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I’ve only been to a couple of training sessions this pre season but in the physical drills against other players he has been very driven with no beg pardons. He dropped Jeffo in one drill (yeah…I kmow) which just showed the different levels of intensity. It seems he got a taste last year, wants more and is busting a gut to get it.

JVR looked very good at training. He moved quick and took few good marks in the match sim.

McAdam was doing laps at a reasonable pace and looked unimpeded. Hopefully he can step up from there.

Agree re the third quarter. I thought we really had them on the ropes in the later stages of the third but could not apply the killer blows and score a couple of goals. That seemed to be the scoring end and we rarely ventured forward in the last, after the North Melbourne/Tasmanian roos regrouped at 3 quarter time. Great effort by the girls,they gave everything.

Hope Zanker stays, Bannan has been next to useless the last few weeks and Harris has had to plug holes elsewhere and Gall is still learning so not much of a forward line re talls.

if we are forced to pay for access to GF tickets for a reserved seat next year, i will be thinkng hard about renewing. Three reserved seat memberships (for one adult, one concession and one 15 year old) was over $1500.00 this season. Considering that we are unlikely to make the GF next year, i am willing to forego the guaranteed access and will take my chances at securing a GF ticket privately….if we make it.

Salem - defecates under pressure.

I think the dominance of max, petracca et al has hidden our lack of a system in general play. Now that they are becoming a little battle weary, our lack of a system is being highlighted. Max wins plenty of the ball but we should be taking it away much more.

I didn’t see too many players busting a gut to get in the ones.

Melbourne play like a car trying to drive with the handbrake on ..

A talk marking forward would be nice Simon.

one of those is Max Knobel. Suns picked him up after Freo delisted him and promised they would pick him back up...but the Suns swooped. A gippsland boy I believe ... Press reports etc seemed to,indicate he may have something about him. We had an opportunity to pick him up but went elsewhere. I am interested to see how he goes.

Bunch of brain dead footballers

Can someone tell these commentators that kosi is suspended for the first few games ? Usual commentary standard...