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I will never forget that moment - ballot got me Level 2 seats in the pocket. Unbelievable feeling!

One of the all-time greats.

How good will that be?! Thanks everyone for the feedback. Looks like we will head to the Sporting Globe - hopefully will see some of you there.

Awesome - thanks so much.

I was hoping to get over to Perth for Rd 1 with my lad, but now can’t. Does anyone know if there’s an ‘official’ venue in Melbourne to watch the game? Does the Bentleigh Club or the Sporting Globe(?) still put Dees away games on? Thanks guys.

Another great episode. The Harley Bennell announcement was very special.

Fritsch looks skinny, but woe betide anyone who thinks he can be intimidated - he is as hard as a cat’s head.

Ha ha - I actually thought this yesterday!

Great news and no leadership group. I think the latest To Hell And Back has shown us that everyone must step up and lead, when it is their time to go.

At first, I couldn’t see why we were after Tomlinson to play on the wing, as he doesn’t have the speed of a Langdon. But remembering his finals series for GWS, I realised that we had picked him up largely for his intercept ability. We lost out so often on rebound 50s last season, because we had no one to take a grab on the wing, we were constantly outmarked each week. Hopefully with Tomlinson, our set up to rebound after an opposition clearance will be much improved this year.

Oliver McDonald Fritsch Salem

Harmes Jones Weideman Hore

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Melksham Lockhart Fritsch Salem

Tomlinson Bedford Baker May Langdon

Sniping aside, is there an official re-start date for training? Would be a good distraction for school hols - thanks!

What I really like about this announcement is that Mahoney is very measured in the statement. No grand promises or fanfare - just...we’re happy to have him here, now let’s wait and see.

Or maybe her mail? Either way, it’s pretty good.

His mail is good.

We are massive fans of Lockhart, in our house. Mature head, good skills, tough as nails, repeat efforts and a little bit of X factor.

I reckon we will get an extra home game at the G. I bet it was all sorted at that meeting at AFL HQ at seasons’ end, as part of the compo for giving GC Suns our number 2 pick.

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I think they have made a great move: either GWS will trade 6 and second rounder for 3, to guarantee Tom Green at a later pick or we will bid for Tom Green with 3, forcing GWS to use Pick 6 and giving us an extra top end player to choose from.

I feel that we still need a gun pick up from the draft, tho’.

If we could split the 3 into a 6 and say a 10, we could give Freo the 6 for Hill and use the other in the draft. We would be under no obligation to offer the ridiculous coin that the Saints have. Although, do we need both Hill and Langdon?