock it in, then?

velvet sledgehammer is against it? i'm definitely all for it then!