Adam The God

I'd prefer Channel 7 had no games. Can't stand FTA. It's archaic and done.

This was a terrible decision in 2013 when he was Communications Minister and it has become an even worse decision with time, given its cost us bloated out even further than the ALP's superior NBN plan at the time. Either way, wireless will bring us into the 21st century soon enough and companies like Telstra, who were handed tax-funded infrastructure by the LNP, will cease to exist without a monopoly on the infrastructure. Do not privatise intrinsic public services. Telstra and Australia Post are two of the worst companies in the country. Their service is dreadful and it's mostly based on the fact that they cut costs because they know they have the market tied up. When wireless comes in, I will guarantee you now, there will be an Australian sports streaming provider.

And thank goodness for that. FTA everything is just plain terrible. Their sports coverage, their tv series'... urgh. The sooner the majority of them [censored] off, the better.

Streaming is the future and in many respects, the current. FOXTEL will be dead within a decade. It may exist as a streaming service only. The ability for 'ambush television' (I like that term), to occur under the traditional broadcasters is just the same though. It really depends on where the dollars are and strategically, which way the code considers they can get the most dollars. I would hope the AFL have learnt from their scheduling of multiple Carlton and St Kilda Friday night games that there is a very fine line between success and failure in this business. The fans are the most important people as they ultimately drive the advertising dollars, but if you [censored] them off, your code could well be [censored] for the term of the licence deal. It won't be long until there is a dedicated sport streaming platform in Australia and when there is, the AFL would do well not to [censored] off their fans by doing any EPL-like deals.

I reckon Vanders should be moved on at year's end. I'd prefer us giving Jason Taylor another pick to find a gem. I've long been on record as saying Kent won't make it. He showed some progress early this year, but then his body broke down again. He may well be handy in the lead up to finals, but who knows.

There's still time tomorrow afternoon.

I reckon the impending weather conditions might have a say in this.

I think Hunt is more likely to come in than Jeffy for Hannan. Jayden offers more flexibility, can play at both ends of the ground if required and may well be needed to match up on a Collingwood small forward. We'll see. That said, I think the most likely outcome is what many are saying and that's Pedersen for Smith and Smith for Lever. I think they'll start Smith as the interceptor, but will rotate between he and Hibberd.

Basically, I agree. He might break out later this year, or it'll come next year, but if you compare his development with Gus' they're quite similar in terms of their trajectory. Gus has overtaken him at this point, but there's plenty of 2018 to go.

I want the best person available. If that comes from within, fantastic, but if it's an external appointment, so be it. It doesn't bother me at all that the AFL want to closely audit our progress. I don't have any trust in our football club not to [censored] it up again and neither should the AFL.

The worst thing about this news is that we get another terrible pun from Matt Burgan and Melbourne Media. "Tommy Gun Locked and Loaded"? You don't need puns for headlines anymore. We're in the 21st century. Other than that, great news.

He's probably right. Frost v Hunt for the rebound position. Both quick, poor kicks and poor decision makers. But at least Frost has the versatility of height. Hunt doesn't.

I'd mostly agree with this, although I've found Hunt slightly suspect one-on-one in the air and he'd certainly be placed in this position playing as third defender. We might be able to get away with it. Not sure if it works all year though.

The guy's a genius and one of the better football stories going around. Well done, Nev!

Yep and Collingwood still leaked goals at the end. Four in a row from memory. If we're on, the Scum don't stand a chance.

He's bald as well? Poor bugger. Lucky I didn't get my old man's hairline.

Let's go with incredibly unreliable and is less than a 50/50 chance. ?

It won't be that simple given the way we rotate talls through our forward system, however I expect Dunn and Howe (if fit) to rotate between them both.

I'd have Smith over Weideman at the moment, but not in the mid term or long term. Unless things really change.

Pedersen doesn't bring the ball to ground as consistently as Smith has. I'm on record as saying (I think) that I didn't think Smith would make it. He's so far proved me wrong, which is great. He's a role player and he and the coaches should be commended for carving out a role for him. It's making me hold out hope for Joel Smith too, who has shown (in an albeit ridiculously short amount of time) absolutely nothing at senior level. But the coaches seem to love him, by all reports (admittedly Demonland ), so we'll see.

I would have agreed in previous years and been worried, but if we bring our manic pressure, they'll turn it over all day.

No IMO, this is because Frosty (and I'm a relative fan) doesn't read the game as well as Jake. Therefore, he doesn't get into the same spots to receive as Lever does. Still, he's probably the first cab off the rank to replace Jake.

Fair. Let's meet back here and discuss next week. Let's hope you're right.

Who would you say would take his place? He's playing games on experience at the moment and a lack of back half depth for kickers. We're getting away with his iffy kicking and decision making under pressure, but I'm sure Goodwin would much prefer another Lewis.

I don't know what to say, Nash, except that the same could be applied to your post. But we shall try next week and see what happens.