monoccular

Horrible thing to happen to anybody. Will take a very long time to recover tohis high standards, if at all.

Which supermarket and more importantly what was he buying? Anti-inflammatories? Sox? Nail clippers? Health food?

Still on this earth as of today Certainly not Colonwood supporters !

Some of my friends (and quite likely some not so friendly observers at matches) seem to believe, for some very strange reason, that I am just a little one eyed about the amazing mighty Demons. And it was not until a while after I registered that it was pointed out, interestingly by an optometrist, that I couldn’t spell?

I don’t see how one can say that Smith “is a better forward than Pedersen”: sure he may become one but is entirely an unknown quantity at this stage. But Pedersen has run his race,and Smith is still in the running. And I do agree that this whole thread is anything other than comparing like with like, which at least to me makes it fairly meaningless

Nev Jetta went from delist to essential part of the team and leading AFL small defender after recovering from (presumably) similar issues. Hope KK can do the same.

Are Essendon not allowed to inject their players in the official off season?

Thanks all for your reports. Overall optomistic.

So should we all put the house on him for 2019 Downlow? And Preuss

And we have two Wagners who can compose his background music. Clearly yet another absolute gun ... heard it first here.

Clearly he is going to be an absolute gun - you heard it first here.

IMVHO Jordan will be “depth” by mid season 2019. ?

Will Max forever be remembered for what he didn’t do round 1 v Geelong? Overall his goal kicking was pretty good for a big man. Does anyone have access to his set shot stats?

I am sure Gillon will have some bulltish 'explanation' if asked.

If we are the best team we will beat all others ... simple. And we want to be the best, so enjoy it.

Yes. This year Geelong were really excited at huge wins in the final two rounds, against easy beats — didn’t really prepare them for finals though. .... yet it appears that they can ?

What a joke of an “organization” .... Gil and his band of merry men are really a bunch of amateurs running a multi million dollar business. They have what about 6 weeks to do one thing, arrange the “draw” or fixedture more like it .... and they can’t get it right! Clowns ... though that is a bit unfair on clowns, as they at least are generally funny.

Nasher - you spend too much time on this forum.

With another full preseason Spartacus may well become the crumbing small forward (one who applies pressure and can tackle despite his lack of size) that we hoped Jeffy would become. And hopefully Hunt can with the help and guidance of our coaching staff become a quick outside mid / winger. He has shown he can win the ball and break lines; needs to brush up his disposal, decision making and awareness

Smokes dope and rages all night at nightclubs. Assaults taxi drivers.

Ahhhh .... Sean Wight. Literally that clip brought a tear to the eye. Life can hand out very cruel hits. The work "tragic" is so often overstated in footy, but Sean's premature passing was so cruel. Courageous on and off the field, and an amazing learner and athlete. #27 would be well taken by May. A lot to live up to.

It could be a good idea, and a strong gesture were Jones to voluntarily step down as captain. Could save embarrassment if he happened to be overtaken in the best on field 22 during the year. (Casey found that out to their chagrin in the GF). I suspect he is strong enough to recognise that succession planning is vital to ongoing success.

381 cm !! Do we still need Max, Bradke or Preuss?

Midfielders are not all insiders. We need an outside mid and I suspect that KK is that designation

Jesse did not kick a lot of goals when it mattered most. Preuss and / or Max will quite likely spend quite a bit of time up forward when a tall marking option is needed. They would both be difficult match ups. The recruiting department obviously saw the writing on the wall for Jesse either this year or next, and felt that despite his undoubted talent his absence could be covered, as it was in the vital last 4 victories of the year, and remembering that was without the added tall Preuss to share Max's ruck load and releasing him forward..