RalphiusMaximus

I couldn't agree more. Things just seemed to click for him. Possibly on the back of that big chase and contest for the loose ball on our 50 that ended with him giving away a highly dubious high contact free? That was awesome to see him just put on the afterburners and charge through. Now we just need someone to chat with him about his set shot routine...

6. May 5. TMac. 4. Lever 3. Oliver 2. Spargo 1. Pickett

I disagree. Our skills are so poor already, I don't think you will be able to see a difference. ? But the doggies look like a pretty good side this year. They have a lot of really good mids there, and more who can't get into the side. Their talls are still a weakness, but not as much as it used to be.

Oscar again!

How odd. I was going to say that Weideman is younger, but he's actually six months older that McKay. He really doesn't have the excuse of being a young KPF any more.

I dunno, he's faded a bit after that blistering entry to the game.

Harry has another brain fart.

Goal to Oscar!

Where do they put Oscar in? He can't play the same role as Silvagni.

If we persist with the high bomb into the forward line Carlton will eat us alive. Their entire game is built around intercepting the forward ball and fast transition. It couldn't be better designed to make us look bad.

Really? I thought it was quite decent when we beat Richmond despite having half a dozen of our first team sidelined. I do agree that we were smashed by the Doggies, but Fremantle don't have anywhere near that level of class on their list.

With Viney out there's a spot in the guts for him. That's where he needs to play.

Franklin's best is long behind him. Daniher is worth far more if he can stay fit.

Saints and Carlton are both "run and gun" style sides. You're always going to see big scores when they play each other. The question is whether they can hold up against a side that puts them under more pressure.

It's not a terrible list. Looking at the top 20, there are a few players in there on reputation rather than output, but it's mostly solid. I think Dangerfield, Ryan, Grundy and Pendlebury are overrated based on last year's output.

I want to see a discernible forward line plan that doesn't include kicking to the hot spot and hoping for something to happen.

Funny to see so much negativity around Farmer. I don't think he was that bad in his first ever game at that level. He showed some good pace and agility, he has a longer kick than I expected and he was certainly willing to chase and tackle. The big issue I had was his kicking. I'm not sure whether it's an issue with his skills or decision-making, but his kicks went to bad places. Still, that is something that can be worked on. More importantly for me, there were a couple of glimpses where he was almost magic. Only a couple, but again, give it time to develop. Edit: Also, we have another open list spot due to the latest LTI.

He just couldn't live with himself if he'd been forced to speak positively about that idiotic man on the mark rule during a game.

44 can play, whoever he is.

Nietschke sounds like he may have hurt his knee again. Hope it's just a knock and not something serious.

Rioli Jr, what a play!

Who is number 11? Casey ruck?

Well, there was the mark to Baker that wasn't paid. That was a bit of a shocker and Rivers was still having a go at the ump five minutes later. Especially when the same ump paid a mark to Aarts shortly after where he never had control of the ball.

The truth is out there Scully.

Pretty happy with that. In particular the skills looked surprisingly solid for the start of the season. Normally they'd be all over the place at this stage. Also very nice to see some of the younger guys getting game time. We have some very neat ball-users and decision-makers coming through.