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I would gladly swap Sylvia for Hannath. Gawn and Hannath would be a fantastic combination

7 years. Some flu

Wouldn't be surprised if Pederson misses a few weeks with whiplash

Fair weather has not existed at the MFC since 2006 FFS. They were not fair weather supporters

Terlich is a small defender/runner. I was surprised that Nicholson was selected ahead of him and if Terlich doesn't make the final 22, i would assume that they are rewarding Nicholson for his outstanding training in the pre-season but I think Terlich will push him out soon enough.

I'm just going by the team listed on the AFL site aren't I, thus my post today geez

I assume it will be Jack Grimes

Somehow I was surprised by how poor Sylvia was, considering his injury-free preseason. I'm clinging to the slim hope that he doesn't give a rat's ass about NAB Cup and will pull his finger out for round one.

Can't wait to see Andy Toumpas play

I thought Hogan was awesome but that photo of him kicking at goal makes me shudder. His technique needs some work. His 50m left foot pass to Davey was brilliant, however.

From what I have seen of him in the VFL and training, I would liken him to Ryan Griffen from the Dogs. Obviously he is not of the same calibre but he is a tall mid with speed and good skills. I think he will play a lot of games this year.

Do you have yourself on 'ignore'?

What about the lure of a Premiership and/or being the 6th string midfielder in a top team? Imagine him at the Pies

17 clubs will see Sylvia as the perfect target

Blease's Wheezes here

5kg is a serious amount of weight to put on in such a short time considering his age, body type and the aerobic running training he's been doing. He won't be too skinny for long at that rate.

Bail is hard. He has a mean streak and always has a dip. Needs to work on his tacking technique, which has hopefully improved with the specialist coaching this preseason, but he can run all day and can play on a wing, either flank or on ball (rover and tagger). If he can't find a spot this year, we're doing pretty bloody well.

Most Kicks: Dean Terlich Most Handballs: Nathan Jones Most Disposals: Nathan Jones Most Tackles: James Magner Most Marks: Jeremy Howe Most Goals: Chris Dawes

It's great to see him running with the best of them and showing off his kicking skills at training but until we have seen him in a practice match at the very least, my expectations on him will be zero. In saying that, he could play every single game but there is no point putting expectations on him prematurely.

http://imageshack.us/ Use this, mate.

Who says it's even the same deegirl?

Training started with some warm up laps whilst the coaches had a kick around. Leigh Brown literally hit the fence behind the goals from the halfway line after unleashing a monster torp. Max Gawn was the most vocal during warm up. There were 3 groups of players at training: - Main group - One small group which included Clark, MacDonald, Pederson, Gillies and at times Dawes - Small group withTynan, Kent, Evans and a couple I can't remember The group with Tynan went to the other field for some speed and agility work for a while but were too far away to see anything too detailed apart from how short Kent was. When they finished, Evans came over to the main oval and did some repeat sprints around the boundary by himself. He looks at least 10kg heavier than he did on his debut and was working very hard during the running. Very impressive. Clark's group did a few little handballing drills and a bit of mucking around in good spirits. Gillies looks very settled already and was teaching them some little handball games. Dawes was running times laps at a steady pace by himself before joining in this group after a while. The main group did some full-ground circle work - leading, marking, handballing off to a running player who delivered to the next leading target and so on. Hannath displayed good hands and mobility and Matt Jones had one stand-out run down a wing at full speed with a one-two handpass and a pinpoint kick to finish, which was super impressive. Nicholson's kicking was absolutely fantastic. Viney ran hard but missed a few targets. The players did this drill with real intensity and good skills in general. Dom Barry epitomises the description cat-like. He is a very smooth mover with nice skills but will need to seriously hit the gym. Rodan and Byrnes were extremely vocal in this drill and throughout the session. The main group broke in to two groups and then in to 2 teams in each group. They did a few drills in a box about 20x20m. One drill was simply running from one side to the other while an opposition player tried to tackle you. People like Rodan and Jones were unstoppable, while Nev Jetta was a level above with his sideways movement and goose-steps fooling everybody. Watts had an extremely lack-lustre effort when he tried to pass Strauss with little to no effort and was stopped easily. They then had 3 on 3 trying to get a ball from one end to the other. Notable players were Jones, Jetta and Rodan once again while Howe and Viney were also good. Blease got smashed to the ground between Magner and Rodan after which Rodan picked him up and gave him words of encouragement. After the skills training, the main group broke in to 2 groups for running. The first group consisted of McDonald, Nicholson, Magner, Bail, Jones, Watts and surprisingly Troy Davis. They ran as far as they could for 5 minutes, then 4,3,2,1, with small breaks in between. Nicholson and McDonald were neck and neck leading the main group the first few times, with Watts and Davis finishing at the back of their group, not too far behind. After each bout, Nicholson would cough and wheeze violently before yelling words of encouragement to every other player. Coaches were yelling to Blease and Watts to 'tack-on' to a player for each run and try to beat them. On the last run, Magner blitzed them and ended up 15m in front of Nicholson and was absolutely stuffed. All in all, it was a very hard session and the standard was high. Standouts for me were Rodan, Magner, Jetta, Nicholson, McDonald.

If you're counting Toumpas, add Taggert to your list. And Strauss (based on U18 from, like Toumpas).

I thought he got delisted a while ago