Fat Tony

Howes really moves well and has good AFL attributes (length and dexterity). He obviously needs a bit of muscle (which will come) and he also needs to be a bit more desperate in the contest. There was a bit of Jack Watts about his game when he returned from injury late last year.

Who does he look like? What key defender does he remind you of?

One of Grundy or Gawn needs to play forward. Both will play 80%+ game time which means they will be on the ground together 60% of the game. There is no there option unless we are willing to play with a 5-man forward line or Grundy plays as a ruck rover.

True, but we did get Queens Birthday every year for a long period. And the 80s away strip we have now is fantastic.

Looking forward to the Bombers instalment. It’s a disgrace but I think it often works in our favour as an extra ‘home’ game at the MCG.

We play Perth better than the MCG! My query was more about trying to understand why rather than being too worried about it.

But why not alternate the Eagles and Dockers?

I understand why we get sent to Cat park every year due to our lack of supporters and commercial contracts etc but is there a reason we always play WCE in Perth and the Dockers as a home game?

Nah. We will be underdogs right now. Gamble responsibly 58.

We would be current favourites in 19/23 games. Underdogs against Lions, Power, Cats and Swans away.

Philactides would fit right in at Essendon.

If we can find a way to transplant the weight off Sestan and onto Jefferson in the preseason, we’ll have Charlie Curnow and Dusty in the forward line for Round 1!

The highlights package looks a bit like Rowan Marshall.

Great to see such a ‘big boned’ player get a list spot. Maybe there’s hope for me yet!

Barnett would have to be a special talent to be the right fit for us IMO. We have just signed Grundy for 5 years and another young ruckman will not help us win a flag next season.

I assumed they were doing it like the Hong Kong sevens.

At least we play Adelaide Oval well.

Does Jefferson have any ground level game? All the highlights in the video were high marks when he gets a jump at the ball. At 195cm he will need other tricks at AFL level to even be a player.

I hate the sub rule, so this is a good change. I still think we will need to plan for Gawn and Grundy to play a high percentage of game time on the ground at the same time.

What could go wrong with May, Hunter and Stack on our list?

Do we have to take two picks? And will we still have a list spot for the mid season draft? The Pies picked up Ash Johnson in the mid season draft and I think there’s a good chance to pick up talent there. I can see merit in flipping our pick into next year unless we really love someone. If we save our currency it gives us more options for trades.

Beat me by a second!

I reckon we were lucky Schache didn't get a free in the third quarter of the GF when Brayshaw steamrolled him.

We were never going to win this trade. Jackson is a star and Freo had no incentive to offer more than 70 cents in the dollar.

I have a Bulldog's friend who is an excellent judge of football and Hunter is his whipping boy for his kicking. I hope if we get Hunter that we play our wingers so they on their preferred side towards the boundary. Langdon kicks a lot out on the full on his left side. Hunter is not a defensive wingman, so we would need to adjust our game plan to be more willing to attack along both wings.