whatwhat say what

loving the lofty aims of it - much as i loved the tigers' bold planning under o'neal and gale as well - but i want to see results, as do all of us i'd imagine as @poita said, what's in no doubt is that no finals in 2020, no goodwin in 2021 - stinear will hopefully make finals this year given the strong start to the aflw team's season so should be there next season at this stage ceo and board role is clear too - they must deliver on getting us a home base and finding new revenue opportunities whilst maximising membership otherwise they're gone by 2023; board has essentially bought itself some extra years, while pert has four years of a five year contract left would love to see them all pull it off agree with @I'va Worn Smith - anyone expecting any 'detail' on how they aim to achieve it are asking for far too much - it's more 'strategic aims' than 'strategic plans' but that's exactly what a vision / strategy document is all about we've just done one at my work and it's the same broad-based statement for public consumption

Anyone got a fork handy? Stick it in us, we’re done MFCSS in full effect

i want darren burgess to motivate me every day of my life he's seriously impressive god i want avb to have a decent run of it

Cos any time you don’t make finals is a fail We can only go on recent history, and that has us, what, a narrow 1 point win game off wooden spoon placing? After five years of linear growth our slide last year exposed how many gaps we still have in our line-up and how atrocious our skill level remains

Gawn and Viney as co-captains seems all but a certainty if there is any truth to Viney campaigning amongst players for their vote I’d have Jetta and Harmes as VC From what I gather we have a very “quiet” group with no really demonstrative leader amongst the current crop

Success - win premiership Pass - finals Fail - anything else Like others I think Goodwin is safe as houses as a result of the ridiculous And unnecessary extension given to him prior to 2019 season He has at least until part way through 2021 as a result; if we win a premiership this season he has more time up his sleeve! Personally I see us as a bottom five side; our list just ain’t that good

We clearly need to stop training; losing players hand over fist every session!

ch-ch-ch-ch-changes... bradtke in for preuss? tomlinson could be starting ruckman for us the way it's going

Is this actually longer than this time last year?!??

It already feels like one of THOSE years...again!

hasn't been a safe space for dees supporters for over 50 years! seconded

i'll go with... B: Lockhart - O Mac - Hore HB: Salem - Lever - Harmes C : Langdon - Petracca - Baker HF: Jones - Weideman - Neal-Bullen F: Fritsch - T Mac - Hunt Foll: Preuss - Oliver - Viney I/c: Jackson - Bedford - Jordon - Sparrow - Brown - C Wagner injured / rehabbing: May - Spargo - Brayshaw - Gawn - Kolodjashnij - Melksham - Hannan - Tomlinson - AVB - Nietschke - Petty - Chandler - Dunkley not considered / in consideration for match 2: Hibberd - Rivers - Jetta - J Wagner - Smith (or is he still in rehab?) - Bradtke gotta say, pretty concerning how that injury / rehab group seems to be growing with every training report...

agreed

step off, jim, toyota already owns that rectangle!

harmes was trialled as the half back flank towards the end of 2019 worked okay i thought

when things are glum there's worse to come...but honestly this is exactly why we a) recruited preuss and b) drafted jackson

Dave’s not here, man

I honestly thought he was going to be a generational player for us - I’ve not been so excited about a key forward on our list since Schwarz It’s a shame he’s suffered as many personal issues as he has and I wish him all the best for his future.. just not against us!

elbow injury won't stop jog running, which is something at least, in order to maintain fitness

as a matter of interest, have any of the regular track watchers kept note of who is / isn't at or completing sessions? would be interesting to calculate the % of players who are deemed to have completed all the 'public' sessions as we know last year, too many players failed to get through a solid bank of preseason which grossly limited their 2019 prep

top photos

I’ll never forget the glory of our AFL X premiership

i had a dream last night that i spoke to a scout from an oppo side when i asked what he'd made of the dees thus far this preseason his response was "they've got a helluva lot more players out on the park...skills are still dee-plorable but"

mebbe gideon haigh? vic marks? martin is a terrific writer, as is his (booker prize winning) brother richard is proof positive (as is augie march's glenn richards) that they can definitely still write down in tassie

Underage level, not Shield Was told in no uncertain terms by Blight that he’d not be playing cricket again