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Lovely dob from Davis.

Hogan's ability to keep his feet and compete in the air and at ground level is very, very exciting.

Best goal of the day.

Some nice one-two one-two work from Barry and Strauss down back to work the ball through the blues defensive zoning.

Gillies skills are woeful.

That did not look good

Hogan to actually play down back?

Can he be a bit like Hurley but more a forward who can play back than a backman who can play forward?

I don't understand why Kruezer doesn't cop the attention that Watts does.

Luke McDonald, that's the one.

Kelly and Sheed both looked pretty good today.

can we just settle for a star?

(or two??)

if you subscribe to afl live official app, you can watch via afl.tv in the menu lists.

sheed looks good.

who's kelly the son of?

and why aren't north claiming him father-son as they are for alex mcdonald?

Bingo, good vibes.

no, it's not.

it's 'bomber' thompson, named after 'bomba' from the tv series.

always has been.

binman's flights of fancy is nearly as dream-like as mine.

head of football operations: neil balme

head coach: paul roos

backline coach: jade rawlings

midfield coach: junior

forward coach: leigh brown

ruck coach: darren jolly

isn't it sam mitchell who can kick longer off his left than his natural right?

He literally leaped over the saints player and still had the free paid against him. Bizarre.

Has pace too, something sorely lacking in our line-up.

was gobsmacked he was still available at #4, i'd heard such good things about him in the sanfl, and then was so impressed by him in the under 18s last year.

really disappointed with his lack of desire to go and get the ball. thought he'd be much more of a hunter, but it looks like he's a pure receiver at this stage in his development.

has lovely skills by foot, just needs to add a lot of energy to his play - he sits back rather than gets involved at this stage, and his one-arm attempts at tackling are watts-esque.

he'll get there, i hope.

i mean, we have to don't we? we need some of our draft picks to come through and be guns. hopefully dmitri can be one.

boyd is the consensus pick at this stage apparently.

how that works if gws and the dees are the bottom two is anyone's guess - will gws want to add another tall to cameron and patton (and franklin)? same for the dees with clark, dawes, and hogan.

although i have heard good reports elsewhere that he's more than capable in the ruck...

crouch is as good as his brother from all reports.

the fox commentary was woeful.

at one stage midway through the first term, eddie, alistair lynch and gerard healy were calling for dawes to go into the ruck. this for a bloke barely about to work up to a jog.

then, their next brilliant thought was for him to go to full back!

might be part of this.

pj wasn't doom and gloom at all.

he was honest and forthright.

he's hopefully going to be a real agent for change for us.

Riewoldt sucked the ump in perfectly then.

Oh, Jack...

Dominating this quarter but can't buy a goal!

And I'm sorry, but I couldn't be less impressed by Toumpas. He just doesn't have any defensive intensity whatsoever and he's so hesitant at the contest.

Why was Dawes selected? Clearly incapacitated.